Hi!

Here is a hand from 100NL on iPoker. I've been trying to find more opportunities for river bluffs lately and came a cross this hand when I was reviewing some older hands.

I got no stats or reads on Villian so maybe we would like to know something about him before we try to bluff him.

The action:

GAME #995312791: Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00 2008-05-24 13:47:16
Table "TURBO" Limon
Seat 1: calimeor ($130.65 in chips)
Seat 3: yznogood89 ($163.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Juno28 ($100.00 in chips)
Seat 6: verymediocre ($91.80 in chips) DEALER
Seat 8: johnhawki ($41.21 in chips)
Seat 10: carlosini ($263.79 in chips)
johnhawki: Post SB $0.50
carlosini: Post BB $1.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to verymediocre [H9 H7]
calimeor: Call $1.00
yznogood89: Fold
Juno28: Fold
verymediocre: Raise (NF) $5.00
johnhawki: Fold
carlosini: Fold
calimeor: Call $4.00

*** FLOP *** [HK CJ CA]
calimeor: Check
verymediocre: Bet $8.00
calimeor: Call $8.00
*** TURN *** [H5]
calimeor: Check
verymediocre: Check

*** RIVER *** [SQ]
calimeor: Bet $5.00
verymediocre: Raise ???

Okay, it feels like he cant have a strong ace since his limp preflop and I think he would have raised the flop with 2pair. So what does his small bet on river really mean? Is it often some kind of junk ace or even a king? Do u think we can get him of a holding like this by raising and repping a ten?

no oppinions here?

bet less on flop turn check is good just fold river this isnt the right opponent to bluff even with a 4 straight on board

It depends on his stats.

But this is always a bluff raise because this guy has Ax and is never calling a huge raise, to like 24.

Never ever flop/river bluff, if you want to bluff here do it flop/turn/river

Really I think against opponents like this that donk river the only way you're folding them out is if you make it 50+

Yeah, maybe I should have continued fired the turn to get him off a weaker ace or a queen.
But is it really true that u never should bluff flop, check turn and then bluff river again?

I mean, I could easily have checked behind here on the turn with somekind of a ten.

Betting the turn is pretty bad. I wouldn't bluff the river either, people don't fold 2-pair here, and 2-pair/straight is a big part of his range.