Villan seems to be a decent reg. I have him at 22/20 over 1.1k hands, with AF 5.3.

I'm playing 24/19. Table is 3 decent regs and 1 mega-fish, who we're fighting over. Villan and myself dont have any history.

On river I put him on a 1 pair hand that doesnt want to play a big pot, so decide to make a river value bet. A 9 makes a straight but I don't see a tonne of 9's in his utg opening range (although we are 4 handed at the moment).

Do you make a small value bet on the river? I make 40% pot vbet.

Party Poker $200.00 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players
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SB: $198.00
BB: $200.00
CO: $391.85
Hero (BTN): $281.30

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with 7 7
CO raises to $8, Hero calls $8, 2 folds

Flop: ($19.00) 3 7 T (2 players)
CO bets $14.00, Hero calls $14

Turn: ($47.00) J (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $40.00, CO calls $40

River: ($127.00) 8 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $50.00

Why no flop-raise?

I like the river vbet because I think there's value from 2pairs and a posisble scared overpair. And he's never bluffraising you here so if he raises you, he has a 9. I think you're right that it's hard for villain to have a 9 here.

I bet more in the river, like $75.

Sure, good valuebet, but I'd just make it bigger. Flop's whatever, I'd raise here more often than not.

Yeah I raise flop the vast majority of the time here.

Wasnt sure whether vbet was too thin on the river. Villan actually c/r'd me which suprised the **** out of me. Why wouldnt he just vbet a 9...? Has he seen my bet as a thin vbet, and has he turned his hand into a bluff...? The small c/r makes me doubt so.

Party Poker $200.00 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

SB: $198.00
BB: $200.00
CO: $391.85
Hero (BTN): $281.30

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with 7 7
CO raises to $8, Hero calls $8, 2 folds

Flop: ($19.00) 3 7 T (2 players)
CO bets $14.00, Hero calls $14

Turn: ($47.00) J (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $40.00, CO calls $40

River: ($127.00) 8 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $50.00, CO raises to $125

damn........looks like ure potstuck here? u have 112 in and its 75 more to you...

not raising the flop is pretty much a disaster, plus the fact that you're almost 150 deep. You're repping like 3, maybe 4 made hands + a boatload of draws/air when you raise the flop and it's party poka where everyone is ******ed so the likelihood of getting played back at is prob high.

FYP. It doesn't matter how much money he's put in the pot up to this point. This is a cash game, not a tournament, you can keep rebuying forever. Unless you are really deep with a big fish and you don't want to take a marginal spot b/c you think you may lose the EV of being deep vs a bad player, but that's not the case here.

It's a weird **** line whatever it is. I expect there to be plenty of 9's in a 22/20's opening range 4handed so I wouldn't discount anything due to that. c/c turn and then c/r river small is... eh, weird. I'd call and expect to get shown some weird club draw or something often enough w him usually having some sort of 9x.

Flop raise seems almost mandatory given you are a little deep, 4handed, and it's a drawy board. Unless you have a really good that he will like auto triple barrel if you don't raise anywhere.