Game #2030556714: Table €10 NL - 0.05/0.10 - No Limit Hold'Em - 00:02:45 2024/01/28
*** Seated players ***
Seat 1: Sitting Out (€0) (sitting out)
Seat 2: BB (€10)
Seat 4: Hero (€11.26)
Seat 5: Btn (€12.59)
Seat 6: Villain (€10.83)
*** Blinds and button ***
Btn has the button
Villain posts small blind €0.05
BB posts big blind €0.10
*** Hole cards ***
Dealt in Villain
Dealt in BB
Dealt to Hero [Js 9c]
Dealt in Btn
*** Preflop ***
Hero raises €0.25 to €0.25
Btn folds
Villain calls €0.20
BB folds
*** Flop *** [9h 8s 8h]
Villain checks
Hero bets €0.45
Villain calls €0.45
*** Turn *** [9h 8s 8h] [7c]
Villain checks
Hero bets €0.85
Villain calls €0.85
*** River *** [9h 8s 8h] [7c] [Ts]
Villain bets €9.28, and is all-in
Hero ???

Hi all,

I've just started dabbling in the micros streets again after years away from the game.

We hadn't been playing for too long but the villain had been fairly passive. From recent experience, I've generally found that these plays are the villain's attempt to 'catch up' (as the pot is relatively small) and get value from strong holdings. Are they open shipping anything we beat, or in the absence of any other info/evidence is it an easy fold? In the moment, I felt as though best case it's a chop, worst case I'm beat. I'm still not 100% convinced I made the right decision. Any thoughts?

TIA,

Snook

Hey, Snook!

This flop fits the SB range well. It seems to me that we don't have a big value bet with our hand here. Check or bet smaller.

As played - check on the turn and fold on the river.

Thanks slyless.

Is there no value in betting the turn to extract value from flush draws and fold if they raise? That was my game plan. As played (without the open shove) I'd have bet/fold the river.