I believe I was auto-piloting and somehow decided to raise QTs UTG without noticing:
a) I had two very loose players to my left, one of which was aggressive.
b) I had an ultra-short stack on the btn ready to pop.

Shame on me.

But everyone folds to the SB who is 55/25/2.1 after 68, and has shown ultra aggression (42 steal, 15 3bet) and shows down suspect hands. I've tentatively tagged him as an aggro monkey.

Fortunately for me I flop the nuts.

He snap calls my flop bet, snap calls the turn bet, and quickly checks the river to me.

I can't find a reason to bet the river... is that wrong?

Can you find one?


Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BTN: $8.00
SB: $51.30
BB: $52.30
Hero (UTG): $50.00
MP: $35.90
CO: $50.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with T Q
Hero raises to $2, 3 folds, SB calls $1.75, 1 fold

Flop: ($4.50) 8 T T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3, SB calls $3

Turn: ($10.50) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $7, SB calls $7

River: ($24.50) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero can't find a reason to bet... can you?

River card is horrendous. Check behind.

i think this is one of those pretty thin situations where betting is fairly necessary, no?

What is your bet size, and what do you expect the villain to call with? And if he check-raises you (he is, after all, an aggro monkey), what are you doing? If he min-check raises? CRAI?

think you can at least bet real small and hope to get a call from like king/queen high. 55/21 might bite

villain has pretty crazy stats. i'm not ruling out that he isn't ****, but most people that play with those stats at these levels are ****. i'm betting about ~17 and probably calling a shove, personally. reads play into this, as well, obviously. if i think villain has the ability to shove this as a bluff any % of the time, then i'm definitely calling. i know the sample is relatively small but have you seen him float flops oop with junk like A high? wouldn't you expect him to raise this turn with an ace?

bet like 3$.. why not

And when he raises with Tx...?

tbh, I expect these types of players to raise more often with bluffs (prior to the river) than with made hands. They are constantly trying to steal pots, so they have a tendency to make big bluffs. The bigger their bet (prior to the river), the more full of **** they typically are. When they have a hand they actually want value from, they tend to keep their bets more in line.

At least that's my thinking/experience.

Nope. Sometimes you can make a small bet to induce a shove from a missed draw, but you need a better read for that.

Fold preflop. Check behind river, I can't find a reason to bet here either. I don't think villain is calling a river bet without at least a T.

I bet like 1/4 1/3 of pot just to milk

[EDIT] OK vs ultra aggro(someone capable of bluffraising) I would check. I dont want to get bluff raised in this spot when betting 1/3 pot

fold preflop btw, play less tables or whatever, don't AUTO PILOT