Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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BB: $61.95
Hero (UTG): $50.75
CO: $114.15
BTN: $74.15
SB: $53.40

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with Q A
Hero raises to $1.75, CO calls $1.75, 3 folds

Flop: ($4.25) 6 A 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.50, CO raises to $7, Hero calls $4.50

Turn: ($18.25) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $14, Hero calls $14

River: ($46.25) T (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks


no reads. opponent is a tag. i call flop because i dont fold toppair there, guess he will be raising a lot on this flops. also i want him to keep bluffing (if he is). turn i pick up nutfd as well, i c/c because i think he will be betting alot if he bluffed on flop because he wants to represent flush. river i would have c/f against unknown i think..

seems ok--i like your reasoning for checking turn. i'd prob vbet river though.

It sucks not having a read here. I would say his flop raising range is 66,22,air, and semibluffs. It would be rare him having AK, 2pr or AA, but AK can't be counted out completely imo. IDK though this is a tough spot, but I would probably 3bet this flop before flatting like this.

I don't like 3betting the flop. If he's behind, he's going to fold, if he's ahead, he's going to 4bet/jam on you. The only instance I can't see him doing this is like, AK exactly, where he may flat and then just check it down.

I think the way you played it was fine, expecting to c/f to a river bet. FWIW, I'm never betting the river here.

thoughts about why you would value bet the river??

dont value bet that river

if this is the case u beat practically nothing on the turn and only drawing to nut flush and if our villain has a flush there is 2 of our outs

Actually, reconsidering the action I agree vbing river is bad--I think someone said c/f is better and I agree. Really, we're not getting called here by worse and I forgot that the flush got there. Valuebetting here is taking ourselves to valuetown, or getting raised off our hand which def has sd value.

are you c/c'ing a non-diamond turn? becasue most tags will fire again on the turn when checked to so if you call the flop you will be forced to call another bet. I don't see why he would raise Ax on the flop and if he is a a tag hes prob shipping AK PF anyway so you dont beat any of his value hands, just semibluffs/air.

He may have raised the flop because ur cbet was so weak and then decided to continue on the turn when you checked to him. Readless I think the whole hand is gay as christmas. When you call the flop here you are probably never that far ahead of his range if at all and you'll likely have to call another bet b4 showdown. If he's a good player he may realize your hand is likely at best to be a one pair hand and cant take much heat so he may barrel the river too.