PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 187.5 BB
BB: 465 BB
UTG: 116.5 BB
MP: 303.5 BB
CO: 114.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 6

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 7 8 3
BB checks, Hero bets 3.5 BB, BB calls 3.5 BB

Turn: (11.5 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (11.5 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 8.5 BB, fold

Hero wins 11 BB

I would like some feedback. Was it good bluff or not?

FLOP
This board favors the big blind a lot, so I have polarized betting range. V snap called, didn't even think about raising. I assume he doesn't have a set.

TURN
Jack is for sure good card for me, V doesn't have much Jx. I'm not sure whether I should have bet there. I think I don't mind taking free card and potentially bluff river.

RIVER
I have no SDV at all. K is also very good card for me. I assume V has a lot of trash, which still beat my hand. So I bluffed there.

I am not too sure but I don't think J is a good turn card for you. Or, said otherwise, it might be a better card for villain : it completes 9T, and it gives him a pair with lot of hands he floated the flop with.

Obviously K non club would be better for bluffing, but I think it's fine.

Not a huge fan of min raises pre unless villains fold an awful lot to steals in which case our range here should be huge but then against a thinking villain they should be expanding their calling range against a min raise in the BB because of the price they are getting. Against people stealing a huge amount Im almost calling with any two cards for the extra BB as most people don't play well post flop and we can rep almost anything on any board.

Flop bet looks ok but I would go a touch smaller, turn is a good card to barrel especially as we still likely have outs to make the best hand if we get called. River is meh but a lot of people tend to flip their hand in this spot when they hit their flush and lead in to us so I would be betting again on the over card and flush card but would be going more towards half pot again.

Preflop:
Just stick to a standard 3bb opener, assuming our first goal is to steal the blinds. A min-raise gives us no info on villains possible holdings.

Flop:
As played. Checking back sometimes is also not bad.

Turn:
I don't think my thought process matches yours on the turn. The J hits villains range a lot more than it does ours but with that said we came to the same conclusion as I would have also checked back.

River:
A smaller bet on the River (4-6bb) will have had the same desired effect when you consider villains line.

I open 2x from BTN and CO and it works quite well so far. BB should defend against BTN with about 30% call and 12% 3bet. But on this stake pool goes 26% call and 8% 3bet. And they don't adjust to the smaller size. So I open 50%+ and print in this spot.

Yes, on the river smaller size is enough, V folds anyway.

I'm barreling turn and over betting river here if it goes call/check.