Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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Hero (UTG): $11.05
CO: $6.20
BTN: $9.15
SB: $12.45
BB: $6.50

Pre Flop: Hero is UTG with A Q
Hero raises to $0.40, 2 folds, SB calls $0.35, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.90) K Q 8 (2 players)
SB bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80

Turn: ($2.50) A (2 players)
SB bets $1, Hero calls $1

River: ($4.50) J (2 players)
SB bets $2, Hero raises to $5.50, SB folds


36/5/.8. no significant history with villain.

really confused on this hand. flop call seems normal to me. a turn raise seems kinda obvious in retrospect. I'm not really sure what villain's betting range is on the turn here, maybe KQ or AK? I figure that since I've picked up the nut flush draw, I should raise simply for value in this spot?

river was just an attempt to get value obv, failed of course. at this point i think KQ is his most likely holding, but since but the flush and straights got there, I'm getting no value.


thoughts?

please?

the turn bet by villains screams weak..
he definitely has a king and no str8 most of the time, so I raise turn to about 3.50
and of course shove river to his bet regardless of what falls

I think its fine and I actually dont like a turn raise there, I dont think it accomplishes much...maybe QK calls you but its not clear that he has that.

NH

fine

Looks OK to me...you raise the turn if you don't have the Qh, right?

im confused. why wouldn't you guys raise the turn?

Because villain isnt showing much strength and u have a redraw to the nut flush with your Q of hearts. So you stand to make more by just calling. Unless hes very strong which his bet sizing doesnt suggest hes not going to call your raise or hes going to shove over it but only with hands that beat you, flush-trips-straight etc... Unless villain is a major station then maybe its ok because he may call you with the T-J of hearts hoping to hit a good river. But im thinking the A of hearts is probably the scariest card in the deck for his hand so I dont imagine him giving you much action here.