fruwcio

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
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SB: $2.00 (VPIP: 22.59, PFR: 17.99, 3Bet Preflop: 5.43, Hands: 240)
BB: $2.50 (VPIP: 26.39, PFR: 16.84, 3Bet Preflop: 2.26, Hands: 598)
UTG: $2.09 (VPIP: 23.48, PFR: 15.91, 3Bet Preflop: 2.08, Hands: 133)
CO: $1.72 (VPIP: 55.93, PFR: 12.10, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1,042)
Hero (BTN): $3.05

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has QA
fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.04, fold, BB raises to $0.12, Hero calls $0.08

Flop : ($0.25, 2 players) 7T6
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn : ($0.25, 2 players) 3
BB bets $0.14, Hero calls $0.14

River : ($0.53, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero checks

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Standard defend from the button vs a 3 bet.

On the flop once he checks I would bet small to try and take it down right away. His 3 bet looks extremely tight, but we expect him to c bet all his overpairs or better.

So while he might not fold AK to a bet, there is still some chance that he has a bluff range vs a button min raise, and I would prefer to try and stop him realising any equity he has with a random hand.

Looks fine to me. I'm guessing he showed up with AK here which I expect to happen quite often. I still like checking down though. These days players will check lots of hands on these flops including stuff like AJ-AK, some 99-88 and some other random small pairs. I think it'll take at least 2 streets of betting to get villain to fold AK and that results in you putting in lots of money against his other pair hands that have no intention of folding so I don't think it's worth it.

I think that you have enough showdown value to play this hand exactly how you did. Betting the river might be good vs. some players, but NL2 opponents are notoriously passive and you'd be surprised how many made hands average villain can still have here when taking this line.

Generaly didnt wanted to bet on flop since IF he have bluff range (and i think "regs" realize that my range is wide on miniraise + its a BTN so they bluff sometimes, and he shall know that im folding to 3bets&im a tight player - we got some hands on each other)) since he would fold hands that are beaten, maybe call with AK but i think mostly he would bet his AK. So i find betting flop is senseless, prefere to xb flop to induce bets from bluffing rang on turn. I think also it shall be fold if he also bets river?

Looks like a 2.26% 3bet, not many bluffs in that range, and he did it form BB. I wouldn't call a bet with AQ on that T high board. My view is I only beat AJ sensibly.
As it is I wouldn't call a river bet in this case either.

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