1/2 - trips good kicker facing river c/r

Villain is an ok reg, breakeven over a good sample, running 22/17/2.7, 3bets 7% from sb, donks flops 8%. BB is a big fish, running 38/5/0.9 over a good sample.

Possibly relevant hand a half-hour earlier at another table... Villain 3b me oop, I flatted, he cbet 332rb flop, I called, we checked through a 4 turn, he overbet bluff shoved a J river ($150 into $100) with ATs, I called with A3s.

Thoughts on all streets welcome.


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop

UTG ($629.10)
MP ($216.95)
CO ($62.70)
Hero (Button) ($206)
SB ($378.85)
BB ($253)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, A
3 folds, Hero bets $6, SB calls $5, BB calls $4

Flop: ($18) 4, 8, A (3 players)
SB bets $12, 1 fold, Hero calls $12

Turn: ($42) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($42) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $24, SB raises to $360.85 (All-In), Hero...

Why not bet the turn here? Your hand is super strong.

On the river it's tough. Your hand looks really really weak, and almost like some midpair or spades. Unless he was slowplaying turn, the only hand that makes sense now is 6's full and maybe A6 sometimes.

The fact that he just bluffed you big previous hand though makes this though, if you hadn't said that I would definitely call this given what our hand looks like.

Originally Posted by griffey24

Why not bet the turn here? Your hand is super strong.

I think his donk into a big fish and a pre-flop raiser is super strong. I would only do that on this board with the top of my range.

If you bet turn I guess you're shoving over a c/r?

I'm betting because I think he has a c/c range here and we're ahead of that range. If he c/r, I'd say that's pretty strong here.

Though I misread the HH and thought that he was pfr and bet flop and checked turn, didn't notice you were pfr.

This looks like a very easy fold to me. I would b/f the turn and check behind any river when called. Much more value in a turn bet than in a river bet.

checking the turn then betting the river seems prittay bad

Your river value bet makes no sense, very few hands can you get value from with AQ on that board. Check and call a bluff. Your bet says, "I have an ace, please bust me if you can beat trips." A check might induce a bluff, but your hand can't take heat on that board.