Taking a terrible player to valuetown on two scary boards

Opponent is 42/14

He's stubborn post-flop (for a while I didn't see him ever fold to a flop bet) and capable of odd acts of aggression, particularly on late streets.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($342.30)
UTG+1 ($57.80)
Hero ($244.50)
BTN ($131.05)
SB ($198.00)
BB ($261.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is CO
UTG raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero calls $6, 3 folds

Flop: ($15, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($15, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $10, UTG calls $10

River: ($35, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $12


$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($380.15)
CO ($168.00)
BTN ($178.50)
SB ($230.00)
BB ($384.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is UTG
Hero raises to $6, 2 folds, SB calls $5, BB calls $4

Flop: ($18, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $14, SB folds, BB calls $14

Turn: ($46, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($46, 2 players)
BB bets $12, Hero raises to $40

i think we can go for more value on hand 1 on river. unlikley to get c/r'd, wont get called by missed draws anyway, all draws missed so pairs will call us.

hand 2 - i like

Is there value in 2? What hands is he calling the river raise with? I mean I'm not folding to this guy, but other than a few Ax hands I'm not sure we're being called by many worse hands are we?

hand 1- id bet 24 on river

hand 2- id just call his river bet,though i dont mind your line.

hand 1 - I understand what you're going for but you can bet the river a bit bigger

hand 2 I think you need to go for easy 3 streets

Results:

In both hands he paid me off.

Hand 1: He had AKo
Hand 2: He had A7o no spade.

Those built my stack up (and chipped away at his) setting up this hand:

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200.00)
Hero ($456.10)
CO ($236.20)
BTN ($194.00)
SB ($196.00)
BB ($281.30)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1
1 fold, Hero raises to $6, 3 folds, BB raises to $14, Hero calls $8

Flop: ($29, 2 players)
BB bets $14, Hero raises to $45, BB calls $31

Turn: ($119, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $80, BB calls $80

River: ($279, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $144, BB goes all-in $142.30

Final Pot: $563.60
BB shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $562.30 ( won +$279.30 )
BB lost -$281.30

Originally Posted by Deanglow

hand 2 I think you need to go for easy 3 streets

Fun fun .

Hand 1: Why do you check behind flop instead of betting? Only reason I see for not betting is when we're afraid of getting c/r-ed too often, but I doubt that's the case here.

Hand 2: Betting turn is standard for me here, and against this villain I'd go for 3 streets.

Originally Posted by minSim

Hand 1: Why do you check behind flop instead of betting? Only reason I see for not betting is when we're afraid of getting c/r-ed too often, but I doubt that's the case here.

He's loose, erratic and I didn't want to face a big river donk like he'd pulled on me in a couple prior hands. Figured I'd check behind to see how the turn effected my equity and to pot control.

Originally Posted by minSim

Hand 2: Betting turn is standard for me here, and against this villain I'd go for 3 streets.

I guess I got burned a couple times on boards like this where I was OOP and against tigher oppoents, bet out and priced myself in for a lot of money I didn't have to put in behind. It's a spot I resolved to change how I played. In this hand my opponent sucks and I'm in position, I should have bet.