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    Default 25NL - Can I turn 2 pair into a bluff on 4 straight river?

    Villain is 22/18 TAG who doesn't like folding to 3bets or cbets. His 3bet fold is 43% and cbet fold is 20% after 200 hands. (In hindsight, this may indicate that he is pretty unbluffable generally.)

    This 6max table has just become heads up and I have no indication that he has changed his game much. I have been stealing blinds for a few hands since HU.

    I feel like his flop raising range is fairly weak since a lot of draws are possible and he can't really have AA/QQ/AQ. He probably even 3bets A7s some % of the time preflop and doesn't call Q7. I also feel like he rarely has Jx on the river, and will usually have some kind of 2 pair worse than AQ. The problem is, most of those beat me.

    All I beat if I check back are the naked flush draws and QTss. I want to turn my hand into a bluff, but I'm not sure how well I rep a J either. I could certainly have AJ, and Jxss. Maybe even TJ, although turn sizing may persuade him otherwise. Also, he may decide that I would check back the river with AK which would make him more likely to call with the 2 pairs that beat me.

    • Is this a potential bluff spot against a) more typical foldy TAG, and b) this guy?
    • If you are firing, what size?
    • Comments on turn sizing? - Reasoning at the time was that I felt he was often weak, wouldn't raise often, and would turn most of his hands face up by calling as well as allowing me a free showdown. Looking back, I'm not sure if we shouldn't make it more like $4.50-$5.00.


    Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 2 Players
    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

    Hero (SB/BU): $27.45 (109.8 bb)
    BB: $32.08 (128.3 bb)

    Preflop: Hero is SB/BU with 7 K
    Hero raises to $0.62, BB calls $0.37

    Flop: ($1.24) 7 Q A (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $0.75, BB raises to $2.75, Hero calls $2

    Turn: ($6.74) K (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $3.50, BB calls $3.50

    River: ($13.74) T (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $???,
    Last edited by Pelion; 09-04-2013 at 06:44 PM.
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