Hi
Villain was tight/passive with a low cbet frequency but occasional outbursts of tiger style aggresion normally when he had a hand, i was comfortable chipping away at his stack and didnt need to rush to get it all in. With the hand below i was pretty sure villain was on over cards and put me on a draw or a weak pair they could push me off.
Do you think i should have fired on the river/re raised the flop/turn, at the time my thinking was a reraise on the river wouldnt be nice as with this player it would likely mean i was beat by the 7 but i dont think i can fold as its v unlikely he had it and thinking worst case scenario is a mistake, maybe i could make it look like i missed my flush and get called by a pair with a decent kicker. In the end i went with checking as i hoped he would fire again and i could catch him with his trousers down/control the pot a little. he showed down Q9 so i doubt i missed any value by not raising. Still feels like i played it badly in general, maybe it would have been better to re-raise the flop?
Generally how would you play the worse end of a straight, pot control to a comfortable size or look to get as many chips in as possible early?
cheers
Oli
Looks perfect to me.
thanks for the response, appreciated.
"Villain was tight passive with a low cbet frequency ..." - am I the only one who's seeing a problem with calling here on top pair + idiot end's oesd ?
If he really has such a low cbet frequency, then I don't see him cbet here that often with naked overs - and your outs aren't clean here since he could easily hit a higher straight or a flush.
I'd just check/fold this on the flop and wait for a better chance, but call me weak ...
As played, I also check/call turn and check/fold any river unless I have reason to believe that he's ever bluffing with complete air.
Tbh, the debate i was having in my head at the time was one of these three things:
1 - fold wait for a better spot
2 - semi bluff the flop
3 - go fishing for the straight whilst possibly being ahead with the pair and keep the pot small, re-evaluate on the turn.
1 - i was fine with but just decided not to in this case, partly probably because of curiosity as to how they would play the turn/river and how they play a low board and i figured i had a reasonable amount of equity in the pot.
2 - seemed dumb with overs and better draws there
3 - with 3 when i hit the straight i couldnt fold the flop their bet felt a little desperate at the time, not sure exactly why though. i probably would have folded the river to a value looking bet, what would have been difficult is a pot size bet as at the smaller stakes these are normally air but a decent player at these stakes could be doing it to look week
"Villain was tight/passive with a low cbet frequency but occasional outbursts of tiger style aggresion normally when he had a hand"
Does the villain double barrel frequently? Or is most the time the villain checking turn? If he is checking the turn then this is an easy call with a hand that may be best now and a good chance to improve.
If villans double barreling frequency is high then this is a fold as there is not enough turn cards you want to see to make flop call profitable.
If this was me playing the hand and I had no information with regards to users double barreling frequency then I dont mind a call.
Did you put villain on overs because there were three low cards on flop or do you have ESP ;-)