Getting The Most Value; Set Vs Top Two Pair

[StilettoNole 0]

OK, so this about 25 hands into the hu session between villain and I. He has been playing pretty aggressive and has had a pretty hot run over the first 25 hands. I haven't been playing back at him a ton because I have had awful cards and missed all my draws. My image is probably pretty standard; I haven't gotten way out of line, but I have been caught betting down with ace high, as well (though, so has he). Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)Button ($56.95)Hero ($39.45)Preflop: Hero is BB with , . Button raises to $1.75, Hero calls $1.Flop: ($3.25) , , (2 players)Hero checks, Button checks.Turn: ($3.25) (2 players)Hero bets $2.5, Button calls $2.50.River: ($8.25) (2 players)Hero bets $8, Button calls $8.Final Pot: $24.25Villain had Qc-Jc.My question to you is this: did I do something to give away the strength of my hand? How do I not stack him here? Thanks for the advise.

[Sheiky 0]

Your opponent is a mega passive fish?You played it fine, there's nothin you can do when he's check/calling two streets with top 2 in a heads up match.

[psujohn 0]

Wow. There's simply no excuse for villain to play the hand this passively. If you turned it around and posted this hand from villain's perspective you'd be crucified. There are a sum total of 5 combinations that beat his hand. Nothing you could have done differently. NH. Hope you stacked him later.

[ROBBBIGG 0]

He played his hand awful and it's extremely unlikely you gave your hand away. If you played more hands and hit the flop like that, you might wanna bet into him because it'll jack up the betting in later streets and if all he does is call you need to try to get as much value from your good hands as you can.

[ah2388 0]

k...#1, reload to 100bb's#2, 3bet oop bc your hand plays pretty bad postflop#3, Bet the flop, if he folds the so be it, but there are a lot of cards that come on the turn that could improve his range and have us drawing slim. Plus its fair to say that a passive player is raising w a lot of hands that hit this board#4, turn and river play or fine but if you had done the above youve got a chance to stack him here.I feel like you kept the pot small preflop and on the flop, which in my opinion against a passive opponent isnt the way to play HU. I dont have a lot of experience playing HU but I would assume we would want to continue hammering on a passive opponent.

[ah2388 0]

p.s.i dont believe he had qj heremainly bc i cant imagine an aggro player calling this downnot to mention something that poker tracker special just mentionedButton raises to 1.75, Hero calls 1.50-1.75 doesnt equal 1 dollar

[Sheiky 0]

k...#1, reload to 100bb's#2, 3bet oop bc your hand plays pretty bad postflop#3, Bet the flop, if he folds the so be it, but there are a lot of cards that come on the turn that could improve his range and have us drawing slim. Plus its fair to say that a passive player is raising w a lot of hands that hit this board#4, turn and river play or fine but if you had done the above youve got a chance to stack him here.I feel like you kept the pot small preflop and on the flop, which in my opinion against a passive opponent isnt the way to play HU. I dont have a lot of experience playing HU but I would assume we would want to continue hammering on a passive opponent.

??????That's being soooooooooooooooooo results orientated, in the OP it says the guy has been playing very aggressive so far, unless you have some prior history for leading into the PF raiser checking here is the better play.

[StilettoNole 0]

AH-I had just got beat a hand before, so I hadn't reloaded yet. I always play with 100bb.I don't know why the hand history converter messed up the pre-flop action... Villain did have Q-Jcc here. Why would I make that up?