Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $15.50
CO: $14.65
Button: $31.30
SB: $34.80
Hero: $23.25

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with 9 J
UTG calls, CO folds, Button calls, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: Q A T ($1, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, Button bets $0.5, SB folds, Hero calls, UTG folds.

Turn: Q ($2, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1, Hero calls.

River: 8 ($4, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $2.5, Hero raises to how much?

I think the best hand villain could have here is Q10 and the worst being Arag. He certainly didn't seem scared when the board paired Q's. I don't think you have to raise here since the board is paired and he could have limped on the button with Q10/Q8/maybe even AQ. Thats just me talking on the safe side though.

If you are going to raise I think you should raise small, maybe to $6. We don't want to scare out a weak ace if villain is dumb enough to call with one. Be prepared to lay it down if he reraises all in unless you have a good read that he only has trip Q's.

I thought I put this in the OP but I guess I didn't villian was a calling station, he goes broke here with anything better than one pair... well two pair since there are two queens on the board.


EDIT well maybe not go broke with any pair, but he is a calling station.

If your read on him is that he's a calling station, I'm looking to extract maximum value out of trips. There are hands that beat us, but I think we're more likely ahead of his range (both pre-river-raise and calling ranges) to put out a sizable raise. I raise to about $10 trying to extract value out of trips as well as possibly an ace. If he has you beat, so be it, but I'm going broke here getting my money into the pot.

(This is all assuming that he's a donktastic calling station of course)

if he's as donkish as you say, i triple his bet.

other wise, agianst an unknown i probably triple his bet.

so. there u have it.

You raise his bet by exactly $4.16.

The only hands that I can see that are beating you that would limp on the button are KJ or QT. All others would have raised preflop. I think you're ahead here the majority of the time to Ax or Qx. I would put in a raise of about 2/3 the pot, so about $6 or $7 seems right.