Absolute Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $3/$6
5 players
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Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with Q A
3 folds, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.

Flop: J 8 9 (8SB, 2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.

Turn: 2 (5BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.

River: 4 (7BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: 9BB

I got a read on the villain, but I don't want to make this too specific. How do we play a hand like this vs various players?

Meh, these hands suck but I really don't see any mistakes. With a decent read we can probably fold the river and maybe even check/fold the turn, but against an unknown I'd play it the same.

standard

I don't cap this PF usually, Should I be capping?

Unless your opponent is very very passive its an easy cap. Being oop sucks but the bb could be reraising a ton of hands here. We have too much equity versus his range.

i hate checking the river on such a draw heavy board when it blanks, it screams "i've got ace high, and only want to pay one bet to get to showdown". why not bet a third time when the flush(es)/straight don't get there?

What calls you that you beat?

nothing, but aren't there hands that beat us (77-55, etc) that may fold to that 3rd barrel, but bet when checked to?

Absolutely not, never. If you're trying to bluff the river with ace high in LHE, you're making a big mistake. If we're betting, it should be to get a call from a stubborn AT, Ahxh type hand.

so is it a check fold then?

Check-call's reasonable. There are enough missed draws for that. I think the line hero took is probably the correct one.

Actually, I changed my mind. I like betting better. We're calling a bet anyway, so we may as well get value from a worse ace when we're ahead. If we get raised, I think we can fold our AQ pretty confidently.

Nah

We can gain a lot more value from allowing a bluff than from hoping to get called down with a worse Ace (especially since 5 of those worse-aces now beat us).

--CM