nl100 aJs

Hey Sandraardnas,

Preflop open is fine.

X/c seems pretty decent option on this texture. Definitely fine to bet although I wouldn't consider it for value as such. Even villain floats and we have over 50% equity vs his calling range, it's going to be tough to realise our equity with 2 streets left to play OOP. So if we do bet it should be with the intention of sometimes continuing to bluff on later streets.

Turn is fine.

River probably a marginal check/fold - we don't even beat all opponents bluffs here. It's an uncommon line as bluff - however it's not as if we are never good here and I don't think it's a ridiculous call or anything.

Since aj is value bet, would you c/c safe cards on turn and fold river?
If scare card comes, turn it into bluff or still c/c?

Vs most a flop cbet is best. I'd only check it if you know villain will stab too much.

Then turn is XC on most cards, keep barreling only a J.
Turning it into a bluff makes little sense, no pair ever folds turn and only rarely do pairs fold river. Still betting flop is best for protection as we have tons of FE and still have good equity if called, even if it's not 50+%.

Hand as played is fine. River is a toss up. You have tons of AT-AK, you can't just fold all of them. Sure, you can try to make a read, whether he is bluffing enough or not. But likely you won't be able to know if he has the 29% bluffs or not. Calling AK-AQ, folding AJ-AT, or something similar, should be fine. But almost no difference between AJ and AK, so calling that is fine as well ♠_biggrin: