AJo - Did I play it right?

Hi phull,

Preflop: looks fine

Postflop: what do you know about villain? Without information I'd bet bigger on the turn and slightly bigger on the river in these positions. He can have worse draws/Ax on turn and worse Ax on river.

Do we expect call/call/call from AT, A9, A6, A4, A3, A2? (48 hands)
There are plenty stronger hands which also make sense: AQ (8), A8, A7, A5 (18), 87 (9), 55, 88, 77 (18) (53 hands overall)
Surely some of stronger ones should be discounted because he will play raise flop or turn with them, but I think A2-A4 would not call river. Assuming our opponent is reasonable is there value-bet on the river?

Thanks Bogdan! Actually I don't use stats yet (at least not during playing), until "master the basics".

Equilab gave me bad equity on turn, based on the hand range I thought he may have.

River bet was kind of "value bet", hoping he had missed his draw or just hit KK.

Best regards

Hi LordHorius, thanks for your message!

I would expect call/call/call with AA and lower kicker on this limit. People just like to pay to see your cards.

Yes, my intention was a value bet at river.

Villan had AQs. Didn't expected this passive playing from him...

Best regards

These spots are always tough because depending on the villain, all of check-fold, check-call, bet-fold and bet-call may be correct, (hell - even check-raise is correct versus some ranges if we are deeper). The advantage with a bet-call is that villain will often not bet a worse hand, but will often call with worse, so, with the right villain, you don't need to be a favorite versus his range to bet-fold (unlike betting for value in position). (This is given that you aren't interested to folding to a reasonable bet. If you are, then check-folding is mathematically better.) The check-call is often bad because many villains bet if and only if (and correctly so) they have you beat. The check-fold is better in such cases. But versus fish that love to bet when checked to, check-calling is an option.

It all depends