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Good fold on the river with AK?

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Bernasconi
Joined: 04.08.2006

Villain is pretty unkown with just 20 hands. So I try to play standard.

Preflop
3-bet from SB, he calls.

Flop
I hit TPTK and bet half the pot. What about the sizing? Should I bet 2/3 of the pot or is it ok? I usually go for the same size as my c-bet so that it cannot be exploited if I hit something or not.

Turn
Blank, I continue betting.

River
One of the worst cards. It completes many straight draws and the flush draw. Both clearly in Villain's range. Therefore I play check/call. Because of the bet size I even fold because I cannot imagine a hand that would be worse than mine and still bet the river.

The main thing that bothers me why I post this hand is that I think it is pretty exploitable to just check the river. He could also have a busted straigh/flush draw and just betted because I've shown weakness on the river.

What play would you suggest, what would you change?

Thank you for your feedback.

888 Poker - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP+2: 100 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 12.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 6.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
BTN: 116.5 BB (VPIP: 12.22, PFR: 8.05, 3Bet Preflop: 2.75, Hands: 813)
Hero (SB): 99 BB
BB: 224.5 BB (VPIP: 62.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
UTG: 154 BB (VPIP: 23.91, PFR: 16.52, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 233)
UTG+1: 100 BB (VPIP: 14.44, PFR: 8.89, 3Bet Preflop: 3.85, Hands: 91)
MP: 40.5 BB (VPIP: 5.31, PFR: 5.31, 3Bet Preflop: 2.44, Hands: 340)
MP+1: 124.5 BB (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 5.56, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K♠ A♥

fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+2 raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, MP+2 calls 6 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) 5♠ 8♠ A♦
Hero bets 8.5 BB, MP+2 calls 8.5 BB

Turn: (36 BB, 2 players) 7♦
Hero bets 22 BB, MP+2 calls 22 BB

River: (80 BB, 2 players) 6♠
Hero checks, MP+2 bets 37.5 BB, fold

MP+2 wins 75 BB


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sdf256
Joined: 21.07.2016

Preflop I would 3bet bigger (11bb). OTF I would cbet 1/3. I do it almost always with 100% of my range in 3bet spots, especially on Ahigh boards. Its just a simplified strategy that I use. Betting OTT is really fine and OTR I am x/folding.

Regardless my different sizing preferences.. generally speaking, well played I think.


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la55i
Joined: 27.01.2013

I think overall this looks just fine. One option would be to fire a small bet OTR and fold vs a raise.


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