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AK - 3 bet and river bet sizing?

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Craigsy633
Joined: 17.04.2013

I was reasonably happy with the re-raise but want someone to comment on my bet sizing? To big? Was I right to 3 bet to squeeze the blinds?

On the flop I hit top pair and couldn't see a reason to bet here as I had the initiative, no draws were on the board and no other cards could help him unless he had hit trips.

Turn card is a Q and I bet hoping that he had Qx or saw it as a bluff.

On the river - it was a blank and I decided I probably had the best hand and that my opponent had AQ or possibly AK (like me): -I feel that the river bet was to big. Afterwards I thought he could have had KQ or QQ so I should have bet 3/4 of the pot - please comment.

Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:

Play hand

€0.01/€0.02 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]SB (Hero)€3.07:///////;BB€1.06:///////;MP2€2.50:///////;MP3€2.19:///////;CO€3.70:///////;BU€2.46:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is SB with A:c, K:d.
MP2 raises to €0.06, MP3 calls €0.06, 2 folds, Hero raises to €0.25, 2 folds, MP3 calls €0.19.

Flop: (€0.58) 7:s, K:c, 5:d (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Turn: (€0.58) Q:d (2 players)
Hero bets €0.28, MP3 calls €0.28.

River: (€1.14) 9:h (2 players)
Hero bets €1.10, MP3 calls €1.10.

Final Pot: €3.34.
Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of kings(A:c K:d).
MP3 shows a pair of queens(T:c Q:c).

Hero wins with a pair of kings(A:c K:d).


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Hello,

3betting preflop is fairly standard and as you are OOP you could make it slightly bigger but this is fine as well.

There is quite a simple reason to bet the flop here - we want to take value plus we want to be bluffing this board when we miss, so we have to bet when we hit.

I like turn and river bet, but river bet is way too big here - make it around $0.7.

Best,
Plamen


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