Straight On A Paired Board

[SmileNTilt 0]

Only been at the table a few hands but, from what I have seen, Villian has been playing well.PokerStars Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10)Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 2: SB ($3.70 in chips) Seat 3: Villian ($12.95 in chips) Seat 8: Hero ($13.65 in chips) Dealt to Hero Qs 10s 6 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, SB calls $0.35, Villian calls $0.30FLOP ($1.20) Ah Jc 6d (3 players)SB checks, Villian checks, Hero bets $1.00, SB folds, Villian calls $1TURN ($3.20) Ah Jc 6d JsVillian checks, Hero checks RIVER ($3.20) Ah Jc 6d Js KdVillian $1.00, Hero raises to $4.50, Villian raises $7.50Hero?Criticism welcome on all stages, but would a call be bad here?

[LJB723 0]

Preflop, I dunno, QT is soooo marginal, but you have position so I say OK. (perhaps wait for better reads on the blinds?)Flop, standard c/betTurn, standard, I'm beat checkRiver, I just call here (the $1 bet) I hate paired boards, they make me queasy. Villain's re-raise looks like he's dragging you to valuetown but at just over 5:1 you have to call, be ready to see AJ a lot, unlucky.

[NoBBiR 0]

Preflop, I dunno, QT is soooo marginal, but you have position so I say OK. (perhaps wait for better reads on the blinds?)Flop, standard c/betTurn, standard, I'm beat checkRiver, I just call here (the $1 bet) I hate paired boards, they make me queasy. Villain's re-raise looks like he's dragging you to valuetown but at just over 5:1 you have to call, be ready to see AJ a lot, unlucky.

I think you'd see KJ, but almost never AJ. River is never a fold, I don't care that the board sucks for the action. He minraised, so you have to call. He could be just trying to get value out of a random Jack.And you have to raise the river, this is so often a random post oak bluff that flat calling it is kind of weak.

[LJB723 0]

I think you'd see KJ, but almost never AJ. River is never a fold, flat calling it is kind of weak.

I agree. KJ was actually my gut instinct, but maybe I'm giving villain too much credit for being able to dump 2nd pair to preflop raiser and A on board, considering he wouldn't have a read on our hero. And yeh it would be weak to just call the river bet but I'm a nit in cash games.

[SmileNTilt 0]

I think you'd see KJ, but almost never AJ. River is never a fold, I don't care that the board sucks for the action. He minraised, so you have to call. He could be just trying to get value out of a random Jack.And you have to raise the river, this is so often a random post oak bluff that flat calling it is kind of weak.

Yes, Q 10 is marginal (but its suited ! ), but in position I do play a lot of very marginal hands - possibly a leak in my game that I need to tighten.Villian really caught me off guard on this hand (he didn't have a J) and as I have a propensity to fall in love with my hands, I wanted to make sure that a call wasn't me being a donk again.

[mtdesmoines 3]

Only been at the table a few hands but, from what I have seen, Villian has been playing well. Criticism welcome on all stages, but would a call be bad here?

No. Two pair or a set should have been all over this hand before the river. I HATE slowplayers.

[Moneyball16 0]

And you have to raise the river, this is so often a random post oak bluff that flat calling it is kind of weak.

What would be bluffing here? Every gutshot on the flop made atleast a pair and even if villain was bluffing there is no value in raising a bluff. I am not advocating a call on the initial river bet but raising when you think he is bluffing is wrong since he wont call with those hands anyways.

[SmileNTilt 0]

No. Two pair or a set should have been all over this hand before the river. I HATE slowplayers.

Me too. Villian had pocket 6's for trips on the flop and a boat on the turn.Thanks for the comments guys.