Call or value town?

DeucesLive

Pretty confident from the start person was on a draw, so I was waiting for the typical busted draw bet. However, when I have 2 pair including aces with a low pair, A9/AK etc are slowplayed options... should I flat this or push the rest? Am I likely to get called by a hand I'm beating?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
tiggerovnh	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.70
simon86	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£3.90
	Your hole cards	A 3
DeucesLive	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£34.02
charlsef	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£2.90
chiengrand	Fold
Anders12	Call		£0.30	£1.05	£14.67
tiggerovnh	Call		£0.25	£1.30	£9.45
simon86	Fold
Flop
		5 3 A
tiggerovnh	Check
DeucesLive	Bet		£0.70	£2.00	£33.32
charlsef	Fold
Anders12	Fold
tiggerovnh	Call		£0.70	£2.70	£8.75
Turn
		K
tiggerovnh	Check
DeucesLive	Bet		£1.70	£4.40	£31.62
tiggerovnh	Call		£1.70	£6.10	£7.05
River
		9
tiggerovnh	Bet		£2.00	£8.10	£5.05
DeucesLive	????

Batkin88

that is a value bet he is betting on the river, just flat it imo

DOHHHHHHH

looks like a blocker bet to me.

If you have no reads, I wud flat this time and make a note, but then again, the guy only has a fiver behind.....ugh it's close....

Why check-call x 2 (no c/raise) then block bet the river? 

Wouldn't be surprised to see a hand like King 9 of clubs. Blocking wit 89clubs doesnt rly make sense as your hand obviously includes an ace, so I think the villain wud just check fold (if he's any good)

One thing I would say, is bet more on the flop and the turn, making the river play a formality (wont have much left, and it obv all goes in)

LOL_RAISE

well based on the thread he posted when he had quads, he lead for half pot sized bet on the river right? which makes me think he basically never has you beat

percival09

Flat call, your probably ahead but your hand is quite vulnerable! Just take the £10 pot! don't get too greedy! lol 

DeucesLive

Well, in the end I did flat, I came to the same conclusion- probably ahead, but a rr is unlikely to be called by much that I'm not beating, apart from possibly K9 clubs- I had pretty much put them on a fl draw, but A9 was certainly in my mind when the bet came in. I agree with dohhh in retrospect, normally I bet a little bigger but for some reason I was betting a little on the low side this time, I hate using the 1/2 and 3/4 pot size options because it looks too predictable to me, so I hit random amounts around that.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
tiggerovnh	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.70
simon86	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£3.90
	Your hole cards	A 3
DeucesLive	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£34.02
charlsef	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£2.90
chiengrand	Fold
Anders12	Call		£0.30	£1.05	£14.67
tiggerovnh	Call		£0.25	£1.30	£9.45
simon86	Fold
Flop
		5 3 A
tiggerovnh	Check
DeucesLive	Bet		£0.70	£2.00	£33.32
charlsef	Fold
Anders12	Fold
tiggerovnh	Call		£0.70	£2.70	£8.75
Turn
		K
tiggerovnh	Check
DeucesLive	Bet		£1.70	£4.40	£31.62
tiggerovnh	Call		£1.70	£6.10	£7.05
River
		9
tiggerovnh	Bet		£2.00	£8.10	£5.05
DeucesLive	Call		£2.00	£10.10	£29.62
tiggerovnh	Show	9 10
DeucesLive	Show	A 3
DeucesLive	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 3s	£9.35		£38.97

kirstii

At 5/10 i'm shoving there imo

DOHHHHHHH

I was close!

He only has a fiver bak, so you can't make a big mistake....

But I guess a mistake is a mistake, so caution is never gonna be such a bad thing here.

nh, wp.

Saw u at 30nl earlier, u moved up now?

DeucesLive

I thought I'd try my luck up the levels, but ran appallingly and lost a chunk on big hands- ran kings into a flopped set of 10's which knocked me down a buyin straight away, then a couple of times had 2 pair binked by flushes. I think I could cope at the higher levels, but my br isn't strong enough, so I'm gonna stay around the 5/10 limit for now I think. Had winning sessions all the times I played on the mastercash tables (just under 1 buyin the first two, and 1/4 buyin on the third- assuming you take the double normal max as a buyin) so I'll work at a relatively safe level before moving to 15/30