How's my line, too weak?

Originally Posted by bdawg56kg

You have a very marginal hand out of position, so why "value bet" here? What's wrong with taking a free showdown?

Checking gives our opponent a license to take the pot away. A small bet will often get called by a worse hand by a weak player.

Originally Posted by bdawg56kg

Before looking at the results I had a hunch hero's hand was good, as I put villian on a busted draw.

Difficult to gather that with so much information. XY is too narrow of a range for my tastes. Then again, I would have put him to the test on the flop...