possible spew alert

1) Villain is 27/14 seems like he likes to call most 3 bets. He has a 28%
attempt to steal. This is not the first time he's being 3 bet however the first time time I have 3 bet him.

Good bad?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Button ($197.45)
Hero ($198)
BB ($28.50)
UTG ($247)
MP ($197)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
2 folds, Button raises to $8, Hero raises to $26, 1 fold, Button calls $18.

Flop: ($54) , , (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $36, Hero calls $36.

Turn: ($126) (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: ($126) (2 players)
Hero bets $136 (All-In), Button folds.

edit { villain has less than a psb left}

Final Pot: $126

2) Same villain as above about 30 minutes later.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($334.25)
Hero ($198)
BB ($299.75)
UTG ($135.05)
MP ($237.90)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4, A.
2 folds, Button raises to $6, Hero raises to $20, 1 fold, Button calls $14.

Flop: ($42) T, J, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($42) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $28, Button calls $28.

River: ($98) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $64,

3) Villain is running 22/16/4 reasonably agro this is my first 3 bet of him and i have a clean image. The table has just broke from 4 handed this is the 3rd hands of hu.

How bad is the cbet? This is a better hand to flat pf right?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero ($400.85)
Button ($194)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
Button raises to $8, Hero raises to $26, Button calls $18.

Flop: ($52) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $36, Button calls $36.

Turn: ($124) (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $132 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: $124

Hand 3 is a good hand to flat pf and the cbet is good.

Hand 2 I would check the turn also but as played I think your river bet is good, he should fold out all middle pairs.

Hand 1 I would usually cbet this flop, the river bet is a bluff hes definantly not calling with worse the question is will he fold a pocket pair.

1) very weird line, don't really like it tbh. I would rather fire flop and shove turn than this. After flop call I would definitely lead turn, where you just planning on c/f the turn after flop call? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me...

2) i just think you get looked up light here after not betting the flop. Unless you are in the habit of checking big hands on the flop (and villain knows this) I could see him calling down with something like 88.

3) standard without better reads

1 .. .super spew, really bad river card to bluff

2. why are you checking the flop? you dont have anything, u have to try to take down the pot or just give up. theres no reason to bet the turn if u r gonna check the flop, u got a really lucky river card which probly pushed him off his small-med pr but u cant count on that. if u r blufffing/semibluffing preflop, u have to continue to do so on the flop. players at 100nl dont think deeply enough for a play like this to be profitable.

3. super standard

this is 200nl btw.

hand 1 I agree my line is weird and I was planning to c/f the turn. However I know he's not a good reg so I'm not totally worried about him reading souls. When he checks the turn I put him on a weak 1 pair hand that I don't think can call a river shove even if it doesn't make a lot of sense.

calling the flop to c/f turn seems pretty bad. River bet is good, I think you have the best hand a decent amount. It's tough to say whether or not he folds 77-1010 (or whether he checks those back on the turn).

Hand 1 is weird, meh.
I really hate the double barrel on the second hand.

Why aren't you just firing away after taking it to the 3rd floor? (or check/folding) You're repping a very strong hand and your flop checks seem to be giving up too much against the vast majority of players.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Why aren't you just firing away after taking it to the 3rd floor? (or check/folding) You're repping a very strong hand and your flop checks seem to be giving up too much against the vast majority of players.

I agree this is my problem in 3 bet pots at the moment. I just find that in 3 bet pots the majority of my range should have more showdown value since the pot is larger? I don't want to get blown out so I check. Villain shows little interest in his hand on later streets/ he also has a hand with showdown value that is likely better than mine so I turn my hand into a bluff.

I was watching a recent leggo vid and I think I have a better idea of the range of the range of hands that certain people have in 3 bet pots.

Thoughts on paragraph 1?

oh also bump cause more replies would be nice.

1-weird, but possibly good if he isnt terrible.
2-nah just c/f all the way
3-usually call preflop but good as played