Taking a fish to value town (3 hands)

[mcatdog]

These 3 hands are all against the same fish. His VPIP was well over 80% and he was quite often taking weak hands way too far. He'd usually donk the flop if he flopped a pair, and quite often he'd do the same when he had nothing. Here are 3 thin value bets I made against him, thoughts on my play on all 3 hands?

Hand 1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($271)
UTG ($105.25)
MP ($103.60)
Button ($127.05)
SB ($143.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, Q.
3 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to $4, SB calls $3.

Flop: ($8) Q, T, A (2 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls $5.

Turn: ($18) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $11, SB calls $11.

River: ($40) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $28, SB calls $28.

Final Pot: $96


Hand 2
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($233.55)
UTG ($108.75)
MP ($134.60)
CO ($37.25)
Button ($144.05)
SB ($102.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, A.
4 folds, SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2.

Flop: ($6) Q, T, 8 (2 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls $5.

Turn: ($16) A (2 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls $5.

River: ($26) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $18, SB calls $18.

Final Pot: $62


Hand 3
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($111.40)
UTG ($84.50)
MP ($15.35)
Button ($101.75)
SB ($42.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, 4.
Hero raises to $3.5, 1 fold, MP calls $3.50, 1 fold, SB calls $3.

Flop: ($10.50) 5, J, 6 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP checks.

Turn: ($10.50) 2 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $7, MP folds, SB calls $7.

River: ($24.50) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $24.50

[IowaSkinsFan]

i like all, besides maybe the first, i dont like the river bet.

[mcatdog]

My logic was that the way the hand went down, he pretty much never has an ace or a flush, so I'm beating everything he could have except for KQ. I thought there was a good chance he had a garbage queen and my jack kicker would play.

[aislephive]

I like all three.

[mcatdog]

Thanks A5. I've been trying to do a better job of making thin value bets and you seem to be a player who does well in this type of situation, from what I've seen of your posts.

Anyway, results.
Hand 1: he called with Q 6 just like I hoped he would.
Hand 2: he called with KQo.
Hand 3: he showed Q J which was way stronger of a hand than I expected him to have. Still don't know why he played that hand so differently than he'd been playing his other hands.

[zenbitz]

Hand 2, I would be very tempted to raise the turn. I would like to stack him if I hit my flush, and he improves on the river - might be hard if the pot is so small.