Double barrel gone right

[Galapogos]

I've only been here for about 5-10 minutes. Villain is totally unknown. Haven't noticed him in any pots yet.

What is my optimal river play? Call, raise x amount, raise all-in?


Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (Real Money), #534,571,077
Table Vancouver, 2 Jul 2007 2:42 AM ET

Seat 1: Galapogos [ A,Q ] ($128.35 in chips)
Seat 5: DalleIII ($64.95 in chips)
Seat 6: -Vehkis- ($111 in chips)
Seat 7: Mika10 ($197.90 in chips)

Antes/Blinds
Galapogos posts blind ($0.50), DalleIII posts blind ($1).

Pre-Flop
-Vehkis- folds, Mika10 calls $1, Galapogos bets $5, DalleIII folds, Mika10 calls $4.50.

Flop [board cards 5,6,7 ]
Galapogos bets $8, Mika10 calls $8.

Turn [board cards 5,6,7,5 ]
Galapogos bets $20, Mika10 calls $20.

River [board cards 5,6,7,5,A ]
Galapogos checks, Mika10 bets $35, Galapogos ...

[mixchange]

Hmm. I don't like a river check because often he may be holding a mid PP here and is happy to just see a showdown. I lead for $50.

*Edit* I don't see a point in re-raising.

[|~|ypermegachi]

i think raising here is spew. you can't rule out A5,A6,A7. 56,67 beat you. 45 or 78 you beat one of those, and the other is folding to the river raise.

i don't see what hand you beat would call, even overpairs 99-KK would be wary to call a raise.

[sauce123]

i think this is a terrible spot to double barrel

id bet/fold 35 on river as played (close to C/F tho)

[Foucault]

Galap,

Ewwww. This kind of flop is way more likely to hit a limper's range than a raiser's range. I'd be very surprised if he ever folds a better hand on the flop. Just check. Definitely don't double barrel. River is a check-call cuz at this point you're just hoping he bluffs a busted draw.

[silu73]

This is the wrong board to double barrel. As played I call though.

[Ash256]

Is this a bad board to double barrell because the hands that call the flop are not folding the turn?

[sauce123]

Ash- its bad because a limp/calling range looks kinda like:

22-99, 45s-QJs, Axs, suited gappers and maybe some unsuited connectors maybe like KQ QJo

so a cbet isnt so bad cause quite a few of those hands are going to fold on the flop- but clearly A LOT of that range is helped or at least not hurt on the turn and we are ahead of only a couple hands he calls the flop with- A8 is the only real one which comes to mind.