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Message: [QUOTE="Matt_Burns88, post: 6404022, member: 343619"] Actually, I would say your open raise is too large. <30bb we should be open min-raising. Your c-bet is also on the large side as well. This is a spot where your opponent likely has nothing, so betting small , around 1/3 pot, will normally allow you to take down the pot and when they do have something it costs you less. So you could have saved 500 chips pre-flop, and if you bet 1/3 pot on the flop you another 1300 chips. This also means that villains bet on the river, will be smaller as well - I'll get to that in a second. The turn check is absolutely fine, but another small c-bet can be good against sticky opponents. Once of the obvious draws does get there, so that is certainly something to bear in mind. Note; I have not looked at the result of the hand, so this is very interesting for me to see if I'm right. When villain bets small on the river, this should never be a bluff. He has already committed 5 of his 17bb stack to the pot, bluffing a third of his remaining stack is very unlikely. If he's at all balanced, he should be shoving his bluffs along with hands like straights and boats. So a 1/3 pot bet is interesting. I would suggest it's a weak marginal made hand with something like an 8 or a 7, or a strong hand like a straight or trips, looking to try to get called by A high type hands. Based on this and without any other information on villain, I think this is a clear fold. [/QUOTE]