Playing the semi-bluff, NL Cash

Game type: 1/2 NL Full table Cash game
Your image: A solid Loose Aggressive style
Misc notes: Table has been fairly loose passive preflop and postflop, but not may hands have been taken to showdown.
Your hand: 7♦8♦

Preflop: A and B limp, 3 folds. You limp on button, SB and BB limp.

Flop gives you all the draws you could ask for: 5♦6♦A♣

Flop: Table checks around to you, so you fire out a pot bet, happy to build a nice pot or to take it down on the spot. SB and BB fold, Player A calls and Player B folds.

Turn card is a brick 2♠

Turn: Player A checks to you, and you come out with another semi-bluff for 25 into the pot of 30. Player A takes his time and calls.

River drops another brick with 2♣

River: Player A again checks it to you, you:

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lespat

I think you bet but less than half pot. I don’t think you are going to make someone with an A fold, but someone with a 5 or 6 would probably be just as willing to fold to a 1/2 pot bet as they would to a 3/4 pot bet.

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Ruckus

The staff and lespat both have a point but I am going with the staff on this one. Yeah he might be calling with a weak ace but if he was drawing he has missed now. Throw out a 3/4 pot bet and most likely he will fold. If not, write it off as advertising expense and muck your hand.

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Phil McCrackin

Anything less than a large bet, and you give away your weakness. For heaven’s sake don’t call, but even a small bet is soft and likely to be raised. You ain’t got jack, so don’t show your shorts – bet big and take it down.

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bustmethods

If you’re going to bet, I agree you must bet big. You get the missed draws to fold, a 5 or 6 to fold and If he’s on a weak A, you pray for the fold it. Since your style is LAG, I think he’s likely to call down with any A now that he’s paired it. I checked here tho.

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Ripp

throw out about 50-60. its enough to still represent that ace but not throw him a fortune if he dose call with his pair. you have position, and he hasn’t done anything but call. over betting looks like a bluf, but underbetting makes it easy to call. double your last bet and you will make him think.

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Antionio

check raise allin

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Griff

Antionio – did you look at the situation? He already checked. If you check, hand’s over.

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