FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPATIENT FEEL FREE TO SKIP THE NEXT FEW PARAGRAPHS AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE HAND HISTORY..
I haven't frequented these forums for a while(or the site to some extent).. Like many others who used to put a fair bit of volume, I let the game pass me by. I came to the realisation that if I wanted to extract a living from this game, then the commitment required was too much and the health implications too severe
There was also no guarantee I was good enough, or that other players would stay bad enough. A few of years on I am over the moon with my decision to take a step back, if for nothing more than the fact it allows me to enjoy myself when I return to the tables for the odd night. It pains me to say it but I am just a punter now. anyway this wasn't meant to be a diary (far too many of those already!!), so on to the point.. and yes it is strategy related.
I decided to play the roller tonight, I found myself in an interesting spot.. I won't obscure the names on the table intentionally, as villain is fairly familiar to most I am quite sure, and my opinion is that revealing his name in the context of this hand will do very little to his detriment.
I late regged and joined with 40BB at 125/250.
So just to fill you in I have been playing very solid, some might say nitty, just trying to avoid marginal spots early on. I had 4bet once and they passed. the couple of other times I had raised pre had just folded round, even though there was a lot of 3/4/even 5 betting going on. This lead me to want to open my range a bit and hopefully get some edge in hands given my image, also wanted don't want to be too short as this would negate my image anyway.
So we were a couple levels on and I had had a couple of BVB pots, nothing crazy, when this hand plays out.
What would you do in this spot given the above, and given you know the reg is fairly solid, when facing a pot size bet on the river..
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Let me put my question another way.. Can we reasonably expect villain to bet / fold this river??