Only 30 hands with the villain, and he hasn't done anything that has caught my attention.
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$4
8 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $371.20
Hero: $897.50
MP1: $407.20
MP2: $201.45
CO: $877.85
Button: $159.90
SB: $560
BB: $207.90

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is UTG+1 with
UTG folds, Hero raises to $12, 5 folds, BB calls.

Flop: ($26, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $20, BB calls.

Turn: ($66, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $53, BB calls.

River: ($172, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero ???


Do I make a value bet here? And if so how much?

If you bet anything here and he CRAI, then you have to call. Although he is a shortstack, so I don't give him as much credit for a hand that beats you, there are still quite a few hands that are ahead. Without a read, I check. But pushing and checking here are really close for me.

Is it just me or have I seen alot of people slowplay there AA in this spot just like this way too often. Pretty sick, but what the hell is he calling that turn bet with? I like the check as well for the info you get here.

If he really is playing halfstacked then this is an easy value bet on the river because halfstacks are generally very bad.
If he's playing fullstacked and just lost half of his stack then this is an easy value bet on the river because he could be tilting.

I put him in here for sure...I don't think its really that close to be honest.

He bought in half-stacked or so.

I was having a hard time thinking of a reasonable made hand that he would have been calling with. I considered checking and hoping he might bluff a busted draw, but for some reason I really felt he was calling with a pair. Maybe it was the timing of his calls, they weren't the immediate or nearly immediate calls you see with most obvious draws.

I thought that A8, 77, or 99 were possibilities. Would he call off the rest of his stack with one of those hands?

I bet another $50 on the river and he called. I would have called a push, but I wouldn't have been as happy with my hand.

He had K6. Gotta love the idiot factor. But if he would call that bet, maybe he would have called his whole stack.