limped pot, akward river bet

[heAdstroMan]

dude is a donk.

shud i get isolating or folding ie ever limping behind?
should i jus chek back turn?
ever calling river?

Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Absolute/UB Cereus Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($24.35)
SB ($40.14)
BB ($42.04)
UTG ($3.31)
Hero (MP) ($37.01)
CO ($58.26)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J, 8
UTG calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, 3 folds, BB checks

Flop: ($0.85) 5, 3, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.85, BB calls $0.85, 1 fold

Turn: ($2.55) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.80, BB calls $1.80

River: ($6.15) Q (2 players)
BB bets $6.15, Hero ?????

[Xorkrik]

You should raise pre-flop if you want to play the hand. Gives you so much more chance to win the pot. And you don't get a BB with a random shit hand.

You make money just by raising the limpers and then c-betting every single flop. Well you can take a look at their fold to c-bet % and adjust ofc. But most will have something like 60% fold to c-bet and then it's profitable to c-bet 100%. You can check the fold to c-bet % pre-flop to decide if you want to isolate or not.

Turn I don't know. Hard to see anything you get value from. I guess there are a few straight draws but then your hand isn't worth much either. So I wouldn't bet to protect it. Note though that if you check the turn your prob have to call a few rivers when they think you have given up and bluff.

On the river I would fold 100%. My theory is that when they pot it on the river the card usually helped them. They go "Oh I got a nice hand." press pot and bet.. And sometimes they do it on a blank as a bluff. But a Q is hardly a blank. And the pot is big enough that donks will not like to bluff that much money. Esp since you have shown so much strength.

[Maximus13]

what xorkik said

[DAiMONiON]

i prefer folding preflop in that position. i do not want to play this oop most of the time. if i decide to play the hand because of nits behind me and donks in the blinds, i will isolate for sure and pot flop, on the turn i would shut down and call most rivers.

[PokerGFX]

I would fold that preflop. but if you feel he is playing hands randomly I would raise preflop to 3x. There are too many things on the river that beat you (any queen, strong jacks, JT, 9's, ect) You dont beat enough hands to make a call like that. I would fold and try and isolate him on another hand where you know you are "top dog"

[dougiedan678]

Insta isolate and take it from there.
Flop and turn are fine, fold river.