This is an interesting hand played by Bruno. My comments are in Italics. Bruno holds J♦T♦

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Preflop – Very loose call, but the original raiser was a 39/30 VPIP/PFR (i.e. he gets involved in the pot 39% of the time, 30% of which is with a raise). The CO who called was a fish, playing 75% of hands. I felt like it was a good multiway hand, so I called.

Given your read, that’s fine, although in the long run, 3bet squeezing is probably way better, and here’s why:

1) MP is loose and thus he has a lot of junk in his range (so we have decent Fold Equity (FE) preflop)

2) If MP folds, the fish will likely follow suit

3) Our hand plays exceptionally well in 3b pots because it flops really well (much better than a hand like TT or JJ for example. The key here, is that even when behind, we can apply pressure on favorable boards (and we can get a ton of these favorable boards with this hand)

4) Without the initiative, we often need to make a hand (not just flop a draw) to be profitable and that’s really hard

All in all, I like a raise to something like $0.35.  

Flop – He bets less than half. I have top pair, very likely to be ahead, no need to raise.

Sure, check calling here is fine, since we keep all of his bluffs in. Also, if we raise here, the problem is that if he doesn’t fold, we are not very happy (which essentially means that we are somewhat turning our hand into a bluff):

• If he calls he probably has a better jack or a straight draw
• If he raises he almost definitely beats our hand unless he again has a straight draw

And since there are not that many reasonable straight draws (QTs , T8s and maybe KQ are the only ones that make sense), we should probably just call instead, like you did. 

I take the same line as yours.

Turn – Half pot again. I dont see a need to raise, since I fold all worst hands. I have enough equity to continue tho, since if I’m behind I have 15 likely outs (and I might even be ahead here).

You are correct again.

By betting again, villain’s range becomes significantly stronger, so we should be worried about him having (at least) a better Jack or an overpair. We still beat a few draws and bluffs of his, but we are behind more often that not. And since we have a ton of outs (15) we can stay in the pot by just calling.  

I take the same line as yours.

River – Slight overbet shove. This guy is very loose, but I feel like my river call was a mistake. This card doesn’t improve anything thats behind of me OTT, and he suddely showed more strength. I just have a hard time folding broadway 2 card flushes.

You should never fold in that spot. Not only villain could be easily bluffing overcards or value-betting with overpairs, but your range is weak and very underepped. So that’s an easy call.

As a matter of fact, I prefer you shoving instead, to get value from all Jx, and overpairs. I expect him to check back a lot on that river, since you already called twice, so you seem likely to have some sort of a strong pair.

I like going all-in here. 

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