NL50: herocall?

[wrap_it]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($50)
SB ($83.95)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, 4
Hero raises to $1.50, SB calls $1

Flop: ($3) K, 7, 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.75, SB calls $1.75

Turn: ($6.50) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($6.50) Q (2 players)
SB bets $4.75, Hero ?

This is the 2nd hand, villain is completely unknown. When do you call his riverbet? I mean the flop is really dry so I think he has Kx here a bunch of the time but what if the board was more drawy or I had a stronger queen? His betsizing also looks a little bluffy to me because there aren't that many queens in my range and he should try to get value, no?

[ThatDeviant]

Fold pre. As played I call.

[Padawan]

just cuz your on the button doesnt mean you have to steal

[R8tme]

bad play IMO.
2barrel might help in this situation player dependant though.
have to call river and give up chips for bad play.

[postoakpoker]

Fwiw, I don't play much HU, so take this with a grain of salt. Many of the best HU players advocate almost never folding the button, so I'm not sure why people are saying fold pre. As played river is pretty much a snapcall from my perspective. If you had fired the turn you'd have a better idea of his range, but there's still plenty of hands in his river betting range that you can beat that he thinks he's valuebetting with...or of course he could be bluffing since you checked behind on the turn.

[ThatDeviant]

Actually, almost all of the top players advocate playing a solid 'general' strategy early in a HU match. If the guy starts folding a ton of his blinds to your BTN opens, you can start opening hands like Q4 profitably. As this is early in the match, with no reads and dynamic created, opening here is WAYYYY -EV.

[Padawan]

Q4o even heads up I just cant see as being +EV... just fold it out

[dansiek]

yeah if u know the player folds his BB often then go aheaad and open but not if u dont.

[loltrickedu]

Q4 HU is a raise everytime OTB fyi,

This is not a hero call

This is a call

[ShoveOrFold]

q4 beats a ton of hands in HU, i am always raising this. only time im folding this on the button is if villain is overagro. In the beginning of a match you should be raising every button to see how he reacts and see how tight he is. After a couple button raises, we can adjust our opens accordingly.

calling here with 2nd pair is pretty standard in heads up. Villain's range on hands we beat that play this way is > the hands we lose to. And we are getting over 2:1 on our money.