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So many questions, so please do not take anything below as criticism, just genuine curiosity on the hand. I am going to jump right into the river action because it has be very curious.
When the river peels, there is now $132 in the pot, and it sounds like you have roughly $100 back. When she bets $90, putting the pot at $222, you are getting just about 2.5 to 1 on your money. Meaning, in order for you to call, you need to be right 1 out of every 3.5 times to break even (roughly 29% of the time).
You mentioned multiple times that she could have Ax, A5, 56, and 77-99. You even say A2-A5 makes sense, but none of those beat you in this hand. Only 5-6 chops the pot, everything else you win. Only non full house hand you lose to would be specifically 6-7.
Yes, she could have a pocket pair for a full house or 4-5 for a full house, but you do have a blocker for pocket 3s, and two of the 5s are already on the board. It is still possible, for instance with 4-5.
It comes down to, do you think you would win this hand 1 out of every 3.5 times in this situation. If you think that is the case, the answer is a call. You even said yourself “you think you win a lot here”, so this is something to consider in the future.
There is nothing wrong with folding because you think you are beat, but folding because you don’t want to be involved in a big pot without the nuts is probably not the best mentality moving forward. If you are only playing the nuts, people will catch on to that and exploit it moving forward, even if this was a correct fold.
Beach Poker Club is a good spot. They typically do $1/$2 cash games every day, typically one table sometimes two. And I think on Wednesday’s they run both a $1/$2 and a $2/$5.
Beach is a great club, very nice people. That club typically has deeper stacks for the $1/$2 game, where I feel the average stack is typically $300-400, but they do not run many tournaments, only a couple a month I think. There are a couple other places around Eugene if you ever need other ideas, or if you are looking to play more tournaments.
Awesome, those are all great. If you are ever looking for another place in Portland to play, “The Game” on Barbur Blvd is a great place for cash games. I used to play there about 5 days a week until I moved down to Eugene. They have cash games every day, $1/$2 NL at all times, but also run $2/$5 games every other day at the same time and have a $2/$5 PLO table every Wednesday. Just another option in case you wanted a new place. Daily door cover and no rake.
