AQo against a superstar.
1/3 NL 8 handed. I have 400 and the effective stack. I have a tight image.
I raise UTG to 12 with AdQc, a guy with dreadlocks calls in the CO and is new to the game. He seems loose/passive pre. It's folded to the BB who raises to 40. He thinks he is a superstar and probably is a winner in the game. He has been the table bully with raises and 3 bets often taking it down pre flop. His 3 bet size is pretty small. I'm not sure what to do here. This should be a strong range given I have a very tight image and raising UTG. The small reraise is suspicious. Heads up I think I would just call here? Maybe I'm supposed to fold. With a third player in the hand is this a raise or fold situation? I decide to just call and the the CO calls.
(120 in pot) 5c6dQs..The BB bets 40, I call, the CO calls.
(240 in pot) 5c6dQs8c...The BB bets 125...What do we do?
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1/3 NL 8 handed. I have 400 and the effective stack. I have a tight image.
I raise UTG to 12 with AdQc, a guy with dreadlocks calls in the CO and is new to the game. He seems loose/passive pre. It's folded to the BB who raises to 40. He thinks he is a superstar and probably is a winner in the game. He has been the table bully with raises and 3 bets often taking it down pre flop. His 3 bet size is pretty small. I'm not sure what to do here. This should be a strong range given I have a very tight
In this exact preflop dynamic given your image and your opponents image (aggressive) I probably just pure 4b this combo. It sounds like your opponent has a pretty wide 3b range so there is a decent chance we have the best hand and this hand plays much better HU than multiway. I would put in a very small 4bet to clear out the CO player, around 90-100 seems good. And definitely folding if we face a 5bet.
In this exact preflop dynamic given your image and your opponents image (aggressive) I probably just pure 4b this combo. It sounds like your opponent has a pretty wide 3b range so there is a decent chance we have the best hand and this hand plays much better HU than multiway. I would put in a very small 4bet to clear out the CO player, around 90-100 seems good. And definitely folding if we face a 5bet.
I considered the 4 bet but I was thinking is this guy really 3 betting my nitty UTG raise with a wide range? I do think the small 4 bet is the way to go in this dynamic I just failed to act upon it.
Fold or 4bet pre. I prefer fold.
I'm folding or 4b preflop also. I'm not interested in setting up a potentially multi-way spot with a capped range against a good player. This hand shows why.
This is a very common, very tough spot and it's very interesting so thanks to OP for sharing.
Flop: I would rather raise/fold flop than call with another player to act behind me on this board. H has plenty of QQ here. V could be block-betting and pricing his draw. Calling almost guarantees the CO is coming along for a good price. And speaking of the CO, he must have something. We can deny his equity when behind and force him to raise/define his range when he is ahead here.
AP Turn: Our passivity has put us in a very tight, difficult spot. We'd like some FE when ahead, but we are way behind when behind. We can call getting 3-1 and we likely have enough equity to do so profitably. Jamming allows both V's to play perfectly. Folding may be too nitty, as we can overfold when BB has AK and CO has combo/sd.
It sucks but I suppose we have to call getting 3-1 (possibly 4-1 if OC comes along) and just try to fade K, 9, 4 and club rivers. We get the price to do it. We have Qc which I think is a very useful blocker here. CO has to jam his sets now so we can get away from those instances.
Agree pre is 4bet or fold. If this is the first time he has 3bet you specifically, it might be a fold. That's assuming he's paying attention to position, reads, etc.
Now that I'm here and hit top pair, I raise/fold that small c-bet. This is when your tight image should really help.
As played, turn is shove or fold based on vibe I get from both Vs (although I'm not too worried about CO).
I would just limp in and evaluate.
I would just sigh fold to the 3bet unless this guy is often doing this with air against anyone raising from anywhere (our nitty image raising from UTG should send up red flags to all but the most clueless).
Don't see what else we can do on the flop but call.
On the turn I would go back in time and fold preflop. Otherwise, this dood is showing massive strength on every street, especially with fish still in the hand. Is he really just punting?
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if hes 3betting very wide you should 4b pre and GII by the turn on most runouts.
