Treeps OOP in 3! pot
1/3 NLHE 9 handed
We've had a rough night and are down a few hundred, V1 has noticed, table is all regs and some unknowns on a quiet overnight game, about 2am.
V1 - loose passive I have a lot of hours with, he's not as passive as some, he can bluff and he's learning the game, about a break-even player. He understands fold equity and how to read a board and so on, he can check-raise and never limps pre. But that said, he just makes calls that are way too wide and also involve a lot of RIO. Say someone opens 15 and it goes 5 ways and he's in the BB with A5o..he'll call there... and then lose another 50$ calling when he hits his A. He respects my game and likes to 3-bet me and play back at me and gives me very little credit. VPIPs fairly wide around 30%, 3-bets mainly linear with the occiasional 56s. Covers. MP.
V2 - old asian woman has been buying in for 100$ on repeat and punting it in. VPIP about 20% over small sample size. Hasn't won a hand yet. No showdowns. Seems like any PP or suited BWs she's AI with. 74$. CO.
We have 600 in the BB.
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V1 opens 10, V2 calls, we see A♥ 5♥ and make it 50, V1 calls, V2 calls.
Flop 150 - 8♣ 5♣ 5♠
Checks through
Turn 150 - K♣
H bets 125, V1 calls, woman calls AI for remaining 24$
River 225 main, 200 side - Q♥
We have 425 back and V1 just barely covers us with 500 or so....
3 Replies
Why in the world would you check the flop? They don't believe you and she is short. Just bet.
I might just check/call the river or bet $125 again -- whatever might get you a little $$$ from him.
Your hand isn't a good squeeze candidate here.
-Vs loose players who will call you with lots of better Ax like A9o, A7s, AT, etc, you get dominated a lot, and here you're going to go 3 way a ton.
-Just use a very strong linear range here, don't bother with weak suited Ax or lower SCs.
-Even if V1 folds, V2's AI range vs your hand will be in pretty good shape.
FLOP: Unless you seen this player actively stab very often vs checks, you should just go ahead and bet yourself.
and especially with V2 in there he's unlikely to just start betting random hands or weak value imo.
TURN: Seems okay now. We aren't too concerned with flushes so sizing up is fine vs weak players.
RIVER: SPR of 1 is close to a shove there imo and it's probably best given he can have all the KQ, maybe even AK, and some stickier Kx that can call.
good advice ^ thanks. I'll try to remember.
Result:
Spoiler
We actually check river deciding this is a good bluff catch spot since V1 likes to play back at me a lot. I figure he gives me a lot of missed flushes and so on here but sadly he checks back K♥ J♣. When I think more about the hand I realized he's betting all his overpairs and FDs OTF... so his range is mainly KX to the river and all that KX has to check back so I feel stupid for not shoving... :(
