My 5th time playing at a Casino, What should I have done?
I’m playing at a large Casino in 1/3 NL (8 max) that from what I’ve read and experienced, plays pretty aggressively and large in comparison to other casinos ($500-$100 buy in). I’ve been at this table for 2 hours
Anyway situation is as follows: I am UTG with A s K d, and make it 6. UTG + 1 Calls, HighJack makes it 20, Dealer Calls, Folds to me and I make it 100. Everyone folds but HighJack quickly calls. Going to a flop pot is about 230 and I now have 210 Behind, HighJack has 500 behind.
(For context my pre flop image is pretty tight as this is the 3rd hand I’ve 3 bet in 2 hours, 1 of which got to showdown and I had JJ… Although I’m not sure if this player took any consideration)
Flop comes Q s J s and 7 h
Within 6 seconds I announce all in, and get essentially snap called, he flips over A h J c. Did I inadvertently make my line look extremely bluffy?
Any tips/advice/opinions greatly appreciated.
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I’m playing at a large Casino in 1/3 NL (8 max) that from what I’ve read and experienced, plays pretty aggressively and large in comparison to other casinos ($500-$100 buy in). I’ve been at this table for 2 hours
Anyway situation is as follows: I am UTG with A s K d, and make it 6. UTG + 1 Calls, HighJack makes it 20, Dealer Calls, Folds to me and I make it 100. Everyone folds but HighJack quickly calls. Going to a flop pot is about 230 and I now have 210 Behind, HighJack has 500 behind.
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1. Your initial preflop raise was too small and greatly skewed analysis in this hand. A larger raise makes the hand play very differently.
2. Your postflop shove is questionable at this level. At higher levels you might get AJ to fold but at this level there are lots of people whose analysis consists of nothing more than "I connected with the flop there is lots of money in the pot, so I call."
At this level such a bet might be smart (i.e.a player who always sees ghosts) so they fold 2nd pair no matter what the pot odds are. It could also be dumb. A player will call anything simply because they hit. Lower levels are much more read dependant.
