AK against very good reg
1/3 9 handed 3 hours into session very tough table
Villain I consider to be an extremely good player and I do not like getting into pots with him if I can avoid it. He will 3 barrel and 3-bet even 4-bet at a 1-3 game which isn't very common.
Hero MP AdKd $540
V Small blind $610
UTG limps UTG+1 limps EP folds Hero 15$ (my standard open)
CO calls SB calls folds around
Flop
Jh 2c Ah ($51 pot)
x, Hero 35$, fold Sb calls
Turn
8c ($121 pot)
x, Hero 75$, sb calls
River
As ($275 pot)
x, Hero? (spidey sense is tingling that he is trapping, I never see him flat he always 3-bets instead of calling or will fire at least one street. This is unusual for him to check call check call check call)
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So far so good but can nitpick sizings a bit. Can size up from your standard open pre after 2 limpers. Flop can be a bit smaller. Turn a bit bigger to set up river better.
I think you have a bit of MUBS here. We can 3-barrel for value as played. What are you worried about? 22? A very good reg is mostly 3-betting from small blind with hands like AJ and obv JJ.
I question how good V is if he's flatting your $15 open from the SB, unless he's trying to keep some weaker player(s) in the hand by not 3B'ing. I also question how tough the table is if UTG and UTG1 are both limping in. I'd raise to more than $15 here. My standard RFI at 1/3 is $15. I'd make it at least $20 here, more if the table is loose-splashy.
FLOP - c-bet with only 1 opponent left to act seems fine. Size seems a tad large, but might be okay at low stakes. Wouldn't hate any size from $15 to $25. Occasionally maybe we pot it, if we think CO will fold and SB will call with all his worse AX or heart draws.
TURN - With two flush draws and some straight draw possibilities out there, I think I'd like to over-bet here, to 1.5x pot, so...$180, to set up a river jam.
RIVER - Hard to get value from much here, when all the draws brick. We're only losing to boats. Doubtful even Jx calls a bet. Think all we can do is target worse AX, and bet big. Think we can just jam for a little less than 2x pot, and hope he's not trapping with a boat.
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Ended up going for value $200 he snap called turns over 22's, which makes so much sense because he didn't re-raise me pre and he almost always 3-bets me. The cheap set mine also makes a lot of sense as to why he wasn't raising just incase my Ax boated up, although I am kind of surprised he didn't just jam via x, raise jam river.
This is ok. You value owned yourself against the very top of his range. It happens. Betting is still correct.
wow
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he left money on the table for sure. Who's mubsy now? lol
I would of most likely checked it back, I would hate having to call off a jam, but that's just me (I decided before looking in the spoiler)
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I really really was thinking of checking back to him but greed and feeling sick about it overcame.
I think V's pre-flop play is likely more about keeping the EP limpers in the hand. Once they fold pre, I'm surprised he doesn't x/r flop or turn, to build a pot.
I think he misplayed it, and you played it fine. You lost the minimum, when you should have gone broke.
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I really really was thinking of checking back to him but greed and feeling sick about it overcame.
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It's fine as long as you already decided if you're calling a jam bc if you can't, then you should just check back, so it depends on what range you think he's calling with. AJ as well as all the sets are in his range more than hands like TT or even Ax (unless he has AK or AJ he's probably folding the river with AQ but they're discounted since he likes to 3 and 4 bet).
He's also not that great of a player since checking the river was horrible hoping you're gonna bet, if he was good he would know you should be calling 250 to 300 with almost your whole range
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I would't wanna 3bet dueces from the SB especially with stacks on the shallower side.
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I was super on high alert at his play on this hand because he was so aggressive the whole night. I also over heard after the 13 hour session of mine ended he ended up losing his whole stack an hour later being aggressive against one of the best guys in the room. Slow playing a set against a bigger set and getting jammed on river.
