2/5/10/20 , weird river spot

game is advertised as a 2/5 , just straddles were on.

You should stick to 2/5 games that aren’t re-straddled and you can afford. You are clearly scared money at 1.1k deep and should get up and leave. You are 38/62 versus a flush and should bet all 3 streets. As sheepishly played sorry you lost $275 versus the highly unlikely held-up flush. If you folded river then lol.

Cool cool cool
So name me one bluff that this 60-70 yo dude has in this preflop config multiway

You think i’d be asking advice in this forum if it was a 3bet hu pot vs some euro pro lolol

Flop is a good example of why it's nice to know how to form flop betting ranges in these spots. I still don't think it's a bad idea to lead this specific combo even if your sizing and overall range don't make any since.

As played, I'd personally raise turn, but flat is fine too.

I'd just flat river, but I'd jam a non-broadway.

No way am I folding against described player. I don't think there's a lot of bluffs, but he can certainly be valuing AJ/A6/KJxs/22 given how underrepped we are.

Someone's age, race, dress, etc are just placeholder reads until you get actual information on a player. The fact that our opponent "seems active" is "definitely aware" and has "3bet a few times with big sizings" are far more valuable pieces of information than who was president when he was born.

Tough to imagine he’s finding a bluff here. Feels like suited connectors all the way, would never lead the flop but wakes up and starts betting big at the first real opportunity. The strength of your hand is pretty disguised though, so it’s tough to tell what he’s trying to extract value from, assuming that you’d lead out often with 2 pair and sets. Maybe trying to get a worse flush to call. Not many offsuit hands with a spade taking this line since he’d probably have to have an ace, and wouldnt be betting an ace for value like this. Last thing I’m thinking is that his AK comment probably downgrades the amount of thin value he’s going so ie a worse two pair. Looks like a flush or a bluff but I can’t think of a bluff. I would almost definitely be calling here even though you’re only really beating 22 in my estimation lol

Yeh I'd raise turn esp with his smallish bet. Really if he had a flush why would he bet so small OTT? I don't see finding a fold - we are severely underepped, he could have some 2 pair,etc. Think its a clear call.

How do they play? Like super crazy aggro?

I'm never checking this flop with bottom set IP. I think I check a lot of SDV and weak value like KQ no ♠ and bet small all big AX, sets, flushes, 2pair and air.

I was also thinking that betting the flop seemed ideal - a small bet will help range them and I actually am thinking 3b versus any even remotely balanced x/r here since absolute worst case we have a very solid redraw as no one else has a set. The flop hits our range nicely as the PFR and it almost feels like it would be a range bet HU? I'm not well studied on GTO though.

+1. AP river is a snap until the talking tell but I’m still not folding

If he calls a raise with KQo, QJo, JTo he can have lots of single spade bluffs. If he folds those he really doesn’t have many natural bluffs. I mean he could be going ham with KQs cause we checked flop but that seems unlikely 3 ways.

I would need a lot of hours with someone to fold here. He can still have aces up.

ya i was about to call (didnt do the motion or anything yet) , then speech kinda threw me off, if he puts me on AK then im bluffcatching? or hoping he has 22?

Anyways I did end up calling after awhile

Not quite sure he’s turning his hand into a bluff?

He has too pair best kicker after a monotone flop that checked through and bricked out.. two streets of value is fine and he was probably expecting a call from a lot of worse hands

It was a double straddle pot, so certain players are just going to call a single raise pre flop that they would have otherwise 3bet