Villain: UTG +1: very solid player. Usually plays bigger but is a winning player in bigger games. Plays very LAG and spewy at these stakes, but still a high level thinking player. Will limp just about any two cards. Was probably raising his button 90% of the time when limped to. When he opened pots it was very likely to eliminate KXs / QXs / JXs but would still come in for raises with small suited connectors and gappers as well as any pair or suited ace. His preflop tendencies became very predictable after being in game for ~5k at this point. He also was never folding to 3 bets. His post flop play was an easy tell on his level of thinking and abilities. History with villain was minimal with only one other session together, and him being 3 to my left for that session. Now he was directly on my right.
Hero UTG +2: playing pretty TAG. Making very good decisions which has been evident to table. Has shown the ability to call down light, but also had been balancing my lines very well and rarely got looked up when bluffing. I'm new to this game of long time friends and earned their respect the week before and was viewed accordingly. 3bet frequency was very low on this session up until this point. I hardly came across many good spots to 3bet any players but in the previous session many of these players saw my ability and willingness to 3bet light.
Effective stacks are about 260bbs ($1300) hero has villain slightly covered
Hero dealt A
Q
BTN straddle $20
SB folds
BB folds
UTG folds
UTG+1 raises to $80
Hero raises to $180
Folds around to Villain who calls
Flop 7
4x2x
Villain checks
Hero ?
Two Plus Two
Linear Mode
