ATo in BB vs. BTN raise
03-29-2016
, 05:26 PM
1/2, been here about 2 hours, I seat changed after 30min to get position on villain and others. Villain in this hand is a young asian guy, playing a pretty laggy style. He'll raise pre often, but will also limp behind often, and is active post flop. He's basically a pretty smart thinking player, but I think he's playing a bit too loose and too aggressive, and I think with position I'll definitely win money from him. My image is solid, tight, winning, I have about 300.
I've had two significant hands with Villain. First hand I raise AQ
in EP and he calls on button. Flop comes K76
, I bet a bit over 1/2 pot, he calls. Turn is the 4, I check (probably a mistake, but whatever), he checks behind. River is another spade, I bet just under half pot, he tanks, talks aloud, reads my range correctly, and calls.
Second very significant hand, I raise KQ from BTN over some limpers and he calls, it's heads up. Flop is 9TJ rainbow. He checks, I bet half pot, he calls. Turn blanks, he donks super small (10$), I raise pretty small, again around 1/2 pot or a bit less, he calls. River is an 8. He min-donks for 2$, I think a bit and shove for just over pot. He tanks forever and finally open folds QT !! and I muck.
ON TO THE HAND:
1/2, 300 eff., villain covers me.
Folds to villain on BTN who raises to 12. SB folds, I call in BB with ATo.
--Villain's raising range is probably any two cards here. I could definitely consider 3-betting, but I haven't quite worked out my 3-bet bluffing game in live play (obviously when I played online I was doing it often). I don't want to have him call with position as I'm not yet sure exactly what he's capable of, and what I can/can't get away with. So I just call.
Flop (25) JJ7 rainbow
I check, villain bet 16, I call.
--A passive line is developing and I didn't quite think out all my options, but obviously I'm intending to make a play for the pot at some point. I think a x/raise on this flop would have been good.
Turn (57) JJ7 4ss
I check, villain checks behind.
River (57) Qo
I lead 30.
--Overall, not great. I think I should have either 3! pre or x/raised flop, waiting until river is likely to get me called light. I don't actually think villain is folding pocket pairs here, or a 7, or a Q.
BUT, his range is so wide that I actually have some showdown value, which makes me think about x/raising this river. Once he checks behind the turn his range is capped to less than a J, but whether he'll bet for thin value with less than a Q is somewhat doubtful.
Anyway, thoughts?
I've had two significant hands with Villain. First hand I raise AQ
in EP and he calls on button. Flop comes K76 , I bet a bit over 1/2 pot, he calls. Turn is the 4, I check (probably a mistake, but whatever), he checks behind. River is another spade, I bet just under half pot, he tanks, talks aloud, reads my range correctly, and calls. Second very significant hand, I raise KQ from BTN over some limpers and he calls, it's heads up. Flop is 9TJ rainbow. He checks, I bet half pot, he calls. Turn blanks, he donks super small (10$), I raise pretty small, again around 1/2 pot or a bit less, he calls. River is an 8. He min-donks for 2$, I think a bit and shove for just over pot. He tanks forever and finally open folds QT !! and I muck.
ON TO THE HAND:
1/2, 300 eff., villain covers me.
Folds to villain on BTN who raises to 12. SB folds, I call in BB with ATo.
--Villain's raising range is probably any two cards here. I could definitely consider 3-betting, but I haven't quite worked out my 3-bet bluffing game in live play (obviously when I played online I was doing it often). I don't want to have him call with position as I'm not yet sure exactly what he's capable of, and what I can/can't get away with. So I just call.
Flop (25) JJ7 rainbow
I check, villain bet 16, I call.
--A passive line is developing and I didn't quite think out all my options, but obviously I'm intending to make a play for the pot at some point. I think a x/raise on this flop would have been good.
Turn (57) JJ7 4ss
I check, villain checks behind.
River (57) Qo
I lead 30.
--Overall, not great. I think I should have either 3! pre or x/raised flop, waiting until river is likely to get me called light. I don't actually think villain is folding pocket pairs here, or a 7, or a Q.
BUT, his range is so wide that I actually have some showdown value, which makes me think about x/raising this river. Once he checks behind the turn his range is capped to less than a J, but whether he'll bet for thin value with less than a Q is somewhat doubtful.
Anyway, thoughts?
