oops
I've never felt so bad about having a -$350 session in my life before. Probably because i was +$1200 for most of it...
1k effective, villain is super spazzy, opening ATC to $20, zero fold to 3bet, floating post, he's like $3k deep after a couple hours. This is a 2/5
V opens to 20 in MP, guy on my left acts before i do (calls 20) so i decide to raise to $80 w AQo, everyone folds except villain (dealer let's guy to my left take his 20 back).
Flop: 167, K
5
7
V checks, good board for my range, it's the last hand before dinner break and everyone's left, i figure a cbet has very good chance of working on this board at this time despite it being Vs this guy.
Hero bets 90, V calls.
Turn: $347, K
5
7
3
Villain leads $235... At this point I'm genuinely perplexed. He has no strong hands that lead here and his range is incredibly wide. I feel like he's just floated the flop with nothing and is trying to steal now. I just can't think of any hands that take this line so i guess i defaulted to thinking maybe air does?
Hero calls hoping V will shut down otr or I'll be able to bluff.
River: about $820 K
5
7
3
J
V leads $300 and has about 450 behind.
I honestly was tossing up between calling and jamming for a bit. But i figured V could turn some small pairs into bluffs so jamming was better. Hero jams and villain sigh calls with J7dd.
THAT hand makes sense, even though i think his turn lead is terrible, it's pretty much the only value hand he can conceivably have here imo. But still i never put him on it since it's such a strange line.
Anyway, what have i learnt from the biggest punt of my life so far:
- essentially, it ain't worth getting into ego/levelling wars with the marks at the table.
- let the aggro fish run you over until you get a good high EV spot Vs them
- when people put a lot of money into the pot, they probably have something.
Ahh well, will prob play again today and update afterwards to recap the weekend and also how things are travelling for me more generally.