PokerStars - $0.16 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: $17.41 (VPIP: 10.00, PFR: 3.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
BTN: $30.55 (VPIP: 7.98, PFR: 6.30, 3Bet Preflop: 1.06, Hands: 239)
SB: $16.46 (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 13.99, 3Bet Preflop: 5.91, Hands: 1,785)
BB: $15.12 (VPIP: 61.54, PFR: 26.92, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 29)
UTG: $15.20 (VPIP: 55.32, PFR: 14.89, 3Bet Preflop: 7.41, Hands: 48)
UTG+1: $16.64 (VPIP: 19.40, PFR: 13.09, 3Bet Preflop: 5.16, Hands: 2,004)
MP: $18.38 (VPIP: 15.46, PFR: 12.08, 3Bet Preflop: 4.29, Hands: 209)
Hero (MP+1): $16.00

SB posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.24) Hero has 3 A

UTG raises to $0.77, UTG+1 calls $0.77, fold, Hero calls $0.77, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.55, 3 players) A T 3
UTG checks, UTG+1 bets $1.44, Hero calls $1.44, UTG calls $1.44

Turn: ($6.87, 3 players) J
UTG checks, UTG+1 bets $4.00, Hero calls $4.00, fold

River: ($14.87, 2 players) 8
UTG+1 bets $10.43 and is all-in, fold, Hero ?


Villain is a competent regular. Multi-tables but never plays heads-up.
I have a few notes/stats on him. The more relevant ones are:

• Calls pre-flop 2bets 15% of the time
• Really low flop c-bet (41%)
• I've seen him check-call 3 streets with show-down value
• Only time I've seen him raise a flop is with 2-pair
• I've seen him take stabs on the flop in 3bet pots but shut down and c/f on later streets after being called

UTG was a massive fish so not sure if that affected villain's calling range (probably not, given his own early position)

Pre-flop my plan for the hand was to try and see a cheap flop (I had 2 nits to my left so wasn't too concerned with being 3bet) with a hand that could flop big.

On the flop. I elect to call seeing as I want to keep the fish in the hand and I think I'm well ahead of villain's range also.

Turn: The sizing of villain's turn bet kind of caught me off guard. I had suspected that he might go into c/c mode to try and get to showdown with something like AK/AQ. I haven't seen villain run any bluffs in the past (at least not where he got caught anyway). I think it's too nitty to fold with my under-repped hand but I don't see what raising accomplishes so I call again

River: Is there anything at all that I beat that he plays like this?

How would you play this hand?

From your description v seems like abcish reg, in which case I tend to give a lot of credit for this much aggression. They will rarely go crazy multiway without a good draw, esp oop. OTT you are face up as AQ+ so unless v is in the business of making people fold tptk/2pair then you are beat on the river. Regs who haven't shown overaggression usually try to get you off top pair if flush comes in or something like that, and mostly in HU, LP pots, and even then not always with solid frequency. There is no way v plays AK/AQ like this and its hard to give him air so yeah its a 100% fold. I would c/c flop turn.

Also fish OR like 5x and has like 15-20 rfi stat probably so its even less desirable for utg+1 to try to bluff 1 street nevermind 2

Good fold. I think you sniffed out a set, I think that's your own thoughts too. It's unlikely am A10 from UTG2.


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