HTX home game with the same 15-20 guys that rotate in once a week. Game is good and can play really big depending on who's in. Also, everyone are business owners/execs and a few play really well
H & V are very friendly but have lots of history of getting max value and bluffs through each other. They both have a fairly good gauge for each other's play and try to exploit when able
H: Good rec/semi-pro. Can play all games and mixes it well from all positions. Plays more on feel than math
V: Very good older rec that is a big winner and has binked a few tournaments. Mixes it up well too and can limp with big hands to trap
OTTH:
10/20 NLH - UTG open limps, V limps in MP, BTN calls, SB completes and H knocks in BB with ATo
Flop (100): AT3r
x, H donks 100, UTG call, V raises to 300, all fold and H calls
My default would be to lead here. Almost anyone putting more money in here must have an Ax, there are couple of draws and I want value. I'm not too worried that I'm capped to 33 since almost everyone else is too.
I'm not too worried that I'm capped to 33 since almost everyone else is too.
In practice yeah I agree but in theory we are pure capped whereas UTG isn't capped (lol balanced limping ranges).
For simplicity's sake having no leads here is probably best, but betting makes a lot more sense when we're up against potentially multiple fun players.
As played I will call. But not happy. If I ever get caught folding 2 pair in a home game, I know my ass is getting banned. So pay the rake and move on.
When I initially got his text on the hand, I responded "fist pump call river". I also didn't agree with the flop donk because I think this board favors a lot of the limper ranges, Ax, KJ, KT, QJ, 33 that are going to stab at it
So, my cousin and I discuss this hand further.... When V bombs $1200 otr, what value hands can he have that checks back otf or what hands does he make/bluff with otr?
1) Ax, AQ, AK - Pots controls ott and has to turn top pair into a bluff otr (my cuz says V knows my cuz has two pair when he called V's raise otf. But it seems like these hands are going to check back river bc of SDV)
2) 33 - To be tricky ott (possible but unlikely)
3) TT - Limps in with a big hand and decides to be tricky ott (I discount this hand and AA)
4) KQ - Binks Broadway otr (my cuz says V wouldn't play the hand this way)
5) AJ - Pot controls ott and binks top two otr (very possible)
So, my cuz says he has a read on V and specifically puts V on AJ, thinks and mucks the hand
If it were me, I would think for about 10 seconds and call expecting to be good 75/25 and move on....
