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Originally Posted by grant2
Mr. Lag is really showing that his range is capped when he overcalls preflop. But when the low board shows up, both him and other villain are suddenly eager to shovel money in.
Maybe hindsight is 50/50, but this seems like the situation where you can accept you simply trapped yourself and fold.
What can you be beating... A5, AxH, 66, 77? pretty slim pickins vs. 2 villains.
Thanks for your feedback. But I really don't see that this situation is as black and white as you're making it seem. Maybe I didn't do a good enough job explaining the dynamic or the villains? There has been a lot of action especially between both villains, which is again exactly why I flatted preflop, because there was a good chance V2 tries to squeeze me out (this obviously won't happen every time and it's a non-standard play on my part). V2 likes to put players to the test, so his range is going to be much wider than what you gave him, and V1 knows this and therefore his range widens too. Not to mention we're shorthanded and both villains have had multiple drinks since I sat down, which is also known to widen players' ranges
Also, my line isn't exactly screaming strength. It looks pretty weak, more like 77-TT IMO which would obviously have a tough decision against the flop checkraise.
V1 had a better hand than I expected, but it was getting late and he'd finished his drink and I'm sure he would have jammed with most pocket pairs (he had less than 40 BB to start the hand). And obviously v2 had a lot more hands than just flushdraws and sets. So I was not surprised when V2 checkraised, and I expected V1 to ship...point being that although the consensus may be to raise pre, which I'm not objecting to, that doesn't mean that just because I didn't play the hand conventionally this is an automatic fold on the flop.