1/2 6 Handed - Few weeks ago

H has loose, gambly image. H has about 350
V1 - MAWG who is loose/passive. Covers H with about 500
V2 - Younger white male, new to table, has been TAG, has about 400

OTTH

V1 limps in MP, H opens to 15 with AJdd on B, V2 calls in BB, V1 calls

Flop (45ish)
AcJs3c

V1 checks, V2, checks, H Cbets to 25
V1 calls, V2 xr to 90, H calls, V1 folds

Turn (250ish)
AcJs3c3s

V2 checks, H jams for about 215.

Thoughts?

I am 3 betting the flop here. You have a nutted hand with top two on this board and have a wild gambly image. Its very likely villain is on a draw here, or maybe a hand like A3 for worse two pair, so either way we want to get more money in this pot for value if possible.

He should fold all worse and call with the few hands he has that have you beat. What are you trying to accomplish with the turn bet? I don't think he check raises a hand like ATo on the flop if you are trying to get called by a bad ace and he shouldn't have AK / AQ (I guess he might have AQ, but I don't think most who play AQ this way pre raise the flop on A high boards). I would bet smaller and keep flush draws in. I think his most likely hand with how the player pool plays in JcXc. You really want to see a J on the river.

I don't mind the turn bet because a young white guy could be check/raising flop with some sort of draw (broadway clubs perhaps, though that's not many combos). More for denying equity than getting called by worse since there's <pot left.

general rule is people are less likely to be bluffing non-nutted flush draws, so with the Ace of clubs out there it reduces a huge chunk of his preflop suited calling range. KQc, maybe QTc and thats probably it. We discount all of the other suited combos because we dont think he'd x/r those. He obviously would x/r sets with an ace out there expecting you to cbet. I could see a lvl 1 player check the turn with a boat just praying that you bet again. Plus you mentioned he's passive so his x/r should be particularly out of character.

I sometimes treat these effective stacks as the next limit up due to the larger preflop raise size, meaning this is more like a shortstacked 2/5 game than a deepstacked 1/2 game, but keep in mind a lot of opponents will not think of it like this so to them you are still playing nearly 200BB deep which impacts their comfort level betting.

Although I can tell you right now I would 100% have 3bet the flop just because it's part of my autopilot routine. It's unlikely I am going to get away from the hand later or establish more of my opponents range and *with* the draw potential I just couldnt stand it if I played passively and let them get there. Strange as it seems I do not like betting the turn but totally ok with 3betting the flop. It just changes the dynamic of the hand so much that you dont feel like you're making a mistake doing 1 vs the other.

As played I would be $100 on the turn.

Looks good

With $250 in the pot and $215 left, the next bet pot commits you if it’s half pot or more. To me, the flop min cr is either an attempt to build the pot with 33, jj or aa or an attempt to control the action with a draw like kqcc. Best case he has a3 and thinks he’s ahead of ak. You could bet smaller, like $125, to tempt him but give bad drawing odds if he is on a flush draw. But I don’t hate the shove here, either. In fact I think my preference as played is shove>check back. If he had a set of 3s , be more careful against him next time.

^ huh? Villain did not come close to minraising and A3 > AK

Results

The Turn Jam caused V to think for a while but he eventually made the fold.