This hand has been bothering me and would like some feedback.
Live 1/2 playing 5 handed. Villain has not been sat long and is a young Asian guy, he is very aggressive and not afraid to get out of line and play big pots. Shortly before this hand he was involved in a 4! 1.2k pot which ended in a showdown of A9o vs AQo.
Hero has been playing fairly straight forward has a stack of 850 and villain covers. We have been involved in a few hands recently and I have won every one of them which seems to be slightly bothering him.
Hero UTG straddles to 5 folds to villain in BB who raises to 15. Hero looks down at A❤️Q♣️. I decided to just flat.
Flop: 2♠️3x Q♦️
Hero checks. V bets 15. Hero raises to 35. V calls. At this point I just wanted to get more money in the pot as I know his ranges are going to be pretty wide, and he would cal a raise with any pair and any worse Q.
Turn:J♠️
This time hero checks, at the time in my head I did this mainly for deception, wanting him to think I was full of **** or just not very strong. V checks back.
River: A♠️
Hero bets 90 for value, hoping for a call from any A high that floated or smaller rivered 2 pair.
V tanks for 30s before throwing in a 1k chip and announcing "370"
Hero??
I have spent a lot of time going through this in my head and can think of a million different ways to play it start to finish, would appreciate constructive feedback. Thanks
Against described V, I think you have to call it off. There's 490 in the pot and it's 280 to call. I think you're good here more than 37% of the time.
Also, you intentionally played your hand so that it would look weak. It's generally not a good idea to induce bluffs by appearing weak, and then fold to pressure.
In your hand setup you say you are the UTG straddle with villain in the big blind. Yet, throughout the hand you have the hero acting first out of position vs the villain
In your hand setup you say you are the UTG straddle with villain in the big blind. Yet, throughout the hand you have the hero acting first out of position vs the villain
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+1 this makes the hand completely different to evaluate
Sorry my bad. Positions are correct as are bet sizes. OTF He bet 15 I raised to 30 he called. OTT he checked I checked back. OTR He checked I bet 90 he check raised to 370.
Hand is played as if hero is on scared money. Just calling w AQ in a 5 handed game in position vs a lag, I'm ok w that if you are mixing in 3b as well. I can't imagine that you are. You played your hand COMPLETELY FACEUP. There's no deception when you check the turn. your hand is already known to anyone paying attention it's a big Q.
The river is impossible to give a good answer. We should rather look at the mistakes that were made throughout the hand.
3-betting pre sometimes and flatting sometimes are both fine.
I would just flat his flop bet. I'm basically going to call 3 streets here, and consider betting once he checks.
As played I think river is a fold. V is making a huge bet for a 1/2 game. Is he capable of doing that with a non-nutted hand? 54 makes perfect sense here
3-betting pre sometimes and flatting sometimes are both fine.
I would just flat his flop bet. I'm basically going to call 3 streets here, and consider betting once he checks.
As played I think river is a fold. V is making a huge bet for a 1/2 game. Is he capable of doing that with a non-nutted hand? 54 makes perfect sense here
All of this. We are 425 BB deep, i'm not trying to bloat the pot this deep on the flop, plus I hate your min-raise. How do you react on the flop if after you raise to 30 V raises to 100?
Thanks guys. I had been mixing 3 betting strong hands and flatting strong hands in my straddle whilst 5 handed and this was just one I decided to flat. After that I pretty much hate every decision I made from there on. Letting him bet all 3 streets is probably what I should have done as he almost certainly would have. My min raise followed by checking the turn didn't really accomplish anything. After he checked the river to me I felt 100% certain I had the best hand until I get the big c/r
You should be 3 betting pre all day. You should be raising bigger on flop, like $50. As played Bet turn like $75, as played snap call river. Like what, did V check a Q high flush on river?
I assume you snap called and he had 45 or this wouldnt even be a thread. If he had 45 he really couldnt have played it much worse on river.
