1/2 NL, 9 handed, five hours into session. Line check, please.

Hero ($300, SB): Hero has a pretty aggressive image and is definitely viewed by villain as tight. Hero has been relatively card dead and hasn't played or shown down a whole lot.

Villain ($500, MP): Villain clearly knows what he is doing and is most likely playing down in stakes. Hero has watched villain closely and he's been picking great spots to squeeze and 3 bet as a bluff, and has been playing exceptionally well post flop.

OTTH

It's folded to villain who opens $13 and it's folded to hero who 3 bets to $50 with Q T and villain tank calls.

Flop ($103): K J 4. Hero bets $60 and villain calls.

Turn ($223): A. Hero shoves for $190.

How was this played? What would you change?

i wouldnt 3 bet light with your stack size, especially OOP against people who are good. id just fold preflop.

rest of the hand played itself. i guess you could CR all in on the flop, but w/e.

We are 150 BB deep. How deep do we need to be to be 3betting light? I should have noted in OP, but hero had just folded two full rotations before this hand.

Also, post flop we are IP, so we can't check.

How do you get IP while playing from the SB? Magic?

Pre is too loose against a good opponent. You should probably just fold to this sizing as it’s already pretty marginal vs a “standard” 3x online, depending on Vs exact position.

Post seems fine.

Preflop against good regs I would only have 3! or fold start and would 3! light if they are trying to isolate fish. QTs I would defs 3! especially since we are deeper. Inmo $50 is a bit too much against one opponent, I think $40-$45 would be ideal but ok being OOOP and maybe him being sticky it is fine.

Again I would do this against thinking players as you mentioned your opponent here is., against the rest of the fish, I would not 3!.

Ok no for the flop, I like the smaller C-bet, $50-$60 is fine.

When he calls, what do you put him on? KK probably 4! so probably no KK, JJ are possible, KJs, 44 (if he is set mining) and AK, AQ type of hands. QTs MAYBE but this is probably a fold to a 3! from a good player since he sees that you have been playing tight.

When we hit the AA, this smashes our range so hard AND we are not scared of the flush draw as much since we have two hearts in our hand blocking AQh (which is what the opponent could have that is flushing against us, only another combo is AhJh, I don't see any other ones), I am not scared of him having an A high flush draw and since we block pretty much all of them and thus less likely for it to come even if he does have it.

This is one of the few times that I would not jam and try to get him to bluff into us or induce with a small bet on the river by checking here.

You are not scared of a flush coming in, you are only scared of the board pairing.

I would check to him and see what he does. I would not spazz with the nuts but also don't want to miss value.

I would check turn,

Then on the river see what he does, if he bet into us on the turn I would call and shove, if he checked behind on the turn I would bet small to induce him to bluff and shove ( like 10% pot.

I like a check on the turn with a little less than a psb and the stone nuts

give him some room to fire and if he checks back then you could just shove the river

shoving is fine as well I just think we might be able to get paid more often by checking and we don't have to worry about many rivers , if the board pairs that's not great , but he should be betting his sets OTT anyways

QTs 3b is too loose vs an MP open. Also probably pretty spewy doing it against a guy who's a "good" reg who has position on you deep.

Altho pre sizing is good, and postflop seems fine. Either 2/3 flop and shove turns to make it two streets, or 1/3 flop and make it 3 streets. Given the board texture making it 2 streets is fine.