Hi everyone,
here are the specifics:
Stacks
Hero: 390
Villain : 134

in this situation the villain's playing style doesnt necessarily fit into one particular taxonomy, so for the purpose of giving you an insight into how he plays consider the following:
- regular player at the poker club we were playing at.
- seems to thrive on the camaraderie and perks (free food, drink, chatting up with cocktail waitresses) of the club more than making +EV decisions at the table
- likes to call raises with any face cards, PP 66-JJ (folds 22-55 when confronted with agression).
- ONLY raises pre-flop with QQ, KK, AA, and AK suited.
- when out of position, bets out when he has hit anything on the board.

the situation playes out as follows:

after winning a few medium sized pots i get up from the table to take a small breather (i usually take atleast one 5-10 minute break every 2 hours). i return to the table after said break and post my missed blinds from the hijack (3$) and look down to find AK.
utg +1 & +2 both limp in. I raise to 18, villain in the dealer postion calls, BB calls, limpers fold. 59$ in the pot.
(side note: i look at my opponents stacks to see how much they have and i notice the villain's stack has loss about 150$ since i left on the break. had approx 290$, now has only 134$)
flop comes out :7510
BB checks,
i c bet 25,
villain calls 25,
bb folds.

Turn: A
think i moved ahead in the hand i bet out 35,
villain shoves his remaining 91,
i call the extra 56.

River: 5

thanks for the input guys!

Flop call was troubling, as he had to have hit. Likely because based on what you said, if he folds small pocket pairs pf, then I'd have to assume he'd fold 68s or even 89 suited.

Almost have to call the turn there though. But it would seem likely a push would be at least two pair or set.

Just bad luck.

I edited your post to remove the resuts of the hand.
Not including them in the post will generally get you better responses than if they are there.

This is generally not a great board to be cBetting on as it misses our actual hand, our perceived range, and hits thier range pretty hard. I would consider check/folding.
On the turn, the bet is good, but I would generally fold to the shove.
He just isn't bluffing that often imo.

cbet shaky 3 handed, but if you can get away with that size and not result in inducing aggression, then it's probably fine, maybe even best.

turn I'd just bet out the 91, you had an SPR of 2,
AP, you're probably in trouble more often than not, but you absolutely can't fold here.

Nitpicking... Put the suit after the value, it's the ace of diamonds, not the diamond ace, as cool as it sounds.

What is he shoving on the turn that is worse than a pair of aces? Seems like a trivial fold

we need 19% to call. we're 20% against 75. we're crushing AQ. we're crushing KQ. it's too nitty to range V on mostly sets and aces up, although that may be a lot of his range

I actually don't mind a cbet here with BDFD,BDSD, 2 overs and position. I like the cbet size on missed flop as well.

Turn bet should just put him in IMO. Make him make the decision for all his chips, not the other way around.


Most likely combos that smoke you. 77--3. A10--9
10--3. 55---3

Combos you beat----AQ---12. AJ-----12. KQs----16 K10----12
Q10---12. J10----12. ( assuming these are all in Vs range)



18 that beat us. We beat 42-66 combos. ( depending on range)

Who says? I like it and will be referring to cards as such from now on. Thank you OP. You're the man.

Yeah, C bet is kind of marginal. I'm neutral there. If c betting I'm going more than $25 into $59. On the turn the pot is over $100 and you are betting $35? Unless you are trying to induce I don't get it. As played, snap call on the turn.


Edit: Just reread your post and noticed that you did include pot size on flop.

3way a 10 high board is bad to cbet. If you're going to bet anyway, make it atleast $35 and discourage something like 88 to call.

Stop being a club queen

I don't see any questions in the post are you just asking what we think about any particular part of the hand. I would also never fold the turn for that amount, it's a great bluff card for your opponent.