Private game NYC
End of the night. 5 handed.
Effective stack $550
V is the game owner. Plays ~decently but calls too much (esp w top pair). Not sure if because he likes doing that or he wants to give action in his game (good for his business!). He does a lot of weird **** (donks, min raises etc) that would make people here roll their eyes and tag him as a fish... but he is not that fishy/super easy to read. He plays a lot of hands, inc a lot of ace rag and broadway cards. Usually raises to $10 pre (though standard raise tends to be more $12-15 in this game).
We played many hours together. He likely sees me as competent tag that can occasionally spazz (cause I still do that... occasionally...). I am a winning player in this game overall. And I play way fewer hands than most people. And I don’t 3bet that much (because everyone calls most of the time). But had a rough beginning to this session (6h earlier) with a 3-st bluff gone bad.
Preflop
Folded to V: BTN raises 15 (bigger than usual)
Hero SB K
K
3 bets 45 (I now think I should have gone bigger, maybe even $60 since V is sticky and I am oop. Couple of sessions ago I stacked him w AA vs KQ on Q flop because I 3-betted to $60 pre and he put me on JJ. I.e., “big 3bet can’t be the nuts”).
BB folds
V/BTN calls
Flop ($90) A
8
3
Hero bets 50
Villain min raises 100
Hero?
I called.
Feels very passive now. Raise? I am pretty convinced he has an ace here. I am 43/57 with K
. I doubted I could make him fold a weaker ace. He is def not folding AJ/AQ Maybe not AT. Obv not A8 and A3 either. So he has 6 combos he might fold and 4-5 he won’t.
Unlikely he has AK as he would have probably 4bet.
Turn (290) 3
Hero checks (Feels consistent with flop call but similarly passive. Unless I am repping that I am pealing a card to make sure the flush doesn’t get there and now bet again. Didn’t feel very convincing to me)
Villain checks
Now discounting the bigger Aces. He would have probably kept betting.
River 7
Hero checks. I gave up. Because story of a big bet here didn’t make sense. Shoving $400 felt gross. Etc. But I am very likely going to lose this pot.
Villain checks
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