This is my usual weekly game my image is usually very solid and shown as TAG but tonight I am getting dealt very strong hands and i am coming off as LAG. I am 3 betting my usual range and getting 3+ callers every time. I am in seat 1 and bought in for 600 and have about 1100 in front of me after about 2 hours. Villains in this hand are in the blinds and utg1 and 2.
SB is a usual TAG player who has a long history with me, we both know how each other play, and he is starting to think that I am just trying to be a table bully and raising almost every other hand.
he has a stack of about 400ish (down 200)
BB is a very aggro winning player, he also deals the big game down the hall. We got into it once tonight where i turned the nut straight, which also gave him trips and the board paired giving him quads. I lost the minimum by only calling his small value town river bet and didnt show my hand. He likes to call me light I have noticed. I think he thinks my range is pretty narrow, when lately it has gotten a little wider at this game.
he has a stack of about 1000ish (up 400)
UTG1 is a loose cannon fish with very deep pockets. Usually will lose 3-4k each time he plays here and tonight is a 600 max buy in.
he has a stack of about 800 (down 400, in for a full rebuy)
UTG2 is identical to UTG1.
he has a stack of about 600 (in for 2 buy ins and is down 600)
this game knows that UTG1 & UTG2 call preflop 99% of the time, almost every single hand. with that in mind, they will think and know that if they basically have 3:1 odds calling preflop almost every hand.
sb 2
bb 5
utg1 straddle 10
utg2 calls 10
folds to hero in late position and looks at A
Q
and i raise to $45
folds to sb who looks at me and says, AGAIN dude?! and throws in a call very nonchalantly
bb looks at me and says only calling bc you know whats gonna happen (meaning next 2 are never folding) and also throws in the call
utg1 auto snap calls
utg2 auto snap calls
pot is 225
flop is 2
8
Q
everyone checks to hero...is it best to check behind here to play the role of being LAG and raising with air? or should hero always cbet here, esp with villains reactions to me raising and my image tonight?