I recently moved up from a 1/3 NL to 2/5 NL home game, and have been really struggling at this level, and I'm getting lost in what to do. It's a pretty deep game with lots of action. We are 11 handed at this point.
Villain (UTG+3): $3K. Young, solid TAG. Is usually a winning player there. Usually shows down with the goods. Very active when he's in a pot. I haven't won a big pot against this guy in a long time, and he has been crushing me.
Hero (MP): $900. I've been playing pretty tight at this game. In previous games though, Villain has seen me play much more loosely.
OTTH
Pre-flop
V opens to 20
folds to Hero who sees Q
Q
Hero 3b to 60
folds back to V who 4b to 180. (Note: In a previous night, he saw me 4b UTG with AQo, and he called with AQs in the HJ. He called my all-in flop bluff with a flush draw which made on the river)
Hero calls
Pot 360
Flop A
9
3
V bets 500
I range V to AA, AK, K
Kx. Possibly J
J, which is about the only hand I'm beating. And I ended up folding.
Any thoughts on how I played this hand?