V1 - Very loose, active player. Has limp/called Hero's $20 raise earlier with Q8o OOP, for example. Have seen him hero call with bottom pair, A high in a number of pots and proudly show, which i think makes him feel better whilst his stack has quickly dwindled from >$1k to about $400 after running well early. Hero has identified this player very early a targeted fish. Covers Hero
V2 - Early 20's, has been at the table maybe an hour, quite active but has been showing down good hands. Has also made some winning light calls, appears to have some tricks and better than average at these games. Covers Hero
OTTH
V1 opens UTG+1 to $12, MP calls, V2 calls in hijack, Hero calls SB with Q
J
, ~$300, BB folds.
~$50 to the flop. Q
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Hero flops top pair, weakish kicker and BDFD
Hero checks, V1 bets $40, MP folds, V2 calls, Hero tank calls.
I am not sure this is a good call at all.. My thinking is I have decent equity v V1's range. V2 can have Qx, and a number of draws given texture of this board. BDFD helps a little but I'm not sure enough to call.. interested to hear if people think this is close or not.
~$170 to the turn. Q
Hero checks, V1 checks, V2 goes all in ~$270. Hero has to call $248 to win $666, needing 37%. I say this assuming V1 is folding as he is very active and just barrels this turn with a decent hand almost 100% of the time.
I perceive V2 most likely to be on a draw here a lot. Sizing looks bluffy. Neither Hero nor V1 has shown much strength in the hand and V2 likely perceives this bet will fold out most hands.
I also considered that V2 has put Hero on Qx and could be super nutted with a full house and thinks a bet of this type will ensure a call as it looks bluffy. But this is less likely than first scenario.
I think V2 3bets AQ suited, is very unlikely to bet KQ like this and any other Qx i beat or chop.
Easy call?