Hero is utg+2 with about 600 just moved from another table hero knows villain who is in the bb with about 250 v is a competent player and is TAG hero is also TAG folds to hero who makes it 15 with AdKs one caller otb and v also calls flop comes down 973r v checks hero makes it 25 button folds and bb calls turn is the Ah a good card for hero no fd since there was no heart otf v checks hero makes it 60 v calls river comes down 2h v shoves all in for 150 as played is it a call and did I play the hand right ?
with that dry of a board and no fear of the Ace ott, feels like V flopped a set or maybe has AA (although you have an Ace blocker) the way he played the hand. 8 10 is the only hand I think V would bluff w/ here but even that seems like a bit of a stretch for a TAG vs. your pf raise and V oop (figure he'd fold 8 10 pf). the other issue here is that you only have to call $150 to win what is now a $360ish pot otr. if you think V is capable of bluffing here this is an easy call given the ROI but if he isn't capable I don't know what your beating here if you call.
Shove on a brick card is really strong. I just don't see what ace he could play that way for me to call. It also makes no sense as a bluff. I think I'm beat there (or potentially chopping with ak).
I figured him for two pair like a9 or a7 I have seen him semi bluff draws before he might have flopped a set but just based on the math is this a call ?
I'm thinking small hand small pot. I check turn call river. He has a set or 2 pair(or at least that's what he is repping). Pot controlling is key in spots like these.
Hey cowboy, I think your thread would get more responses of your writing & formatting were better. This post was really hard to read.
You need to cbet slightly bigger I think. $25 into a 45$ pot seems kinda weak; I'd suggest $30 or $35.
I would normally bet the turn once we bink our TPTK too. That may not be so great vs. a creative hand reading tag though. He may have correctly put you on a one pair hand and be forcing you off of it. All of your under pocket pairs are folding, and you're even considering folding TPTK, because the bet and the pot is just uncomfortably big. It's interesting; do you know of he's this creative? Or is he usually pretty straightforward?
If he's straightforward then this is a definite fold. Call/call/shove line is just super strong.
Also I'm considering checking the turn. It looks like we are playing backwards poker, but the cool thing is now you are repping KK- which hates the ace, and you might get a bluff that you can snap off on the river (and the bet won't be near as big).
Also I'm considering checking the turn. It looks like we are playing backwards poker, but the cool thing is now you are repping KK- which hates the ace, and you might get a bluff that you can snap off on the river (and the bet won't be near as big).
this i do this almost always if im playing against a bluffy player who is always just bluff catching on the flop or usually has a gutter, etc
they will bet the river 90% of the time if you check back turn
