Table is half fishy/half Asian loose semi-aggro/passive. Several deep stacks, hence the limp here.
SB: ~$430 Old Persian woman dressed flashy. Bets strength, gets rid of weakness. She doesn't get married to hands and considers FD+over as strong, as in has bet NFD in multi-way pots. Has lead out flops only to fold later.
EP limper: ~1k. 30's Asian dude. Gets sticky. Sometimes aggro, sometimes passive. Stacked off with OESD on turn vs SB previously.
BTN: Hero, covers. 95. TAG. Have been active post-flop (c-betting & floating), usually b/c connected. Showdowns have shown nuts.
7 players to a flop in a limped pot
Spoiler:
$29
T94
SB $25, EP c, folds to hero...? Anyone raise & why?
Spoiler:
H calls
$103
A
x,x, Hero?
Spoiler:
H $55, c, c
Opinion on the stab... I though I was merging my ranges here. I bet mainly as a semi-bluff, some to build a pot if we club, or trip up. I though SB could have a weak T or 9, or possibly be on a draw. I think I really should have raised more if we're going to fire. There's lots of reasons we could check, but I also wanted to set up a good river bluff if needed. Was not expecting EP to call as well, but when he does I think his range is similar to SBs.
The idea of describing yourself as Tight / Aggressive. And playing the 1st 2 streets ultra loose/passive, without any other context, is what people are having trouble rationalizing....
I am ok with the limp if it is that type of game, but 7 handed I am doing nothing here other than cheaply trying to make a nutted hand. I have 0 interest ever in trying to outplay that large of a field no matter how strong my hand seems to be.
The idea of describing yourself as Tight / Aggressive. And playing the 1st 2 streets ultra loose/passive, without any other context, is what people are having trouble rationalizing....
I mean... I post a lot. Basically once for every session or two I play. You can check my posts & see that this is one of the raggiest hands I've ever played. I'm trying to open my range up a bit, especially when effective stacks are deeper. I usually have the nittiest image at the table & am trying to break away from that. When almost the whole table limps to me & I have implied odds, I think it wouldn't be the worst to continue with a hand no one would ever put me on. I'm aware that I had an option to raise OTF. I chose not to b/c SB tends to lead with strong SDV, especially for a nearly PSB. But, if I was completely sure I took the best line post, I wouldn't have put the hand up for review. I apologize for not clearly stating that this is hand is a deviation from my overall strategy. So far, the whole table has seen me open raise, iso raise, & 3bet pf far more than they've seen me limp or flat other people's raises. That's why I assumed I'd have a TAG image.
I am not a fan of the limp is just too much of a weak play of trying to hit a flop here.
so I think a raise is a lot better option as you say before your image is nitty so guess what start raising and people will be folding too you.
As played am never going too crazy here, can see the merits of raising but like the call.
Turn isnt a bad card to 2nd barrel but will have too be big sizing.
River if call am checking and giving up