Friday night, everybody is apparently watching the football/gone to the WSOP cause the poker room is only half full and all the regs are AWOL
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Villain/BTN: well dressed MAWG with a hipster beard. Looks like someone who spends his evenings in front of a fireplace reading poetry. Has a Garry Kasparov book with him, allthough currently not reading it. He has been very active/LAG, opening tonnes of hands, 3betting a bunch and winning a lot without showdown. Overall he comes across as a knowledgeable player, not recreational at all. He's probably up about 2k at this point.
Earlier he bet/3bet allin on the turn on a AQTx board after a 3bet pre, got the fold and asked the guy "where you bluffing the blockers also?"
. Probably just a needle, but still pretty bada**.
Hero/EP: mid thirties WG, (am i officially a MAWG now??), playing pretty TAG but not nitty. Probably come across as a solid grinder to villain.
OTTH
8 handed.
Pre:
Hero (stack:2.5k) is UTG+1 and opens to 30 with black JJ.
(i've been experimenting with a bigger 6x open from EP, vs my normal 4x. Not sure if i like it yet).
Villain/BTN (stack: covers) 3bets to 100.
Hero calls.
Pretty standard at these stackdepths.
Flop (210):
A
J
6
I check, he checks behind.
Again, pretty standard. I assume villain has some decent/marginal showdown value here.
Turn: (210)
A
J
6
Q
Hero bets 120, V calls.
Villain has both higher sets in his range, but also KK, TT or some rag Axs, maybe AQ, so no need to bet big imo.
River: (450)
A
J
6
Q
3
Hero bets 320, V raises to 1000, Hero.....
I considered checking since most of his range isn't that strong, but letting KK or A5s get a free showdown seems bad. On the other hand, getting raised obviously sucks monkeyballs.
It's really unlikely he ever has KT, which probably doesn't 3bet pre, or checks back flop. He probably does cbet AQ, which is the only valuehand that i realisticly beat. So that leaves a KK type blocker bluff, or a higher set, imo.
As always, thoughts on all streets are welcomed. Thanks in advance.