$2/$3
V1: UTG ($2.5-3.5k) known reg, usually has a big stack plays very long sessions and seems like a strong thinking and winning player.
V2: UTG+1 ($2.5k) pretty much the same description both V seems solid and had played a very long session. I’d seen both of them play hands quite well from what I can make out in the two hours I was at the table.

As for how they might perceive me, probably suspect I’m on the fishier side as I bought in for 33BB and have a scruffy rec appearance. Had only seen me play two hands in the two hours before this. One where I raised a bunch of limpets pre and took it down with a cbet. Another where I raised a limper, went bet bet check and showed QQ to win the pot.


Position MP, Stack $142, AsAh
Utg limp, utg+1 limp, i raise to $15, folds, call, call.
Flop ($50) QcJc7d
X, X, I bet $25, call, call.
Turn ($125) 5h
X, X, I jam for remaining $102.

Thoughts?

Looks OK to me. Sitting on less than 50bb's there's really not even much discussion to me had. You have overpair and are going to get the chips in. There are lots of 1p hands V can and will look you up with.

Bigger on the flop to set up a smaller shove on the turn.

The only hands I would expect to call $25 but fold for $40 on the flop are like 7x (which described Vs shouldn't even have) and draws that wouldn't be getting the right price against a larger bet (which you're happy to have fold since they actually have correct implied odds against a $25 bet)

Meanwhile I would expect villains to call 80 into 155 a lot lighter than 100 into 125.

Bigger pre, $25ish with 2 limps in front. Bigger on flop multi-way.

Seems fine to me. Can go bigger on flop, though.

What's the max buy-in?

With our small stack after a couple of limps I'm fine with raising. Deeper I sometimes overlimp (to reraise) but a raise here sets up a trivial comfortable stack off situation so I take it.

Preflop we got in more than 10% of our stack and flopped an overpair on a drawy board in what is now an SPR 2.5 3way. We're 100% committed (probably even regardless of what comes on the turn). We're also playing against 2 very deep players who are kinda playing their own game and we're just kinda a minor annoyance. With that all in mind, I'd either PSB this flop to shove any turn or even just flat out shove (as the amount of $$$ is fairly trivial for the bigger stacks game they are playing). Can't stand our 1/2 PSB bet (which offers too good of IO for when we are committed).

Turn is trivial.

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With this stack, you are almost never folding AA at any point in any hand.

Being short, I don't mind the smaller raise. We just want to get money in and whatever happens happens. The RIO are trivial.

I think these Vs are almost always calling $15. You could bump it up slightly to $18 to make everything even more cut and dry if you prefer and they'd still probably call. I kinda like 15 myself.

Yep, absolutely. They are also going to be skewed in their thinking by having so much money in front of them.

They didn't call to make nitty folds with draws and pears. $35-45 would be a nice flop bet. Shove any turn.

Generally more pre but not if it's going to be a big raise, we really want to play this one against both players.

Flop I'd make it $30 or $35, no-one is folding Qx or a FD vs. this shortie. Some other hands may peel.

Turn is a lovely brick, stick it in, nh.

I would have bet a little more on the flop and preflop, but the hand pretty much plays itself. You can never fold AA on a QJ75 board with no flush for less than 50 bbs. If one of the Vs has you beat, that's poker.

guys seem real good playing over 1000 BBs and limping in

Can only win at poker by raising preflop?

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