Honestly I'd love to have found a way to avoid this spot, but don't want to be an exploitable player.
edit: wanted to include that V is an old dude (like 65+)
Villain is the typical 'everyone's nemesis'... definitely a cool guy, but can be annoying as hell to play against without initiative in the hand. I wouldn't even really know how to classify his play, he raises with a pretty predefined set of hands, I want to say top 10%, a standard range, but no real regard for position. He will fire pot-size cbets regardless of the size of the pot (think 5 raise callers and a 70 dollar c-bet) on 100% of pots and will almost always double barrel anything resembling top pair. Although he tends to give up after being called if he misses the flop. Essentially he's a massive station if you get a near-nutted hand and have him betting for you.
This dude plays a lottt of poker, like 200 hrs/month a lot, so he's essentially seen it all. Villain and I have lots of history, having played in multiple 400bb+ pots at 1/3 (I think most of you can imagine why). I've seen him float occasionally with backdoor draws and over cards as well, although more to hit his hand, not to 'take it away' on a later street (although I guess this is impossible to know
If I had to guess V sees me as a solid poker player, but definitely know I'm capable of bluffing and maybe taking hands too far once I've shown initiative. I'm sure if I thought about 'how he sees me' more I could draw some more conclusions, but nothing comes to mind at the moment.
As far as table dynamics go, me and V are essentially the only preflop raisers, so V can comfortably limp UTG without expecting to be raised by people in later position (very passive players).
Hero is BB with J
2
V limps UTG, 5 folds, BTN limps, SB folds, I check.
Flop ($9): J
2
9
I check (in retrospect I should maybe have led this flop?) V bets 15, BTN folds, I raise to 45.
V flats.
Turn ($99): A
If I had to range his UTG limping its pairs/Axs (possibly Kxs)/ lower BWs like KJ, JT and SCs, so basically an extremely wide range. I see the A hearts as actually a good card for me, as it rules out him calling with the NFD, and only improves what I think is a small portion of his flop calling range. While I doubt it improved his hand, its a great card for his floating range, in any case I am now looking at a pot that has ballooned 10x from $9 to $99 on the flop and I'm sitting here with a vulnerable, OOP in a bloated pot, what's my next move you think?
Also, if there any thoughts on my flop play (raise sizing etc..) lemme know!
Last edited by riguy724; 02-19-2014 at 02:30 AM.
Reason: he's an old dude