I had been playing pretty snug up to this point and hadn't got involved in any big pots. The table was quite loose with one or two decent players, so I was just waiting for the right spot.
UTG (decent reg) £250
MP (loose fish) £200
HJ (loose reg) £150
I have around £150 which was around average for the table.
Dealt K
K
in the SB
UTG limps, MP+1 opens to £4, HJ flats, Hero raises to £14, UTG calls, MP+1 calls, HJ calls.
Flop - 5
6
8
Not the worst flop in the world but given how loose some of the players are, they definitely have 5-6, 7-8, 5-5, 6-6, 8-8 in their ranges so I decide to proceed with caution.
Hero bets £35, UTG raises to £75, UTG+1 folds, HJ folds.
I think my play up to now is ok. My thought process was UTG was looking to play a lot of pots and wouldn't be bothered being oop to the 2 loose players behind. So I think he has sets in his range, but also suited connectors like 7-8, 9-8 and even 7-7. He feels he can rep a set and get me to fold my A-K/A-Q hands that are probably c-betting this board.
Had one of the looser players raised then I would have snap jammed for sure. But given UTG player is fairly decent I decided to think about it.
I ended up shoving as I felt he has a lot of draw type hands possibly with one pair that have a lot of equity on the turn. He snapped and showed 7
7
which I wasn't too surprised to see.
He did river a 4 to scoop but I was wondering if 3bet shoving flop is the right play?