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Originally Posted by JayKon
V was UTG+2
Reducing the flop bet size from 3/4, to 1/3, as suggested by gobbledygeek was to specifically bring the small/mid pairs in. Also, I agree that with the bet I made, I'm folding out most of the hands I beat ... in this game.
Now, if this was a very deepstacked, loose game, I would have said so and then a 3/4 pot bet would be OK. As it was, it was a typical 1/3.
OK, still unsure whey V1 doesn't 3-B QQ even if you're perceived as tight and opening UTG; V1's flat causes the call train?
Regardless, you've got the board pretty locked on the flop? With only three other combos of AQ or A5 out there and six combos left of QQ, you just have to take it on the chin if one of them gets there and you're unimproved on the river (I saw the actual results, but analyzing in the moment).
At $130 for $580 4+:1 is a no brainer. Even if V1 hold's A-X and doesn't have full-house, then risking a three-outer vs. 4.4:1 is a good proposition. Even if you think he has AQ, A5 or QQ (going to completely ignore the 55 consideration), then four to five outs vs. about a 1/80 chance he has any of those of those exact hand is still pretty good odds when you're getting 4.4:1.
Flop betting very small and even checking is probably better? What worse hand is gonna call for $75? $20 to 1/3 PSB gets many more worse hands to call. But your remaining SPR relative to the strength of your hand pretty much means you're never folding to any sized bet IMO.
