Me: Big Blind. younger looking 20 something in a hoodie. up $500

Villain: Middle Pos. 50 something asian guy with great hair. regular in 30/60 game. stuck in our game about $700. no prior history. there is some asian camaraderie going on at table and its starting to feel very loose.

Preflop:
5 limpers. in BB i am dealt AA. I raise 30 and I get 4 callers.

Flop:
279
I check, and Villain bets $100. Everyone folds to me and I raise to $200. He insta-calls.

Turn:
Q
I bet $100 and he calls again after about 10 seconds.

River:
3
I bet $100 and he insta raises me to $200.

What do I do?

I figure dominant hands would have re-re-raised me on flop or turn... but at the same time I don't think I get raised that much there on the river unless I am beat. What do I do?

Raise way more preflop and take it to value town post. Not even kidding whe. I say this... Close to max bet preflop. I've played enough CO casino games. A reg in a 30/60 game coming along with you. AP he probably has you crushed. Bluff raising there with a capped bet is suicide. In other words I highly doubt he is bluffing.

Two thoughts.

I have never seen anyone call a $80-100 preflop raise after limping for $5. If I bet that much and I get all folds as expected im losing money. Maybe 40$ would have been more appropriate to bring along someone who is willing to roll the dice with pocket 6's.

I also agree I am most likely crushed on river but if so flop and turn made no sense being AdKd were clearly in my range.

wtf does 100 mean? I'm assuming the way this hand was played the most you can bet/raise is 100?

lol

River is an easy call. You're getting like 10-1 and most big made hands are raising you turn like always. People do stupid stuff all the time, folding here would be awful.

100 is the max raise. stupid state law.

Raise more PF. Probably making it $50 here. As played, why on earth are you checking flop? Just max bet and 3-bet if raised.

As played, you're probably beat but getting over 10:1 so you can't fold here.

I checked because I was 90% sure I was going to see a bet which I could check raise... which happened.

So I call.

guy flips over 7-3o giving him two pair.

It happens. Note that he's a super donk station, rebuy, and constantly isolate him and take him to value town.

Also move from whatever awful state has that law.

Like I said... No one is ever bluff raising you OTR the way this went down and in this game. Standard CO capped games. I don't care who comes to argue with me on this, unless you have played these games and dealt with the stupidity that happens you have no idea. Don't believe me? Ask Garick about the last time we went.

unfortunately he promptly got up and went to the 30/60 game

This makes me glad I still play the 1/2-100. I've been thinking about moving up but the $100 cap makes the turn and river harder to bet draws and the like, especially when the 30/60 players are waiting to get on their tables.

Spread limit is pretty stupid. I would've played it the same way given the $100 max bet.

Call.

I frequent this game at the star. I think I know who your villain is. Anyway...

It looks like you're probably just trying to steal preflop(young guy in hoodie raising "big" OTB or SB/BB). The $30 bet is good. $40 I doubt anyone calls. Flop, I would lead out and bet about $100. The check raise is ok, I rather lead out as I've found it more profitable in that game. But it's always situational.

On the turn if villain is who I think he is (from the good hair comment), he definitely thinks you're trying to bet him out the hand. I'm putting him on 9d with any another diamond at this point, or any 9.

I'd also lead out $100 on the turn.

After his 3b on the river, I tank a second then fold as he probably had 9d3d. Make a mental note and maybe take a break. I might also ask him to show if I fold, if it's who I think it is, he will show.

What happened?

After the pot gets to a certain size, it becomes a limit game.

Checkraise on flop is a read-based play, but the default is to bet against 4 players with a sorta drawy board. Bet/call on river looks ok. It's not very often a bluff, but don't make a habit of bet/folding in big pots when there is no real hand that makes sense here.