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09-22-2015 , 10:17 AM
$1/2 home game where everybody is a reg. and players mostly loose

V1 is 40-ish investment banker, solid player, capable of big laydowns who plays his big hands aggressively. Hasn't topped off his stack tonite. ($115)

V2 is MAWG who I have trouble reading. Frequent winner, takes lots of pots with big bets that don't get called, something gets called bluffing, more often has the goods. ($215)

Hero is MAWG TAG, consistent winner. ($330)

OTTH

V1 raises to $11 from UTG.

V2 calls.

One more call.

Hero calls from SB with Ah Kh. V1's range for UTG raise is pretty strong. TT+, AQ+, KQ, possibly a little wider, not much. Considered flatting and 3-betting as options, decide to flat as V1 will ship it now with the top of his range and I don't feel like getting into a race right now, nor getting into a bloated pot with potential multiplayers OOP.

BB calls.

Flop ($55): 8h 7c 2h. I have NFD plus two over cards.

Hero checks, BB checks, V1 bets $50. This confirms big pair, TT+

V2 min-raises to $100. Folds to Hero. V1 and V2 both look pot-committed.

Hero?
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09-22-2015 , 10:28 AM
This is a 3 bet close to 100 percent of the times for me. I mean villain 1 is playing around 50 BB because he hasnt topped off, and i am happy to get AK allin pre against him here- even if i is raising a tight range UTG.

The other two players are mostly capped to non monsters because of the just calls, so the extra 22 bucks is like dead money to me, and its just giving you a better price to potenially flip against the original raiser.

Another argument for 3 betting is that you might be put on a somewhat wider range due to this being a classic squeezespot.

As played i cant see how we can lay this down, even if we put the other guys on overpair and a set we have solid equity with our draw to the nutz. This is also why i wanted to 3 bet pre: to give other players worse odds to hit with their speculative holdings and lowering the SPR. AK has an equityadvantage preflop over alot of hands, when we just flat we dont realize that advantage.
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09-22-2015 , 10:29 AM
3bet preflop is mandatory OOP with 2 callers in between. The guy has 50 BBs, you're fine GII preflop.

AP, I don't see how you can ever fold. The stack sizes are a little annoying, in that you'd prefer to have it be 3-way for all the money, but what can you do? You're always doing great in the main pot, and you are doing close enough to even in the side pot that your Sklansky winnings from the main should cover whatever equity losses you incur (and if he has a lot of flush draws, you may be doing very well in the side). Jam. I don't see any benefit to calling, as he's not going to fold a better hand on the turn, and you certainly don't want to fold.
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