Prehand Descriptions
Villain 1: LP OMCish, limp-calls fairly often.
Villain 2: Young, seems TAGish. Rarely enters pots without a raise, seems at least somewhat positionally aware. Has been called in small pots bluffing on river a couple times after draws brick. Otherwise has had the goods in larger pots.
Hero: TAGish, almost always enters pot with a raise, especially in position. Have been going after limpers when in position quite often. Have only shown down winners at this point.
Am new to casino so players and I lack any previous history.
$1/2 NL (9 handed)
UTG ($200)
EP V1 ($120)
MP ($200)
MP+1 ($200)
MP+2 Hero ($260)
CO ($200)
Button V2 ($165)
SB ($200)
BB ($200)
Hero is dealt A
Q
1 fold, V1 limps, 2 folds, Hero raises to $11, CO folds, V2 calls, SB folds, BB folds, V1 calls
Flop ($36) 4
,Q
,Q
V1 checks, Hero bets $21 fairly quickly, V2 calls quickly, V1 folds
Turn ($78) 7
Hero pauses c 8 seconds checks, V2 pauses for a few seconds and checks
River ($78): 10
Hero bets $52, V2 thinks for about 30 seconds playing with chips and shoves to $133.
Bet here thinking I could get value from PPs and could fold to a shove (granted, did not think shove was likely). The surprise gave me a bit of trouble analyzing the hand. My thinking was that people don't tend to check turned flushes in position, and I have the A
which makes flushes less likely. However, at this stake I've noticed virtually no one shoves large on river bluffs, especially when someone shows initiative. However, this guy had been bluffing a bit small earlier, which is more bluffs than most people seem to run at these stakes/at this casino. Kept going back in forth in my head as to what to to do, what makes most sense, etc. Nothing felt obviously right at the time.