Recent hand from last week, my table had broken an hour before I was moved to this table. It was around 2am live 1/2 300 max.

My Image: Tight and very aggressive. Have not been to showdown with a losing hand since I was moved to the table. Really in the zone and feeling like I was playing my "A game". Villains knew I was capable of running big bluffs though as I had shown a bluff previously for a very large pot.

Villain 1: Young black male, regular player and we have been engaging in a lot of friendly conversation about poker strategy and literature. I assume he is a winning player at this level. Standard TAG has gotten sticky with me before.

Villain 2: Young black male, another regular player at this casino I'm assuming. Mostly talking about basketball. Friends with villain 1. Weak TAG, missed a lot of spots for value. likes to get to showdown cheap with strong holdings(capable of folding the best hand often imo).


OTTH

Hand n°1/1 - 1/6/17




9 players - Blinds 1/2




Stack

(villain 1) BB 1000

(villain 2) HJ 1200

(Hero) BTN 1400 AQ


Preflop (POT SIZE: 3)

SB posts small blind 1

BB posts big blind 2

UTG folds

UTG+1 folds

UTG+2 folds

MP folds

HJ bets 12

CO folds

BTN raises 38

SB folds

BB calls 36

HJ calls 26




Flop (POT SIZE: 115) [AQJ]

BB checks

HJ checks

BTN bets 90

BB calls 90

HJ calls 90




Turn (POT SIZE: 385) [J♥︎]

BB checks

HJ checks

BTN checks




River (POT SIZE: 385) [7♣︎]

BB bets 120

HJ calls 120

BTN raises 400

BB ??

HJ ??


Summary (POT SIZE: 1,425)

Was this a bad spot to bluff? I'm blocking some full houses, and get some Jx and flushes to fold imo?

Fold pre

No this is not a good spot to bluff

super tight to fold pre with postion? The HJ is opening J10+ and any pair 77+

No don't fold pre tho I'm guessing he misread you as being hijack which I did at first too.

3b should be bigger 1)just bc and 2)yall r deep (is this normal??)

Sort of thin but I prolly just bet turn again. It's really just the easiest way to play your hand.

AP otr I like your heart bud but I really just don't try to make people fold strong hands. If I was going for it here it would definitely be alot bigger. Trip jacks are often calling that sizing. Flushes are snap calling lol. It doesn't matter what you rep.

Think of bluffing as a tool to be used in spots where villain is capped/weak and you have 9 high. Not in spots where villain has boats/straights/quads/flushes in his range and you have 2pr.

Yeah i usually play this deep maybe 3 nights a week(Thursday , Friday, and Saturday) as long as I'm running well. My normal game is a 1/2 400max and is a really soft game. i usually buy in for 200 and bring one extra bullet. most good nights i play i can easily get to the 1k mark and that is really where I'm trying to work on playing as I felt weak playing this deep. I think in this spot i diddnt want to give up the pot as i knew i wasn't going to win at showdown. so i feel as though i had a raise or fold mentality.

Sorry about the brain dead misread. Obvi don't fold pre. I prefer flatting I think.

And yeah still not a good spot to bluff. They're strong and people don't like to fold.

why do u like flatting vs 3betting ? i think here i was folding to any 4 bet, and i was confident both villains would 4 this deep with AK, i also witnessed villain1 4 bet JJ in position, not sure if he would do it in the bb though. I'm also very confident both villains are 4 betting QQ-AA in this spot all day.