A little info on me as this is my first time posting, I have logged 1,200 hours last year playing 1/2 400 max NLHE. I study often id say atleast 10 hours a week I devote to reading or wathing videos etc. My hourly rate was 26.39/hr(I would like to assume that my hourly could be higher now as early in the year I struggled playing super deep, I also understand that's a fairly small sample.)
My win ratio is 68%***


Here are some issues ive been having

-playing against regs, for a long time I avoided pots with anyone I considered a "reg" but now I am coming to realize that most of them suck.....

-playing super deep. I find myself 500bb+ deep on a super juicy table often, and once I take a dent in my stack I end up getting super tilted(note that I do not tilt easily other times.) I feel like I may feel like I worked really hard to get to that point and want to earn it back.


Soo... here is the hand I am curious about.

Villain is a reg, Not very good IMO always plays well for the first few orbits he enters a game but gets tilted VERY easy. I had won 2 very big pots from the villain within an hour before this hand. Once tilted villain gets very loose and spewy( seen and profited from on a few occasions)

I'm on the button with AK (1,100 effective) action folds to MP who limps in for 2$. I open on the Button to 15$, SB Folds and BB(villain w/ 300 behind) calls and MP calls

FLOP

KJ7

Checks around to me and I bet 35$

Villain Check raises me to 100$

and MP folds.



Villain seemed to be flatting every open I made in attempt to get his money back. Villain also liked to check raise his flush draws. Should I be calling to play turns and rivers ? Folding ? 3betting?


thanks for any help or advice! really looking to step it up this year! sorry about the bad grammar

Welcome to the forum, OP. Nice observed winrate, over a pretty good sample. To discuss that further, please visit the winrates, bankroll and finances thread.

Please don't include the results when you post hands, even in a spoiler. People can't resist clickeing to see what's in there, and then it biases their advice. I edited it out, and I won't comment on the hand since I've seen results.

Ok! thanks for the heads up

You say he tilts easily and you've already won two big pots from him, so ... he's probably on full-blown tilt.

Never fold.

So, he's someone who seems to let people under his skin while being a reg..

You also believe he's targeting you specifically to get his money back..

In the Big Blind he could be defending a wide range of hands.. however when you raise I see it as an oppurtunity to three bet and take the pot down with JJ.. he could be better than you think and flat JJ in the BB.. but playing out of position against a raised button can be brutal.. (check raising on this flop with an over is suicidal)

I'm guessing hes' drawing and you're way ahead. The check raise is scary but based on your reads you've put nearly 50 dollars in this pot. Seems as an attempt to steal IMO.. (if he has a set it's a tough spot but TPTK on this board is tough to chuck away to a check-raise)

ez call. Re-evaluate on turn.

Created an account after lurking to get involved on this post because it seems like in my local casinos this happens often.

You're 1100 effective and the raise is only $65. You have TPTK+2 back doors to the nuts, calling all day long at worst.

Not really sure we want to be 3! here. We'd have to go to like 225, making the pot 500 OTT and an SPR of < 2

Gotta call and re-evaluate turn here. Our hand's way too strong to fold here, and playing this deep I don't like bloating the pot with a $250-$300 3! with a 1 pair hand. Given your description of V, I can only assume we're going to face some serious pressure on the turn/river. I'm definitely calling flop, but that doesn't automatically mean I'm going to be willing to get 500bb in with this hand unimproved.

Villain only had 300 behind at the start of the hand, the spr was 1 almost after his check raise. I feel like If I shove I'm using whatever fold equity I could have in this spot. If I flat what cards am I really looking to see on the turn? Low non spade cards.

It starts with ranges. This is a regular you've played with several times. You should have some idea.

The biggest thing to think about is whether he has a FD or not. Against most players, the odds are against it. You have the ace and the king is on the board. His best FD is QT, which also gives him a straight draw. If he's tilting, he could have one. You have a blocker to top pair or two pair. A little less likely that he has those. He can also have a set. That would fit the profile of calling pf and c/r on this board. You're obviously in big trouble against that.

So it is going to come down to whether he's tilted enough to semibluff a weak FD. That's something we can't help you with because you were at the table and we aren't. Against a tight player, I'd be happy to fold. Against a tilting player, I'd shove over.

He deffinetly isn't a tight player, he started playing every hand after he tilted. I was also confident that he would be 3 betting JJ in that spot. I shoved his raise and he called rolled over J7o.

Looking back though I feel like I should have found the fold button. With having the A in my hand I'm blocking a lot of his bluffs.

It happens. Pot was 180 and you had TPTK getting nearly 3:1. The money was going in anyway. If he's playing J7o, he's also playing suited connectors. You just caught the top of his range.