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Originally Posted by gobbledygeek
This 1/3 live hand from the other night has been bugging me.
I've never played with villain but he seems to be tilting a bit cuz he's stuck and being sucked out on. 30ish male. Seems fishy, in a lotta hands (fairly aggro preflop too), I've targetted him as an easy mark at the table. $220.
Hero covers and is to villains immediate left. I probably have a fairly conservative image, although I have been raising lots preflop plus lost a coinflip for $75 when my AQ doesn't suck out on 99.
A limp, Villain raises to $15, I 3bet to $50 with KK, everyone folds, villain calls.
AK4r flop, ~$100 in pot, Villain has $160 left. Villain checks. What's your plan for the hand?
I ended up betting $40 (figuring I'm either getting paid off or not, especially if villain has an A). Villain calls, setting up a $180 pot on a blank rainbow turn which I then shove $120. Villain tanks forever before finally declaring me for AK and folds.
Afterwards I'm thinking perhaps checking back the flop is too obvious, so I'm ok with a bet, but once called, I'm now thinking I should have checked back the turn to make it easier for villain to get the last of his chips in. Or does anyone do a sucky bets of $50 and $70 on the last two streets?
I think I gave villain an opportunity to get off the hook, and I'm kicking myself for that.
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With my image I typically bet 2/3 here, but from the way you play which is much more passively-I would play this hand like JJ/QQ. I assume with those hands you would check the flop.
I am between betting 50 and checking behoind ot give him a chance to catc-up/donk turn or c/c turn and be committed on river.
I actually think 50 is best. I don't ever 3 bet and then bet flop for less that the total preflop amount. You also don't seem to 3bet with less than AK, KK+...does villain know this? If he does, then I think you have to check behind...40 seems like the worst option IMO between checking and betting 50.
So inclusion your line should be
50~=check>>>less than 50
I think villain had smaller pair and would have gotten it in with any ace hand-so you had nothing to lose