Situation: It was last night at 4am, it was the last 3 hands of the night. The table was full of weak tight-passive players and we were playing 1/2. Some players started to play anything at any price pre-flop trying to get back some of their losses. In result of that, I managed to win a 200$ pot with A2s (9QJr-A-4 board) in the last right.

The Hand

Hero (CO, 740$): AQ
21yo, good tight image.

V1 (HJ, 60$): Loose-passive 30yo woman, she was down at least 1k that night and was really spewy.

V2 (BB, 440$): 40yo recreational player I had never seen before, playing weak-tight. He lost a lot in the last couple hands and is clearly tilting, he straddled and double straddled the last 2 hands (from UTG and UTG+1).


Action: UTG makes it 10$, V1 calls from HJ, I raise to 35$, V2 calls from BB, UTG folds, V1 shoves for 60$ total, I call, V2 calls.

Flop: 9TJ

V2 checks, what should I do now?


Should I:
-Check back
OR
-Semi bluff it to make V2 fold (with my two overs and an open ended nut straight draw), but it hits V1 range and she's already all-in...

check it back bro...

there no point of betting. You might even get check raised and not see a turn.

Ez check back

Pot is dry and we have no incentive to bet. Our hand isn't made yet so I'm taking the opportunity to grab a free card. Basically free-rolling for the $180 in the middle.

Any action after this street?

Would V2 have 4-bet pre w AK? Assume so if tilting. Pre-flop is seriously consider raising V1's shove in order to isolate, as V2 is pretty capped once he flats your 3-bet.

AP check back flop. Hard to imagine you can beat V1 on this board without improving.

why did you flat the 60 pre? you could have repopped it to 110 and created a nice side pot for yourself.

as played, take it down. there is a 180 dead dollars in the pot. you have a strong table image and betting into a dry side pot is a sign of a superstrong hand.

you are only going to get called by 2 pair + type hands, or pair and open ended.

bet 135.

I agree, I don't like betting here because it really hits both V1 and V2 ranges and V2 is tilted so he might even call a big bet with a 10... He could have a pair and a SD and call.

And yea I would have loved to raise V1's shove here but I couldn't because her raise wasn't big enough. Actually if the numbers I wrote in this tread are right I could have had raised so maybe I made I mistake thinking I couldn't raise, but most probably my numbers are a bit off and I don't remember the exact amounts (maybe she had like 58$ which was just not enough for me to be able to reraise...).

I actually checked, the Turn came the 5 and V2 bets 20$... What would you do now, ES are 380$ but there is no side pot yet.