$1/2 NL (10 handed)
Prehand Descriptions
Villain: MAWG. Has been raising ~1/4 of his hands from all positions. Table talk suggests this is partly that he's on a heater, but there's no question in my mind that he's also raising light. I'm two to his left and looking for spots to 3b in CO or OTB, but so far have had only rags and haven't been quite ready to launch with ATC. Postflop, V is not particularly aggressive and seems to be basically straightforward.
Hero: Another generic MAWG. Generally tight, but recently showed down a hand in which I raised a $4 straddle with 2 - 3 callers to $20 OTB with 75o, losing.
MP
V ($500)
MP+2
Hero ($320)
CO ($180)
BB ($250)
Hero is dealt 8
7
Folds to V, V raises to $10, H calls $10, CO calls $10, BB calls $10
I felt deep enough to play make-a-hand rather than turn this into a bluff. Very interested to hear reasoning behind other possible decisions.
Flop ($36) 7
5
3
BB checks, V checks, H bets $30, CO folds, BB folds, V calls $30
I didn't flop gin, but I might actually have the best hand here. I thought it was worth a bet to take it down. Interested in reasoning behind other lines.
Turn ($96) 8
V checks, Hero bets $65, V tanks, rearranges chips into several different orderly patterns* and then shoves, H?
*I don't think the chip rearranging
per se is important. But it was fun watching him do it and I knew he was going to shove about a minute before he did so, which let me start my analysis ahead of time. I appreciated that.