$1/2 NL (10 handed) home game. 2 1/2 hours in.

Villain: Late 50s WG. Likes to drink beer. Shows up with a good buzz. Usually pounds the beer. Tonight he is moderating, only 2 beers in. Observant, had a couple of conversations with him. He profiles other players accurately. Will stab at mutliway pots OTR with any pair. Bet sizing tells. Wide opening range. Will play Broadways MW.
Notable hands: Previous hand 3bet and called 4bet AI with AQos lost to AKs. 30 minutes ago c/f to Hero OTT (Kh9c4d8h). Hero bet 1/2 PSB.

Hero: Late 40s HG. Most at table see H as a NIT(they say turtle around these parts). V probably notices H plays tight in EP and over limps/calls in LP.
Hero has only played ~10 hands (card dead/lack of IO). Won 2 hands OTF A high/dry (bluffs). 1 OTR. Lost 2 hands to the loose/passive on my left when his TP weaker kicker turned 2pr OTR, hands went to showdown.


SB Villain (~$900)
BB Hero ($274)

UTG+1 (ATC) raises to 10. Folds to V, 3bets to 20.

Hero is dealt AsKc. Hero?

Previous 3bets were normal sized or does he always min 3bet?

First time V has 3bet minimum. V will open small (3x, table standard is 5x at least) from any position with SP, SC, 1-gappers.

60-65

I’m on board with calling and enjoying the implied odds, when we hit, he is so often dominated and we make $. The hand would play really straightforward. Raising will get this spot sticky quick.

+1

Prefer to re-raise so as to fold out UTG and play V in relative position. I like to avoid being the "bologna in the sandwich" multi-way between ATC UTG+1 and clever large-stacked V.

Hero 4bets to 70. UTG+1 folds, V calls.

Here's where my play is definitely a work in progress, V's range:
AA,KK - highly unlikely. Blockers and most likely would 5bet.
22 - QQ, AT+, KT+, JT+sc
I don't believe V thinks in terms of IO so I have small/medium pairs and SC in his range.

Flop (Pot ~150, SPR ~1.3)

9d5c2h

V checks, Hero?

At this SPR, you have to ship it in I think and live with the variance having 4bet preflop.

Short PAHWM. Ship it in flop. Not a great spot, but it's a good flop for us comparatively. You still might get a few pps to fold. And have some equity against most others.

Ship

I feel like if you check back here you're giving up on the entire hand (absent hitting a K or A). With basically a pot sized bet left you'd shove all your overpairs so you should probably shove your Ace kings too. If you want to take a tricky line you could try a tiny bet here (like 35) hoping to get calls from KQ, KJ etc and folds or dumb shoves out of his garbage. Anything that value owns you by shoving would have called your shove anyway and it might help you get to showdown against worse. Obviously you have to call it off if you're going this route and you're going to look pretty dumb a fair amount of the time when he shows up with 6s or whatever.

Pre is good; ship flop.

Whatever you would do with an overpair do that

I'm shipping this. It's not a great flop, but it's not an awful one either. Preflop seemed fine to me.

Sorry for late post, caught the flu.

So I don't know if here is where I get in my own way. With the low SPR this seems like a trivial shove. My problem is believing that my FE is high. I've taken a pot from V already. He's seen me take down two other ones without showdown. To put it another way; How many times can you run play-action on 2nd &1 and expect the defense to bite? Is it criminal to check behind? I've been to showdown at other sessions with V on the table. He has seen me check back TP OTF.

Hero checks.

Turn (Pot ~150)

Ks

V bets 50, Hero?

Hindsights always 20-20, shoulda shipped the flop :P... But I don't mind a check either,


l'musing this opportunity to get the rest of V'chips in the pot. I suppose V could be thinking you gave up on the hand, he has a weak king, his BDSD hit and wants a cheap price to river his gut shot? then put him all in or even ask how much he has left behind then put him all in.

V's range seems to be weighted toward Kx. So now it's a no brainer. Hero raises all in. V says "SOB! If you have a set of kings I'm going to be pissed. Call." V turns over 55. Oh well.

I know this might be a (yawn) PAHWM. What I'm hoping for is feedback on my range construction PF. Using Equilab my equity against the range I assigned V is 59%. Also with TPTK/GK it's obviously a shove OTF. Is taking a free card too passive?

This is my first PAHWM post. I hope to have a more interesting one next time Thanks for the feedback.