Tiny confusing underbets in 2/5
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 612
I had been playing for a long time and my table broke, sending me to a new table. I have been there about an hour. I arrived with $1600 and have more or less stayed the same since. Have played fairly selectively and aggressively, I am probably viewed as ABC.
Cutoff: LAG. Likes to gamble. plays marginal hands. Will generally call if he thinks he has pot odds and/or position. Has shown air in at least one hand where he bet twice. He on at least his second buyin and is sitting around $300
Small Blind: LAG. Plays many hands. Overall agressive, but sharp difficult player. He recently lost $1000 in one hand where he flopped a flush and his nit villain TPTK on flop and hit runner runner boat. He has about $250.
Pre-flop: Cutoff opens to $20. SB calls. I am in BB and raise to $80 with JJ. I was a little surprised cutoff called since I have not yet 3-bet out of position. SB called as well.
Flop ($240): KKK. SB checks. I check. CO bets $20. SB raises to $75.
I have no idea what to make of this action. Is cutoff trying a cheap steal? Is SB smelling a cheap steal and trying to prevent it?
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 988
Hmmm 240 in pot w 220 effective stacks
Might have to call it off here.... Physical or verbal tells would be nice here.. I think CO prob folds here since most people check quads on flop and he'd reraise pre w any better big pairs
I think I'm calling and reevaluating sb action on the turn
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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i have only ever put someone on quads once, and i was wrong. (missed tons of value on the river)
this is not one of theose times i put villian on quads. get it in.
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 612
Yeah, nothing in either villains line makes sense to me. If one of them had quads, why bet the flop? Would either one smooth call a re-raise with QQ or AA? It seems pretty unlikely. And what can they put me on other than AK JJ+ considering it's my first 3-bet OOP?
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,966
I think the fact that both are aggressive lag types is key here. Because of that button range is prob ATC. You 3bet oop for the first time, if sb has quads is he gonna raise and risk pushing you out?
I'm coming over the top here to put both vills all in and feeling good about it.
