Hey there,

I've been a long time reader, however, this is my first time posting. The hand I have in question is from this past weekend and in hindsight I think I played it way too fast. I would appreciate any advice on how to play this hand differently in the future.

Villian- Mid 50's, white with a beard. Somewhat loose pf and not afraid to get his money in when he thinks he has the best hand or best draw. I've seen him make a couple check raises (oop) or pot size bets (ip) on the flop with tpgk, fd's and two pair kind of hands. Other then that, no other reads.

Effective Stacks- 220$

On to the hand:

Folds to Hero in HJ who opens to $10 (pretty standard raise at the table) with A9

Folds to Villain in the BB who calls

Pot ($21)

Flop: 79Q

Villain Checks in the BB, Hero Bets $15

Villain Raises to $35

Hero thinks and re-raises to $85

Villain Shoves and Hero has $110 behind to call

Hero??

As played, we have to call here right (Calling 105 to win 330)? If we were to play this hand over, how would we approach it? Flat the cr and then fold any non diamond turn, 9 or A? Does 3 betting the c/r fold out everything we're beating?

Thanks for your help,

Obviously call

Super easy spot to get the money in. Good equity vs any hand and a portion of villain's range consists of flush draws which we crush.

BTW, you should raise more to put maximum pressure on villain.

I think $85 is good sizing. Anything more leaves a miniscule SPR for the turn. $85 is enough to get him to fold the weaker part of his raising range imo.

Easy call once he shoves. Even if he showed you a set of 7s or 9s, you are getting about the right odds to draw to your flush. In reality, his range is much wider, and includes some combo draws that you are way ahead of.

Yeah I don't think I'm ever folding pair and NFD at 1-2 NL in a HU pot with 110bb effective stacks, I'm shoveling money in, we're literally only crushed by a set and even then have 30% equity, most villains can be doing this with so much worse than a set too.

he could be just "trying to see where he is at" with tp. i raise flop to 110-allin obv calling a ship

Yeah worst case scenario we have 9 outs twice, best case we're actually ahead, and pretty often we have 14 outs twice.

I cannot fold this flop 110bb deep ever.

The preflop raise is fine if that's been getting around 1 to 2 callers. Your flop play is fine. Make sure you're planning your hands though. You should have known whether you would call or fold to a shove before you 3bet his raise. That way you are prepared with what decisions come your way.

As played this is fine, you definitely want to get money in ASAP here. Sorry if you didn't catch.

Well played as long as you called the all in.

Call.
Run some equities through propokertools or aomething and you'll see how good you're hand stacks up against his range

I would prefer just jamming over his check/raise myself. It maximizes fold equity and you don't have to worry about what to do when you miss and find yourself getting a decent price on a call. If he calls with Qx there then he is very exploitable in future situations where overpairs become the nuts.

This.

Stack sizes...FTW.

I agree with Koss. I don't mind the 3b and call allin either though.

Yah I like jamming over his check raise. It will maximize fold equity and he might fold hands that are ahead which isn't a bad thing for us here. A10, AJ, random 2 pair etc could find a fold button. We never mind getting called either so its really a win-win. He either folds (sometimes a better hand) or calls and we have equity.

Also, given that the board has diamonds a bad player might even read our line as just a draw and call off with a worse Ax.