Had a hand that was full of mistakes both sides but I think I played it correctly based on the information but would like people's thoughts. I'm coming back to poker after many years out and I realized the whole game has changed.

Villain is better is strong hands, standard player who is playing by the book.

Hands in spoiler



villain UTG+1
Hero Btn

Villain raises 3.5BB
Two callers to hero
Hero calls
SB and BB call

His range Pre Flop I'm thinking ATo+ 88+ KJo+ I think he doesn't change his raise regardless if it's suited or not so his suited and off suites are raised the same.

Flop
K J 6 rainbow

Checks all round to me and I check wanting to peel the next card, a lot in the pot and villains range. With villain checking, I'm ruling out KQ, AK, which leaves all other pocket pair combos, I think sometimes he checks with his big sets.

Turn is a Q spade giving a flush draw and me the bottom end of the straight.

Checks to villain who puts just over a pot bet with 30bb into a 21BB pot.

I'm now reducing his range to KK, QQ, JJ, QJ, AT.

I flat call and we are heads up.

River comes a brick (maybe a 5 missed flush).

Villain bets 7.5BB

Here, I'm sensing real weakness, I now put him on JJ, QQ, QJ. I rule out AT due to the weak bet.

I shove with 80BB into a 88.5BB pot.



Looking for feedback here as like I said, should I be folding pre with T9o? Seems like everythings changed in poker in the last 8 years and I'm now catching up.

Some points to some resources to "catch up on lost time" would be appreciated

Thanks

Danny

Folding faster than you can say danger jack robinson

Look up some recent preflop charts.

T9s is a low freq. call on BTN from EP open, with robots. T9o just makes it into BTN open ranges (and not into CO's).


After you get to flop I guess I just fire at it, you only have 4 outs to anything so checking doesn't help much ... and betting with the gutter is better than firing with like 87s which needs runner runner.

After turn w/e ... 1.5x pot turn bet is pretty strong, like QJ/JJ is probably not in it and some people it's just the nuts. Weight that against river, I doubt KK/QQ bets that size often. Also there's 12 combos of AT, even with your blocker, and 3 of KK and 3 of QQ.
But maybe V is just playing weird, and we have 2nd nuts. I call and doubt raise is good against most.

Thanks all, appreciate it. I actually did a day on pre flop position charts and tried to apply them in a game today and found myself in less "dodgy spots". I also found myself limping about 5 or 6 times in the 3 hour session and only in BB or SB.

I was up and found to be more stable, although, I now need to work on bet sizing.

Looking forward to the long journey I have to make up my last participation which was roughly 2012!

Danny