1/2 QQ vs very lag villain
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 751
V is very agro, but good, but gambler. Likes to take big moves. If ahead he gets paid. He will stack 200 bigs on 2nd or 3rd best, but not that often.
He had been staying out of my way. I out of his, I did take some small pots with small bluffs.
We’re 250bigs effective.
I had not shown down any bluffs. I’m playing about 1/3 the amount of starting hands he his playing. On one hand he opens with 10/7 off, call, call, call, gets back to him he raise to put the short stack of 70 bigs all in.
His range is wide in any position. He c-bets 100%. He stabs if no else is.
This hand.
He raises $20 after 2 limpers in the co.
Hero on the button qq (red) I raise to $75, all fold he calls.
Flop is 442, rainbow, one heart.
I bet 75. He raises to 175.
Hero ?
Do I raise or shove to protect? or do I call and plan to call down turn, river if the board runs out safe?
He has 325 behind, I cover him.
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,930
Are you ever folding?
If no, most of his range here is air or hands like 55-TT that we dominate. I'd call and let him shove turn putting us on a hand he thinks he can get us to fold on a safe turn card.
I'm pretty sure if we overshove he's folding everything that we beat except 35.
It risks him hitting a 2-8 outer, if that bothers you then shove it now.
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 2,810
I shove here. If he has 22 or 44 then "nice hand sir." I'm nitty but not against this guy and not here. He probably put you on AK. LAGs don't usually just call with KK or AA in 1/2 regardless of what Andy does on LATB.
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 353
Ship it. If he has a 4 or pocket 2s, it's getting all in anyway, so make him shove it all in before he hits his ace or king.
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,930
Why are we shoving and let him get away from AK/A2 or worse 77-JJ type hands? On this board, if we are ahead (which I presume to be most of the time with very few combos of 4x and 22 and KK/AA not likely in his range), V is drawing to 2 outs, 5 outs, or 6 outs.
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 486
Call down 3 streets. He have more bluffs/value that we beat, than value that have us beaten.
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 16
Dream scenario. Call the raise on the flop, call any amount on any turn and river. Sure you will lose sometimes to an A7 hitting an ace, but you will win way more often given the description. If he checks turn bet super small to induce. I would play the same way with TT+ vs this villian and fold everything weaker to the flop raise. Think about checking back the flop with unpaired hands with no draw vs him.
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,182
Call flop. When V holds air, he's holding 3 or fewer outs, as AK would likely 4bet us preflop. When he's overvaluing worse hands, he often only has 2 outs.
On the turn, get all in on pretty much any card if villain bets. If a brick peels off (a non A/2/3/5/6 basically) and villain checks, I'd strongly consider checking back turn to induce a river bluff.