Hi all,

Really think I missed this up!

V: loose player. Very good for the game. Plays tons of hands. Can be super aggro tho when people show weakness

H: my image is good

V has 265 I cover

Folds to me in HJ I raise AcAh to 20 V defends his button straddle

(44) Flop Jd 7d 5h

I check V bets 35 we call. I think he bets 75% plus here with anything

(114) Turn 4c I check he bets 55 we call

(224) River 3h ... we check he tanks and jams

We prob could have ripped the turn

Should we maybe slightly lean toward call without holding a diamond.

If you’re gonna play the hand like this I think it’s a call

Super aggro opponent and you slow played the entire way. With AA you sorta have to call. You will be folding to JX/TT-88 too often if you give up on river without some specific read. One of the ways super lags make money is getting people to call flop and then give up later because they don't have the courage to call down. Your not always winning but the board isn't that scary.

Calling as player.

If villain is super aggro, then I like the way you played the hand...as long as you didnt fold. He's only got $150 left on the river.

I wouldve raised more preflop though. Probably $25-$30. People love to defend their straddle. Might as well make them pay.

What does "my image is good" even mean? Seriously, I have no idea.

If all stacks yet to act are about the same as Villain's, then I would raise slightly more preflop (say $25) to setup just that more comfortable a commit spot. Against an aggro straddler, I also wouldn't hate an open limp.

SPR is 5.5 which is a little awkward (thanks to preflop sizing). Board is drawy and we're committed. If we're sure he's going to bet if we check, then I guess I don't hate a check so we can then check/raise to setup a turn shove (I don't like any slowplaying here OOP on a drawy board when committed). Otherwise, I would overbet the flop to like $65 to setup a PSB turn shove.

Got lucky he's bet again on the turn. If we call the pot is going to be $224 with him having just $155 left. There are a crapload of scare cards on the river. Just ship it in now, imo.

Definitely leaning towards call as played since busted flush draws will always attempt to rep the straight.

I'd be more a fan of this tarping line if we were uncommitted on the flop or board was less drawy. Not really a fan of it in this case.

GcluelessNLnoobG

Just about any line you take with AA that gets 265 in against player described is good. Nothing else to it.

Do not ever ever ever ever ever ever base a strategy around open limping AA.

When you have an aggressive and loose button straddler, the correct adjustment is to tighten up your opens, tighten up your flats, and size bigger when you do open. $20 is fine if the straddle was from natural UTG, but being OOP we should be looking for $25-$30 to punish his continues more.

You don't have a diamond, he could be value betting a hand like KJ. It's a call.

What are you going bet bet bet with on this board?