Thursday 9:30pm @ casino. 1/3 NL.

V1: Early to mid 20s WG. Looks like he is there to gamble. Drinking. (85)

V2: MAWG seems a little nervous/uncomfortable just being at the table. Nervously talking a bunch to no one in particular. (150)

V3: MAWG seems like he's comfortable, well dressed but nothing else to go on. (500)

As I approach the table/sit down I witness V2 tanking pre with V1 having 3b AI for 85. V1 has 15 invested and eventually calls.

V2: 77
V1: ATo and he flops a T to scoop. V2 reloads 200 total.
H buys in for 300

3 hands later H is in BTN
Ep limp, V2 raise to 15 from mp and gets 4 callers including V1 in LJ and V3 in HJ
H AKo 3b to 80, fold to V3 who TANK folds AJcc face up. And laments having to "fold such pretty cards"

2 hands later:
V1 (145) limps UTG, 3 more limpers, H in HJ raise to 20 w/AQss. As soon as i made the raise V1 grabs calling chips. BTN mini-tank calls and SB call, V1 now limp/jams 145, limpers fold, H feels he is FOS so I re jam to deny BTN and SB equity. They fold. V1 tables KK and it holds.

Few hands later...

Ep limp, V1 and V2 limp, V3 HJ raise 18, H SB AKo 200 eff.
Hero?

Is my thinking in the AQ hand sound?

Manditory 3b/gii in now with AKo and aggro image?

AQ hand was a punt.

Limp/Reraise is always KK+ and sometimes QQ/ AK, which all has you smoked.


Hand 2 would 3/b or jam for value. I don't think either makes a huge difference from an EV perspective. A jam can look FOS and possibly get called light by a limper. Your image is garbage and you obviously don't mind if someone folds any low or medium pairs, which the PF raiser probably wont. He's not folding any suited A, AT-AQ and may get sticky with any suited broadway down to JTs, so theres a lot of value to be had when the table is in a pre-flop, tilty, gamble mode.

Seems like an easy spot tbh

Ya, AQs can stack off there. But you have to be fairly certain he has some hands your ahead of. Don't need many. But enough to offset AA and KK. Not fantastic spot. If you think his range is 77+ and rarely anything else. It is a fold.

Last hand is mandatory 3b gii.

What you are describing is about only game's I can find lately. Everyone limp, light opens to 6bb-10bb with everyone gambling or playing bingo.

Having fantastic success opening smaller. Still getting to ISO the limpers. Still forces guys behind to play more face up standard SPR stays higher. Also still winning limps few times an hour.

People's preflop range are so stagnant right now. They either are going to call a raise or not for most part.

He showed down AQs, maybe? Might not even shown that. So his image is far from garbage. Definitely aggro but far from trash.

Villains don't give af. He lost an all in. So in their minds, hero is steaming and raising with ATC.

Yeah the table saw my AQs that hand. Figured it would be good for them to see me 4b jam something other than KK+

I think the AQs play is sound.

Current hand configuration is different than the prior two which had a raise/callers and a limp/callers. Good spots to squeeze for the dead $.

While V3 range could be strong based on sizing and image, albeit early, with 67 bbs eff I’d lean toward a 3b/gii as long as you won’t tilt.

AQ was a punt.

Obvious 3bet now to $80ish.

Why didn’t you top off?

Fair enough. I've seen 50bb or less stacks limp EP with 66-99, ATs/AJs, AJo+, KQo and then jam over a raise and a few calls at least 3 or 4 times in the last few months so I guess that skewed my ranging him to be a bit wide. If you guys really believe this is practically always QQ+ then so be it. Seeing him table ATo AIPF probably didn't help either.

I didn't top off because I'm a recfish who punts 50bb stacks with AQs to the biggest mark at the table, so I often only bring one bullet.

AK hand I 3b to 75 and V3 calls after what looked like a genuinely tough decision.

Flop (155) K94r. I have 125 back. Jam or check? Does it matter?

I know this is a trivial spot. I really was just curious if anyone thought my image/the way the last few hands played out should change anything.

yep pre is a snap 3b.

ap otf with 125 back, i like just betting something dumb like 1/5 and hope he spazzes out.

I like a bet of $50