V is young WG, late 20s or early 30s. Classify him as a recfish in that he's loose enough to play most big card combos (9+) or SCs regardless of position, but not ATC. Takes aggression in spots that don't really make sense to do so in. He's been short stacking most of the night and has made some weird plays. We've had two significant hands head to head -

(HH1) V raised to $10 in MP, Hero defended BB with 5c6c. On a flop of J34r, V bet $10 again, Hero c/r to $40, V shipped for $96 total, and he showed TT which held.

(HH2) V opened in MP to $12, one caller in between, Hero called on button with A2dd. Flop was 999, checked through, turn was a 5, V open shipped for ~$100, and when all folded he showed KQo.

Hero is early 30s reg WG, but very few of players at the table have history with me. Likely seen as LAG, as I've been very active raising with semi-bluffs or floating on boards favorable to my range, but the runouts haven't been kind. Might have a losing image as a result.

OTTH

Effective stacks: ~$255

Hero straddles on BTN to $6. (Rest of the table was much deeper than V, and passive). SB folds, V in BB calls. One EP limper, two LP limpers. Hero looks at QJ and raises to $31 to isolate and pick up some dead money, as the table was full of limp/folders. Only V calls.

Flop ($76 after drop) T 5 3

V checks, Hero bets $35. V calls. I probably should've bet slightly more here, but I must've miscounted pot size in my head. $45 seems better.

Turn ($146) A

V checks, Hero bets $75. V tanks and ships for ~$190 total. Hero calls.

O_o

I'm not a fan of putting in dead money before seeing my cards, although I know people have made arguments for this.

Looks like you know your table; I'd only be raising premiums here after 4 limpers, but your raise got the job done.

I actually like the flop bet sizing. If he's got nothing, he'll most likely fold, so let's do this for as cheap as possible.

I might consider shipping this turn card myself. Should have decent FE against small pairs and we have decent hand equity too as backup. If he manages a call of a smaller bet on the turn we're not going to have enough behind to have any FE on the river, so I think I'd rather flex that now. As played, easy call of the shove at this point as we're getting correct odds.

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In HH1... hero calls raise w/65s oop 35BB deep.

But why.

Likely just a brain fart. I didn't notice how short V was until after I called pre. I saw what was a very small open for 1/3, getting 2:1 on the call, and went on autopilot a little.

If I chose to isolate, would have isolated for a little more -- but I guess you do know your table.

Rest of the hand is fine, but I might have taken the free river hoping he'd bet if I hit.

Looks good to me.

Hope he didn't show you KsTs.

I'll take the button straddle as a given.

I probably size flop a bit bigger, $50 would be a nice round number. AP I go a bigger on the turn too, like $100, since I'm completely committed and want to maximize FE. Don't hate a shove either, especially if we had gone a bit bigger on the flop. All told, this is a card we must double barrel since it's a scare card, we have no showdown value but have a ton of equity.

Looks ok. I'd bet slightly more on the flop and shove the turn.

Based on the original post, Villian raised with TT and KQo, so he may have a solid flatting range against a raise, unless you have any reads where he called light.

PF- I'm not crazy about the raise. Your image is trash right now. Youre about 48% equity vs. his l/c range. (A3-ATs, A7-AJo, 22-88. Even w/ 56-89s you're only up to about 49% ).

But, you seem well in tuned w/ the table dynamics, and we ended up IP so it worked out for the better.

Flop- I'm not betting this flop because any decent sized flop bet has us basically committed OTT, and we have BD s/fds and overcards vs. a V who is never folding a T here, and may even call a turn bet w/ second pair. Hell he may even call w/ the gutter/A hi combos he has.

Our image is trash...ESP vs. this guy. Did you show the 56 in the last hand? I'm slowing down here as I believe our FE is garbage. But moving on.....

Turn- If V checks, I'm firing here for obv. reasons. We pick up a ton of equity OTT. As played I dont hate it, But I feel youre likely behind lots of 2p combos/ TP + FD combos.

One time please...

Hand is fine until turn which is a stuff.

Agreed. If we size the flop a little better (larger) we can shove good turns for ~PSB. It probably carries the same amount of FE so not really a big deal but a little extra value on the flop for us.

FWIW, the K is actually the dream card since it gives us the additional 3 OESD outs.

He said dream, not THE dream. #readingcomprehension


on topic: NH just more flop ($50) and turn like everyone else said. Always double barreling here.

Results:

Nope, but he did show me an expertly played A 9, which held. Great preflop/flop calls, buddy, and great turn shove that just happened to run into the bottom of my range.

Ugh. I thought he'd show up with AT or A5, at least.

Pffff. V calls A9o in the BB with 3 limpers and the PFR behind him? Rec fish indeed.