1/3 live, 10 players, loose table
Hero (UTG, $300) hasn't done much at the table in the hour or so I've been here apart from Hand1 history below. A middle aged white guy, I have no prior history with villain before this session.
Villain (BB, covers, he built most of his stack before I sat down) is 60ish european white guy. I've played with him for about an hour+, he's only made one preflop raise (didn't show). I don't think he's bluffy at all postflop, but he might overvalue hands. Here's two hand histories:
Hand1: Before I have a handle on how loose the table is, I raise AKo to $20 UTG and get called in 4 places, including villain in BB. 3 of the callers only have ~PSB left, so I bet a PSB on a A43r flop. Unfortunately, the only caller is Villain who instacalls without any thought. Pot is now $300, I have $240 left, Villain covers, and he donk ships a Q turn. I fold (ug, perhaps terrible with less than a PSB left, but I can think of like one, maybe two, hands that instacall the flop without a second thought that I beat). Next hand on a AQx flop villain points to flop and then to me and says "That's what I had against you: AQ"; I think there's a legitimate chance he's telling the truth.
Hand2: He limps with AQo and calls a preflop raise. He check/calls a Axx flop, check/calls a blank turn, and then checks a blank river, and when his opponent (who has $120 left) bets $75 into $120 pot, the villain then check/raises him all-in to $120. They chop the pot (both have AQ).
Preflop (10 players): Hero 7
7
Hero limps UTG, 6 other limps including Villain who checks BB
Flop (7 players, $20): J
7
6
Checked to Hero who bets $15, MP calls, Villain calls
Turn (3 players, $65) K
Checked to Hero who bets $50, MP folds, Villain calls
River (2 players, $165) :3
Villain donks $55, Hero...
Pot is now $220. Hero has about $235 left. Villain is passive, so I guess it's possible he could have JJ, although you would think with the drawyness of the board (especially on the turn) that more money would go in. I also kinda rule out KK due to preflop/flop. So other than 54 (possible), I'm basically sitting there with the nuts. I doubt Jx hands pay off a raise. KJ probably woulda gave more turn action. It's possible the 3 completed a wonky two pair (he's in the BB). But I have to raise for value, right? And the only raise that really makes sense is a ship, right?
Easy ship, nothing to see here?
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