2/5 - Snoqualmie Casino, WA
Hero (button) $210 - taking a shot at a bigger game and playing fairly tight. Lost half of stack an orbit ago, showing down top two against bottom set. Has been picking spots to make moves very sparingly, not bothering to c-bet on flops that have been unlikely to hit me.
Villain (SB) $200 - angry, middle aged, middle eastern guy. Not psycho, but he definitely seems to have some gamble in him. Started loose with his $300 buy-in until a hand in which he aggressively bet his FD from position on the flop. He bombed another barrel after picking another three outs on the turn. Then, he shoved the river for $160 (a little more than 1/2 psb) with his busted draw against a and got snap called by two pair. The river bet seemed unwise to me.
After that, he tightened up a good deal but remained quite aggressive. (He may have been card dead.) He has been angry and muttering under his breath in a thick foreign accent.
Pre: Folds to a MP player who limps. Folds to hero who looks down and sees A
A
and raises to $20. ($20-$25 standard for table with $25 getting a good deal more folds.) Villain calls in SB, and the BB folds.
Flop ($60): Q
9
8
V checks. MP checks. Hero bets $45. V calls, and MP folds.
Turn ($150): 7
I was watching villain watch the flop. He visibly reacted to the 7
but the reaction was somewhat delayed. (Thoughts on this?) Villain then shoves for his remaining $135.
Villain says to hero, "If you have the Ace, go ahead and call." He doesn't fully turn to look at me. He doesn't seem relaxed, but then he hasn't been relaxed the whole time at the table.
Hero has a redraw against all except the 1 combo straight flush possibility. What range can we put V on? What types of hands, if any, would villain be hanging around with OOP to bluff the scare card? Would this type of villain
ever shove with q-x here?