This is a hand played in a $1/2/3 game at M8trix Casino last night. Effective stack is $325 and had the table covered. I had been card dead for the night except the last 10 minutes so my image was probably 10/10/5 at this point.
We were 9-handed and the opposite side of the table was the splashy side. In this hand that side of the table was the BTN-UTG. They were the side of the table that would call down or bet any board, overcards or draws. They'd go to showdown heads-up in a $150 pot with Q8 suited and take pots from each other with a pair of 8s on the river. My side was definitely tighter (OMC two to my right, super TAGs on either side of me).
UTG opened for $15 and it folds to Hero with A
J
. I raise to $45.
Middle blind and UTG calls. Pot: $135
Flop: J
8
8
SB checks, BB leads for $30. At this point the lead here was super fishy. He had done this a few times to try and take down pots and it worked when my side of the table was in the blinds with nothing strong. Hero raises by sliding out a barrel of $5s. Dealer counts out $105. Whoops stacks were not right, oh well.
Folds to the BB who thinks for about a minute before jamming for his remaining $250. Pot: $520
Hero?