1/3 NL, 10 handed
Overall a fairly great action table, with at least 4 fantastic action players who are raise/calling with pretty much ATC. There are also 3 tight nits in the game (I'm one of them), rounded out by 3 typical average players.
The Villain is a well known action player, and when I was sitting beside him earlier he said his only goal tonight is to stack me or one of the other two nits. He'll raise preflop a lot, often attempting to get the nits out of the hand. He'll call 3bets very liberally trying to hit his piece of cheese in order to stack the 3better. He's in for about his 3rd BI.
Hero has a 0% raising range in this game but has been 3betting over the loose opens + calls a lot (maybe upwards of ~10 times?). A lot of my 3bets have been to $100 to setup a PSB flop shove if I get called. I have yet to show a hand. I've 3bet this Villain probably at least 5 times tonight, he's called most times and tank/folded to my flop shoves (I've yet to have a pair but he doesn't know that, he's basically putting me on preflop monsters, although I'm *slightly* wider than that).
Preflop: Hero ($400 effective with Villain) is SB with A
K
Villain straddles his Button to $6, Hero limps SB, the 3 action players limp, Villain $25, Hero $125, Villain is only caller
Flop (HU, $160): Q
T
9
My original plan was to shove the ~PSB on flops I whiffed and check flops I hit (Villain can be induced to spazz, especially if I check an Ace to him twice in a row attempting to rep an underpair). This flop, meh. Due to my stack being slightly larger this time, my preflop 3bet is the largest it's been, so I'm a little worried when Villain calls, especially with this flop. Although, I do have decent equity here (overs + gutshot) and obviously have good FE here against underpairs. I check (meh?). Villain checks back. Villain is aware I can slowplay, so he might not even bet his air here the first time. If he has a piece, he'll probably call it off on this board. But with a piece he's also just as scared of this board as I am.
Turn: 2
Check / check. I think both of us are checking for the exact same reasons on the flop, although I'm guessing a shove here by me again works a decent amount of the time (I flopped a monster, slowplayed it, that didn't work, and now I'm just going to get my money in before I get sucked out on).
River: 3
Hero shoves ~PSB. I figure I have decent FE against underpairs and maybe weakish pair (plus draw). It's possible he checked back some monsters on both streets attempting to trap. I think he might check back weak pairs (especially with draw) on both streets. I'm kinda doubting he checks back TP on both streets. Villain has never seen me (after many hours / years playing sporadically together) put this much money into a pot, get looked up, and expose no pair at the end.
Villain tanks and...
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