Couple votes have come in for call, which is interesting. I did think about calling here. If I thought this player had any bluffs (and that he would follow through on the river), I like the idea of calling. That is probably the play I would make in an online game against a tough opponent (although a tough opponent rarely cold calls 8bb from the SB).
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Originally Posted by Spanishmoon
Dan - I have played this guy a few times and he's a nut peddler. The few pots I've won off him were set/set and one time when I rivered flush against his set. I haven't been up in a while due to work etc.
I would just call this particular player. He has QQ+ or AcKc or AcQc or set. Period. You would leave a PSB behind so you hope he makes his flush. But you probably cannot bet a Q/K/A river with much confidence lol.
Against the 1/2 population, I would have bet bigger on the flop to set up a turn overbet on this wet board.
Ah cool, you play at Mohegan Sun regularly? I'm curious if we are thinking of the same player or not. I think maybe we are - while there are a lot of older nitty Asian men that play here, I do think this player is somewhat unique. A lot of those other guys are shortstack OMC rock types, and this guy is sitting 200bb deep with me and mixing it up a little bit. Nut peddler is an apt description as well.
I do think it's possible that this guy has QQ or AKcc. The minraise almost feels like he is trying to figure out where he is at with a QQ type hand. I did consider calling for this reason but I don't think I gave it enough thought in game.
The flop sizing in this hand is a result of my default strategy in multiway pots which is to bet small. I think you are probably right that on this sort of board against these players I can go bigger. I need to make sure I am not auto-piloting these betsizing spots. I definitely agree that my turn sizing is too small.