$1/2 Atlantic City. 10 player, passive to loose table, max buy-in $500. Hero loads up and on his very first hand hits a set of 7s vs JJ and is up $300, what a way to start. The next 3 orbits hero gives back $70 on missed flops and draws.

Hero tightens up and over the next few hours grinds it back up to $780.

Then this:

4 limpers (yeah it was that type of game) and hijack (around $250) seat pushes it up to $8. Hero finds two black 10s on the button and 3 bets to $20. All fold, hijack calls.

Pot: $49
Flop:
893 rainbow.

Hijack checks. Villain is one of the OK players at the table. Kind of loose but capable, although not someone I couldn't handle. His range includes pocket pairs and suited Aces. Hero bets $30. Hijack calls.

During the 5 hours I've played with this villain, he's never played QQ-AA like this pre and he usually folds if he misses flop. So his range is A9s, A8s, 22<1010. Hero thinks villain would bet if he had JJ, so that's out - knock on wood. So the only thing I have to worry about is a set. My line ok?

Pot: $105
Turn: 8. Flush draw now and the 8 could be trouble. Villain checks.

I really feel that I'm ahead here and the only hand I see him calling with is A9, 1010, and 22 -77. The villain is also capable of slow playing so this gets tricky. I check. I don't want to get too crazy with this hand. Good or bad?

Pot:$105
River: Q no flush.

Villain checks again. Now, I'm pretty certain the villain would bet trip 8s, or the boat. No way he has a Q, my best guest is 22, 44, 55, 66, A9 or 1010.

3 Questions:

How does my line look on each street?

What's the max value you think I could get if I put villain on A9?

Is there anyway I can get villain off 1010?

If you're so confident of his range here, stove it and value bet.

I obviously wasn't at the table and have never played there, but his range has got to be wider than described.

JT and 76 are also in this range imo

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Yes, you're right. Should I have bet turn then?

Additionally; In the 5+ hours at the table, I haven't seen villain show down any winning hands with suited connectors yet, and villain is more likely to limp with 67 & J10 based on observation.

why did you 3bet pre

Yeah bet bet bet imo... If he wants to get sticky with overs, he's gonna pay

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I pretty much narrowed his range based on my observations.

I was pretty sure his PF range doesn't include calling 3 bets with 67...maybe J10s I guess. But $20? I highly doubt it. I saw a lot of limp folding to bets PF sort of thing from him. At least that's what I saw.

The 3bet sizing is so tiny that he's not folding anything he opened to 8 with (pot sweeteners)

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1010 on the button is pretty strong against a bunch of limpers and hijack's $8 bet. I also tend to try and isolate one player when I have this hand and hope to hit a set or have an over pair to the board.

Yeah 1010 will drive you nuts.

I thought about this. My thinking was to isolate one player but you're right, there's already $20 in dead money so raising bigger would get a fold. How much though?

3b sizing should be much bigger. Like 28-30 IMO.

Turn- As played I prob b/f turn and ch river.

River-As played I b/f here I think. A lot of 1 pr 9s in his range IMO

b/f to target A9/K9. Maybe 40/45$?

as played bet $50ish / fold raise

if you're gonna 3bet pre:
PSB would be $30 (well, $27, but don't ever bet $27, it's just annoying)

someone asked why you 3bet, i agree with the 3bet in this case, because if hero flats, he's probably dragging the 4 limpers with him, then he's set mining and possibly turning his hand into a bluff OTR. definitely could play it like that.

I totally disregarded hands like K9. Q9? I'm sure he would've bet two pair, wouldn't he?

it's 1/2. a good chunk of people there play super passive. a good chunk think they should slow play pretty much any hand they get. as for this particular V, only you were at the table...

Well, you know villain better than I do. If you disregard K9, then Q9 is basically the same thing (plus it beats you as you mention).

If you want to target even lower pairs, bet $30 again.

I'd make it near a pot sized raise, make him make a big mistake by calling. There's at least $19 in there of you include your call. So $8 + $19 = $27 leads me to believe your raise needs to be at least that.

Hijack opens to $8, Hero 3b to $27 to iso and for value. IMO

Edit: Re-read OP again, there's limpers so definitely more, I like $30 if not slightly more. If a limper limp/calls $30 that's lolworthy, but I've seen it @ $1/$2

don't ever bet this to $27. bet it to $30 or $25. once you bet over $15, bet in $5 increments. it speeds the game up. i know people do it all the time, but think of all the time saved by the dealer not making change for the jackass who 3bet $16, gets 5 callers who all throw in $20, now the dealer has to change all that. eventually that leads to more fills.

I see my mistake now, I was off $8 - $10 on my bet sizing pre. Funny, if I had say QQ - AA I'd probably bet At least $25. Then this would also allow me to rep a hand that can fold villain's 10 to JJ perhaps.

What about line on T & R?

Makes absolute sense, live is slow enough as it is. As someone who has spent significant time dealing, this is definitely helpful.