Hi guys,

i would like to share my thinking process in this hand that i've played in a €5 HUSNG. My question is if im making a mistake or dont "see" something important in my thinking process.

Hands details:

EFF stacks: 75BB

no strong read on oppo, sample to small, but it seems a solid player.

PF: i raise A6o to 2.5bb from SB, oppo 3bet to 6BB and i defend by calling.

FLOP: 6h-4h-2h, oppo bet 0.5 pot and i call.

TURN: 5c, oppo bet 0.5 pot and i call

RIVER: 8h. oppo bet 0.5 pot and i call



My reasoning and post sess analysis:

I think the best strategy with this hands is to call flop and fold turn.

I've arrived to this conclusion since the range advantage of oppo betting range on the turn is too strong to defend by calling with A6o, i've picked up some equity with the 5, but how much? 8%? not so much.
Maybe i can consider a defense by check-raising but im not sure if oppo is capable of folding, moreover i dont see many river cards that i can bluff-Jam on the river. (im i wrong?). actually by writing this post im realizing that maybe a good line would be to call flop, and check-raise as a bluff turn, but still not so sure tbh, what do you think?

On the flop I think that calling a middle pair with an ace as a kicker is good. First, its the strongest middle pair that i have in my range and i block AA and Ax that i think are in oppo 3-betting range. Moreover IF i dont defend with this hand on the flop my impression is that we are quite exploitable and we make ATC of oppo 3betting range profitable.

I also would like to share my thinking process during the hand and share with you what i think is a mistake that i constantly make:
On the flop, i though its a easy call while on the turn my thoughs were: ok, by betting 0.5 pot i must defend around 67% for deny oppo a profitable bet with ATC, i have a middle pair and i dont see a lot of stronger hands in my calling range that can call here. therefore i call since if im not, i will be exploited. I think that the mistake of reasoning in this way, (and i also think that i know where it comes from this mistake, i.e too much theory) is that im not thinking about oppo range and blindly apply a theory concept in a wrong way. What is your opinion?

Any comment/suggestion will be really appreciated.

Cheers

This has been written in a pretty strange format. I don't think people will want to read/comment unless the hand history has been converted properly.

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