Full Tilt Poker $2 + $0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t50/t100 Blinds - 5 players
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BB: t2585 M = 17.23
UTG: t1725 M = 11.50
CO: t5645 M = 37.63
BTN: t1440 M = 9.60
Hero (SB): t2105 M = 14.03

Pre Flop: (t150) Hero is SB with A A
1 fold, CO raises to t300, 1 fold, Hero calls t250, 1 fold

Flop: (t700) 4 3 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: (t700) J (2 players)
Hero bets t400, CO calls t400

River: (t1500) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t700, CO raises to t1400, Hero raises to t1405 all in, CO calls t5



Standard, right? Should I have 3-bet pre? Villain was a 22/14 over 50 hands. Thanks in advance.

3bet pre flop and play agressive all streets! bet bet and bet for value

Im not very good, but I would 3bet pre, bet flop, bet turn, b/c river.

Flatting preflop is fine, this guy's raising range is big, but if we 3bet with this stack size he's gonna fold a ton of hands and get it in with like 88/AQ or w/e. Also BB just folds everything if it goes raise/3bet and keeping him in the pot is pretty valuable. Don't post the results either it skews people's answers too easily

Depends on opponent.

If the CO has a high steal frequency, I like the flat and sneak some value out of a range of hands that would likely fold to a 3-bet.

If the CO has a low steal frequency, I'd be more inclined to 3-bet against a range that is narrower and more likely to get it in PF.

RA

I would definitely 3bet preflop. It's hard to trap somebody out of position, and seeing the flop helps them a lot more than it helps you.

And I think the correct play is to fold the river once he raises. There isn't much a 22/14 player could have other than A4/54s, 56s or 33/77/JJ; QQ or KK isn't totally impossible but seems very unlikely. 700 more on a 3600-chip pot may seem like a must-call, but I think you have almost zero chance of winning after that betting sequence. (Against a 50/25 player or whatever, he could easily have AJ or even JT and you might have to call at that price, but even then I would expect him to have 77 or A4 most of the time.)

Thanks for the responses, everyone. Very helpful. I'll be sure not to include results, even in a spoiler, next time.

Also, villain was stealing pretty frequently from the button and cutoff, which is the main reason for my flat. He was also c-betting a lot, thus my check, which was going to be a check-raise, I hoped.

I'm running through different ways I could have played the hand, and the best way to have avoided the situation would have been to 3-bet pre, but I do wonder about losing value that way, too.

Assuming flatting isn't always bad in this spot, what could I have done differently, otherwise, that might have let me get away from the hand? If I bet the flop, he would've called, if not raised. At that point, I certainly would have smelled the two pair or set rat, but I would have also been salivating over the prospect he too had a nice overpair (TT+), or TPTK, and don't know if I could have gotten away, which is why I'm a fish, lol.

I guess I just don't know how to get away from set-floppers when I have a big overpair this short-stacked, and would love some pointers in that respect. I'm also realizing that I am pretty bad at deceptive lines because my reading isn't where it needs to be to do so, especially against tough TAGs.

Thanks again, everyone.

No were not folding to his river min shove. Absolutely no way.

Flatting is fine. I bet at LEAST 500 on turn/ get it in on river is fine just a cooler.

Nice re-raise for value getting those 5 extra chips No but seriously, flat pre is fine if you know hes aggro, otherwise 3bet. Flop we have to bet if checked to us and jam any turn.