This is not a PKO, so no bounties involved. Strange hand that I in hindsight feel very unsure about if I did the correct play.
This is just the 7th hand. No earlier hands on villain. But so far he limped from UTG+1 and called a 3-bet with J9s and bet 1bb into a 13bb pot OTT with a gutshot on Q-high board. Next hand he limped again from UTG. 2 callers, all players checked flop and turn. OTR board paired with the second 5, he bet pot and the other two folded. The hand before this he called a button raise from SB and won the pot again after he checkraised a J75-flop with two clubs. So based on this he felt at least a bit fishy.
PokerStars - 25/50 Ante 6 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 194.04 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
Hero (BB): 95.9 BB
UTG: 198.08 BB (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 14.58, 3Bet Preflop: 3.57, Hands: 48)
UTG+1: 106.48 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
MP: 98.7 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
MP+1: 98.8 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
CO: 78.52 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BTN: 139.36 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
8 players post ante of 0.12 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB,
Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 2.46 BB) Hero has K
A
fold,
fold, MP calls 1 BB,
MP+1 raises to 4 BB,
fold,
BTN calls 4 BB,
fold,
Hero raises to 12 BB,
fold,
fold,
BTN calls 8 BB
Flop: (30.46 BB, 2 players) K
7
J
Hero bets 9.14 BB,
BTN raises to 127.24 BB and is all-in,
HERO ???
To start with: I should have 3-bet bigger pre, right? 16 or even 20? (I'm not quite sure how to handle the initial limper, though I think he'll mostly fold)
Any merit in checking the flop here? It's hard to know what type of hands he would take this line with. But because of what I've already have seen perhaps checking and letting him go aggro again is a better idea, since he might fold some part of the range a player of this type might take this line with? (like 88-TT) if I bet?
As played I was of course a bit shocked to see him shove. In the heat of the moment I considered the possibility of KJ or a set of 7. But the drawy board and the aggression he'd shown earlier made me lean towards a call, even though we were deep. Can we find a fold here or not?
Last edited by SwedishNit; 05-11-2024 at 08:15 AM.