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Originally Posted by jjjou812
Seems to me that when you call with trash and hit trips you should show some aggression to with the pot, regardless of your kicker. You may as well fold if you play it so passively.
Without characterizing what you did as mistakes or not, it was certainly atypical play from you on all streets. What was it about villain or situation that made you decide to play it this way?
Villain actually had over 2,000,000 chips at one point and lost a AK vs AJ all in hand vs guy who had about 400,000 chips (it was a little earlier so guy went all in with like 14 bb's).
Villain was incredibly good and on my left. But he opened extremely wide. So that's why I decided to call his minraise with a suited hand. Given it was not HU I think I should have folded. I almost always do fold here.
I just froze on the flop bet. When I freeze at the table if I raise they always fold. So that was part of the problem. But the other part was I had no bluffs except for air. The thing on the flop is I prefer to c/r when I can have semi-bluffs. I don't think he would have called unless he either had a 9x or possibly an overpair. But that call would depend on the size of my raise to some extent. So I was sitting there thinking why would he call my c/r. So I called. Which because I froze usually means that I am debating whether to call or fold. So he might actually think I was weak (like A2 or 44 weak).
I just whiffed on the turn. I do think I should have led out and if he had a straight and/or flush draw or an overpair he would likely call. But again the odd thing is I rarely lead out the turn after i check and call a flop bet. I would have led the turn if he had checked back the flop. Why I decided to check the turn was I wanted to c/r all in, partly because I have some semi bluff possibilities. I thought Villain would bet the turn because he usually did if he bet the flop. He was so aggro.
The river I probably bet some of the time. But I had a bad feeling. Still I think you are right that mostly I bet an amount like 100,000 as a blocking type bet that could get calls from worse hands. And if he raised I would fold. Unless he clicked it back...