I played a couple of hands this weekend that are bugging me and I wanted to get your perspective on them. They actually both played nearly identically.
Villain was unknown an unknown young guy who seemed to play tight-aggressive competently. Folded a lot pre-flop, but often raised when he did come in. Had hands at showdown that made logical sense.
Hand 1:
Villain raises UTG, hero in MP 3-bets AA64dd, villain 4-bets (I've seen people 4-bet pre in this game approximately never so I assumed he had an extremely strong hand)
Flop KJ9r, villain leads, hero calls. Turn and river both inconsequential low cards with villain betting and hero calling.
Villain tables KKT9 and scoops.
Is it possible to find a fold somewhere in there or do I just pay him $50 after putting in $40 pre basically always?
Hand 2: (game is now 6 handed)
Hero raises AAT9r UTG, villain 3-bets on the button, hero 4-bets.
Flop Q
T
8
, hero leads, villain tank raises, hero calls and also pays off the turn and river low cards.
Villain tables AQQ7 (no clubs) for hi and low and scoops.
This one I think had to be spewy at some point as there was more out there to be afraid of and I knew his range for 4-betting wasn't exactly tight, but I just HAD to see his hand. I'm mostly wondering which street I am supposed to find a fold on. Would you take a deep breath on his flop raise and release right away? Do you wait to see if he bets the turn again? It just seems like it could be exploitable to 4-bet aces pre then fold HU because the board doesn't suit you. On his flop raise I was getting $125 to $10. That's gotta be exploitable if you're regularly folding it, right?
I could see an argument for just calling the 3-bet since my aces were so trashy but his KKT9 was burned into my brain at that point. Perhaps some of you don't raise that hand in the first place. Keep in mind though we were short handed for that one.
In summary, I hate aces in LO8 and always manage to misplay them/get married to them. Thoughts?
Last edited by Spring Mustachio; 04-30-2018 at 04:21 PM.