[MID] 5/10 NL AJ on button
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 132
Villian raises UTG to $40. V is very loose and I've seen him call a $200 bet on the flop and $400 bet on turn with only a ten high flush draw. (he checked the river when the flush didn't hit). My image is somewhere in between TAG/Nit and V knows this. V has about $5K behind and I have him covered
I'm on the button with AJ and I 3 bet to $160. V calls.
($335 pot) flop is Axx with two spades. V checks and I bet $300. V calls.
($935 pot) turn is blank. There are no straight draws. V Checks and I bet $800. V calls
($2,535 pot) river is blank. V checks and I check back. V shows AK.
Did I play this wrong? Was I too agressive preflop with the AJ OTB?
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 69
Your line is fine but I might have bet the flop smaller (say $100) as you aren't getting good flush draws to fold often enough with stacks that deep, and then make the same large bet (75-90% pot) on the turn to better control pot size when we have a strong but not nut hand like AJ. That way we lose (almost half) less when we have the inferior kicker which is going to happen occasionally.
