Almost a PAHWM. Wondering if others would play the same way I did.
5/10 NLHE, must move table, six-handed.
V (YWW, BTN): just sat down and bought in for $3,000. (She sat down with another young woman who is her friend who pulled out $7,500 in chips and sat w/ $3,000.) She is attractive and looks wealthy. Went to her “box” for cash. She is obviously a regular and knows other high-stakes players in the room and the dealers. She seems aggressive because she has raised two or three times in the maybe 10 hands since she sat down. Nothing has gone to showdown and she has not been 3bet.
H (MAWW, SB): has been at the table for maybe 20 minutes. Played a few hands, but V has not seen any of them. Sitting with ~$1,200. (Waiting for PLO, but I am not sure if V knows this.)
OTTH:
Folds to V on BTN who raises to $30
H in SB 3bets to $90 w/ AdAh
BB folds, V calls
AP, I think we can really go either way here....bet obv can't be bad, but this is a pretty decent board to check call with AA. BTN has literally every nutted hand here (we can as well), but I prefer C/C
Agree with previous poster on bigger sizing pre. Unless you are 3betting a larger range for a smaller sizing against this particular opponent. Being oop in the small blind gives the original raiser way too good of a price on our 3bets to continue ip.
The flop is a really good board for your opponents range. I like this hand being towards the bottom of a small 20ish percent cbetting range with a fairly large sizing 55-75% pot.
I don't think we are losing too much by playing our hand as a check/call here though.
I agree I should have gone bigger pre. I didn't consider checking the flop, because it feels as if I'd have to go into check/call mode and would lose control of the hand. Interesting idea, though.
OTTH:
Folds to V on BTN who raises to $30
H in SB 3bets to $90 w/ AdAh
BB folds, V calls
Flop ($190 (time rake)): 7h8sJh
Hero bets $140. I went on the bigger side because the board is so drawy.
V calls. I don't get a sense that she is strong. It wasn't a snap call, but she didn't hesitate very long.
Preflop is way too small. I'd typically 3bet to $100 IP and $120 OOP.
Flop looks fine. I'd maybe size a tad smaller like $120 but this is just nit picking.
Turn looks like a x/c to me, given that we have the Ace of hearts in our hand and villain is aggressive. We can take this line with plenty of 9x and Tx hands too, so our range is quite well protected against nasty river cards. If I were to bet the turn, I'd do it with a much more polarised range, like AT/AK/KT as bluffs and 2pr/sets/T9 for value.
What has happened to this forum? C/c Aces here??!!
So far, so good imo. I would continue betting. 300ish on turn.
I dont think you are getting three streets of value ever so putting it into your checking range could make some sense at a low frequency. This is one of the strongest boards for your opponents range. Its obviously losing more than betting as I said though.
Never C/C aces here. I'd keep betting and shoot for 350ish turn and blank river I'd consider to c/c or jam. Not folding here to a smooth call on the flop by V. Flopped straight, set or two pair will almost certain to be raising the flop.
Well, I agree with the bet turn decision. I didn't get the feeling she was very strong, but the turn was a difficult card. Would she raise/call pre w/ QJ? Flat w/ QQ? I didn't think she was that strong, though.
OTTH:
Folds to V on BTN who raises to $30
H in SB 3bets to $90 w/ AdAh
BB folds, V calls
Flop ($190 (time rake)): 7h8sJh
Hero bets $140. I went on the bigger side because the board is so drawy.
V calls. I don't get a sense that she is strong. It wasn't a snap call, but she didn't hesitate very long.
Turn ($470): Qs [7h8sJhQs]
Hero bets $300, V calls.
River ($1070): 5c [7h8sJhQs5c]
Can't ask for a more benign card. Assuming I am ahead, do I shove and hope she calls with worse or check/call hoping she'll consider my check as weakness? I'm never folding, but does anyone else check/fold?
6bet me: At the time, my plan was to bet/call turn because I thought the Q was a good card for her to shove as a bluff -- of course, it could have hit her, too.
As played I'm definitely jamming river. Hopefully she puts you on AK/AT and hero calls you with some Jx hand. I'd expect her to have a SDV hand more often than a value hand here when she flats flop and turn, so let's go for thin value.
I like jamming the river since we block some of her bluffs and she should have a lot of single pair hands that aren't betting river and as Prof Ed said her value range is somewhat capped as well aside from 9Thh/9Tss.
Ah, dude way too small pre flop like everyone else said you need show that your strong here. With that being said I think I'd make it anywhere between 135-170, you mentioned you only had 1.2k behind she has you covered so I think you make more money raising.
