live game 5/10, mix of whales/regs/pros.
villain and I have the deepest stack on the table. Villain is tricky, likes to angle shoot, likes to have control of the table. Yesterday I made a call thinking he only had 200 behind when he in fact has a 10k chip in his stack. He is a foreigner (singaporean i think). His strategy is buying in for short stack until he doubles/triples up. After creating that maniac image, he then reloads for max buy in to take advantage of that.
He knows he has shown bluffs on multiple occasions and that I am aware of this.
Villain has been raising limped pots on his button, so I thought Id take a chance with AA. Villain has position in the hand. Faced tough flop, turn, river decisions. Advice would be much appreciated.
Starting Stack
Villain (BTN)Around 10k
Hero (Hijack) have around 8k to start.
Preflop: Hero limps with AA. Villain raises to $50, 3 callers, I re-raise to $210. Villain calls, everyone else folds. ($470 in the pot)
At this point, my limp reraising range is pretty narrow whereas his raise calling range can be anything. On a previous session, he called a 3x with 8
3
and shoved the turn when his flush hit and was paid off. I expect him to put me on AK QQ KK AA
Flop: Q
J
T
Hero bets out $320, villain calls.
there are flush draws and straights on board. I dont think he floats with pure air so I put him on any broadway with Kx at this point or a flush draw is also a possibility. I chose to lead out rather than check raise but I think check raising might narrow his holdings more here when I'm not folding for one bet here.
Turn ($1130) : 8
Completes a possible straight. Hero checks, villain checks back as well. I expected him to fire this turn with flush draws but at the same time I don think he expects me to fold to just one bet, so maybe he checks back for the free river card. If I lead out and he flats, I have created a big pot with only a bluff catcher. So that's my reasoning for checking back the turn.
River ($1130): A
gives me a set but now the most likely straight has gotten there. Flush has missed. Hero checks, villain shoves 8k. So far I think my hand is pretty much face up here to set of QQ, JJ, TT, or AA and villain can play perfectly. I was never calling a shove for my entire stack on this board and the A on the river made the decision a no brainer but would like to know if I could have played this hand differently.