Alright so this hand is pretty weird and I think I played it terribly.

I didn't 3-bet pre as first raiser is unknown although with his raise sizing and stack size he's shaping up to be a weaker player I don't know how he'll react to a 3-bet yet and getting AK all-in here would be bad.

The squeezer is a horrible reg that I've been 3-betting quite a few times earlier during the session with his fold to 3-bet at 9% and fold to c-bet 70%. At the time I played this hand he had a 2.1% 3-bet stats with 0 squeeze over a few hundred hands and 89% flop c-bet with 83% turn c-bet.

I wasn't sure what to do because his preflop range is so small but at the same time he's terrible post-flop and would just auto-bet almost any hands and there's also the possibility of him getting annoyed by me 3-betting him a lot. I folded on the river because at that point I figured that with him having a low 3-bet % and sqeezing an UTG raiser with a MP caller even with his high c-bet stats he wouldn't just 3 barrel as a bluff here and I figured he'd have QQ, AK or AA only at that point but I feel like I could have figured that out way earlier in the hand and calling the turn and folding a blank river with a good price like I did is definitely not a good option.

Any input on where I could have folded or how I should have played this hand ?

Preflop, raise that UTG+2 to isolate. If you get reraised by MP3 preflop, you have a much better idea what you are up against. As played, your PF information about him is very limited with your call/call action.

When you hit the flop you wanted (A or K), why are you not either betting into him, or checkraising here? Of the three options (bet, checkraise, or call), I like call the least.

By the turn, you have no idea where you are, and you are still building a pot

On the river, you fold to a non-scare card. If you were going to do that, why would you call the turn.

My line is reraise PF, fold to a re-reraise PF if MP3 bumps it.

B/f the flop.

You don't like it, but it's the best option.


You can get stacks in pre vs the fish, flatting is also fine. If MP3 is aggro squeezer I like backraising a lot.

Clarify why its the best option, in your opinion, please.

nothing worse call a raise, many worse keep bluffing turn and river.

given price on each street I think I would call river, expecting that I might be beat a lot but also that it could be a spazz move with some missed flush draw or straight draw, maybe AQ.
take a note if villain bets less than half pot with strong hands on boards like this, especially when you are both deep.

(that you are deep and he has position might be a reason to 3bet pre in order to not give him tremendous odds to fish for draws and stack you)

As played - terrible!
What do you play AK for?
What do you expect to hit after calling the squeeze?
What hand is villain squeezing with?
and
How many of those are ahead of you after the flop?

You have 48% equity on the flop ( and 46% on the turn) against JJ+, AK and he is probably squeezing wider than that.
So, although also not optimal, calling down is also +EV, ainec