V 3B's most from BTN (12%) 14/118 WASD 45% Barrel frequencies in 3B pots: F 68% T 54% R 67%

partypoker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 200 BB (VPIP: 23.31, PFR: 19.14, 3Bet Preflop: 9.12, Hands: 1,498)
SB: 40.6 BB (VPIP: 22.51, PFR: 19.45, 3Bet Preflop: 9.39, Hands: 2,528)
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 30.16, PFR: 24.13, 3Bet Preflop: 7.84, Hands: 441)
Hero (UTG): 101.4 BB
MP: 161.6 BB (VPIP: 23.72, PFR: 17.00, 3Bet Preflop: 4.08, Hands: 259)
CO: 109.8 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A J

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 10 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 7 BB

Flop: (21.4 BB, 2 players) 2 A 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 10.2 BB, Hero calls 10.2 BB

Turn: (41.8 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BTN bets 19.8 BB, Hero calls 19.8 BB

River: (81.4 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BTN bets 160 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 61.4 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A J (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)
(Pre 29%, Flop 13%, Turn 7%)
BTN shows K A (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)
(Pre 71%, Flop 87%, Turn 93%)
BTN wins 98.6 BB
BTN wins 194 BB

You should fold river, if not flop. I put him on AKo

Probably just fold pre.

Folding flop?

Not sure about calling pre. Folding river, we have AK and AQ to call with

Folding AJo to the 3b pre.....calling AQo AJs, AQs....mixing in some 4b/calls with AKs and AKo....big pairs play them selves (4 betting always) As played, folding turn is debateable and probably best.......doubt he is barreling k’s or q’s......no straight draws really for him to semi bluff......you do beat his FD barreling range.....but all in all i think you see AQ+ here more often than not.

I'd fold pre-flop. OOP.

There are a lot of places you could be comfortably folding in this hand.

I can't tell if all of this advice about folding pre is actually serious. Ya we're playing OOP but AJs is way too strong of a hand to fold to a 3bet regardless of position. OP says villain 3b 12% from button so depending on whether his IP 3b range is polarized or merged (going to assume polarized) he will have some lower Ax suited hands and other stuff we dominate. Plus we still have good equity against every hand that isn't AQo+ or AA. If we fold AJs then our calling range vs a 3b is going to be unbelievably tight and players can just start 3b bluffing us more liberally. I'm sure people with make the reverse implied odds argument but as long as you can find the fold button in certain spots on later streets you should be calling AJs.

Flop is obviously a check/call. Turn I think is a check/fold. All of villains worse Ax would probably check back turn and look to bluff catch rivers. Then all of his fd combos that 3b PF I think would check back this river as well with the reasoning that if you call flop you probably won't fold when the 3c rolls off so any perceived fold equity villain has goes down. Villains turn sizing sort of indicates he wants a call leaving you with just enough behind for him to make an easy river shove.

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ye I agree actually folding AJs is a bit too tight, I wouldn't say we're very exploitable assuming we open 11%

Folding pre is fine here and probably better than flatting IMO. When we hit our ace we're pretty much always dominated. I don't think many guys at this level are 3betting less than AJ for value t this level Btn vs UTG. As played you have to fold river here and maybe even turn as an exploit.

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