$0.01/$0.02 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 25, 03:16:17 BST 2018
Table Buenos Aires (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 9/9
Seat 7: Player7 ( $2 USD )
Seat 2: Player2 ( $1.96 USD )
Seat 9: Player9 ( $1.92 USD )
Seat 5: Player5 ( $1.87 USD )
Seat 6: Player6 ( $1.71 USD )
Seat 8: Hero ( $5.18 USD )
Seat 1: Player1 ( $0.85 USD )
Seat 4: Player4 ( $1.33 USD )
Seat 3: Player3 ( $2 USD )
Player5 posts small blind [$0.01 USD].
Player6 posts big blind [$0.02 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ T A]
Hero raises [$0.06 USD]
Player9 folds
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Player4 calls [$0.06 USD]
Player5 raises [$0.09 USD]
Player6 folds
Hero calls [$0.04 USD]
Player4 calls [$0.04 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4, T, 3 ]
Player5 checks
Hero checks
Player4 bets [$0.15 USD]
Player5 calls [$0.15 USD]
Hero calls [$0.15 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7 ]
Player5 checks
Hero checks
Player4 bets [$0.22 USD]
Player5 calls [$0.22 USD]
Hero calls [$0.22 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Q ]
Player5 checks
Hero checks
Player4 is all-In [$0.86 USD]
Player5 folds
Hero calls [$0.86 USD]

Had some trouble converting the hand sorry

Not much player info because I don't use a HUD but the table is loose passive generally. Not seeing many 3 bets pre.

Normally I don't raise ATo utg but in this situation we are slightly shorter handed because a couple of the players aren't dealt because they're waiting for the big blind. Certainly I'm not in the habit of calling 3 bets pre with AT either but it's a minimum 3 bet so it's hard to fold for that price.

I also don't bet the flop because I am suspicious of the min 3 bet pre, but as the hand pans out I think the player who 3 bet had AK. I think as well there's not much out there to be fearful of except overcards coming so I feel safe checking it one time and there's some good deception there and it protects my weaker checks. Had it checked around and checked to me again I would've fired the turn.

As it turned out the guy in late position bet the flop and I'm confident my hand is best and there's a good chance he is bluffing at that point.

I check the turn to let him keep betting worse/bluffing. Once he fires turn again after 2 calls I think he probably has a weaker 10 or the same hand as me and a bluff from him doesn't fit the player profile based on my impression. If I was going to raise postflop at any point this turn after he bet is probably the time given the shallow effective stacks and maybe I missed an opportunity there.

On the river I don't think it makes much sense to be betting (although maybe it gets some value from KT or JT which might get checked back) so I check and I really don't like it when he jams but I only really lose to QT or a set since he can't really have any overpairs based on preflop play so I call it off and hope he is betting the worse 10 or has an airball.

I think it's fine as played. Excuse my delusion, but if I imagine the hand I kinda think he could have AQ or KQ bluff and suck out on the river )) Maybe it's because last min3bets were a lot of AQ or KQ in my NL10 zoom FR sample, from the fishes.

Anyhow, I think you played fine.

I'm curious tho'. You have 10k posts and play NL2? How come?

The majority of my posts are found in the Stud or Omaha 8 (Other Poker) forum. In previous years I used to play $1/$2 and $2/$4 fixed limit, sometimes I played as high as $3/$6 and $5/$10, and 10c/25c NL/PL Omaha 8. but I've had not had a proper bankroll for quite some time now due to financial constraints IRL and I'm in the process of getting staked to help deal with that. I loaded up $10 on Party so I could send back my staked balance (Party needs a min balance of $10 remaining after a player to player transfer) so i was fooling around with this $10 playing some NL cash and $1.10 sit n gos for recreation and it's been going well so far.

As it turns out the level of player at PartyPoker 1c/2c is rather more fun than on PokerStars. I recommend paying a visit.

But yeah I made a lot of posts in the past when I used to put in a lot of volume. I don't actually rate my NLHE game much so I don't mind playing nanostakes for more practice.