My previous table just broke, so I join table 20 seat 6 on gobbo's direct left. I see maybe 6-7 hands @ the table when I raise UTG @ 300/600+75 9 handed w/ A K to 1700 w/ a stack of roughly 17k. It folds to seat 1 who flats and we see a flop HU

Flop comes JT7 two

Check, check

Turn comes A

I check and seat 1 pulls like a phil hellmuth AI and overbets AI after like 3 seconds for 10.5k or so into a pot of 4975. I?


Seat 1 is a middle aged indian guy, he just played a pot w/ gobbo where gobbo opened EP, seat 1 flat in position. Flop KJT two tone, check check, turn To, bet, call, river brick, bet, call, jimmy scoops w/ KJ and indian guy said he had KQ a couple seconds later commenting that gobbo was lucky. Note that the guy commented not in an angry or bitter way, but in a "meh, what can ya do, I had KQ" sort of way. So yea, that's all I got.

fistpumpcalll?

I don't think there's any way you can call here. You are certain the guy's not doing this with the NFD because you have the NFD. I think you're drawing to a flush here most of the time -- looks like 2 pair/set/baby flush to me. Plus he checked behind TP OESD against Gobbo, so he's capable of not betting big hands when checked to OTF.

no

Bump.

Before I posted, I got some mixed opinions on this hand.

ugh idk

i call.

i'd fold, the other hand represents imo that he is more passive than aggressive w/ weak/marginal top pairs so i doubt he has any semibluffs or worse hands for value in his range.

Given your read I just tank for a very long time and try to pick something up on him (live read wise). From your description he seems like someone who might give up a lot.

I completely agree with Eagles and actually lean toward folding if he doesn't give anything up. I can't see much you're beating other than J Qx or some crap like that.

After thinking about it longer, there just arent many hands he can be semi bluffing with...

this is a very weird hand but i call, part of that though is the tournament dynamic where I feel like if I can fairly good equity here, doubling up is worth a lot more than sitting around with 25 bb... anyway that is the factor that makes me call, though reads-wise this is obviously tough. as i'm typing this though i start to feel like he shows up with 89, JT, or AT, though its hard to know whats in his pf range. now i'm thinking fold. this was a strange stream of consciousness.

Fold. He's protecting his hand (which is KQ or AT just about always.)

I think I'd call, I agree he's protecting his hand but I think theres a lot of AK/AQ in there and if he does have the 2 pair/set we have a lot of redraws.

+1