UTG is relatively unknown but I suspect he's bad, playing 28/10/4 over 70 hands

MP1 is shaping up to be a juicy fish, running at 55/14/0.8 over 29 hands

BTN is a winning reg but still not great, running 23/9/1.9 over 1.5k hands.

Reads on BTN are that he bets strong hands strongly but gets cute with his monsters.

I think pre flop and my check are totally standard.

I think UTG can easily have air here given his high AF but nevertheless, he's betting into 3 people, so should be relatively strong, MP1 is a fish, so could have anything, including 5x given his low AF so far. BTN is obviously the interesting one. His 3bet is only 3%, so Jacks full is definitely in his range but if JJ is in his range, I guess QQ is as well and perhaps stuff like Ax suited in spades that he's just going nuts with.

Normally, it would just be an easy shove, 100bb deep but we're 150bb deep and does shoving fold everything out aside from Jacks full and A5s?

Assuming we're never folding(maybe some are?)whats the best line from here?


Betfair $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players
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MP2: $20.50
CO: $209.97
BTN: $189.69
SB: $80.36
Hero (BB): $155.22
UTG: $51.72
UTG+1: $100.00
MP1: $90.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 5 6
UTG raises to $2, 1 fold, MP1 calls $2, 1 fold, CO calls $2, BTN calls $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($10.50) 5 J 5 (5 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $7.87, MP1 calls $7.87, CO folds, BTN raises to $39, Hero ????

Call and cross your fingers for no spades.

So, if we just call, what do we do on spade, or non spade turns?

Depends on what happens with the other players. Most of the time, I'm prob gonna get the money in, unless something like the 7 rolls off. High spades, especially the A, are good because they turn a lot of better 5's into chops, as well as removing some flushes from the other player(s)' range(s).

1) I know I must not put them on one hand ranges.
2) I think BTN has Ah5h.

Are you kidding dude, he's a semiloose player who third overcalled a minraise OTB. He literally has like any two spades in his preflop range, any suited 5, any offsuit 5 w/ decent straight potential, and all Jack good-kicker hands.

Pretty gross spot. As flawed as the mantra is, I think I might wait for a better spot. If I do continue here, I'm obviously not cold 3betting the flop.