AK smooth call, dangerous board, possibly dangerous opponent
Here's an interesting hand from this morning. Some notes:
- Both villains who saw the flop here (excluding BB) are TAgg regs who know their way around 3-bets.
- I had 3-bet UTG twice this morning and he folded to one, flatted the other and then folded on the flop.
- I had really been sparring with MP - he raises his button quite a lot, which was my BB, so I had 3-bet in that spot a few times. One hand I 3-bet and got called, then check-raised a flop of KJx, and had to fold when he pushed over. Another hand I just called his button raise with AJs and then check-raised a jack-high flop, and he folded. We were taking more shots at each other in terms of 3-betting and check-raising than anyone else at the table.
- Pre-flop is auto-3-bet for me like 99% of the time. I called here pretty much as an experiment and to see if I could get a decent, aggressive player (either of them) to overplay something. I'm interested in the merits of that. Should I have just 3-bet, and stop getting tricksy (even though I expect to play a lot more with these guys)?
- My river bet - good spot to value bet? What do you think of the bet size? I couldn't put him on the straight when he checked, and I didn't figure there was any way he had a set. But I thought he might look up a weaker bet if he had a worse 2 pair, since my hand is thoroughly under-repped.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
MP ($83.40)
CO ($60.25)
Hero ($68.45)
SB ($44)
BB ($7.55)
UTG ($50)
Preflop: Hero is Button with :Ad: :Ks:.
UTG raises to $1.75, MP calls $1.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75, 1 fold, BB calls $1.25.
Flop: ($7.25) :Kd: :Ah: :Jd: (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $5, BB folds, UTG folds, MP calls $5.
Turn: ($17.25) :Tc: (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks.
River: ($17.25) :9s: (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $7...
