Quote Originally Posted by euphoricism
The hand was taken from an aggressive $2000 NL HU match.
Im never folding this in a hu match.
If villain had Ax he wouldnt push here. It doesnt make sense. He'd need to be 3rd or even 4th leveling you to have it make sense. By pushing he only allows you to make one mistake albeit a big one. But if he bets out or c/r's he allows you to make several smaller mistakes AS WELL as a big one.

If hero instead had KK, QQ, JJ, or any combination thereof he's obviously not calling. Villain loses TONS of value against these hands because often they would call a smaller bet incorrectly. (Maybe not the KQ's and JQ's and whatever other combinations are possible, but certainly the pocket pairs)

He certainly could show up with Ax but in the standard realm of hyperaggressive HU matches, I'm just not giving him credit for 3rd of 4th leveling me.

I'm interested, though... if the stakes were $100NL, would you fold? Effective stacks are $155. $30 in the pot, villain pushes $140..