Two Pairs...kinda ugly turn.

[benny999]

The BB villain is fairly new to the table. I saw him play one hand before. They smooth called KK to my pre flop raise, then called down big bets with an overpair, and I stacked him with a flopped set. So...he's probably passive, and might be waiting to get back at me, but I don't know their VPIP% or anything.

I put villain on a big hand to call my flop 3bet, such as Ax (including A3), 45, a set, or a big draw like 6c7c or 6c5c. Would you slow down on the turn, or play any other streets differntly?

I hope this isn't boring/standard. I've had lots of swings at 50nl so far so getting any feedback on this would be appreciated.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($59.65)
Hero ($104.20)
BB ($55.24)
UTG ($33.89)
UTG+1 ($14.85)
MP1 ($78.49)
MP2 ($142.15)
CO ($47.75)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 5. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
3 folds, MP2 raises to $1, 2 folds, Hero (poster) calls $0.75, BB calls $0.50.

Flop: ($3) A, 5, 4 (3 players)
Hero bets $2, BB raises to $4, MP2 calls $4, Hero raises to $14, BB calls $10, MP2 folds.

Turn: ($35) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $30, BB raises all in, Hero calls $10.24.

River: ($75.24) 8 (2 players)

Final Pot: $75.24

[freechus9]

I don't think a 3 is a likely hand. 33 is the only possible hand I could see calling this, but its unreasonable given the flop action. I think you're beat by a set here more often than the straight.

[givememyleg]

The turn isn't really ugly.... I doubt a 3 also. AQ-AK can be possible here as well. Me lose stack to AA 44 55.

[benny999]

Yea, I didn't think he had a 3 either at the time. When he pushed over my turn bet, I was definitely worried about a set but slightly about A3.

So nobody would play this different? I might be overly focused on results, but I could have called the min raise and then 3/4-full potted the non-spade turn, and folded to a raise. I'm not beating much if he raises that turn this way and could save some chips. But I hate giving a free card to possible draws. Arg...

I might as well say now that it tured out he had 63o. Maybe this is another bad beat post (even though I gave implied odds to villain), but I'm getting more and more frustrated at my first 10k hands of 50nl. I'm winning, but not nearly as much as 25nl and hitting huge swings. Sets and such are big winners, but 1 and 2 pair are losing big. Part of this is a bunch of suck outs lately, but other times I'm not sure if I'm overplaying hands like this. I'm definitely lsing small chunks from some c-betting at bad times, and making river calls where I'm not ahead enough of the time. I really need to fix these potential leaks so if you see something in this hand or have any tips I'd appreciate it. Also, would anyone say 100nl has more call stations? There's a lot of Aggros in 50 it seems.

[givememyleg]

Your turn bet was a little high, but could you have really gotten away from a push if you bet around $20? He could easily have AQ/AK. Pretty hard to put him on a straight here seeing as he min-raised with 63o.