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BipolarDonky
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Sorry in advance but I can't find the HH file to post this hand "correctly".
So I am playing 5NL (6-max) on ACR and the table consists of mostly LAG regs (tough table). Anyhow it’s folded to me on the button and I look down at J7s. I raise 3x BB to $0.06, SB folds, BB tanks for about 8 seconds then 3-bets to $0.17 (which has been his standard 3-bet size). It is important to note that BB is a 35/31 VPIP/PFR reg whose range from the BB is super-wide. I take a few seconds but ultimately decide to call given the info I have on him. Flop comes J 8 2 rainbow. He (almost instantaneously) fires about 2/3’s pot. Now, one thing about this particular reg is that his flop bets were generally ½ pot with few exceptions, regardless of his actual hand. As well, he bet the same amount (on flop) a bunch of hands earlier, after missing, and showed down with AKo against another reg and ended up losing the pot when no A or K fell on the Turn or River. Lastly, he is also a habitual check-raiser when he has/had strong holdings relative to the board. In any event, I tank for not very long before calling. The turn comes an off-suit Queen. Scare card for me to SOME extent. But now he tanks for about 15 seconds and fires a ½ pot bet. Now my thought process was this: given what I know about him, and all the turns I have seen him check-raise against myself and the other players when he did have a strong holding, and due to the fact that he generally would bet higher on the Turn (when opting not to check raise), this was a probe-bet to see where I was at in the hand at that point. In hindsight, the bet really looked scared and I thus should probably raise there most of the time given the fact that Qx is definitely in my range from the button. But anyway, given the info I had on him I decided to call. The river comes and it’s another J. This time he tanks for a while then over-bets the pot by quite a bit. Now he only has done this (that I have seen) once before to another reg but the other reg ended up folding to the over-bet on the river so I have no idea what he had that hand. So now I’m in sort of a tough spot (at least I thought so at the time). Even though his whole betting pattern seemed a bit off my experience tells me that over-bets on the river generally are bets made to look weak when someone actually has the nuts. However, up until this exact point in the hand, it never occurred to me that he could just be taking a really weird line with AA or KK (QQ I leave out just for the fact that he check-raises or at least check-calls that hand almost every time on the turn) or he somehow has a J. But, given the fact that there were now 2 J’s on the board and one in my hand, I deemed this as unlikely as well. In any event I tank for a bit (just really trying to deduce what he’s taking this line with) but ultimately decide to call. He flips over J9s and wins about half my stack. It's also worth noting that 88 never even crossed my mind during the hand. What here did I do wrong and how could I have better played this hand? Thanks guys.
So I am playing 5NL (6-max) on ACR and the table consists of mostly LAG regs (tough table). Anyhow it’s folded to me on the button and I look down at J7s. I raise 3x BB to $0.06, SB folds, BB tanks for about 8 seconds then 3-bets to $0.17 (which has been his standard 3-bet size). It is important to note that BB is a 35/31 VPIP/PFR reg whose range from the BB is super-wide. I take a few seconds but ultimately decide to call given the info I have on him. Flop comes J 8 2 rainbow. He (almost instantaneously) fires about 2/3’s pot. Now, one thing about this particular reg is that his flop bets were generally ½ pot with few exceptions, regardless of his actual hand. As well, he bet the same amount (on flop) a bunch of hands earlier, after missing, and showed down with AKo against another reg and ended up losing the pot when no A or K fell on the Turn or River. Lastly, he is also a habitual check-raiser when he has/had strong holdings relative to the board. In any event, I tank for not very long before calling. The turn comes an off-suit Queen. Scare card for me to SOME extent. But now he tanks for about 15 seconds and fires a ½ pot bet. Now my thought process was this: given what I know about him, and all the turns I have seen him check-raise against myself and the other players when he did have a strong holding, and due to the fact that he generally would bet higher on the Turn (when opting not to check raise), this was a probe-bet to see where I was at in the hand at that point. In hindsight, the bet really looked scared and I thus should probably raise there most of the time given the fact that Qx is definitely in my range from the button. But anyway, given the info I had on him I decided to call. The river comes and it’s another J. This time he tanks for a while then over-bets the pot by quite a bit. Now he only has done this (that I have seen) once before to another reg but the other reg ended up folding to the over-bet on the river so I have no idea what he had that hand. So now I’m in sort of a tough spot (at least I thought so at the time). Even though his whole betting pattern seemed a bit off my experience tells me that over-bets on the river generally are bets made to look weak when someone actually has the nuts. However, up until this exact point in the hand, it never occurred to me that he could just be taking a really weird line with AA or KK (QQ I leave out just for the fact that he check-raises or at least check-calls that hand almost every time on the turn) or he somehow has a J. But, given the fact that there were now 2 J’s on the board and one in my hand, I deemed this as unlikely as well. In any event I tank for a bit (just really trying to deduce what he’s taking this line with) but ultimately decide to call. He flips over J9s and wins about half my stack. It's also worth noting that 88 never even crossed my mind during the hand. What here did I do wrong and how could I have better played this hand? Thanks guys.