$10 NLHE 6-max: Trip Aces - Weak Fold or Correct Play

888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $12.57 (VPIP: 38.89, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, hands: 37)
Hero (BTN): $19.66
SB: $10.17 (VPIP: 18.13, PFR: 14.12, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 174)

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has A:heart: Q:spade:

Hero raises to $0.26, SB calls $0.21, fold

Flop: ($0.62, 2 players) 3:heart: A:club: 4:club:
SB bets $0.46, Hero calls $0.46

Turn: ($1.54, 2 players) 9:spade:
SB bets $1.20, Hero calls $1.20

River: ($3.94, 2 players) A:diamond:
SB bets $8.25 Hero??

3 handed that's tough. Really odd that he'd just lead into you with two pair or better 3 handed. Unless he wanted to be with top pair and turned two pair on the turn, that's super close. I'd probably call just based on how he played it. Not sure why you didn't raise the flop.

Someone playing 18% of their hands though should know better than to try and overbet without at least AK there or some dynamic, and AK is almost completely out of his range since there's no 3-bet (although looks like he doesn't like to 3-bet).

I'd probably call, but I'm not loving it.

Potential missed flush draw putting you in a tough position, even a weaker ace could play it like this 3 handed. I would as previous poster has stated go and call as its not a standard value bet and you wonder why he would do this with an actual hand. would be a hard decision though. I'm guessing you folded by the title of this thread??

Snap call.

thanks for your comments - yes folded.

In real time after his shove I put him on 33/44 and had me down for an my ace who would call - still can't decide

wibbs said:

thanks for your comments - yes folded.

In real time after his shove I put him on 33/44 and had me down for an my ace who would call - still can't decide

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Just seems super strange like I said, for a two pair + hand to lead at a pot like this when you're 3 handed. Most players at these stakes tend to slowplay far more often then they do fast play, unless something has dramatically changed in the games.

Fold -- micro nits donk sets

In FR this is 100% a full house. 3handed, dunno.

you need to have a read on your opponents at those limits, they often do plays like that with medium pocket pairs, if you were running good you should have called the river.

... and then you don't run good anymore.

LD1977 said:

In FR this is 100% a full house. 3handed, dunno.

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He looks like a bad nit. I don't think these player types adjust at these stakes very often to the type of table. So his range is the same FR or 3 handed. I am folding and feeling fine about it.

With their stats I'm folding here, Nits in my opinion aren't making river shove bluffs at the micros even 3 handed that often, They won't shove worse than our hand in this spot (I don't think anyway) so its a fold. (I'm a nit by the way)

I play micro stakes and the majority of the time shoves on the turn or river are the nuts, they get that excited that they can't wait to stick all their chips in and pray you call.