$200 NLHE Full Ring: 2x 1/3 NL Live Hands

Hey guys, hope all is well! Wanted to get your take on two hands I played live 1/3 NL with a little while back.

1/3 NL Live Hold’em I’m sitting with about $350, villain has about $300. Largest stack is about $1300 (the maniac to my left) and smallest is around $200.

At a table of 9 in the CO and look down at Ah Kh

Villain is UTG and open raises to $12. *He is a reg and plays pretty tight for the most part.

Folds to me, I raise to $24 (maybe too little??? I did have the maniac on the button and I didn’t want to throw in $35 only to have him ship it and fold)
Folds around the Villain who calls

*So right now I’m thinking he has something along the lines of suited broadways (kind of loose for him, but I don’t think he would just call with AA-QQ, but I suppose it is possible.) maybe JJ or TT because he did call someone down to the river earlier with TT and won at showdown, could have just been a good read though.

Pot is $52

Flop:
Ks Qh 3h

Villain calmly stacks up $75 and moves it in.

I stew on it for a minute, then push all in. So if I was only on the flush draw, it’s an easy fold for me. But my rationale behind pushing is I’m sitting with TPTK, a nut flush draw with two cards to go and a backdoor straight draw. I’m pretty sure he has at least two pair, if not a set at this point.

How would you play this out? Is my thinking on this hand rational?

*****Second Hand*****

This is an older hand, but one that has always bothered me on how it was played so just bear with me please!

--this one has an absolutely SICK ending to it--

Sitting at a 1/3 NL Live Hold’em with 7 or 8 guys as I recall. I’m second chip lead with about $1400, everyone else is sporting $400-600 or so and the chip lead (villain) has around $2000.

I’m dealt AT suited (don’t remember the suit off the top of my head) in middle position

Limps to me and I raise to $16, folds to the villain in the CO who calls.
Folds to the BB who calls and everyone else folds.

*The BB is a fish who has been drinking. The villain has played almost every hand from the time I sat down with him (maybe 2 hours or so) and has caught a lot of hands, hence why he is chip lead right now.

Pot is $55 (or very close to that)

Flop:
A T 3 rainbow

I fire $35 and get called by both

Pot is roughly $160

Turn:
2 putting a second suit on the table (not of mine)

*So at this point, I’m thinking the fish is on a flush draw… mainly because he checks it and tells us he has the nut flush draw. He’s drunk, so I believed him given the circumstances. Now I’m honestly not sure what the villain has. He has opened so wide the whole time, it’s really ATC. I don’t think he would just call my cbet without at least hitting something or having a draw, but hell who knows with this guy. He has done a lot of calling to the river then coming over the top to a river bet or check and taking down the pots also.

So with all that in mind, I’m pretty certain I have the lead on these guys and throw $80 out there expecting the villain to fold and the BB to call his draw (I didn't think any bet would get him off his draw at this point).

Well the villain fires back with $250

BB calls and it’s on me…

Pot is $640 with $170 to call

Thanks in advance for any advice guys, this site is really awesome and I hope to post more hands in the future!!!

First hand - raise more, fist pump snap call if maniac shoves, proceed with extreme caution if reg 4bets. Instacall flop - TPTK with redraw to the nuts? You're crushing his range. I'm worried literally only about KQ and we still have 40%ish equity.

Second hand - any raise on the turn is a massive warning signal that V has a big hand live. That said, if we look at combos beating us, I can realistically only put Villain on 33 or 1010 as played. A3, A2, and some combo draws are all possible. I'm saying this is a shove.

Thanks for the response! I played the first hand exactly as you suggested. I shove and he calls with KQ (good read). I was thinking along the same lines as you on this one. Turn and River were blanks and he took the pot and made a smart remark towards me. It was all good though, I stuck him for about $300 as the night went on.

So the second one I ended up caving and folding on. I was slightly on tilt by V because he just seemed to catch everything under the sun when you got it in good against him. After I fold, the dealer peels over an A which would have given me the boat and I threw up in my mouth lol.

I had that gut feeling he was playing some bs hand like 4 5 and caught a ridiculous straight on the turn. I suppose he could have just called the flop with a set trying to slow play me and honestly thinking about it now, he made a lot of light 3 and 4 bets, so making that play is quite possible.

#1: Maybe you shall raise a bit larger preflop... Though BU is a bad player, you are not in advantage against him OOP. The flop play is just fine, you still have ~45% chance to take the pot.

#2: This hand is quite tough, you may either far ahead (against lower 2 pairs) or far behind (against set, 45). So just call here and fold to large river bet from the villain (>$500) on the river. Try to go to showdown at the lowest cost.

Glad to know I played things right. I do wish I would have called the turn on #2, but that's in hindsight. Had the flush hit the river then I would have been saying good lay down so lol.

Thanks guys!

DeusEx_Machina said:

Glad to know I played things right. I do wish I would have called the turn on #2, but that's in hindsight. Had the flush hit the river then I would have been saying good lay down so lol.

Thanks guys!

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Besides, of a A/T come on the river, you may have full house over full house and take all the stack of some of your opponents.

tomnovember said:

Besides, of a A/T come on the river, you may have full house over full house and take all the stack of some of your opponents.

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And in that case the A dropped on the river lol. I literally almost fainted.