200nl 6max; weakish draw blind vs blind

Villain is a typical 20/17/3 tag. %6 3bet, fold bb to steal of %80, fold to flop %60, raise flop %18, wtsd of %26, all over a large sample. Again, I've been pretty aggro, probably around 24/20.

Our plan for the flop?

poker stars, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

BB: $200 (100 bb)
UTG: $200 (100 bb)
MP: $253.95 (127 bb)
CO: $71.75 (35.9 bb)
BTN: $396.90 (198.5 bb)
Hero (SB): $225.70 (112.9 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with A 4
4 folds, Hero raises to $7, BB calls $5

Flop: ($14) 6 3 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $8, BB raises to $26, Hero ...

Interesting hand. I've started reverse-floating in spots like these just because it completely confuses the regs, i.e. call the flop raise and then donk halfpot any turn, after "thinking" for a little while before betting.

It takes a special type of villain to bluffraise when you bet/call a rag flop and then lead the turn. If he has an unimproved overpair like 77 or 88, he might fold if you bet when a jack hits the turn. If he has a set, he'll raise and you get off cheap. And, importantly, you get to set the bet-size for the turn very often as well, which is likely cheaper than he would have let you get away with. Since your hand has very little showdown value out of position, trying to get to showdown is mostly useless.

So, call the flop raise, feign serious consideration on the turn, donk halfpot, fold if he comes over the top again, and then river the straight if he calls and shove. Poker is easy.

Cool beans. What other hands would you balance that play with? I guess middling pairs like 99/TT?

F Paulsson said:

then river the straight if he calls and shove. Poker is easy.

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sounds like a terrific plan. How do you manage to river the straight every time he calls? Would love to be that good...

BelgoSuisse said:

sounds like a terrific plan. How do you manage to river the straight every time he calls? Would love to be that good...

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online poker is rigged, didn't you get the memo?

Cool beans. What other hands would you balance that play with? I guess middling pairs like 99/TT?

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Sets, actually. I think I miss too much value from air-type hands when I 3-betshove a flop like this with 55 because his range contains air (and there shouldn't be many fours in his range), and I'm not happy to check/raise the turn since it

1) lets him check back and see a river and doesn't allow me to get stacks in,
2) a turn checkraise screams "HAH! GOTCHA!" like nothing else, and
3) It confuses the **** out of regs. Wait, did I mention that already?