$25 NLHE 6-max: AA - Top Pair vs Aggressive Play on the Flop

Both players involved in the hand were fairly tight players. Should I have bet 1/2 or 1/3 pot on the flop or was that play fine?

Full Tilt - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: $10.00
SB: $7.38
BB: $10.00
UTG: $22.66
Hero (MP): $15.79
CO: $13.68

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has A:diamond: A:heart:

UTG calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.10, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.85, UTG calls $0.85

Flop: ($3.40, 3 players) 4:diamond: 7:club: Q:spade:
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $3.40, BB calls $3.40, UTG raises to $21.56 and is all-in, Hero folds, BB calls $5.50 and is all-in

I am supposed to fold this here no matter what correct?

Yikes what an ugly spot for AA.

That board is so dry it has to be either a set or an overplayed KQ/AQ. I think I'd need more notes/stats on the villain to be happy about clicking the fold button getting 2-1 with an overpair. The big question I have is, if BB has a set, why would he be raising this board?

How many hands and what stats for BB?

how come everybody has less than 100BB's?

Why did you bet pot?

With your stack size and the money already in the pot, I don't see how you can fold. UTG will have a set a decent amount here but he def. could have a Queen that he is trying to get HU against the really small stack with.

Sysvr4 said:

Yikes what an ugly spot for AA.

That board is so dry it has to be either a set or an overplayed KQ/AQ. I think I'd need more notes/stats on the villain to be happy about clicking the fold button getting 2-1 with an overpair. The big question I have is, if BB has a set, why would he be raising this board?

How many hands and what stats for BB?

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The BB is 13/7 and I have roughly 300 hands on him. So he is very tight and only raises when he really has something.

WSOP13 said:

how come everybody has less than 100BB's?

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I play NL25 but I play the short stack tables because I was playing above my bankroll. I want to play NL25 but can't afford to lose that much of my stack in one hand. Playing SS helps me maintain some form of bankroll management. I know not all of you will agree with this, but that's just what I'm doing right now.

No Brainer said:

Why did you bet pot?

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I bet the pot to throw them off a bit as if I was trying to steal it...

WVHillbilly said:

With your stack size and the money already in the pot, I don't see how you can fold. UTG will have a set a decent amount here but he def. could have a Queen that he is trying to get HU against the really small stack with.

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As honest as I can be the players at this level just dont reraise with AIR, if they are playing back at me with the stat set that these 2 had they definitely had something huge.

I'll post the rest of the hand in the next post to make it easier to read....

Full Tilt - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: $10.00
SB: $7.38
BB: $10.00
UTG: $22.66
Hero (MP): $15.79
CO: $13.68

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has A:diamond: A:heart:

UTG calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.10, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.85, UTG calls $0.85

Flop: ($3.40, 3 players) 4:diamond: 7:club: Q:spade:
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $3.40, BB calls $3.40, UTG raises to $21.56 and is all-in, fold, BB calls $5.50 and is all-in

Turn: ($24.60, 2 players) T:club:

River: ($24.60, 2 players) 3:heart:

BB shows 7:heart: 7:spade: (Three of a Kind, Sevens) (PreFlop 81%, Flop 95%, Turn 98%)
UTG shows 4:spade: 4:club: (Three of a Kind, Fours) (PreFlop 19%, Flop 5%, Turn 2%)
BB wins $23.37

Nice laydown

gnk2727 said:

I bet the pot to throw them off a bit as if I was trying to steal it...

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That's not a very good reason.