$400 NLHE Full Ring: Live $2/$4 - Getting min-raised on flop with TPTK

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This was a game I played at the casino with $2/$4 blinds and a $400 max buy-in.

I forget the exact stack sizes but it was something like this:
Hero (UTG+1) has $300
Villain (UTG+2) has $1000
Everyone else has $400

I don't have a solid read on the villain because I only sat down 30 minutes ago, but I think that he's fairly loose preflop (like most live players).

Hero is dealt Ac Kd from UTG+1 position

SB posts $2
BB posts $4
UTG calls $4
Hero raises to $16 (I wanted to raise more, but I'd been raising to $16 every hand and I wanted to keep my raise sizes consistent. Plus I was hoping that this small raise size would attract a 3bet squeeze)
Villain calls $16
MP1 calls $16
2 folds
BTN calls $16
2 folds
UTG calls $12

5 players to flop with $80 in pot:
Flop shows As 8h 7s

UTG checks
Hero bets $40
Villain raises to $80 (he actually threw out about $70 at first but was told by the dealer that he needs to put out $80)
3 folds
Hero raises ALL-IN for $280

What do you think about the way I played this hand?
 
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Seems legit. Flop's wet. I'd have prolly bet the flop for more, but live players are scared of legit sized bets.
 
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Seems fine to me. Another line would be to call his raise and proceed accordingly, most likely looking to get it all-in on any turn. This seems good though. Bigger flop bet would've been preferable with wetness (~55-60)
 
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For your stack I'm probably not folding this on this flop ever. I would of made it 20pf (cuz of the limp), your just way overthinking it. You should be making your raises more with more dead money in the pot, it makes sense to any thinking player, so I don't think there just going to assume you are at the top of your range. I think with his stack, he's to short to wait and evaluate on the turn.
 
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Seems fine to me. Another line would be to call his raise and proceed accordingly, most likely looking to get it all-in on any turn. This seems good though. Bigger flop bet would've been preferable with wetness (~55-60)

Agree.
But you are going to need a very large bankroll to play at a table this loose.
 
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This was a game I played at the casino with $2/$4 blinds and a $400 max buy-in.

I forget the exact stack sizes but it was something like this:
Hero (UTG+1) has $300
Villain (UTG+2) has $1000
Everyone else has $400

I don't have a solid read on the villain because I only sat down 30 minutes ago, but I think that he's fairly loose preflop (like most live players).

Hero is dealt Ac Kd from UTG+1 position

SB posts $2
BB posts $4
UTG calls $4
Hero raises to $16 (I wanted to raise more, but I'd been raising to $16 every hand and I wanted to keep my raise sizes consistent. Plus I was hoping that this small raise size would attract a 3bet squeeze)
Villain calls $16
MP1 calls $16
2 folds
BTN calls $16
2 folds
UTG calls $12

5 players to flop with $80 in pot:
Flop shows As 8h 7s

UTG checks
Hero bets $40
Villain raises to $80 (he actually threw out about $70 at first but was told by the dealer that he needs to put out $80)
3 folds
Hero raises ALL-IN for $280

What do you think about the way I played this hand?

Our open size doesn't need to be the same every time. We should be adjusting to a sweet spot, where we only get 1-2 callers. Nothing fancy. Most of these players aren't paying attention anyway.

V probably has some sort of 1p hand, or FD/SD hands here. He is probably putting the raise in to try and "feel you out", and slow you down. I think most of his range is probably draws here.

I guess I like the shove, if we think V calls with a worse hand.
 
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Hey Matt, just curious where you live? One thing I hate about our live game, it basically goes from 1-3 to 5-10, which is absolutely retarded. It still is a 2-5, but everyone straddles, and instantly stacks up to 75%, yes this is a weird occasion during the circuit, but near 60k on the table for 2-5, I mean wth. Its always extremely deep, obviously not to that level, but it is FAR from a 2-5 game.
 
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Hey Matt, just curious where you live? One thing I hate about our live game, it basically goes from 1-3 to 5-10, which is absolutely retarded. It still is a 2-5, but everyone straddles, and instantly stacks up to 75%, yes this is a weird occasion during the circuit, but near 60k on the table for 2-5, I mean wth. Its always extremely deep, obviously not to that level, but it is FAR from a 2-5 game.

I live in Melbourne, Australia. The casino I go to (Crown Casino) is where the Aussie Millions are held. The games here are very unorthodox. They are:
- $1/$2 with a buy-in from $40 to $80 (really retarded imo because you're forced to play with a 40bb maximum stack size)
- $1/$3 with a buy-in from $50 to $200 (you read that right: you can buy in for as little as 17bb, and the max BI is only 67bb unfortunately)
- $2/$4 with a buy-in from $200 to $400 (the lowest game with proper buy-in amounts)
- $5/$5 with a buy-in from $300 to $700 (this game is generally played with a $10 straddle, so it's essentially a $5/$10 game with slightly shorter stack sizes)
- $5/$10/$20 with a buy-in from $600 to $2000 (this is essentially a $10/$20 game and there's never more than 1 table open at a time... it's basically a bumhunting regfest where a group of guys all pick on a few whales and then the table breaks after the whales leave).
 
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