GreenDaddy1
Rock Star
Silver Level
6 Max Fast Forward on party poker.
Folds to hero on the button with AQo. Raise 0.12c.
Villain (115BB) in BB 3 bets 0.50c. Hero (220 BB) 4 bets $1.15. Villain calls.
Pot $2.32
FLOP: 9d Kh Ad
Villain Check. Hero Check.
TURN: 8s
Villain bet 0.52c. Hero Calls.
Pot $3.36
RIVER: 5s
Villain bet $2.40. Hero Calls.
(Result withheld until discussion)
My line comes across pretty passive here, but it was not without thought.
Had noticed this player 3 betting from BB a couple of times at this size already, stood out as being an overly aggressive defense compared to general population. No other reads. We're on Party Poker playing Fast Forward, no stats.
4 bet on the button here is standard for me in this spot, as part of a range with both value and bluffs.
Flop was a bit scary despite getting a piece of it. Ruling out AA, KK also unlikely, both would have shipped it against my 4 bet I supposed. Working to putting villain on a range, figure they might call the 4 bet with something like AK, AQ, AJ QQ, JJ, maybe incorrectly call some other weak broadway hands, possibly higher suited connectors, maybe some Axs hands. Hard to pin ranges down at these stakes, fluctuates wildly between uber nits and agro donkeys. That large 3 bet is sticking in my mind though, it seems more likely this player is fishy and loose rather than a reg. Anyway, I decided to check flop with the pot so big already, as this seemed the sort of situation that might get out of hand if the pot grew on all three streets.
The small turn bet from villain seemed an easy call at that price. Found it difficult to read the intent here though. Feel most A or K that made a pair would have bet more for value, unless the kicker was weak. There are some draws available, so at this point leaning towards them having a piece of one of those. Could they get this far with 99 or 88? Maybe, but again it does not seem like a value bet. I didn’t really consider a check raise, again mostly for fear of bloating the pot and being drastically wrong on my read. If I’m putting villain on a draw here should I go for the check raise and charge them to see another card? Or is the more restrained approach better in this case, just trying to get to a cheap showdown with my top pair good kicker?
The 5s on the river looks like a complete miss to me. Flush draw doesn’t come in. A 67 hand would have completed a straight but I find that a very unlikely hand for villain to have. 55 pretty unlikely and such a small part of a range that gets here, surely I can’t fear that. I’m leaning towards a fishy bluff after a busted draw given how passive I have been, but there is always the chance villain slow played something and I’ve completely misread it. I’m nervous about it, but I call, unable to credit this villain for a better hand than me given the action.
Maybe reading a bit much into a .02/.05 hand played at 1:30am on a Sunday night lol. Thought it an interesting hand to look at anyway.
Folds to hero on the button with AQo. Raise 0.12c.
Villain (115BB) in BB 3 bets 0.50c. Hero (220 BB) 4 bets $1.15. Villain calls.
Pot $2.32
FLOP: 9d Kh Ad
Villain Check. Hero Check.
TURN: 8s
Villain bet 0.52c. Hero Calls.
Pot $3.36
RIVER: 5s
Villain bet $2.40. Hero Calls.
(Result withheld until discussion)
My line comes across pretty passive here, but it was not without thought.
Had noticed this player 3 betting from BB a couple of times at this size already, stood out as being an overly aggressive defense compared to general population. No other reads. We're on Party Poker playing Fast Forward, no stats.
4 bet on the button here is standard for me in this spot, as part of a range with both value and bluffs.
Flop was a bit scary despite getting a piece of it. Ruling out AA, KK also unlikely, both would have shipped it against my 4 bet I supposed. Working to putting villain on a range, figure they might call the 4 bet with something like AK, AQ, AJ QQ, JJ, maybe incorrectly call some other weak broadway hands, possibly higher suited connectors, maybe some Axs hands. Hard to pin ranges down at these stakes, fluctuates wildly between uber nits and agro donkeys. That large 3 bet is sticking in my mind though, it seems more likely this player is fishy and loose rather than a reg. Anyway, I decided to check flop with the pot so big already, as this seemed the sort of situation that might get out of hand if the pot grew on all three streets.
The small turn bet from villain seemed an easy call at that price. Found it difficult to read the intent here though. Feel most A or K that made a pair would have bet more for value, unless the kicker was weak. There are some draws available, so at this point leaning towards them having a piece of one of those. Could they get this far with 99 or 88? Maybe, but again it does not seem like a value bet. I didn’t really consider a check raise, again mostly for fear of bloating the pot and being drastically wrong on my read. If I’m putting villain on a draw here should I go for the check raise and charge them to see another card? Or is the more restrained approach better in this case, just trying to get to a cheap showdown with my top pair good kicker?
The 5s on the river looks like a complete miss to me. Flush draw doesn’t come in. A 67 hand would have completed a straight but I find that a very unlikely hand for villain to have. 55 pretty unlikely and such a small part of a range that gets here, surely I can’t fear that. I’m leaning towards a fishy bluff after a busted draw given how passive I have been, but there is always the chance villain slow played something and I’ve completely misread it. I’m nervous about it, but I call, unable to credit this villain for a better hand than me given the action.
Maybe reading a bit much into a .02/.05 hand played at 1:30am on a Sunday night lol. Thought it an interesting hand to look at anyway.
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