$5 NLHE Full Ring: Help analysing AA losing hand

Hi folks,

I was wondering if anyone could advise on how I played this hand - villain doesn't get his sets till the turn.

In this case I raised a 3bb opener to 9bb, so I put him on KK, QQ, AK, etc.

Thanks folks.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 141.4 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, hands: 7)
Hero (SB): 105.8 BB
BB: 163.4 BB (VPIP: 5.56, PFR: 5.56, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)
UTG: 101.4 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)
UTG+1: 95.8 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
UTG+2: 127.8 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP: 91.6 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
MP+1: 188.2 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
CO: 217.4 BB (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A:diamond: A:club:

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) 9:heart: 2:spade: 2:club:
Hero bets 9 BB, BTN calls 9 BB

Turn: (37 BB, 2 players) 3:spade:
Hero bets 35 BB, BTN calls 35 BB

River: (107 BB, 2 players) 8:spade:
Hero bets 52.8 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 52.8 BB

Hero shows A:diamond: A:club: (Two Pair, Aces and Twos) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 5%)
BTN shows 3:club: 3:diamond: (Full House, Threes full of Twos) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 95%)
BTN wins 203.8 BB

Pre 11bb. Flop 14bb. Shove turn. Results would have been the same but only way I would have played it differently. Don't post results.

3-bet bigger OOP and bet the flop harder.

Don't get it all in with 1 pair hands on the river after they have called 2 barrels on this type of dry board in particular....You are nearly always beaten.. check call or check fold depending on the size of their river bet....
I constantly make this same mistake with big pairs ,its one of my biggest leaks.

I agree that larger 3bet pre and ESPECIALLY larger flop bet is in order.

Other than that I think you played this hand fine.

Villain takes this line with TT-QQ as well I think. Sometimes even AK. Of course I'm concerned about sets, but sets are always a possibility and he doesn't ever re-raise to give you serious cause for concern.

Figaroo makes a good point that many people stack of with big pairs.. exactly in this spot. And when they do.. you have them crushed with AA.

NH, but pre-flop 3-bet a little larger. I'd typically bet the turn a little smaller. Not getting it in by the river on this kind of run out would be a pretty big mistake. Well played.

Don't post results. Totally skews feedback you will get. I realize 99% of you just post hands you lose but I guarantee you are also misplaying hands you win.

As noted, go a bit larger pre. Bet turn smaller -- you can still easily get it in on river. Overall, this hand is basically fine though.

I don't understand the whole "bet flop larger" thing. WTF is that supposed to accomplish? There are no draws and pairs are drawing very thin. I make it 10BB though just because I never bet below half pot heads up

LD1977 said:

I don't understand the whole "bet flop larger" thing. WTF is that supposed to accomplish? There are no draws and pairs are drawing very thin. I make it 10BB though just because I never bet below half pot heads up

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Simply for value. Do you think he called one street because it was 1/2 pot? He would had called a 75/% pot size bet. Lvl 1 thinkers just playing their cards . Even the regs at this stakes are missing the fold button sometimes. Why not charge them bigger than ?

Yeah but they pay attention to sizing. There are a lot of hands with backdoor straight and flush possibilities that will call 1/2 pot but fold to 3/4 pot bets. On the turn I hit pot button and now they can't call profitably even if they did hit the BD draw card. Also all pairs that peeled are now screwed except the one that hit the turn.

Meaning, I bet a wee bit larger on both flop and turn than the OP did (but 3bet a bit bigger preflop due to the OOP thing) and I accept the bad beat from sets since I get so much from random crap and worse pairs.

Think flop-bet sizing is totally fine, we essentially have the deck crushed.