$1-3 NL – AA facing A Lot Of Flop Action

I played a session last night and the games were good. I’m really surprised how many games were running for a weekday evening. I have one hand last night, that was interesting and wanted to hear your thoughts on my decision making. It ended up a losing session for me by the way, down $700. I can’t seem to win.

V1 in this hand was not playing many hands at all. I must’ve seen him play 3 hands in 4 orbits, and he did get further than the turn in those hands he was playing. I profiled him as very-tight.
V2, I’m gonna say he fit a stereotype very well. Generally, a bad player. I seen him limp-shove with small pairs and really over-played his mid-pair on the flop. He appeared to be playing a tournament style of poker. He also bought in short each time he was stacked. He’d been only showing up with pocket pairs so far.

Hero stack: 260
Hero hand: AA
Hero position: Button

V1 stack: 500
V1 hand: ???
V1 position: UTG

V2 stack: 100
V2 hand: 88
V2 position: SB

Preflop:
V1 limps, hero raise to 15, V2 calls, V1 calls. Three ways to the flop

Pot: 48
Flop: 9 5 4 rainbow
V2 checks, V1 checks, hero bets 25, V2 raise 50, V1 reraise to 200, hero tank-folds, V2 tank-calls all-in

Pot: ~200
Turn: Qx

River: blank

V2 scoops the pot with 88!

I suppose that may have been an ok board for AA, but against these two, I still had to be careful with their calling range. V1 had been playing very tight, so my mental note was any aggression from him should be respected. My bet on the flop was for value against a 9 or straight-draw. When V2 check-min-raised me, I knew it was not a set. This min raise was more of a one-pair hand, except this time, he was crushed by my aces. I was ready to stack off with him.

V1 check-reraise changed my plan. I was really confused by this action from both opponents and just the sizing. Extreme over-bet, nearly putting me all-in. I tanked for 2 minutes going over what I knew about V1 and what hand he may have. He limped called preflop, then checked-reraised on the flop. I thought at the time, he check-reraised two opponents, this has to be a strong hand can beat over-pairs. I leveled myself into thinking he had a set or two pair here.

I decided to fold, based on the action and player. I was surprised to learn, that he raised for a straight-draw. V2 calls of coarse, overplaying his mid-pair again. I thought, “These guys are crazy!”, and I just made another bad fold at this place. V1 goes on this speech about, “I raised because that would be only way I get paid if my draw hits. He wouldn’t call me if my draw came in.” V2 then goes on his little spew, “I had a read on both of them, I knew what he had, which is why I called.” I thought in my head…”You motherfuckers suck!”

At the table, I told myself it was a good-disciplined decision, and tried to play a solid-game. When I got home, I was beating myself up. “I keep losing because I fold when I shouldn’t and call when I’m clearly behind.”

• This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Han.
• This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Han.