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Rolling 2/5 at my home casino in DM. Normally 2/5 is the biggest game there and only goes off 2 or 3 times per week.
Here it goes. I still feel like I played it right because I eventually got all my money in over the streets. You win some you lose some. But any input is appreciated.
MP opens for $25, cutoff calls, I’m in SB and look down at pocket As. I 3-bet to $75. BB folds, original open and cutoff call.
Flop: Q-J-6 rainbow. I bet roughly half the pot of $125 to make it look like a Cbet figuring it hits one or both of their ranges. Original raiser bumps it to $250 and cutoff folds. I’m at roughly $600 before the hand stared and MP is approx $1000. I contemplate a shove since I only have about $400 left but I’ve played with the guy a lot and I’m sure he only paired his Q or J. If he had better he would have called. I feel like if I simply call I will get value on later streets but if I shove he will fold since he’s a savvy reg. Needless to say to choose to smooth call.
Turn is a 10. So now I pick up broadway gut shot too. I contemplate a check so I can either call a shove by him or check shove if he bets less than my remaining $275. However I’ve played a ton of hands with this guy before and if he has what I think he has he’s never folding. He may very well have AK too and turned broadway but I don’t think so. I feel like he would have 4-bet me preflop if he had AK (or KK, QQ, JJ for that matter). The punchline is I decide to shove. He barely pauses and just says out loud “well I just can’t fold this” so now I’m pretty sure I’m right. I have him on KQ or KJ. Yes!!
River is you guessed it… a Q.
I say “you have the Q don’t you?” He flips KQ to scoop it. I consider mucking the As but for the benefit of my image for later I flip up the As. He says “I just couldn’t get away” which to me just means I played it right.
I guess I could have shoved post flop from my SB position to try to win it right there but if everyone folds I only make $155 on the hand (btw I only mention this line because as it turns out might have been the only way to win the hand). By taking the line I did I stand to max out and a profit of $680 on the hand.
Sometimes a guy just gets rivered right? Variance is a bitch! I hated getting felted sure but I feel like it’s the price you pay sometimes in order to win big pots. Gotta fly close to the flame sometimes.
What you all think?
I think your 3-bet pre should be bigger, the pot is already around 55, you give them the odds to call you and see a flop. Of course, with aces, you would love a call, but you should also 3-bet bluff sometimes and if you only go big when you bluff you will be exploitable.
otherwise, I don’t think you played this badly if you are so sure of your read. when the 10 comes on the turn a lot of hands like Q10s, J10s, k9s… now get there ( and they had the right price to call preflop, so it could be possible).
*You played the hand fine
*Because you are out of position, I think slightly larger 3 bet pre makes sense. Something like $100 or $110 seems about right.
*Remember not to to try to put your opponent on a hand but a range of hands. Opponent raised pre and called a 3B with a player behind so that defines his range somewhat. You cannot shove flop, it is $225 and you have about $525. I cannot see a scenario where ripping 2.5x pot into 2 players makes sense. *Flop bet of $125 is fine. This sets you up for a pot sized turn shove. When opponent calls we have to think about what his calling range is here. JJ, QQ, QT, KQ, KT, AQ, AJ are most likely candidates. If he is a bad or loose player, then some other Qx and Jx hands may be in there as well.
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