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Hey everyone, this is my first post here so be easy on me!
Playing 1/3 live in Tunica, I have $420 starting stack.
2 limpers, I look down at AJc in hijack and make it $18.
Cutoff, button,and both limpers call (LMAO). Only the cutoff has me covered.Flop comes Kc 10h 2c.
Two checks to me. I check planning to check raise and put top pair holdings in a tough spot. Cutoff bets $20 (LMAO). Button calls, one limper calls. Pot is now $150, I raise to $100. Cutoff thinks for a while and calls, other players fold.
Turn is 2s and I’m first to act.
Pot is $330 and I have $300 left behind. This player has checked back top pair before in position, and think he will check back here a decent amount, so I could see the river for free in that case. However, if I connect I may not get desired value, and if I miss, I’ve pretty much surrendered to shutting down. I haven’t seen this player in any really tough spots. He is by no means a good player, but he has a little of an idea of what he’s doing (I guess..). I decide on a jam. I shit you not, he takes 3 seconds, says “Well, you got me”, shakes his head like he knows he is in fact an idiot, and puts the chips in.
River is a total brick. He rolls over KQ for top pair.
I have taken a similar line in the past and have also been called down by top pair and not gotten there on the draw. Is this a problem? Should this not be a thing at 1/3 live? I like to think of myself as a fake poker pro – I learned poker on Youtube from professional vloggers, so I know theory more than almost any other 1/3 live players, but I don’t have much experience actually playing live.
Please God, feedback.
EDIT: Also, just wanted to add that I have hardly any other friends who play poker, so it sucks telling my friends “I bluffed off $420, leaving with nothing”, when they do not and could not have any idea what really happened. Me explaining it via poker theory is useless and just makes me sound like an addicted degenerate to someone who has no idea what I’m talking about. It’s very frustrating.
Your line doesn’t really make sense with the check-raise on the flop. I’m not sure what you’re trying to represent.
This flop hits your range really well. How are you betting AA or AK here? If you bet your strong hands one way and your weak hands another, people will know. I would bet the flop and turn like I have AK+.
When he calls your check raise, what do you think he has? Top pair minimum, maybe 2 pair. You shouldn’t be bluffing into this guy.
It sounds like you’re leveling yourself and applying things that you don’t fully understand based on watching VLOGs and/or you’re applying things that are too advanced for the players you are playing. Understanding blockers and good bluff spots are great, but some players just aren’t folding top pair without a flush possibility on board.
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