Results and thoughts...
I hemmed and hawed and folded.
Flop thoughts: I obviously had a monster hand with TPTK, and a gutshot straight flush draw. 4-betting for value is a must.
Turn thoughts: I really think that a flaw that 2+2ers have is that they assume (1) players play the same way as us or (2) they don't adjust their game from online to live. Let's think about this: I've shown strength pre-flop and 4-bet strength on the flop, and this guy still leads into me on the turn. This guy doesn't care if I'm going to raise. I have absolutely no fold equity, and it's virtually a lock I'm behind to BB. IMO, raising is a disaster as I'm begging to get 3-bet causing me to pay the absolute maximum for my draw, which has weakened somewhat on the turn. Although this guy is aggressive, I didn't say he was reckless or dumb, nor is he necessarily of 2+2 caliber. This is the reason to call.
BTW, if it happened to get checked to me, I was going to check behind. Do you think this is wrong?
River thoughts: This is where my instincts kick in as a player. Despite getting huge odds for the pot, I could not possibly put him on a hand that I can beat as there is no way any one at that table plays AK that way so hard, even the most aggressive of them. And despite getting about 16:1 for a huge pot, I took a minute and folded and also expected him to show. He showed KQo for the nuts. I asked LMP what he hand, he said Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Man, what a payoff I would have gotten if a club came.
Thank you for all your thoughts,
Garland
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