200NL - Yell at me

[jlocdog]

I played a hand very similar to this today. The only difference was that the HJ limped and I iso raised him with Q9s. He was similar in stats. Very tight typical muti tabler TAG. Anyways, he called and the flop was nearly identical (963 two tone maybe). When he checked to me I bet in order to induce a raise from what looks like a standard c-bet from what most likely missed this flop. He obliged and I 3bet. He dumped.

Point of my hijack is, I am not a fan of checking and inducing/play PC here. I would rather be aggressive at this pot on one street and then shut down given that you have position. Being aggressive early does two things. It may win the pot for you right there (a plus) or if he sticks around you were aggro on the cheap streets and can now have a good chance of seeing a free river.