Facing a reraise from a tight aggressive player

taks · #1 01-01-2007, 11:40 PM

The player at MP3 seems to be a tight aggressive player as
I did not see him playing much and whenever he enters a pot, he raises.

$0.25/$0.50 Limit Hold'em (9 Handed)

Pre-flop: Hero is MP2 with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls.

I thouht of capping it here, but I figures his reraise means AA-QQ, or AKs. So I just called.

Flop

6.5SB, 2 players) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
Hero bets, Button calls.

Turn

4BB, 2 players) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.

Even though he did not show much aggression in flop,
he raised in Turn so I just called here even though my hands now improved to 2 pairs.

River

8BB, 2 players) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Final pot: 10BB

Any comments on all streets are appreciated. Thank you!

NIX · #2 01-01-2007, 11:53 PM

If you have enough of a read to put him on QQ+/AKs only, I play this as WA/WB. Betting the flop may let QQ/KK off cheaply while putting in excess money if you're crushed by AA.

DrModern · #3 01-02-2007, 12:35 AM

How strong was your read on this guy? Number of hands on which you're basing your assumptions? Reason for assigning him such a tiny 3-bet range?

cold_cash · #4 01-02-2007, 12:57 AM

Played this way, I would ghey bet the turn a lot.

You don't think he goes 3-bets w/ TT or JJ or AQ, etc?

teampursuit · #5 01-02-2007, 01:54 AM

How aggressive is this guy? Based on his play, it looks like he has a King in his hand, and based on your read you are either chopping or drawing to 2 outs. Get to the river as cheaply as possible.

psy · #6 01-02-2007, 01:55 AM

I do the same. Turn raise from villain looks odd so maybe he's slowplaying something, or something. I don't know - but it's odd. Hand is too good to fold and raising costs too much if you're behind so I'd call same as this.

FatedEquity · #7 01-02-2007, 03:21 AM

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I thouht of capping it here, but I figures his reraise means AA-QQ, or AKs.

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If he was a SSH "chart player" that would be true. You need to have a good indication of his tendencies to assign such a narrow range though.

VirgilStarkwell · #8 01-02-2007, 09:31 AM

grunch
preflop: CAP! There's no reason to put the button on such a tight range. Lots of folks in that situation are looking to fold the blinds and get heads up with the raiser.
flop: fine.
turn: reraise. Lead river if he just calls, c/c river if he caps.

seano34 · #9 01-02-2007, 12:19 PM

I would have capped preflop.

Flop fine

Turn I would re-raise. If you are only behind to a set at the moment, and you didnt read him to 3-bet 55 or 66 pre flop then you need to consider if he has AA or KK. With you showing strength I would have expected him to raise the flop bet with Aces so I would doubt he has that.

If he had capped the turn I would think he had KK and would check/call the river.

If he called the turn re-raise I would put him on a straight draw with QJ or a Ax/Kx and would bet out at the river

threads13 · #10 01-02-2007, 12:31 PM

Your range is to narrow. A tight aggressive will 3-bet with more than that.

I think the flop is a check-raise as you have a pretty strong hand. The only part of his range that you are behind is 1 combo of AA. I cap if he 3-bets.

Given that you didn't check-raise the flop, I check-raise the turn.