NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

He is tight and very aggressive. Runs 19/16/3 or something. This is the first time I reraise him (or notice that he is at my table). Note that we are 200bb deep.

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$2/$4 No Limit Hold'em Ring Game
4 Players
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<font color="black">Stack Sizes</font>
Hero (SB): $887.1
BB: $396
UTG: $82.20
balugawhale: $835

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($6, 4 players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">balugawhale raises to $14</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $46</font>, BB folds, balugawhale calls $32

<font color="black">Flop:</font> 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($96, 2 players)
Hero checks, balugawhale checks

<font color="black">Turn:</font> 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] [T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]] ($96, 2 players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $64</font>, <font color="red">balugawhale raises to $288</font>, Hero...?

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

i would fold, he always struck me as a nit.

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

IMO his checkbehind on the flop makes it improbable he has a mid pocket pair thru JJ that is not a set.

I think its a spot where he would have outs if you are ahead (maybe FD or whatever) and would have AA/KK/set when you are behind.

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

curious as to why we check the flop and make smallish river bet here. imo, it complicates decision making process, since now we look sort of weak, so this opponent--a thinking, aggro one in my limited exp. with him--may be trying to push us off what he suspects as AK/AQ sort of hand (esp. now that board has paired). I bet out flop to find out where I'm at. as played, 200BB deep, i fold.

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

Why not bet flop?

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

this was an interesting hand.

I was surprised by what you did.

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

I'd bet the flop.
As played, this is an obvious push; I don't see how you can fold here.

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

Don't understand why you didn't bet flop. This is one that missed him most of the time.

As played, I'm folding the turn now. I think c/c turn might be better than betting since you gave up the flop, re-eval river but probably c/c there too since you made yourself look so weak.

Also this deep I like a bigger 3bet preflop being oop.

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

btw

3betting pf and then checking this flop gives away your hand pretty much entirely.

Re: NL$400, overpair against balugawhale
 

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btw

3betting pf and then checking this flop gives away your hand pretty much entirely.

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how ?