Re: Collision with a Hyper LAG - How to combat?
Exactly.
I think you played it well on the flop, and just got unlucky on the turn & river (the very worst cards).
Ask yourself if you gave your hand away pre-flop by limping. If not then you just got unlucky, 3 betting the turn and betting the river (when a 2 doesn't come) would have had good chances.
Sometimes check/call is a good idea but if you have a Tight image, against a Skilled LAG who will probe and push, but can lay down, then representing a great hand can work.
You might have more chance of provoking a turn fold, if you'ld check/raised flop (hoping he'd just call, but willing to cap), and then bet the turn on your bust card.
Trouble is, he has 3rd Nut Lo + a pair on turn, so the way he's thinking, you're unlikely to be scooping him and he might call down on principal to deter you from fighting back.
Short-handed pots versus Aggressive players are just going to be more of a war and expect more of a roller coaster, than against tight players, carving up 1 or 2 Fish.
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