Villain is sharpia7 who I have at 21/12/1.5 over about 500 hands. We don't have any real history and I don't have any notes or specific reads or anything.
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MP ($352.50)
Hero ($1392.70)
Button ($198.95)
SB ($897.45)
BB ($120)
UTG ($656)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $18</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $78</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, Hero calls $60.
<font color="blue">Preflop, I think I'm deep enough to call this against someone who is passive postflop and will prob let me get to a river w/ a draw for relatively cheap.</font>
Flop: ($162) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $115</font>, SB calls $115.
<font color="blue">Flop is standard imo. I don't think there's much to discuss</font>
Turn: ($392) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.
<font color="blue">I'm definitely open to hearing why I should bet here. I checked because I wasn't sure villain would stack off with AJ-AK this deep (I guess 150bb isn't THAT deep, but it's still a little deep to be getting in with 1 pair IMO, esp. with 2nd or 3rd kicker). I thought I would have a better chance at getting a bet out of those hands on the river when villain knew he wouldn't have to face another decision. On the other hand, AxXh probably calls here and I'm giving those hands a free card by checking. Like I said, I'm not at all sure my decision was best or even OK here.</font>
River: ($392) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $300</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1199.7</font>
<font color="blue">Villain timed almost all the way down before making this bet. He has about $400 behind which I *think* gives him enough to fold. Given his timing and everything else, I felt as though he hit AJ here. I think people tend to play scared once they start to get deep and I felt like he timed down trying to decide whether to check/call or bet/fold and chose the latter. It's also imporant to note that he has like 2 seconds left on his time bank, so he'll have to decide whether to call really quickly. There may also be a tiiiiny bit of value from AK calling some marginal percentage of the time, but obviously I feel that value is almost negligible if I'm expecting AJ to fold here the majority of the time. A con to shoving, imo, is that I haven't represented anything particularly well myself (bc I checked the turn), although I could show up with a set / straight / flush here. Also idk how well villain reads hands.</font>