1/2 TPTK Under Pressure

[dlorc]

oker Stars
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $1/$2
10 players
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Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, 5 folds.

Flop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (9.5SB, 4 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 raises</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (10.75BB, 4 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 raises</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, Hero calls.

River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (16.75BB, 3 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets</font>, MP1 folds, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: 18.75BB


Villain is 50/5/1.75 over about 50-60 hands, very capable of raising UTG w/ air and reraising the flop w/ air in a multiway pot if he thinks I'm stealing.

[unterfish]

This guy is certainly a maniac. The turn raise looks suspicious, though, like a slowplayed two pair or set.
But against a two pair you have redraws.
Also the pot is big enough to call-down. He might also have a worse queen given his stats.

[calidris]

Seems fine to me. Pocket 44 or 88 would probably just call the flop and raise the turn. Leaves AQ, A8 or 99-TT (that aggressive would probably RR PF w &gt;=JJ). No other legitimate draws unless he called you w Q8 or something but in my experience these players like to get tricky with big hands on the flop and smooth call to raise the turn instead.

Turn and river I would play the same I think (hard to say for sure without sitting against the guy at the table)

[antneye]

I play it exactly the same.

[marchron]

AF of 1.75 = 3-popping the turn. You're crushing him a majority of the time. Alternatively, since the board is so dry, I don't mind smooth-calling his flop raise and check/raising his passive-aggressive ass on the turn.