Slowplaying is rarely correct...

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And I almost never do it (slowplay), but in retrospect, I feel like slowplaying might have been optimal here.

Villain in this hand is running 50/20/2 over about 50 hands. Laggy for sure, but more towards the fishy, badish side than the maniacal, at least somewhat tricky side. My thinking at the time was that if I check here I get a bluffbet a HUGE amount of the time, and by leading I may merely fold out a lot of his range that i'd otherwise get that $ from. Once he bets, i'm not really sure why I decided to raise. I guess the on-the-spot decisionmaking was something like, my line looks super fishy and I may get a call from a worse ace thinking I am on the draw, and that a medium-highish PP that has a club in it may find a call in him cause he sucks.

In retrospect, I almost always have the best hand here and always have the best draw, and i'm thinking I might have been able to extract more value by calling and playing the hand super passively, as there are very few cards that "scare" me and many will make his hand second best but strongish.

Thoughts?



Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)

Hero (SB): $49.50
BB: $38.10
UTG: $49.75
MP: $32.00
CO: $223.25
BTN: $17.50

Preflop: Hero is dealt A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (6 Players)
2 folds, <font color="red">CO raises to $1.00</font>, BTN folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $4.00</font>, BB folds, CO calls $3.00

Flop: ($8.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">CO bets $8.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $24.00</font>...