Two 5/10 Live hands from yesterday (Part 1)

[BatsShadow]

This is one of the spots I was uncomfortable in during a long 5/10 session yesterday. The game is quite typical - mostly loose passive. There are too many villains in this hand:

Villain 1: Too loose semi-passive. He presented the image of being a good player when he first started, but it later became apparent that he was spewing chips. He may not have started tilting till after this hand. I never caught him bluffing.

Villain 2: Very laggy aggressive player who was on a multi-day hot streak. He played tight when he first sat, but once he got chips he was very loose and agro, straddle, etc. He would sometimes semi-bluff in ridiculous situations, but was actually tough to play against.

Villain 3: Unknown mid-twenties female. Looked loose passive after just a few hands, but I had the impression that she was a little better than the rest for some reason.

Preflop:

I raise K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] in MP2. No more raises.

Flop: 6 players, 12 small bets

K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

SB checks, Villain 1 bets, Villain 2 raises, 1 fold, Villain 3 3-bets, Hero ???

[Man of Means]

I'm OK with bailing out right here. Villain 1 could have any K, villain 2 could be on a cheezy flush draw, but Villain 3 seems like the one you worry about having AK, a set, or flush when she goes to threetown.

[Chino987]

insta fold and avoid tilt if somehow you folded the winner

[Scarmiglio]

Easy fold facing 3 bets. No somewhat loose-passive 3 bets this board live that isn't beating you.

[Shean]

Your cards should be hitting the muck so fast, your shoulder hurts from throwing them in so quick. Right now, you have top pair, good kicker. You've gotta figure with a bet, raise, and re-raise in front of you, you're facing at least 2 pair, if not a set, a straight draw, or worse an already made flush. Both of your hole cards are clubs, so you don't have the flush redraw working for you. Finally, you have no idea whether V1 or V2 are going to 4-bet this thing, leaving you as the calling station in the middle of 2 or 3 aggressively raising with little to no hope of winning.

Nice raise preflop, but just because you were the aggressor preflop and hit top pair doesn't mean you should continue to see this hand through. Your preflop raise built a pot that you hoped would ultimately be yours, but with that board, cut your losses and move to the next hand.

[Grease]

Folds and doesn't think twice about it.