$100nl hu cash. Top pair OOP

[Vacant]

Villain is very aggressive, he will raise and reraise preflop a lot of the time and doesnt seem to give up post flop much either. I havnt had anything to go to showdown with though so im not sure what he's holding.


Game #3867602153: Hold'em NL ($0.50/$1) - 2007/04/18 - 18:02:42 (EST)
Table "London584" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Kris27034 ($106.25 in chips)
Seat 2: DTheater ($108 in chips)
Kris27034: posts small blind $0.50
DTheater: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to DTheater [Jh Kh]
Kris27034: calls $0.50
DTheater: raises to $4
Kris27034: raises to $7
DTheater: calls $3
----- FLOP ----- [3s Js 9c]
DTheater: checks
Kris27034: bets $11
DTheater: calls $11
----- TURN ----- [3s Js 9c][8d]
DTheater: checks
Kris27034: checks
----- RIVER ----- [3s Js 9c 8d][Th]
DTheater: checks
Kris27034: bets $26
DTheater: ????????



Line up to now? decision?

[55555]

I played a very similar very hand last night where i kept getting reraised preflop and i reraised all in on the flop, now that i think of it probably not a good move against a solid players calling/folding range.

I think you played it fine, though on river i probably lead for half pot and fold to a raise.

[Vacant]

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I think you played it fine, though on river i probably lead for half pot and fold to a raise.

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I thought about that at the time. However I thought as he was such an aggressive player he would probably feel the need to raise me with nothing a fair bit of the time.

[whaahhahahah]

given this pf b.s., what kind of range are you putting him on?

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to DTheater [Jh Kh]
Kris27034: calls $0.50
DTheater: raises to $4
Kris27034: raises to $7
DTheater: calls $3

a checkraise commits and his line, call sb followed by minraise is aa/kk a lot from donkish players.

also, in terms of the c/c, check the turn line, think about all the cards that will mess up the board enough for him to check behind on that turn.

i don't like any line too too much but c/c the flop and lead turn any non A or Q turn might be best.

also, i think your thoughts on half potting the river are correct.

[ChicagoRy]

I like the half pot river here, it's a pretty dangerous board for anything but a queen to raise.

I also think the flop bet keeps him in line on the turn a lot of times because like you said all those cards that can make him check the turn there... your goal here is probably to get to showdown fairly cheap without being bluffed off this hand and I don't think you stand up well to a raise on the turn if you c/c the flop, lead turn, if he has anywhere near a decent bluffing % on the turn you're going to be laying this down too often with this line.

At the same time we don't need a semi bluff from a stupid hand like AT on this turn, a hand that probably will call the flop and check check the turn IMO. So I like it as played, adding in that river half pot.

[Vacant]

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given this pf b.s., what kind of range are you putting him on?

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Really, he could have anything i think. It was at the point were i was almost expecting him to raise or reraise any raise i made.



This is the problem with leading any street, i just felt like he could bluff me at any point, which would make laying it down to a raise difficult.

[Vacant]

I called the river and got Shown Q3 :S

[JimmyRare]

I just have to ask..

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