NL10 Top2 w AJ

[Gelin1]

villain is 34/16/0.94 over 50 hands. Comments on all streets appreciated.


Titan Poker 0.05/0.10, hand converted by the iPoker Converter at Talking-Poker

saw flop | <font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

Button ($17.36)
SB ($9.69)
BB BB ($9.79)
UTG ($12.88)
UTG+1 <font color="#C00000">UTG+1 ($14.67)</font>
CO <font color="#C00000">Hero ($11.00)</font>

Preflop: Hero is in the CO with A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to 0.30, Hero calls 0.30, 2 folds, BB calls 0.20.

Flop (0.95) 2 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
BB checks, UTG+1 bets 0.70, Hero calls 0.70, 1 fold.

Turn (2.35) A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
UTG+1 bets 1.00, Hero raises to 3.30, UTG+1 calls 2.30.

River (8.95) 8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG+1 checks, Hero moves all-in for 6.70

[carnivalhobo]

played fine

[Joliq]

Preflop: Seems fine, maybe there's an argument for 3-betting him but it's a raise from UTG+1 and you only have AJo. Maybe with more information I could recommend rr, but as it stands the call seems correct.

Flop: Calling seems ok. I do wonder if you could raise here. You're ahead of anything but a set, QQ, KK, AA. Could well have raised UTG+1 with PP, in which case you're ahead of most, Axs, in which case you're ahead, biiiiig suited connectors maybe? in which case you're ahead of everything but JT. Calling seems fine, but I do wonder if raising is an option you should consider...I'd kind of like to hear someone more experienced weigh in. I don't think the call is wrong though.

Turn: The re-raise seems good. I guess you could have pushed but you might be able to squeeze more out of him by waiting until the river for that.

River: Push seems fine, off the top of my head seems like you're ahead.

It looks like a really simple hand but it does raise some questions, I'd kind of like some feedback on my analysis.

[infinity235]

Joliq: Raising the flop builds a big pot, which is definitely not what we want to have at that point. We have a hand with good showdown value, so we try to get there cheaply.

[Spurious]

preflop is raise or fold imo
otherwise
flop is fine
turn is fine
river is fine

[Babalatexi]

Played well, although your turn raise is a bit small (a psr would be to 4.35 so I'd raise to around 4). Villain seems to be the kind of player who likes to call a lot (very passive) so by betting a little more on the turn it's easier to commit him.