live misclick v. thetakeover 25/50 nl LIVE, 300bb deep...

[dlpnyc21]

Note: We are playing 7-2 for 200 bucks, if that affects anything.


Private game. Game is 7 handed, effective stack size 15k. Average raise size in this game is anywhere from 300-500 generally preflop, there has sometimes been a straddle, but not during this hand. Nick has been playing pretty high gear, and has shown down a bluff earlier in the night. The only hand we have played against each other so far was when he raised btn to 300, I called from SB with 77, flop 883, chk call 600, turn 2, chk chk, river 2, I checked, he bet 1100 and I paid off his 1010.

Not exactly sure how he views me, he probably thinks I'm decent.

UTG, a loose, active player raises to 225, this is an unusually small raise, and I wasn't exactly sure what it meant, I assumed a pretty weak hand (I think he would make it bigger with a stronger hand to discourage multiple callers). Nick immediately makes it 800 to go utg+2. He reraises more than most of the other players preflop in this game, probably has something like 30/20 vpip 7 handed.

I am sitting on 15k, he has me covered, I look down at JJ directly to his left in the hijack. What is the best play here and why? I have not 4 bet him this session, the only time I ever 4 bet him was another session when I did it with AK and I got it in v. his AK for 17k each pre.

I elect to just call. Is this poor? Surprisingly, the btn, also a more frequent reraiser, cold calls.

I am not sure what the btns range is here, but it's probably something like 77-QQ, AQ+. He is likely to 4-bet AK, KK+, but maybe not.

Nick's range is probably generally tight when he is doing it v. an utg raiser, however, the utg's small raise size may have been interpreted by Nick as weakness, as it was by me.


UTG folds. Flop is 10108 two spades, I have JsJx.

Nick checks. What is your action and why? If I am betting here, it would be partially a value bet, and partially an information bet. I am not sure my hand can withstand a raise from either the BTN, or a reraise if Nick checked. However, I thought it would be fairly hard for either of them to raise without a hand that beats mine.

I decided to bet 1700 for value, and go to throw out 3 500 chips, and 2 100 chips...

Accidentally, I make it 1200 (two 500 chips, 2 100 chips). This is a small bet into the approx. 2600 pot.

BTN folds. Nick thinks for a bit, and makes it 4k...

If I call, I am going to have approximately 9k left after my call for the turn.

What is the best play, and what is my plan for the rest of the hands.

Or, alternatively, is this an easy fold?

Thanks,
dlpnyc21