66 OOP against loose passive

[giant sand]

These decisions are keeping me up at night. I'm sure small/mid PP are one of my biggest leaks. How should I play this hand? Villain 57/16/1.5 after 70 hands.


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Preflop: Hero is BB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.33 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls, MP calls.

Turn: (4.66 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls, MP folds.

River: (6.66 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 8.66 BB

[Nick C]

Your opponent is much more of a LAG than a loose-passive.

Ordinarily, I would recommend a flop checkraise, but that's not a particularly good flop for you. So, I don't know. Calling doesn't seem so bad. Maybe you should checkraise anyway. Folding seems like a consideration too. (Jeez. That was helpful, huh?)

You picked up some outs on the turn, but we still can't trust a 9 or 6 all that much. Calling there seems all right to me.

Once we've made it to the river, I wouldn't fold HU versus this guy.

[ImsaKidd]

Fold flop seems easy.

I hate doing it, but seems quite correct. I'm not sure what a button coldcalling range is, but i'm guessing he hit the flop somehow. If you are ahead, he probably has overcards (maybe like KJ), so you aren't ahead by much.

[LuckyDevil]

I'm not sure i call on flop. Even if a 9 comes it would be very easy for MP or button to have a J. OOP it sucks to make the second best hand.

[MarkD]

I don't understand the flop call. I fold this flop and feel good about my decision.

edit: It's a bad bad flop for you. Even if you are ahead I doubt you have that high of equity, and those times you are behind you have almost no equity.

[Duerig]

I'd fold the flop. Even if you are ahead, there are about 8 million cards that would sink you.

[giant sand]

Yeah the problem is the flop. The rest of the streets are straightforward: if I hit or pick up an extra draw then great, if not I fold.

It that old problem of reverse implied odds - mid to small PP just don't play well [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Nick C]

I misread the hand. I thought Button was the guy who raised preflop.

Since he cold-called instead, I'm thinking a flop fold is the way to go.