2/2 Live 4 handed. AAQ4ds flop nfd. Stacks are pretty deep
AAQ4ds hearts spades
Btn straddle $10, sb raise to $25 before we get our cards, hero $85, co folds, btn calls sb calls
Btn is a horrible loose fish. So is sb. Sb bets small with bad hands and big with good hands. Sb is also a huge trash talker. Always says how he's going to stack the table, calls older players gramps and pop pop, has said things about other players mothers, etc. Talks about how he makes a ton of money and taking ours is just for fun. I've seen him turn $500 into $5000 then say how he's leaving with our chips hit and running while racking up and laughing at us. Not sure if that info could change any way we should play but point is he's out to annoy people and stack them.
Btn has 4k and sb has 3k so we are all pretty deep.
Flop ($255) 983hh
Sb leads out $125, hero?
Spoiler
hero calls, btn calls.
We have a strong hand, but we are also deep and have button left to act behind us. I'm not sure if I should be potting over top of this or just playing IP to see a turn. Against sets we're not in great shape and wraps its basically a flip. If they have any hearts in their hand its even worse. I do pot here sometimes or x/r when OOP. Usually I try to only do it with another draw with it like a bdfd, gutter, oesd, or flopped a pair along with my AA.
Turn ($630) Ac bringing a backdoor club draw
Sb $500, hero?
Sb has $2300ish behind after his bet.
Do we call, raise, or pot. If I pot it he only has like 200ish on top of that sizing. Flatting could invite btn to come along. Problem is any card that doesn't pair the board from a 2 to a Q puts a straight out there, plus a club could be bad unless it pairs the board. So there are a lot of cards that could kill our action.
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With your read , I like raising the flop.
Tons of value to extract from worse drawing .
As played on the turn I raise to 1700 , sb is probably drawing almost dead , and we want to put as much money in the pot , when the board still draw heavy.
It is unlikely the button will raise here , and we don't want to give hem a good price.
Ur not that deep. A blind raise to $25 is effectively a straddle and this is a SRP. You have about 140bb with one and 180bb with the other give or take. While you are deeper than 100bb, it’s not so deep you need to start taking massive deviations. What will drive all our decisions here are SPR on each street and position.
I haven’t read spoiler yet.
Flop is fine. The calling range from SB should have a lot of JT combos and be double suited. He can lead this board properly and his sizing is very good for a multi-way pot. There’s no way to exploit him here, as he seems to have played perfectly so far. We are IP and have a strong hand but not strong enough to jam stack off at this SPR. I also need to know if we have the Q of hearts or the 4 of hearts because that matters here. Either way we just call, but having the Q of hearts will prevent us from betting large on future streets because it will be less likely he has a wrap with a FD ever so slightly.
Reading spoiler
Turn we raise. If we were heads up i like just calling IP but 3 ways makes rivers too difficult to play. You don’t know what you are fading and the goal is to cooler lower sets or wrap/FD hands. A hand like JT98 with hearts, 8765 with hearts, etc. You can have some high equity “bluffs” too here like AJT9 with hearts, A876 with hearts, etc.
Jam it in.
If they both fold, you have license to bluff good turns for your range at will.
Ur not that deep. A blind raise to $25 is effectively a straddle and this is a SRP. You have about 140bb with one and 180bb with the other give or take. While you are deeper than 100bb, it's not so deep you need to start taking massive deviations. What will drive all our decisions here are SPR on each street and position. I haven't read spoiler yet. Flop is fine. The calling
You're absolutely right about not being that deep. Usually I take the blind raises as the blind size and this time completely forgot for some reason.
I agree on what you say about the flop. I'll wait to say my turn action until more people give their opinion.
Ask him if he looked and pot regardless of his answer. I’d be looking to gii on a lot of turns if he checks.
