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Hi guys,

He was opening 99%, 3betting 25%. I was sucking out on him in 300b pot where i flopped two pair w/ T8 and he went broke w/ QQ.

Postflop he is pretty straight forward.
He checked foldet some flops and sometimes he check-called w/ hands like Ax.

I bluffed him a few times and showed a Big Check-Raise-Bluff a couple hands ago.
An additional information is, that he did some goofy overbet turn bluffs, when he was leading or cbetting the flop.

So how is my line in general?

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 2 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #13400402

BB: $61.78 (123.6 bb)
Hero (SB): $186.71 (373.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9 A
Hero raises to $1.50 , BB raises to $4.50 , Hero calls $3

Flop: ($9) A 3 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($9) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $5 , Hero raises to $15.50 , BB calls $10.50

River: ($40) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $41.78 and is all-in , Hero calls $41.78

wp

bet flop, given you checked flop, wp.

bet flop, given you checked flop, wp.

If you bet the flop, are you comfortable calling a cr' on the flop and getting it in on any non-club turn given the dynamic between the players? I like the check on the flop as long as we are checking back air here as well. Which I think we should because people at micro stakes love to get tricky at these spots and check AK/AQ/AJ otf. By checking flop we gain more information from his turn action while keeping the pot smaller in a situation where it is unlikely we'll get three streets of value from a worse hand anyway.

i don't think you get c/r'd here frequently enough to have that as a reason not to bet. i think what to do on various turn cards is more player specific. like you said we can't credibly bluff here if you check which isn't the end of the world since if he had air (and therefore a hand he'd c/f) he would bet so we don't have alot of fe -- i guess it depends how you want to balance (if you are going to be stabbing and barreling (I think stabbing and giving up is bad) then bet here and if you are not going to stab here betting is really indicative of you value betting (not sure how observant he is).

in my exp, people check AK-AJ here that often.

bet flop, given you checked flop, wp.

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