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Hi, played some hands vs a reg and i think i may have made some mistakes/played weakly along the way, but id like to put them all here so u know the history and can maybe give advice for me on future encounters with him. Assume all hands 100NL.
Thanks.

initial reads
Villain was unknown, but my impression of him was he was a reg as he was multi-tabling, buying in full and raising to a normal amount, he was a fairly loose opener.

Hand1
no comments required on this one as i know i played it badly.
UTG=27/18, BTN=main villain, SB=recreation player

BTN: $104.00
SB: $55.40
Hero (BB): $100.00
UTG: $262.35
CO: $96.30

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with J K
UTG raises to $3, 1 fold, BTN calls $3, SB calls $2.50, Hero raises to $12, UTG calls $9, 2 folds

Flop: ($30.00) 2 6 A (2 players)
Hero bets $15.00, UTG calls $15

Turn: ($60.00) T (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $34.00, Hero calls $34

River: ($128.00) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

Final Pot: $128.00
Hero shows J K
UTG shows 4 4
(Rake: $3.00)


Very next hand
UTG was a 41/32, CO was main villain.

CO: $101.00
BTN: $52.40
Hero (SB): $66.00
BB: $326.35
UTG: $96.30

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 2 A (folded)
UTG raises to $3, CO raises to $10.50, 3 folds, UTG calls $7.50

Flop: ($22.50) 7 K 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, CO bets $14.00, UTG raises to $85.80, CO calls $71.80

Turn: ($194.10) 5 (2 players)

River: ($194.10) Q (2 players)

Final Pot: $194.10
CO shows 9 9
UTG shows K J
(Rake: $3.00)

One hand passes and he 3bets BBvsBTN(27/18) who folds.

Hand2
5 hands pass then villain squeezes me and BTN(27/18) from BB $3pfr to $14, i 4betshove TT, he folds.

2 hands pass and it is looking increasingly like the guy to my direct right is very bad at poker.

Hand3
CO is main villain. BTN is recreational player.

CO: $100.00
BTN: $191.80
Hero (SB): $116.50
BB: $316.35
UTG: $82.25

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with K Q
1 fold, CO raises to $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, Hero raises to $16, 1 fold, CO raises to $43.50, 2 folds

Next hand, villain opens 99 MP, and gets called by the 41/32 in BB. He checks back flop, and calls weak turn bet and 4/5pot river bet on Tc3h7c Qh 5d and wins. The 41/32 seem maniacal so im not sure about main villains play.
2 hands pass.

Hand4
BTN=main villain, SB=recreational player.

I thoguht about check-shoving but thought id just run into A or K hi flush draw or pairs very often so folded.

BTN: $132.70
SB: $187.30
Hero (BB): $100.50
UTG: $316.35
CO: $68.75

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with Q J
2 folds, BTN raises to $3, SB calls $2.50, Hero raises to $13, BTN calls $10, 1 fold

Flop: ($29.00) 7 6 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $22.00, Hero folds

Final Pot: $29.00
BTN wins $22.00
(Rake: $1.45)

Hand5
This was next hand. i opt to flat KTs since CO villain is proving to be a pain and i rly would like to play a pot with the BTN(recreational player).

I decide c/cing twice would be best here, since he might barrel flop and turn and give up river since it looks like i have a K and i don't beat any of his value range.

CO: $147.25
BTN: $184.30
Hero (SB): $100.00
BB: $316.35
UTG: $68.75

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with K T
1 fold, CO raises to $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, Hero calls $3, 1 fold

Flop: ($11.50) 3 K 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $7.00, BTN folds, Hero calls $7

Turn: ($25.50) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $14.00, Hero calls $14

River: ($53.50) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $50.00, Hero folds

Thoughts on any of these?

Actually I don't think you have too much dynamic going on with this guy.

Hand 1: You did not wan't any comments but the hand is misplayed, u know.

Hand 2: Try and 4bet to 25% effective stacks instead. Then you can bluff cheaper.

Hand 3: Fine but hate HIS play. 4bet to 50% effective stacks is terrible.

Hand 4: Sq ok since you have position on the donk. Too bad Villain does not fold but just fire a c-bet here. It looks very scary for him and he could easily fold better hands like AQ or AJ, KQ. No point in CR though, you don't have any idea whether he calls light vs 3bets.

Hand 5: I am not a huge fan of your preflop play, but once you hit TP on the flop ch call is fine. But be careful since he bets into two players, one is a fish. I make my decision on the turn. If I call turn, I most likely call river too, but in this situation I would fold the turn when he fires again.

Generally. You played ok, but don't overadjust against this guy.
He probably just had a good hand first time you squoze and the 2nd time maybe some 88 or KQ type hand.

Besides, you saw him multitable. He probably plays his cards more than opponents so don't feel like he is going for you. He isn't.

Hand 1:
preflop I don´t know if the squeeze is a good idea. A unknown guy raises UTG, so his range should be pretty strong and it´s a obvious squeezing spot so he will get it in with pretty wide range I think (probably AQ+, JJ+ or TT+).
The Cbet on the flop is fine. But I would never c/c the turn!!! You´re drawing to the nuts but you don´t have any implied odds here I think. So you should either fire a 2nd barrel or just c/f. I prefer the 2nd barrel because he will call you on the flop with any midpocketpair, knowing you will Cbet this flop with every bluff too. So a second barrel can make him fold hands like 99-QQ.

Hand 3:
I would probably just flat preflop. With raising you turn your KQ in a bluff, knowing that he is likely to play back at you (after the little history) with a 4Bet bluff. Especially in such a obvious squeezing spot.

Hand 4:
Here I like the squeeze preflop because QJo is the top of my folding range in this spot. But I don´t really see why you don´t make a Cbet here? Sure he will probably raise you if he has the Ad but he will have to fold a lot of unpaired hands not including a diamond. Plus a Cbet on such a board looks really strong. And I don´t think villian has so many overpairs to the board here in his range because with this dynamic he would probably just have tried to get it in with TT or JJ+.

Hand 5:
I think preflop calling and 3Betting is fine. KTs is a nice hand to 3Bet here. With just calling may have some domination problems and find you´re self in a lot way ahead / way behind situations postflop. As played I would probably call the River, because with his big bet is basically only representing a straight and he was tricky before so I think there´s a good chance he´s bluffing. But I´m not really sure about the river call.

Thnx for replys.

I don't think u can 4bet vs a squeeze without shoving, the bets too large and u end up having to click it back which normally gets called.