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PFR appears to be a Lag/Tag and I'm assuming a regular. PF3! is shaping up to be a Lag with aggressive stats, but I haven't seen him showdown much yet. Given I'm not sure how the PF3! is playing so far, I decided to take a passive line hoping HJ might make some bad peels and PF3! value cut himself/barrel off some bluffs. Thoughts?

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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is BB with A J
1 fold, MP raises, CO 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls, MP calls

Flop: (9.5 SB) A 2 5 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, CO bets, Hero calls, MP folds

Turn: (5.75 BB) T (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls

River: (7.75 BB) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 9.75 BB

Did you just make up PF3!

At some point I like raising. I would raise the flop vs regs, if you decide to peel I think you should raise the turn (or either wait to the river from time to time)

Did you just make up PF3!

I use it as my shorthand when note taking. I'm sure I probably picked it up from someone somewhere. In case others reading this don't understand the abbreviation it stands for Preflop 3-bettor.

Dredok, how do you feel about my line if the flop is rainbow rather than a 2 flush?

I use it as my shorthand when note taking. I'm sure I probably picked it up from someone somewhere. In case others reading this don't understand the abbreviation it stands for Preflop 3-bettor.

Nah, I like it. Just haven't seen it before.

I think this is ok, I think CR flop is good too, after you don't CR flop I'm ok with how you played it especially since the turn/river weren't great for you

Dredok, how do you feel about my line if the flop is rainbow rather than a 2 flush?

if the flop was rainbow, it would be lees peelable so I would like more raising the flop.

I think this is ok, I think CR flop is good too, after you don't CR flop I'm ok with how you played it especially since the turn/river weren't great for you

so on the turn are we raising only TPTK+ hands? (for value). What are we semibluffing then? I have figured what could be my range here given the action and I think If I peel this flop and dont raise AJ on the turn, I shouldnt semibluff almost anything ... If, on the other side, I raise AJ+ hands I could semibluff a bit wider.

Am I wrong? should I play more straightforward on this board texture and raise just for value? So, what would be a solid peeling range on the flop? (as Slide played the hand)

Well first off you are asking really smart questions, I mostly posted my advice as pretty exploitative to the fact that read on villain is "LAG" so I was assuming he is going to barrel off more than the average bear, which helps the passive line a bit. Thinking about what you said, you are probably right that we need to be able to value raise some more hands here so we can semibluff the occasional suited connector flush draw. We will have AQ, AK, AT for sure (that's a good number of combos if we play them all this way pre which I think is fine), then maybe flopped aces up if we play like A2s, A5s, etc., and its not the worst flop ever to slowplay a set every now and then. But yeah I think you are probably right and CR turn with AJ against the LAG is a little bit better and we just take our medicine if we are beat.

I think you should be c/r the flop. Assuming you would also c/r the flop with most flush draws, I would imagine not raising AJ makes you far too bluff heavy on this board. The presence of the flush draw makes me want to play my hand faster. A rainbow board I could probably see just calling down and letting him bluff/valuecut himself with hands he might have folded.