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Guy seems a decent player if quite agro 35/27/2.6 over 150 hands

Fold at any point (and on any particular rivers except club)? 3-bet preflop?


Poker Stars $1/$2 Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1847172
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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is BB with 7 A
UTG calls, 2 folds, SB raises, Hero calls, UTG calls

Flop: (6 SB) A 5 Q (3 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, UTG folds, SB 3-bets, Hero calls

Turn: (6 BB) T (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls

River: (8 BB) A (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 10 BB
SB shows 8 9 (a flush, Ace high)
Hero mucks 7 A
SB wins 9.6 BB
(Rake: $0.80)

3betting pf is playable for sure. guy is probably raising 20, 30% preflop in this spot, no?

3betting pf is playable for sure. guy is probably raising 20, 30% preflop in this spot, no?

I'd probably just call. His stats are close to mine. I said I'd be raising this, more or less:

AA-44,AK-A7,KQ-KT,QJ,Ax6x-Ax2x,Kx9x-Kx7x,QxTx-Qx9x,JxTx-Jx9x,Tx9x-Tx8x,9x8x

A7o has about 44% equity against that range. Even when you add the limper's dead money I don't think a 3-bet is going to be the best play -- too much pot bloat and you over-rep your hand without significantly improving your shot at winning.

Rest of hand I think is fine. Ugly situation but not much that I can say I'd do differently.

Rob

I'd 3-bet preflop if I'd seen UTG limp, then fold for 2 more before; however, most limpers just don't really ever fold preflop once they've entered the pot. Rest of the hand seems standard.