Villain in this hand is interesting. We have a lot of history. He is one of the better players in these games; I've never seen him do anything stupid. At first we kind of battled for a while, stacking each other a few times in relatively standard hands; but we haven't played a major pot together in over a week, despite playing at the same tables almost constantly. Clearly we've learnt to respect each other and not waste time when their are always better spots around. That said, he did recently call a raise OOP to me with TQo, but on this site all the regs love to call in spots like that, so although in a vacuum it's bad, don't let it colour your idea of him too much.
We're at a particularly crazy table, but both of the crazy players play no part in this hand. The effective stack is 200bbs. Other players at the table are deeper. Again I wouldn't read anything into the size of the preflop raise as the table is deep and crazy.
Villain makes it 2 utg
I'm next to speak with KK. I just call. I obviously could 3 bet here, but if I 3bet I will just shut out all of the bad players. Also, even if this was a normal table with 100bbs I would be very reluctant to 3bet here, I haven't 3bet this guy in a long, long time; and do it all of a sudden in a spot with a very tight dynamic really restricts my hand range to AA or KK. 3betting TJs or something for balance here would be moronic given the table. If was to somehow 3bet here and he 4bet I would instantly fold. 100bbs deep I'd be tempted to fold, 200bbs I wouldn't think twice about it. If I call here someone else at the table may 3bet as well, which would be great. Anyway....
One fish calls, everyone else folds, including the two mentallers
The flop is k82, with two hearts. I have top set.
Villain bets exactly the pot, 7.50. I'm next to speak. Do I call or raise, and if so how much? What's the rest of the plan for the hand?
Myself and villain are 200bbs deep. Fish has 30bbs.
We're at a particularly crazy table, but both of the crazy players play no part in this hand. The effective stack is 200bbs. Other players at the table are deeper. Again I wouldn't read anything into the size of the preflop raise as the table is deep and crazy.
Villain makes it 2 utg
I'm next to speak with KK. I just call. I obviously could 3 bet here, but if I 3bet I will just shut out all of the bad players. Also, even if this was a normal table with 100bbs I would be very reluctant to 3bet here, I haven't 3bet this guy in a long, long time; and do it all of a sudden in a spot with a very tight dynamic really restricts my hand range to AA or KK. 3betting TJs or something for balance here would be moronic given the table. If was to somehow 3bet here and he 4bet I would instantly fold. 100bbs deep I'd be tempted to fold, 200bbs I wouldn't think twice about it. If I call here someone else at the table may 3bet as well, which would be great. Anyway....
One fish calls, everyone else folds, including the two mentallers
The flop is k82, with two hearts. I have top set.
Villain bets exactly the pot, 7.50. I'm next to speak. Do I call or raise, and if so how much? What's the rest of the plan for the hand?
Myself and villain are 200bbs deep. Fish has 30bbs.
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