bluff, semi-bluff, 2nd nuts

.50-1 hand on UB. I have added some comments to the hand history.


Sloth is at seat 0 with $88.25.

riverotter is at seat 1 with $109.10.

HarryGlider is at seat 2 with $39.60.

polkadavey is at seat 3 with $79.90.

notsuoh1 is at seat 4 with $21.65.

john14 is at seat 5 with $93.45.

natedogg is at seat 6 with $60.90.

BLACK FLAG is at seat 7 with $64.45.

LeffeM is at seat 8 with $255.05.

The button is at seat 0.

HarryGlider auto-posts the small blind of $.50.

polkadavey auto-posts the big blind of $1.

(riverotter, at seat 1, is sitting out.)

(john14, at seat 5, is sitting out.)


Sloth is dealt: Ts


Sloth is dealt: Qs

notsuoh1 folds.

natedogg folds.

BLACK FLAG calls $1.

LeffeM folds.

Sloth raises $3. (hoping to isolate a passive player and take it on the flop without a contest)

HarryGlider folds.

polkadavey folds.

BLACK FLAG calls $2.


flop card: Ah


flop card: 6s


flop card: 5d

BLACK FLAG bets $1.

Sloth raises $6. (represnting a big Ace.)

BLACK FLAG calls $5.


turn card: Ks

BLACK FLAG checks.

Sloth bets $15. (I assume that he has an ace, but it's weak. I want to represent AK here. If he calls, I have 12 outs and implied odds because I know if he calls this bet, he'll call a bet on the river.)

BLACK FLAG calls $15.


river card: 3s

BLACK FLAG checks.

Sloth bets $39.

BLACK FLAG calls $39.

Sloth shows Ts Qs.

Sloth has Ts Qs 6s Ks 3s: flush, king high.

BLACK FLAG mucks cards.

Sloth wins $124.50 with flush, king high.


Please give me some feedback on this purely positional hand. I would like to bring more of this kind of selective aggression into my game, but I want to do it methodically.


Thanks for your help!


Sloth

> I would like to bring more of this kind of selective aggression into my game, but I want to do it methodically.


This is not about selective aggression: Your game plan failed here big time (remember, you wanted to win the hand w/o a showdown) and you got lucky and hit a backdoor flush on the river. When a weak passive player bets out on an ace-high flop (even if it's a ridiculous underbet) this always means at least top pair, and there's no way he will fold here for $5 more. He will call you down unless you make a huge overbet, which usually isn't worth it as this kind of players will always slowplay a big hand, as they know they won't get any action otherwise.


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Ignatius

Thanks for the comments.


At first I was very happy with this play, but I found myself obsessing over it yesterday. And the more I thought about it, the more I came into agreement with your analysis.


Thanks again for your help!