Is this the best line for this hand?

[Jaran]

OK, not to brag, but I am crushing this table. At the time of this hand, I was up 20BB in less than 30 hands. MP3 has a bad case of FPS, and is too loose pf. I saw him checkraise the turn on a bluff with absolutely nothing into the nuts (didn't work, of course). Is this the best line here?

-Jaran


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Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="666666">4 folds</font>,

Flop: (5.50 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP3 3-bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero caps</font>, MP3 calls.

River: (12.75 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 14.75 BB

[stantheman]

Looks good to me.

[ScottTheFish]

I think you could be pretty sure he would bet the turn, so it worked out nicely. Luckily he wasn't jamming his flush draw. What did he have? I'm guessing a weak ace, if he wasn't just totally bluffing.

[Chris Daddy Cool]

Hmm... didn't you use this same line against me at the 2+2 table with second pair when I had TPTK? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Jaran]

No, of course not! I would never...


I'm such a LAG

-Jaran

[Jaran]

If anyone cares, MP3 had AQ and MHIG. I was thinking about this afterward, and I'm wondering if I would have played this hand differently than him postflop. I would raise the flop and bet the turn after the check. I would like to think I would call down after the c/r, but in the heat of the moment, I might have 3bet. When it was capped, I would feel I had no choice but to call down. Thoughts on MP3's play?

-Jaran

[detruncate]

I can't see 3-betting the stop and go with only top pair queen kicker unless I was fully convinced you were a LAG. Even then, I think a call would be reflexive. Your play suggests 2-pair or a flopped set to me. I don't come across too many people who will shut down the flop aggression with tptk and go after the turn instead... even heads up. Nice play.