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Old 11-25-2005, 12:22 AM
bcubed72 bcubed72 is offline
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Default playing AA on paired flop against EXTREMELY aggressive opp.

The following happened at a six-handed, $50+4 SNG at Pacific. No reads on any player but RW888, who has comeback from being short stack by playing VERY aggressively: raising all-in preflop at least one out of six hands. Played a few hands against him: twice I led out w/ a pot-sized "feeler" bet after flopping top pr/ mid kicker, twice he raised all-in (and I folded).
SB: Xomby (1045)
BB: flush591 (695)
MP1: scoops45 (1455)
MP2: Hero (1257)
CO: Mel31877 (220)
Button: RW888 (1328)
Xomby posts SB (25)
flush591 posts BB (50)
dealt to hero: (A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img])
scoops 45 folds
Hero raises (100)
Mel 31877 folds
RW888 calls (100)
Xomby calls (75)
flush 591 folds
dealing flop: (T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img])
Xomby checks
Hero bets (222)
RW888 Bets all-in (1228)
Xomby folds
Hero calls (935)
turn: (3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img])
river: (8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img])
RW888 shows (Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img])
RW888 wins 2735 with 3 of a kind, tens
Hero finishes in 6th place

Now for the thinking behind the betting. Because RW888 is SO aggressive, I thought I'd show a little weakness by min. raising, hoping to trap him if he goes all-in again. Didn't work, but at least got BB to fold. I lead out with a 2/3 pot-sized bet on the flop, hoping to win right there. Obviously, that didn't happen, and RW888 went all-in (again).
With a normal opponent, I'd be done here. But, thinking, I know a few things about my opponent.
1. He's going all-in at least 1/6 of the time: he can't always have the nuts.
2. He's bullied me off of the last two flops we've seen and will likely continue until I stand up to him.
3. The scary board gives him ample opportunity to bluff
4. Unless he has at lest one T, or pocket 4s, I'm ahead.
So, the way I see it, I had to stand up to his all-ins SOMETIME, so I chose to do it when I held overpair. It didn't work, this time, but was reasonable play, considering his aggressive, bullying style. I'd like to hear feedback, though, to see if my call made sense. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 11-25-2005, 12:41 AM
Postiga Postiga is offline
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Default Re: playing AA on paired flop against EXTREMELY aggressive opp.

Considering the opponent, it sounds standard. Nice one.
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Old 11-25-2005, 01:41 AM
pokerlaw pokerlaw is offline
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Default Re: playing AA on paired flop against EXTREMELY aggressive opp.

i make it t200 PF. MRing w AA isnt my thing.
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