Overpair hands...standard plays?
 

Villain is Loose-Agg-Agg but not a complete maniac, 40/6/3.00

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BB ($121.95)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($52.95)</font>
MP ($15)
<font color="#C00000">Villain ($115.38)</font>
Button ($19.25)
SB ($59.05)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. MP posts a blind of $0.50. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Villain raises to $6</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls $4.

Flop: ($13.25) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $8</font>, Villain calls $8.

Turn: ($29.25) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Villain checks.

River: ($29.25) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Villain raises to $40</font>, Hero calls $23.95 (All-In).

Final Pot: $108.20



Villain is complete donk, 84/16/0.75

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MP ($26.25)
CO ($91.15)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($69.30)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Villain ($47.75)</font>
BB ($51.34)
UTG ($49.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Villain posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3</font>, Villain calls $2.75, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP folds, CO folds.

Flop: ($7.50) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Villain checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, Villain calls $5.

Turn: ($17.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Villain checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $15</font>, Villain calls $15.

River: ($47.50) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Villain bets $20</font>, Hero calls $20.

Final Pot: $87.50


Feel free to analyze all streets.

Re: Overpair hands...standard plays?
 

Good plays IMO - 1st hand you're probably beat, but you're getting a good price so I wouldn't fold this. 2nd hand you're probably ahead more than not, but don't expect to be ahead all the time given a 0.75 post flop aggression - he may have hit something with a really terrible hand here. Call here and take it back a few hands later by betting, betting, betting, an 86/16/0.75 call station isn't gonna keep it too long.

Re: Overpair hands...standard plays?
 

1) I wouldnt call this standard... but its not bad. I assume you were going for a turn checkraise?

2) might push the river, but I think this one is fine.

Re: Overpair hands...standard plays?
 

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I assume you were going for a turn checkraise?


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Not really, just wanted to slow down and see what he would do in case I was way behind to AA, a set, or a straight. His pre-flop re-raise opened up the possibility he had Aces...his PFR was only 6 so I didn't see him doing that w/ a lot of hands. And the board was starting to look pretty straightish in case his pre-flop raise was a bluff. I take it you recommend a turn bet?

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I assume you were going for a turn checkraise?


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Not really, just wanted to slow down and see what he would do in case I was way behind to AA, a set, or a straight. His pre-flop re-raise opened up the possibility he had Aces...his PFR was only 6 so I didn't see him doing that w/ a lot of hands. And the board was starting to look pretty straightish in case his pre-flop raise was a bluff. I take it you recommend a turn bet?

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I really don't think that a set or straight are even remotely in villain's hand range unless he is incredibly aggro. I really have no problem playing a huge pot against what is very like QQ or JJ and based on the river action, I'm very confident was JJ.

Re: Overpair hands...standard plays?
 

I bet the turn in the first one. What's the point of a check on that turn if you're just gonna get it all in on that river?

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I really don't think that a set or straight are even remotely in villain's hand range unless he is incredibly aggro. I really have no problem playing a huge pot against what is very like QQ or JJ and based on the river action, I'm very confident was JJ.

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Wrong. 6-6, flopped the set.

Initially I thought the pre-flop re-raise from $2 to $6 (and the fact that he didn't donk push which you see a lot at this level) screamed AA. I thought that was his most likely hand.

Re: Overpair hands...standard plays?
 

Does anyone favor a pre-flop push (or big re-raise) in the first hand, facing a re-raise w/ KK against a LAG?

Re: Overpair hands...standard plays?
 

i might. if he has AA (which he probably doesn't), so be it.

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I bet the turn in the first one. What's the point of a check on that turn if you're just gonna get it all in on that river?

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Well, I just wanted to see what he would do. He was an aggressive player, so the flop call made me suspicious. That combined w/ the PF re-raise really made me think he was trying to squeeze more money out of me w/ his Aces. If he makes a big bet there I might fold. His check seemed to indicate weakness (AK maybe?), leading me to bet the river, but of course, he had 6-6 for the flopped set.

Not saying it was the right play necessarily, as in hindsight I couldn't be behind to any reasonably likely hand besides AA. Just letting you into my thinking.