Re: 66 hand, bad?
Hobbs,
I think the flop line here is the problem.
Your hand isn't strong enough to wait for such an aggressive turn line, particularly as so many turn cards will make this tough to play (either will likely help your opponent or induce him to check behind). I understand that this may seem like a "wait to the turn" for more equity situation, but I think in a heads-up pot against an aggressive player that such a line is going to have some problems.
In such a situation, I like taking a kind of HPFAP approach of betting the flop into the pre-flop reraiser. You're going to get raised a bunch of the time, but often the raises will be from inferior hands anyway. So I bet in order to make sure that no fewer than 1 and no more than 2 bets go in on the flop.
On the turn, I like a donk-bet. Again, you'll get raised a lot, but often by inferior hands. Checking the turn and possibly giving a free card seems bad. As does check-raising, particularly since it's so hard to fold to a three-bet. So I bet in order to make sure that no fewer than 1 and no more than 2 bets go in on the turn.
That river sucks. I think bet-folding would be silly here, as your opponent is so aggro, and bet-calling here is spewing. Check-folding and check-calling seem the options. The A is a terrible card and so check-folding is probably better, though I'm check-calling a river blank.
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