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Old 09-18-2005, 07:43 AM
ludo72 ludo72 is offline
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Default Trapping a LAG with AA, 50NL deep stacks

Villain is 50/24/3 after 140 hands and has been playing very aggressive. He opens for 6xBB with a wide variety of hands, including K-rags and all pairs, and usually bets the pot on the flop. He won't enter pots where someone else has raised pre-flop but after the flop his calling standards are very loose. For example he called a raise and an all-in on a Qxx flop with 99, and was actually right in doing so. Other than some of the loose calls he has made post-flop he seems like a good player.

I have been playing mostly TAG and have just been waiting for a good hand to exploit his loose post-flop play when this hand comes up:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em (NL$50) <font color="#0000FF">(5 handed)</font> link

CO ($45.45)
Button ($49.25)
SB ($169.62)
Hero ($105.60)
UTG ($25.25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $2.75</font>, Hero calls $2.50.

Flop: ($6.00) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $5.00</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $15.00</font>, SB calls $10.00.

Turn: ($36.00) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $20.00</font>, SB calls $20.00.

River: ($76.00) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero ???

First of all, is trapping with AA like this a good idea with stacks this deep? How does my play look overall? After he calls my flop bet I'm not particulary worried that he has me beat since he could have anything from 99-KK or any Kx. Also a spade-draw is possible but I think Kx is his most likely holding. In the light of all this, should I value-bet the river or check behind and be happy with a pot of almost 80$?
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