$60 - common situation, not sure what to do

[durron597]

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1) Have I played with you before?

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This is actually a hand from my study partner, and I don't think I should just give out his username w/o asking. (Just FYI - I'm suzzer99 on Stars, usually play after work Pacific Time.)

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2) What's this villian's username?

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Easy 2

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Arg haven't played with either of you. The reason why I asked is that I want to know if the Villian is the type of person who is capable of bet/folding. I do it all the time (probably gets me in trouble sometimes)... honestly though this type of flop donk just seems really weird to me. You say he seems good... is he tight-good or aggro-good? I think against an aggressive player I might make it 1100 or so, it's such an inviting amount to call but it'n an amount that seems like it commits you when it really doesn't. It's the type of raise I'd make with aces in this spot too.

Well in this case, the folders got it right. Hero raised to T1000, villain went all-in. Easy fold here right? IE - we're not thinking about going for a heroic call, putting villain on a semi-bluff flush draw? (I've done this a few times when villain was on the shortstack and got it right. Naturally the poker gods still punish me and give villain the flush everytime. But at least I know I made a great call [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img])

My thinking is there's no way villain has the balls to risk most of his stack on a semi-bluff or a mid-pair, unless he's just too reckless. Seems like you have to put him on TT, JJ, or maybe even slowplaying KK preflop. I did tell hero to make a note on villain for a nice play with the probe bet.

[gumpzilla]

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IE - we're not thinking about going for a heroic call, putting villain on a semi-bluff flush draw?

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This would be a somewhat unusual line for such a hand. The small initial bet followed by the push over the raise looks like he was fishing for precisely the action he got, and thus is well armed to take you out. (That, of course, would also make it a great bluffing line, but I think you're going to see such a line on a bluff far more rarely than a real hand if you look him up here.)

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Yeah, it's hard to imagine this is a bluff. He's playing like he can beat an overpair, a hand Hero could easily have. Surely he wouldn't be expecting Hero to lay down KK or AA here, so he must thing he can beat it. Even if all he has is 2 diamonds, he could easily be a favorite anyway. (e.g. Jd Td is almost a 2 to 1 favorite).