Gettin' jiggy with AA

[Cumulonimbus]

Ok now I'll explain my thinking... By his turn raise, it was evident he had the Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] or K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], or maybe the J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. And yes, if I 3-bet, there's a chance he would have capped. But I don't think he would have. He was a thinking opponent, and he would have smelt the Ace[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] pretty soon. I'm almost positive he would have called a 3-bet and called the river, which is 4 bets... which is the exact same amount I got out of him.

Now, provided I was VERY confident he'd bet the river if I checked to him, I went with that line because it not only got the four bets out, but it did two things: it made it look like I was totally bluffing the entire hand, so that my river checkraise would seem very odd to him... he might even 3-bet the river. Plus, it eliminated the very small chance of him folding the turn if I 3-bet and he only held, say, the Jack of hearts.

I still kinda think I should have 3-bet, but I think it's very close. Against this opponent, I'm happy with my line.

[rmarotti]

FPS. You could have easily whiffed the river and missed a bet. re-raise the turn, bet the river. He'll call.

[W. Deranged]

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3-bet the turn. Wins the same # of bets with less risk of whiffing.

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It should at least be considered that some opponents would be willing to fold the K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] or something like that to a turn three-bet but would bet the river when checked to. Not that that's a big consideration against this (or even most opponents) but it should be considered against skilled/tight-weak types.