Hand vs. the Kid with Green Hair

[Double Eagle]

Villain in this hand is ExitOnly from last night's 45k. I find these hands vs other 2+2ers quite interesting. How well/bad did we play it?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t19865)
UTG+1 (t32581)
MP1 (t20365)
MP2 (t17080)
MP3 (t8950)
CO (t13125)
Button (t33875)
Hero (t16975)
BB (t5310)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t600</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t500, BB calls t400.

Flop: (t1700) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t1000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t3000</font>, BB folds, MP2 calls t2000.

Turn: (t7700) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

River: (t7700) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t2500</font>, Hero calls t2500.

Final Pot: t12700

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has As Ah (two pair, aces and fives).
MP2 has Qd Qs (two pair, queens and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t12700. </font>

I like preflop and the flop a lot. Your stack size seems good for slowplaying AA here. If you had slightly more or much less, I'd raise. Flop raise is pretty obvious.

Why no turn bet?

[adanthar]

This is an odd line, but I like it anyway until the part where you didn't CR the river.

[flawless_victory]

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How well/bad did we play it?


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his play is fine.

your play is quite awful.

[Rizen]

Not sure what to say... I hate the whole hand personally. I think I raise PF rather than giving the BB 3:1 on his call. That may kill some of your action here, but I'd rather play HU here than let the BB tag along cheaply.

This flop is perfect for you though, I would smooth call rather than raise here and plan on CRing the turn. I wouldn't be afraid of a free card here for sure.

On the river, you need to either lead or CR, check calling here seems super weak/tight. I can't think of any hand that a reasonable player would raise with here except 88 that you're behind.

-Rizen

[DONTUSETHIS]

I think like the prflop play by you, but I would not check raise on the flop. I would call the flop and lead or CR the turn. If you only call the flop then you can get him to call a turn bet or if you check raise him there you would have gotten more of his chips. By check-raising him on the flop you made him slow down too much.

[Sam T.]

I can see smooth calling if you are in the BB and already HU, but don't much like it here. Re-pop pre-flop. (I love saying that.)

Flop: Very nice. The raise will often be construed as a "Where am I?" bet, and is less unnerving than a call.

Turn: What was your plan here if he bets? (Just curious.)

River: Raise it up! t4k feels about right.

[Double Eagle]

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I can't think of any hand that a reasonable player would raise with here except 88 that you're behind.



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How many reasonable players have green hair?

[Jurollo]

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I can't think of any hand that a reasonable player would raise with here except 88 that you're behind.



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How many reasonable players have green hair?

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I know of at least one.
~Justin

[Sam T.]

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I can't think of any hand that a reasonable player would raise with here except 88 that you're behind.



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How many reasonable players have green hair?

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I know of at least one.
~Justin

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Fossilman's is naturally green, but he dyes it.