Play against PokerBob

[PokerBob]

This is a hand I just played at Canterbury Park 15/30. You are villain. You are a good TAG, PokerBob views you as such. He has seen you raise 98s in EP. You play well postflop. PokerBob respects your play.

PokerBob posts a BigBlind +SB in the CO after taking a piss and missing his blind. UTG limps (total fish...VPIP 50-60, but plays decent postflop...and he's running good), 2 folds, you look down at A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and raise, 1 fold, PokerBob thinks and 3-bets, everyone folds (even UTG), you 4-bet, PBob calls (5 bets at CP is a cap...PBob did not cap).

Flop (HU) (10.67SB) A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

You bet, PokerBob raises,.....what's your line the rest of the way?

[jgorham]

Check/call the whole way unless the turn is checked through. In that case bet river.

Edit: Its impossible to win a lot with this board out of position, so the goal is to minimize losses.

[Schneids]

Call and check/call any turn and bet/call any river.

[Shillx]

I don't really understand your flop raise against a thinking player unless you have exactly JJ (and to a much lesser extent AA). I wouldn't like a raise with AA as much since it is less likely that the villian has an ace (and he probably has KK or QQ that missed).

At any rate I don't really like the spot I am in with my AK. There is no hand that I can beat unless you are trying to exploit this A-high flop with a hand like 99. I don't think it really matters what I do here as long as I don't give you appreciable action. So I would just call the raise now and play dumb for the rest of the hand unless an ace or king hits the turn. I would probably have to stop and go either one of them (a king at least).

Brad

[jgorham]

Why no fold to the river raise here? You think Bob is going to be raising that river with AQ or KK-QQ?

[QTip]

I need to know more about PokerBob.

Specifically, does he wash his hands after taking a piss?

If not, I fold because I don't want his [censored] chips.

Otherwise, c/c and bet out on river.

[Willluck]

3-bet, call down to further aggression, you have AQ.

edit: I change my mind I am calling and raising the turn (folding to further aggression).

[Shillx]

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3-bet, call down to further aggression, you have AQ.

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Raising this flop with AQ is pretty bad unless he feels like the villian will call all the way with KK or QQ. If PBob has AQ and gets 3-bet he probably has to fold then and there. He is drawing to a Q some of the time and to runner runner the rest.

Brad

[Willluck]

you think bob will lay down tpgk in this big pot?

[jgorham]

Yep - both players know who each other are, so are able to put each other on very specific hand ranges.