Wrong to Slow Down Here?

[dabluebery]

Interesting Hand below. Got involved with a guy I've been taking a LOT of money off of today, a total fish. He check-raised me, which confused the hell out of me. So I slowed down. A mistake?

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Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 <font color="purple">(FISH)</font> calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls, MP2 <font color="purple">(FISH)</font> calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, FISH checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">FISH raises</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.75 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">FISH bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (7.75 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">FISH bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.75 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
FISH has Td Qc (one pair, fours).
Hero has Ad Jd (two pair, aces and fours).
Outcome: Hero wins 9.75 BB. </font>

[k000k]

That looks ok to me..

[brettbrettr]

Depends on this particular sepcies of FISH. If you knew him to be so LAGy, you could have raised the turn. Gotta figure him for less here though, as he called 2 bets pre-flop. Doubtful he'd limp with a better ace than yours...

editied to add: BUt, yes, I'd probably have played it the same way.

[SoCalPat]

Reraise the flop and see how serious he is about his hand. You would still like to be the aggressor in this hand, and you can only do so by putting in a third bet on the flop.

I also see nothing wrong with smooth calling the flop raise and raising the turn when bet into (provided a heart doesn't fall).

[dabluebery]

Thanks. Regarding the player, he / she is VERY passive. Almost no preflop raising, VPIP is like 65%. Nearly no aggression on any street of betting.

I thought maybe I should re-raise, but the aggression out of nowhere in a check-raise really threw me for a loop.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

[ThunderAces]

Fish or not, I would call his c/r and raise him on the turn.
If he isn't aggr I would fold to a 3 bet on the turn. After this if he bets out on the river I put in a call. Bet if he checks if he's a fish, against a better player I would check through on the river only able to beat an 8 or med PP.

[ThunderAces]

I don't know how many hand u had on this player for her aggr factor but it looks like a small sample [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
I think u need a couple hundred hands or so to get a decent idea.

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Thanks. Regarding the player, he / she is VERY passive. Almost no preflop raising, VPIP is like 65%. Nearly no aggression on any street of betting.

I thought maybe I should re-raise, but the aggression out of nowhere in a check-raise really threw me for a loop.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

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With a read like that I wouldn't 3-bet the flop.

-Sent