[50nl] nfd on flop

i am 22/19/4.4 he doesn't exactly know this because its cake but he views me as aggro and has called a few of my 3bets and gave up postflop.

He is 20/17/3.5

Play has been pretty straightforward but I expect him to pairs in his range which he may or may not raise with and possibly worse draws. I also expect him to play the nuts quickly on this board.

but this is pretty standard right?

Submitted by : traxamillion

POKERSTARS GAME #571011712002118: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.5) - 2008/07/24 - 15:29:21 (ET)
Table 'Cake_ Pebble Beach 11712' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bars*** ($91.05 in chips)
Seat 2: catl*** ($96.70 in chips)
Seat 3: FALS*** ($56.25 in chips)
Seat 4: bigm*** ($31.10 in chips)
Seat 5: traxamillion ($50.00 in chips)
Seat 10: Raou*** ($91.75 in chips)
FALS***: posts small blind $0.25
bigm***: posts big blind $0.50

Holecards
Dealt to traxamillion
traxamillion : raises $1.25 to $1.75
Raou***: calls $1.75
bars***: folds
catl***: folds
FALS***: folds
bigm***: calls $1.25

Flop (Pot : $5.50)

   
bigm***: checks
traxamillion : bets $4.00
Raou***: raises $7.00 to $11.00
bigm***: folds
traxamillion : raises $37.25 to $48.25 and is all-in
Raou***: calls $37.25

Turn (Pot : $102.00)

   

River (Pot : $102.00)

   

Showdown
Raou***: shows (Four of a Kind, Deuces)
traxamillion : mucks hand
Raou*** collected $99.00 from pot

Summary
Total pot $102.00 | Rake $3.00
Board  
Seat 1: bars*** folded before Flop
Seat 2: catl*** folded before Flop
Seat 3: FALS*** (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: bigm*** (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: traxamillion mucked hand
Seat 10: Raou*** showed and won ($99.00) with Four of a Kind, Deuces

he has 22 btw

didnt kno that a suited ace rag was raisable utg, but once that board hits i guess this is standard or there was no reason to play it in the first place

I can raise here pre profitably I think. I play pretty loose and aggressive compared to the rest of the players in this game and they don't play back as much as they should. My hand will usually be pretty straightforward to play postflop and has good equity vs everything. Not like im stacking off on a high flops or am even looking for ace high flops. If some dude was 3betting me a lot ip then ya i would tighten up but even then AXs gives me a hand to check 4bet him with if he is too out of line.

plus i've noticed some tagfish will give a lot of respect to ep raises while trying to own lp opens like its their job.

I open up in lp vs these guys sometimes b/c they stick to sethunting in these pots. This makes some easy pots to play while it also makes them think im looser in other positions than i really am.

Well u can open A2s A3s A4s A5s UTG and EP on tight tables that wont play back much imo.
like 70-80% of the time u win the pot preflop anyways and when u dont u either hit a very disguised monster or u have an easy fold most of the time.

However it will also put u in this situation with NFd on flop vs 3 bet sometimes.
Well when he reraises u it totally depends on what kind of player he is.

The main questions are :
Does he raise smaller with monsters or with weaker hands (77-99)
Does he raise draws ?
Do u have fold equity vs 77-99 here considering how villain plays

vs an unknown or semi agressive tight player the way u played it is pretty standart
since u have some FE from low overpairs + he migght be on a FD, too

you make a good point, i was just curious why its profitable but i guess its good situationally, obviously never in full ring. i think pplus is right tho because the thing that tips these situations from -ev to +ev is the potential fold equity.

well yea im not getting it in for pure value here obviously.

You know what he is probably not even raising any pairs here and probably not even putting a move on me considering its utg vs utg +1

i been getting raped by sets today

This would be a very dumb spot to make a move !
Therefore i guess this is pure bluff almost never ... ( maybe like 1-5% or so when u know he is the kind a person to bluff a lot in generall )
Given the action here the only questions are ->
1.) do u have FE vs 77-99 on flop push
2.) will u get a free river when calling flop( some people may 3 bet flop and then check//behind with low over pockets on turn to keep pot small in way ahead / way behind)
3.) will u get paid of when FD hits on Turn or river

If u dont have FE id tend towards a call or fold depending on possible free rivers ( as said he may check//behindturn)
ure behind 40-60 vs 77-99 and ure drawind dead vs 66
so A shove without having FE is worse than a fold for sure

I feel like If i shove I fold out every non boat hand; therefore there is no real reason for me to draw to a flush

I don't think i get a free river vs his mediocre hands and also get paid off upon hitting

He is competent enough to raise this flop wider than 66622 2222x though

tough spot.. another situation that really polarises his hand. i wouldnt have expected him to make a move so soon with the stone cold nuts/or a set. Typical behaviour would be for him to call your flop bet and induce you to take another stab on the turn but his play was aggressive enough to pay off. If he put you on an overpair/nut flush draw I actually quite like his raise.

the error is likely in playing Ax suited for the flush capabilities from EP as you are definitely dominated by a lot of aces that call behind you.. i think if you had been in position this hand would have been much easier to play, you could have called and c/f the turn to his lead.

um if he calls you're like 35% vs his range easily

he's only gotta fold rarely for this to even be profitable + it's amazingly good for image purposes ez ship and your raise pf is fine

fasho crown i was just having a rough session 2nd guessing myself about some hands