Villain is a decent LAG but he does have trouble getting away from kinda strong hands when he should. I’ve got a pretty wild pre-flop image but have only shown down big hands when I play big pots. The guy in the middle is new to the table, don’t know if my opponent had a read on him but I didn’t.
Full Tilt Poker, $3/$6 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter
BB: $724.90
UTG: $1,135.10
MP: $573
CO: $512.50
Hero (BTN): $1,671
SB: $651.45
Pre-Flop: T 9 dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG raises to $21, MP calls $21, CO folds, Hero calls $21, SB calls $18, BB folds
Flop: ($90) 9 T 4 (4 Players)
SB checks, UTG bets $70, MP raises to $270, Hero raises to $470, SB folds, UTG raises to $1,114.10 and is All-In, MP folds, Hero calls $644.10
Turn: ($2,588.20) 8 (2 Players – 1 is All-In)
River: ($2,588.20) K (2 Players – 1 is All-In)
Results: $2,588.20 Pot ($3 Rake)
UTG showed 4 4 (three of a kind, Fours) and WON $2,585.20 (+$1,450.10 NET)
Hero showed T 9 (two pair, Tens and Nines) and LOST (-$1,135.10 NET)
Even for 200 BB’s, I’m happy stacking off here if the guy in the middle doesn’t get involved. The thing is, UTG shoved instantly, and even if he does decide to go with an overpair here, I think he would have thought about it, because it’s a pretty shit spot to hold even AA. But on the other hand, I’m getting awfully good pot odds, so if he occasionally shows up with Ac Kc or something, that dramatically improves my equity. And 44 is much more likely for him than TT or 99, and I’ve got about 8% equity against that, which isn’t great of course, but isn’t trivial either given the odds I’m getting. Mostly I think it’s just a bad spot that I needn’t worry about too much since I won’t often flop top two versus bottom set on a drawy flop facing multi-way action when 200 BB’s deep.
Top 2 vs bottom set is the bain of my existence.