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Cash Game Spot
$1/$3 cash game at the Venetian.
Hero is on the BTN with a $200 stack and A♦︎K♦︎. Three players limp and the SB – young player, gave off an inexperienced vibe (although I’d only been at the table for 30 minutes), who had been very active – probably 40% calling, 40% raising, and only 20% folding pre-flop – with a $350 stack, having just won a big pot that he sucked out on – raises to $15.
Hero raises to $45. It folds to the SB, who calls.
Flop is A♠︎8♥︎2♣︎. Villain bets $100.
Hero goes all-in.
Would appreciate your thoughts on Hero’s play.
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4 Replies
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The action described (3 limps, a raise by V, 3bet by Hero) doesn’t match the position you assigned (V in sb and Hero on button).
I think perhaps you meant Hero was the Big Blind. This will be my assumption. Please correct me if I have it wrong.
Preflop: $200 effective stack (67bbs)
3bet with AK suited is standard. 3x the bet is a good sizing for being in position.
Flop: Pot is about $95. V leads for $100 . Hero’s remaining stack is $155. With TPTK,and 1.5 SPR, I’m happy to stack off here. A call would make the pot $295 with a $55 stack. It’s a trivial call on the turn regardless of the next card. A raise to all-in is reasonable as well. This is static board with no real draws. We can put it in now instead of waiting until the turn.
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Thanks for the reply. You are correct, Hero was in the BB. I’ll blame mislabeling my position on being tilted because…
Villain held AJ and a J came on the river (the turn was a rag).
Good play by Villain?
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I’d consider a call on the flop given you are IP and have so little behind. Flop is so disconnected, there shouldn’t be many two pairs, and you aren’t deep enough to fold against sets, so I think the strategy is mostly figuring out the best way to get all the money in the middle facing likely weaker Aces or lower pocket pairs. The extra ~$50 flop raise isn’t getting anything better to fold, there are not too many turn cards you are worried about, and you can just make sure the weakest Ax or 2nd pair don’t somehow find a hero fold when they might have bet on turn or river. Without fold equity I like keeping the hands you dominate in. We are in position and happy to get it in on later streets though, so the river is just a cooler. Re-load and do it again.
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Great thoughts, thanks.
I fired two bullets at the Wynn, lasting a total of 1h16m. Thinking I needed a change of scenery, I fired a bullet at the Venetian, and lasted for 3 hours before busting. Thinking I needed a break, I ate dinner and then fired this bullet and busted the quickest yet with AK♦︎.
I went outside and considered the universe and vented to my son via text and my Rec.Poker friends via Forums. My flight home was five hours away. I had placed 3rd in a tournament at the Venetian the day before, and I didn’t want to go out this way now, so I went back to the Wynn, fired a fifth bullet, tripled-up in less than two hours, and headed to the airport.
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