First, 20 minutes ago, a guy flops his set against my overpair and I lose half my buyin. Not bad as I was able to get away from it without losing my entire stack. Next, a guy hits his 8 outer on me after going all in on the turn. Then this hand took place. Immediately after, I get AA and another guy flops his set and this time I lose my buyin as he was a showdown muppet (therefore I didnt respect him) and I may have been a bit tilty at this point; although I think I would've pushed again against that guy as he's gone to showdown 35% of the time and has only won 20%.
Anyways, back to the point of my topic. A little background info. Villian is slightly loose ultra agressor. He's a good player although after this hand I'm not so sure. Villian #2 (labeled fish) is a loose, passive fish who is close to being a calling station.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed)
saw flop|saw showdown
BB ($96)
APerfect10 ($104.2)
UTG+1 ($237.89)
MP1 ($158.25)
MP2 (Fish)/ ($100)
MP3 ($186.8)
CO (Villian)/ ($135.05)
Button ($130.75)
SB ($53.25)
Preflop: APerfect10 is UTG with
![The Ten of Hearts [Th]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Th.gif)
![The Ten of Clubs [Tc]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Tc.gif)
APerfect10 calls $1, 2 folds, MP2(Fish)/(poster) checks, 1 fold, CO (Villian)/ raises to $5, 3 folds, APerfect10 calls $4, MP2 (Fish) calls $4.
Flop: ($16.50)
![The Ten of Diamonds [Td]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Td.gif)
![The Nine of Clubs [9c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/9c.gif)
![The Queen of Spades [Qs]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Qs.gif)
APerfect10 checks, Fish checks, Villian bets $15, APerfect10 calls $15, Fish calls $15.
Turn: ($61.50)
![The Two of Diamonds [2d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/2d.gif)
APerfect10 checks, Fish checks, Villian bets $30, APerfect10 raises to $60, Fish calls $60, Villian calls $30.
River: ($241.50)
![The Eight of Diamonds [8d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/8d.gif)
APerfect10 checks, Fish calls $20 (All-In), Villian calls $20, APerfect10 calls $20.
Final Pot: $301.50
Results in white below:
APerfect10 has Th Tc (three of a kind, tens).
Fish has Jh 9h (straight, queen high).
Villian has Ks Kc (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Fish wins $301.50.
The flop:
First and foremost, I know someone is going to say "Why didnt you raise the flop". Here are my thoughts. First, I think if I raise the flop here Villian will fold because prior to the hand, I gave him the respect that he would fold of a higher PP. Second, I wasnt so sure he even had much more than AQ. If I raise here, I think he will fold off. Second, I want to see what the fish does. I have bad position and want to ensure I'm not going up against a flopped straight. Second, even if the fish is going to draw, he is a calling station and would call any raise. At this point, I'm only a 2-1 favorite against the table, not the best of odds. If I just call, if the turn brings that 4 card straight then its an easy fold and I am not pot committed. If the turn doesnt bring that 4 card straight, I get the villian pot committed and am a huge favorite.
The turn:
I min raise him to $60 here and in hindsight I wish I would've pushed the extra $20; however, I'm not so sure this is a huge error. The fish calls (on his draw) as expected which proves my point that he would've called off his stack on the flop since he's willing to do it on the turn as an even bigger dog. At this point, I am a 4-1 favorite...
Thoughts and comments please.