Battle Of The Blinds

[shinzilla 0]

Villain is 25/8/7. Seems to be a "tricky" player who's not very smart. He played a hand earlier where he limped in with JQ and called a button bet. The flop came Jc2cQh and he bet $6 into a $9 pot. The button called and the turn came Tc. He checked, the button bet $14 and he minraised. He shoved when an 8 came on the river and the button showed 9c10c for a flush. He lost about $100 on that hand and proceeded to whine. "are u retarded? lucky fish" Anyway, this hand happened soon after.Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)UTG ($100)MP ($290.15)Button ($48.80)Hero ($100)BB ($163)Preflop: Hero is SB with 8, T. 2 folds, Hero raises to $3.5, BB calls $2.Flop: ($6.50) 8, 3, 7(3 players)Hero bets $4, BB raises to $19, Hero raises to $44, BB raises to $179 (All-In), Hero calls $57 (All-In).Turn: ($286.50) 3(3 players, 2 all-in)River: ($286.50) J(3 players, 2 all-in)Final Pot: $286.50Right after I made the raise to $44, he said...JodyTheGreat: i got AAJodyTheGreat: hmJodyTheGreat: all inShould I have made a bigger reraise (or reraised at all)? I wanted to leave myself some room to escape from my hand if he pushed, but with the bet I made, I would've been committed anyway, right? What do we think?

[No_Neck 0]

Villain is 25/8/7. Seems to be a "tricky" player who's not very smart. He played a hand earlier where he limped in with JQ and called a button bet. The flop came Jc2cQh and he bet $6 into a $9 pot. The button called and the turn came Tc. He checked, the button bet $14 and he minraised. He shoved when an 8 came on the river and the button showed 9c10c for a flush. He lost about $100 on that hand and proceeded to whine. "are u retarded? lucky fish" Anyway, this hand happened soon after.Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)UTG ($100)MP ($290.15)Button ($48.80)Hero ($100)BB ($163)Preflop: Hero is SB with 8, T. 2 folds, Hero raises to $3.5, BB calls $2.Flop: ($6.50) 8, 3, 7(3 players)Hero bets $4, BB raises to $19, Hero raises to $44, BB raises to $179 (All-In), Hero calls $57 (All-In).Turn: ($286.50) 3(3 players, 2 all-in)River: ($286.50) J(3 players, 2 all-in)Final Pot: $286.50Right after I made the raise to $44...JodyTheGreat: i got AAJodyTheGreat: hmJodyTheGreat: all inShould I have made a bigger reraise (or reraised at all)? I wanted to leave myself some room to escape from my hand if he pushed, but with the bet I made, I would've been committed anyway, right? What do we think?

I fold to the push... I am a nit though.

[Ricer98 0]

I'd just call once raised on the flop and re evaluate on the turn. It keeps the pot smaller, I don't see any reason to bloat with top pair weak kicker, even though it is just us and the big blind involved. Also as aggressive as the villian seems to be it gives him the chance to continue bluffing or betting a weaker hand. Once we reraise and he pushes we're probably beating nothing but a bluff, but half our stack is in the pot already. Not sure what the correct play after the push, but I think this situation reinforces keeping the pot small when we have a weakish hand.

[sabes99 0]

the reraise isn't necessary, but it probably isn't that bad a play...personally, i think just calling is saferonce he shoves you're probably forced to call

[Lavitz 0]

If we think he is tilting I don't mind the play because he might be getting retarded with A7 or 89 or a variety of straight draws. He also might be getting cute because its BvB. Plus his aggression is super high and the way he played the JQ hand was highly idiotic. Its a high variance play one way or another because if we're ahead he probaby has overs/draw. I can go either way with this. If we're gonna find a fold though I suggest folding to his original reraise because I think folding once he 4bets our 3 bet is incorrect because it doesn't necessarily mean he has a monster and now we're getting odds to go up against what could be a draw/weaker 8/air, etc....

[TB17 0]

Villain is 25/8/7. Seems to be a "tricky" player who's not very smart. He played a hand earlier where he limped in with JQ and called a button bet. The flop came Jc2cQh and he bet $6 into a $9 pot. The button called and the turn came Tc. He checked, the button bet $14 and he minraised. He shoved when an 8 came on the river and the button showed 9c10c for a flush. He lost about $100 on that hand and proceeded to whine. "are u retarded? lucky fish" Anyway, this hand happened soon after.

Two Tcs? FTP is rigged.I really hate the 3 bet. Even against a steamer.

[shinzilla 0]

Two Tcs? FTP is rigged.I really hate the 3 bet. Even against a steamer.

Oops. I just checked the hand history and his hand was actually 9c8c. Nice catch.Do you really hate the 3 bet? We're OOP with a strong hand HU. If we just call, what kind of cards would make us happy on the turn?

[Ricer98 0]

A pair of 8's with a 10 kicker is not a strong hand. Yes its top pair, yes its a heads up pot. But, if the villian puts in any substantial amount of chips into the pot, most of the time its no good. 3 betting is mostly only getting called by hands beating you and drives everything we are ahead of out of the pot. If you just call you allow worse hands and pure bluffs to keep putting money in the pot. A scare card could come on the turn but if it does the pot is alot smaller. You just have to see what the villian does and make your decision accordingly. There is little value lost in simply folding the turn and waiting for a better spot. Its not hard to find people at these levels stacking off with marginal holdings. Wait for a better spot than a low top pair to put a ton of chips in the pot.