Wondering if/when most players would fold this hand against a player with somewhat fishy tendancies at times (and big fishy talk)...
Live £1/£1 at DTD. Player to my immediate right (big talker) is very active pre flop raising to £5 about every 3rd or 4th hand. Post flop he is mostly pretty straightforward. However he loves to talk super aggressive so every hand its like "if I'd gone all in on the flop/turn/river they couldn't have called" etc etc. However, he's only really gotten out of line with some weird plays a hand full of times in around 2 or 3 hours but this has cost him and he's on his 3rd buy in. I've been playing pretty tight, ABC.
Big Talker is SB in this hand and I'm BB. We both have around £130.
UTG straddles to £2.
Its folded around to Big Talk in the SB who makes it £6. I have
. I re-raise to £17. I dont want the straddler to call, I'd rather be heads up in position with most likely the best hand. UTG straddler folds. SB thinks for a while and flat calls.
So £36 in the pot and the flop comes
.
BT checks. With TPTK I bet £17.
BT check-raises to £35.
Hmmm. I'm not really loving it too much but I can't find a fold here so I call (to re-evaluate on the turn
). I guess I'm hoping he's making a move so he gives up on the turn. Maybe he has 5-6 for a straight draw. Or there are plenty of J-x hands that I'm ahead of, though he's probably more likely to check call those - maybe.
Turn is
He thinks for a few seconds and shoves for around £80.
Hmmm well he could he have KJ, QJ, J9 which I can beat. Or a small set (jacks seems unlikely) which I can't - this probably feels like his most likely hand. A pocket pair seems unlikely. Or just some wild bluff - possibly getting out of line after trying to steal the straddle.
Anyways I'm pretty sure it should have been a fold?
? but curiosity is a terrible thing so after some dwellage I pressed the call button.
Spoiler alert.....
He had pocket aces.
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