Fold pre and it's only close if the guy is lol bad and even then only if he's the loose kind of bad. As played, a checkraise is in order, if check and raise is allowed in this establishment.
Oh and lol at the new poster, defs not a troll, his contribution is a massive improvement on mantis and you let him post.
60bbs deep?
You're just going to be check-folding a lot, even though our hand plays quite well the guys range just isn't wide enough to peel here*. I think it's telling that you want to 3b rather than call because it should be obvious that a 3bet bluff is not a good idea in this spot in this field.
As for the flop, check call is just such a waste it's not an option and the problem with any kind of donk bet is that it forces our opponent to play pretty much correctly, i.e. flat and see a safe turn with his weak holdings that actually have good equity against us, fold his zero equity hands and raise-get it in with the hands that are actually ahead. The only type of hand where he might make a 'mistake' (in the sklansky sense of the word, i.e. against our actual hand) are other flush draws, but they aren't that numerous with us having the
and besides it should be obvious how much better a c/r plays against other flush draws than a donk lead. So, just by process of elimination I think check raise is the best option, but even then it just seems so yummy I don't know why we're looking at other options anyway.
*average guy, in a £160mtt
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