Winning the max

[zerofive]

£1/2 live game 6 handed.

I've just sat down and this is literally the second hand. The hand before, I folded on the button but exposed the as I did so. I'm not sure if this immediately gives me a nitty image, but I've never seen villain before so this is all he has to go on as far as info on me.

Info on villain: obviously none, but he handles chips confidently and he folded the last hand as if he'd folded a thousand hands in his life, so it's safe to assume he's an experienced player even if not a good one. Playing £160~ we cover.

Villain is the £4 straddle, folded to us in cutoff, we make it £15 with . Folded to villain who calls.

Flop (£33)

He checks, I bet £23. He pretty quickly makes it £48 so he has £100 back. We??

[Derbylad]

Personally i'd flat and play it in position, let him bet 3 streets, re-raise any potential draws on the turn. If he's going to shut down on the turn he's going to shut down to a re-raise on the flop so let him hang himself.

[zerofive]

I thought by just flatting I'm turning my hand face up (not my actual hand ofc 'cause it's the at the very top, but my hand strength ie. a hand that I'm not folding.) Therefore if he has even a small piece of this board it's better to jam as I can rep more bluffs.

When I flat the flop, he only has £100 behind, so I feel like he must think that I'll call off a turn barrel and thus not bet the turn. By calling I am repping a hand that MIGHT sometimes fold to a turn jam for example non-two pair aces up to AT and 99-KK.

If he has a thin value hand, his intention might have been to checkraise get it in. Whereas ofc most people would make it bigger, he has a higher success rate of repping an actual hand if he clicks it back. If he has 87/76/75/A2-AJ and I guess 86 and 64, I feel like these might fall into the "sigh call it off it's time to go home" category, but if I flat is he barreling these hands?

Perhaps it's not nearly as close as I'm making it out to be, but would be interesting to see what others think.

[rbc_mike]

What would you do if you had: i) AK, AQ; ii) AJ, AT; iii) 77, 55, 57; iv) A7, A5?
I guess play your hand like you had a hand from i, iii or iv?
Super dry board so doubt he's bluffing, lol if he's raising AJo for 'info'.  I suppose get it in on the flop with shaking hands!

[Bully87]

23 to 48. Lets find out if he has an Ace.

I'd flat, give him chance hang himself on further on the turn, then turn up the heat for his stack
If you raise your folding out potential dead money he may put in on the turn. If he doesnt fire turn, after chk-raising you then you win anyway.

[pleno1]

 bigger pre

[pleno1]

flat flop, if hes bluffing then he can continue on the turn and will do more often than if we cib. if he has a value hand hes going broke on turn anyway.

[DMorgan]

Defo just call

[GreekStein]

cawl

[rfgqqabc]

bigger pre

really?

[kinboshi]

Shake your head, do a Belton grimmace, and utter under your breath "always a bloody ace on the flop".

Then reluctantly call.

He doesn't know you, so it might work.

[SuuPRlim]

he has 75+ or he's bluffing imo so we basically HAVE to just call now i think.

[dreenie]

All in

[titaniumbean]

you must have lost the hand to post this Sean?   

[The Lad]

All in

why?