Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $100(BB) Replayer
SB ($1,855)
BB ($920)
UTG ($1,050)
Hero ($2,400)
CO ($1,600)
BTN ($1,175)
Dealt to Hero K♥ K♦
fold, Hero raises to $200, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $100
FLOP ($450) 2♦ 5♦ 3♠
BB checks, Hero checks
TURN ($450) 2♦ 5♦ 3♠ K♠
BB bets $300, Hero calls $300
RIVER ($1,050) 2♦ 5♦ 3♠ K♠ A♣
BB bets $420 (AI), Hero calls $420
Spoiler
BB shows 8♠ A♠ (Pre 32%, Flop 29.1%, Turn 22.7%)
Hero shows K♥ K♦ (Pre 68%, Flop 70.9%, Turn 77.3%)
Hero wins $1,890
Villain is one of the top 4 or 5 players on $200s+ as far as I can tell (universally well regarded by other regs). His style is, however, unorthodox at times.
Given this runout, it's obvious the money gets in. But I'd like to understand what rational there is for playing in this manner. I assume he has decided that, as ch/L, I'm raising loosely enough that he has enough equity to get in 9bb with his hand vs my range (probably not unreasonable). I also assume he's not getting away on any board textures. So this looks like a glorified stopngo?
My flop check is b/c I think he might sometimes ch/f QJs type hands if I cb here (though this is inconsistent with the above). I often ch/b when called oop by strong regs so I think this is ok here with the nuts.
thoughts?
