So I got into argument with my friend who used to help me with poker related stuff. I sent him one hand just to get some sympathy on getting sucked out on the river.
In my opinion I played the hand ABC, one two three, you and me, perfectly, but he disagreed on few decisions I made.
I post this hand now and I explain my thinking process for it, and explain how my friend would've played it. So which way is more correct?
PS. My opponent had stats of 20VPIP/13PFR/4,8% 3-bet/6% 3-bet vs steal, so it was a bad reg from my view.
$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
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6 Players
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Stacks:
UTG Atzki82 ($11.02) 44bb
UTG+1 lewisowl ($26.64) 107bb
CO kartsah ($38.80) 155bb
BTN JohnSmithOld ($34.16) 137bb
SB Cryddan ($30.32) 121bb
BB istnurgeld ($31.02) 124bb
Pre-Flop: ($0.35, 6 players) kartsah is CO A♣ A♠
2 folds, kartsah raises to $0.55, 2 folds, istnurgeld raises to $1.75, kartsah raises to $4, istnurgeld calls $2.25
Flop: 7♦ 3♥ 6♥ ($8.10, 2 players)
istnurgeld checks, kartsah bets $4.79, istnurgeld raises to $13.50, kartsah calls $8.71
Turn: 9♦ ($35.10, 2 players)
istnurgeld goes all-in $13.52, kartsah calls $13.52
River: K♣ ($62.14, 2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $62.14
istnurgeld shows three of a kind, Kings
K♠ K♦
kartsah shows a pair of Aces
A♣ A♠
istnurgeld wins $60.14 (net +$29.12)
kartsah lost $31.02
My thinking process was, that when he 3-bet me preflop that I am going to make a slightly smallish raise to induce him to bluff 5-bet me more often. I was also in position, so why not just 3-bet his 1,75$ into 4$ and play in position if he calls?
So on the flop he checks and I c-bet about 75%(4,79$) of the pot, since the board does not represent his range at all, unless he decided to play crazy a pocket pair or suited connector hand.
On default when he called, I put him on 1010-QQ,AQ-AK(he had KK which was kinda meh, like I didn't expect him to call with that OOP).
He decided to 3-bet me on the flop to 13,50$, leaving him 13$ behind and about 20$ behind me as you can review from the hand.
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The reason why I just flat called was to induce him to overplay his handrange which I put him on(1010-QQ,AQ-AK, sometimes even 88-99). And the money was going in anyways no matter what if he was to have a hand, so why not just let him bet it for me?
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If I was to shove to his 3-bet, I think that some of the time they may even fold, especially now that I was up against a reg.
On the turn he shoves, I call and he hits his 2outer, end of story.
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Now my friend considered, that I should 4-bet a bit bigger preflop, which wouldn't be that bad of a move I guess, but that would scare the opponent and end the hand very often in my opinion, especially when I do that in position. I suppose my friend sees it better to put as much money in the pot preflop as possible, even if it was aces in position.
My friend also suggested me to simply shove over my foes 3-bet on the flop. I suppose he also thinks that it's better to end the hand right there or force the opponent to go all-in, since there is no more folding anyways if he was to have a hand.
I'll link this post to my friend so he might personally explain better his views, but now I want to hear what you guys think, thanks !
