NL100 AA

Assuming you 3bet a normal (~ top 16%) range preflop, and your calling range estimate for him is good (which I think it is), you should be checking the flop 100% (or close to it), as your range has a huge equity disadvantage. AA makes a great slowplay hand as well, so I think your flop cbet is a pretty big mistake actually.

Turn, he has almost no Jx in his range, you should just keep value betting. I guess XC as a slowplay now, expecting him to have AQ/AK floats that bluff too often or TT that goes for too thin value is an option, but I doubt that's better than betting yourself. Maybe you can can check/shove.. but that's only good vs FDs and TT-JJ, so no, I don't like that either. Just 2barrel and triple off most rivers.

River as played is a bluffcatch spot. AA is def too strong to fold without a read, he may even go for value with KK-QQ (which would be part of the reason to XC turn). However, you could make a read, that he doesn't value jam KK and doesn't have enough bluffs. If you think he usually folds AQ on the flop and/or just checks it down from the turn onward, folding wouldn't be the craziest.

I was betting this as an exploit play. Villain won't fold his Ax and pp against one cbet. On the turn, i agree that he has very small number of Jx. I could bet here but I don't know if he calls 99-TT and Ax he folds I think. Also big part of my range don't want to barrel when unimproved.
, that's my pre range.
I wanted to bet bfd
and check no bfd
I thought AA is better to 3 barrels for value. How do you construct your ranges here?
TY

Betting flop surely is a lot of value, no doubt about that. But you're opening your flop checking up to getting value bet very lightly, and if he does that, checking AA as a slowplay is highest EV.

If you cbet AA, I don't think you should cbet Ac8c, KcTc and similar hands. It's just horrible. He rarely folds, you have little equity. Either you exploit by going for more value, or by making loose bluffs. You can't do both at the same time.

I'd check flop 100% as default. It should be reasonably close to optimal, and it's very easy to execute, so I like it.

If you cbet, something like KK+, most FDs, and KQ, looks like a good range. Sprinkle in a couple of A2s-A5s and it's a nice range.

Thanks

I can't seem to get the spoilers to open, the BU has to be flatting way too tight of a range to be at a huge range disadvantage, if anything I would argue it's about neutral or very slight range advantage. With that being said there are few alternatives to playing this spot, very reasonable to have a block betting range or play a check range. I would check this hand as well, which I happened to learn from Internet anyway :P. Everything else I agree with Internet.

Can someone try opening the spoilers and let me know if it's working or it's just me please.

Can someone try opening the spoilers and let me know if it's working or it's just me please.

it's working, so it's just you (? ♦)

here you go

Weird, I still can't get them to open. Only spoiler I can open are results. Maybe restarting will fix it or I will contact PS.

good now

I don't see why Paul and Majku are being so pessimistic about villain's pre flop range. We have around 100 hands sample on villain right? And he's playing 25/18. Why on earth are we assuming he is such a nit calling 3bets?

I liked Paul's comments a lot, I learned something for sure, but the premise is inaccurate in my opinion.

I had same problem, but it turned out it was BB that cold called, not bu.

Oh wow I missed that important detail as well. Feel a bit embarrassed now :f_cry::sorry:

Wow. Oopsy daisy.