Villain is good high stake reg. Stats from SB: Limp 26%, raise 62%, cbet 67%, 60 hands. Filtered to HU.
I could shove this preflop also. Both options are fine imo. In flop options are to check-raise or check-call. Good side in check-raise is that it might induce villain to 3bet bluff sometimes or float as Ax is not really in my range. But I doubt that villain would fold anything that is ahead of my hand. With that assumptions I can also raise some Jx for value, but overall I like more to just call with Jx. Mostly because this sort of spot is often barreled by quite many regs as Ax is not in my range and those are in BU range. But I think quite many take it too far as Ax is still small part of their opening range.
So I decided to take check-call line in flop to keep villain worse hands in play and allow him to barrel. My idea was to possibly call down with K high also. Well in this case K high or middle pair should have pretty much same showdown value unless villain turns some 2x, 3x into bluff.
Poker Stars, $56.40 Buy-in (200/400 blinds, 25 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 2 Players
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Hero (BB): 6,034 (15.1 bb)
SB: 7,466 (18.7 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BB with K
9
SB raises to 856, Hero calls 456
Flop: (1,762) J A 2
(2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 615, Hero calls 615
Turn: (2,992) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 1,380, Hero calls 1,380
River: (5,752) 3
(2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 4,590 and is all-in, Hero calls 3,158 and is all-in
