Preflop: Villain is a relative unknown but since villain is not playing a full stack marked as recreational player. I tend to 3b KK+ always and anything worse is stat/read/opponent dependant. Generally with AK i'll be flatting without further reads as well. (TLDR = Im a NIT)
Flop: I felt like raising isolates me vs better and I'll be in bad shape if I get 3b, so decided flatting and re-evaluating OTT.
Turn: QT gets there. I feel like raising is better here since if villain DOES have draws I can't extract value from missed draws OTR, plus his TP hands that I beat will pay OTT and OTR, so felt like raising is better from a value maximization perspective. Plus I beat combos of AJ now as well.
Not sure if this is the correct approach. Should I continue to keep the pot small and call again and if villain barrels river then I should fold un-improved?
As played...
Sizing for the raise should be bigger to shove good rivers. I think If I raise bigger I have to plan to bet/call though.
River: Went for a smaller sizing since I felt like villain would have a hard time calling 1pr type hands, however upon reflection I think hands that are folding to 1/2 pot would probably fold to 1/3 pot also so I should make it 1/2 at least.
Cheers
b]PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $10.05 (VPIP: 29.31, PFR: 24.14, 3Bet Preflop: 18.75, Hands: 58)
SB: $9.85 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BB: $10.00 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
UTG: $8.70
MP: $26.53 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
Hero (CO): $10.00
SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has A♥ K♦
UTG raises to $0.35, fold, Hero calls $0.35, fold, fold, fold
Flop: ($0.85, 2 players) 7♠ J♠ K♠
UTG bets $0.41, Hero calls $0.41
Turn: ($1.67, 2 players) A♣
UTG bets $0.80, Hero raises to $2.40, UTG calls $1.60
River: ($6.47, 2 players) K♣
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.15, UTG calls $2.15
Spoiler
Hero shows A♥ K♦ (Full House, Kings full of Aces)
(Pre 74%, Flop 53%, Turn 73%)
UTG mucks A♠ T♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 26%, Flop 47%, Turn 27%)
Hero wins $10.29
