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villijmeen99
Joined: 04.11.2016

My opponent is total calling station and loose fish, his stats are 81 VPIP and 9.5 PFR.
On preflop I was considering about isolating this player as he limped in but decided to just limp as well, Idk which is more profitable play in this situation. As played I hit a flop with TP, BB checks and fish bets 1/2 pot. Easy call of course, I don't want to raise her because I am in position and my opponent is betting and I have very good hand against his range. Turn comes 5 which is not the best for us as our opp range is almost everything and now he can have some draws. And our opp bets pot bet, it would be easy fold vs any reg or tight player but vs this fish idk what to do. As I mentioned before all the info I had about him is that he likes to play almost any 2 (based on stats) and he likes to call with 2nd, 3rd pairs on postflop but I hadn't info about him when he raises big.
So what is the best play here?

PokerStars, $1.32 + $0.18 - Hold'em No Limit - 40/80 (10 ante) - 5 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG: 1,726 (22 bb)
CO (Hero): 2,933 (37 bb)
BU: 817 (10 bb)
SB: 3,067 (38 bb)
BB: 457 (6 bb)

Pre-Flop: (170) Hero is CO with K Q
UTG calls 80, Hero calls 80, 2 players fold, BB checks

Flop: (330) 4 3 K (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets 165, Hero calls 165, BB folds

Turn: (660) 5 (2 players)
UTG bets 660, Hero raises to 2,678 (all-in), UTG calls 811 (all-in)

River: (3,602) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: 3,602

Showdown:
CO (Hero) shows K Q (a pair of Kings - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 71%, Flop: 82%, Turn: 93%, River: 100%)

UTG shows J K (a pair of Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 29%, Flop: 18%, Turn: 7%, River: 0%)

CO (Hero) wins 3,602


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

I would just raise to like 240 pre-flop. Then you can play in position against him and set him under ICM pressure from start to finish. The rest of the hand seems alright, but you can also call his pot size bet to keep his range a little bit wider, but I doubt he will ever fold and it makes not to much different in the end.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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nutural
Joined: 21.09.2011

I would raise Preflop in order to charge him a bit for his weird hands.
I like the line on turn but with only one comment - if he is classified as a calling station this is a very strong move from his side so I would think twice before that. If he is a maniac then it's totally ok.


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