AA cracked in a fashionable way

theoP

Joined: 13.06.2023

13.05.2024, 21:24 0

Hello, I have another hand :f_drink: from a live MTT of 50$. I don't know what else I could have done, I think it's standard play but impressive how AA can get cracked like that.
I was pretty happy with how I was playing in this tournament and with Villain, whom I had position to, had played a few pots, 3-betting him a lot making him fold and also getting thin value out of him in pots. I guess he got kind of agitated with me and decided to call me up.
I am attaching the hand as I recreated it online. Also relevant to the hand, the 3♣: was accidentally flipped by a player when folding. Seat 1 is the BTN.

PokerStars Hand #1715630318200: Hold'em No Limit (1000/2000) - 2024/05/13 00:00:00 WET
Table 'WinningPokerHud' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BTN (65000 in chips)
Seat 2: teresa (85000 in chips)
Seat 3: Villain (200000 in chips)
Seat 4: adele (48000 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (100000 in chips)
Seat 6: britney (40000 in chips)
Seat 7: diana (300000 in chips)
teresa: posts small blind 1000
Villain: posts big blind 2000
HOLE CARDS
Dealt to Hero [Ah Ac]
adele: calls 2000
Hero: raises 10000 to 12000
britney: folds
diana: folds
BTN: folds
teresa: folds
Villain: calls 10000
adele: folds
FLOP [3s 6s 4h]
Villain: checks
Hero: bets 9000
Villain: calls 9000
TURN [3s 6s 4h] [3d]
Villain: checks
Hero: bets 38000
Villain: raises 42000 to 80000
Hero: calls 41000 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1000) returned to Villain
RIVER [3s 6s 4h 3d] [Kh]
SHOW DOWN
Hero: shows [Ah Ac]
Villain: shows [5c 7d]
Villain collected 203000 from pot
SUMMARY
Total pot 203000 | Rake 0
Board [3s 6s 4h 3d Kh]

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SDK1987

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14.05.2024, 12:46 0

I would most likely Cbet more against someone that called a 6x raise. You can easy make it 14k for value and protection.
As played the pot is 47k with a big blind ante of 2k. You have still 79k behind. I would Cbet around 25k with the intention to shove most rivers. Now you're Cbet is so high that you are committed if villain shoves.

Cheers,
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theoP

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14.05.2024, 14:01 0

Thanks for finding the time to reply!
So you think I should have c-bet on the larger size on the flop and smaller on the turn?

Even if I had put 14k on the flop and 25k on the turn, I don't see any way I could fold this to a turn shove with the pot being already 77k and I'm left with almost 49k. I would need to call 49k to win 77+49=126k. I have to be good 39% of the time. Aren't I? But you are so right, on the turn I was committed, after doing the math I would need to be good 20% of the time. But I was sure I had the best hand there, and I bet big to protect my hand and get value.

The way he just flatted my pre-flop raise looked more like an overpair (77-QQ) to the board. He could also have had a really strong draw to straight/flushes, which I am better than 39% by the turn.
57 was not in my mind, even so, I can't go on being afraid of that 1% flopped straight. But I guess I would have to take into account those combos too. I would have never guessed 57o though, just 4 combos of 57s.
Maybe 66 or 44 sure.
Even he had 64, now I am beating him because of the 2nd 3, and it's so much less likely that he has three of a kind since there is only one more 3 available in the deck. (The 3♣: was flipped on the table preflop).

Cheers!

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SDK1987

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15.05.2024, 09:15 0

Indeed. If you would Cbet more on the flop the situation would be different on the turn. The pot is 29k before the flop if I see it well. If villain is passive you can make it also 20k or something like that on the flop and than you have less than a pot size bet left. In a situation like that you can even shove the turn.

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