Awkward spot playing live sesh tonight - Thoughts?

[pokeraussie]

Villain seemed to be a drooler. Was loose aggressive but didn't seem like a good LAG, having played with him for a few hours I saw him make numerous bluff attempts which weren't successful. Having said that, he never had to rebuy the time I was there.

I was really unsure about this hand. I raised UTG /w AQ to 15 and there were 3 callers pre flop including villain who had position.

Flop came down Q-T-7 2 tone board. I cbet to 30 and he just calls. His range can be super wide here, worse top pair, some sort of draw, or a worse pair.

The turn card was an 8 but not the flush card. I barreled for 60. Yeah its not a great card but I don't think I can really check in this spot and allow him to have a free card, and considering his wide flop range I feel like I still have the best hand most of the time.

The river card was another 7. I decided to check with the plan to induce a bluff but he insta bet 200.

I tanked for a while and decided to fold. The speed with which he bet felt strong to me. If he hesitated and bet smaller I would have snap called idk. Grow some balls or good fold?

[makeitso]

Seems like you changed plans a few times in this hand haha. I think on the river as played if your plan was to check to induce a bet then why are you folding? Seems like you got exactly what you wanted, yeah a little deep maybe (I assume this is 1/2 and you have him covered maybe?, could be 2/5 I guess, this info would help).

Personally, I would have played it differently. Probably bet the flop, bet the turn, bet the river against a weak fish, or bet the flop, c/call the turn, c/call the river, depending on what I think of him. Since you said he's aggressive and likes to bluff, I'd probably go w/bet, c/call, c/call on this board.

If you have a good read I don't see how you can't call. Obviously he can have the best hand here, but could also have a loooot of worse hands. I hate AQ utg!

[pokeraussie]

Yeah if I had my time again I would have c/c the turn I think for pot control. I didn't really change my plan in the hand, with that said I wasn't really expecting him to insta bet 200 it was basically for all of my chips. It was 1/2. He showed one card, it was the 4s one of the flush cards. I think if he was bluffing he would have showed both cards but not sure.

[Prenut]

Don't really know why this is an awkward spot at all. As played on the flop and turn the river is an easy call.

[pokeraussie]

Playing a 150BB+ pot with just TPTK on this board isn't an awkward spot?

[pokeraussie]

I hate AQ utg!

Same hand in same position again today. Decided to limp call this time like a fish and won a $400 pot

[Catfish]

Looks like he put you on AK after your UTG raise, which from his point of view made the flop and turn bets like c-bets with 2 overcards and a gutshot. So with your river check, he must have thought you were drawing all along.
now think of what he may have had, given the fact he called your preflop raise and he showed that 4. He must have had either a pocket pair of fours, or 3s4s or 5s6s (unlikely because he had no reason staying in the hand after the flop), or 4s7s (which explains the river action, but doesnt make much sense of the flop call). But either of those hands, plus your show of weakness on the river, may have justified his river aggression.
I am 90% sure you had best hand, so bad play IMHO. You should have lead out on the river, maybe fold to a reraise, but not to a bet after your check.

[Laurence]

That check/no call on the river is ridonkulous, playing scared because you have little behind. HU 4 Rolls?

[pokeraussie]

Looks like he put you on AK after your UTG raise, which from his point of view made the flop and turn bets like c-bets with 2 overcards and a gutshot. So with your river check, he must have thought you were drawing all along.
now think of what he may have had, given the fact he called your preflop raise and he showed that 4. He must have had either a pocket pair of fours, or 3s4s or 5s6s (unlikely because he had no reason staying in the hand after the flop), or 4s7s (which explains the river action, but doesnt make much sense of the flop call). But either of those hands, plus your show of weakness on the river, may have justified his river aggression.
I am 90% sure you had best hand, so bad play IMHO. You should have lead out on the river, maybe fold to a reraise, but not to a bet after your check.

It's definitely possible he had a busted FD but I think he had 74s. I really think he would have showed both cards if he was bluffing. I ALWAYS shows one card when I have the goods to keep them guessing.

That check/no call on the river is ridonkulous, playing scared because you have little behind. HU 4 Rolls?

Wtf are you talking about. The bet was 200 which was 100bb. I am fine with c/f that river it hit his range hard but I wouldn't expect you to understand that.

[jdwanchalk]

Well that was played terribly on the river. Bet or check call, nothing else.