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The flop wasn't so good for Aces. The turn was awesome though.

EDIT: In response to WillWonka's questions:

Nice check on the flop. Would you mind telling us your thought process there? Was this just pot control? Had you bet and he raised.. could you have called?

I checked behind on the flop for a few reasons. He cold called my 3 bet out of position, so I really felt like he his range was (from most likely to least likely) a big Ace (AK, AQ, AJ), a big pair TT-QQ, any other pair, possibly two face cards or suited connectors. For some reason, before the flop I really felt like he had AK since he had been either 4 betting or laying down hands to 3 bets oop pf.

Given his range and the dynamics of the table/my image, I felt like the most value could be gained by checking the flop. (I think that he folded to two of my preflop 3 bets before this.) If I bet, he is folding almost all hands that I beat and either calling or raising with hands that beat me. He was also capable of bluffing me off my hand in this spot, so if I bet and he raises big then I probably have to lay my hand down or flat call and see how he reacts on the turn.

If the turn was a blank, I would probably have bet $35-$45 and hopefully check down the river if he called the turn bet (applies to how I thought this player would play the hand). I felt like he might call a turn bet with AJ, QQ, TT, QJ and possibly some mid pairs because of my flop check.

Pot control was part of the equation. I didn't want the pot to get big enough where I would be committed against his range - especially on a flop that hits a lot of his range.

I would have probably bet the flop if it wasn't a rainbow flop.


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Seat 1: pizza_midge ($268.10)
Seat 2: cmitch ($214.40)
Seat 3: MargheritAA ($100) -
Seat 4: plzlemmewin ($201) -
Seat 5: Topcat1680 ($439.70) -
Seat 6: MysteryV ($279.75)


PRE-FLOP:

plzlemmewin posts small blind $1
Topcat1680 posts BIG blind $2
Dealt To: cmitch


FOLD MysteryV
RAISE pizza_midge ($7)
RAISE cmitch ($24)
FOLD MargheritAA
FOLD plzlemmewin
FOLD Topcat1680
CALL pizza_midge ($17)


FLOP:

Pot: $51


CHECK pizza_midge
CHECK cmitch


TURN:

Pot: $51


CHECK pizza_midge
BET cmitch ($35)
CALL pizza_midge ($35)


RIVER:

Pot: $121


CHECK pizza_midge
BET cmitch ($90)
RAISE pizza_midge ($209.10)
CALL cmitch ($65.40)
UNCALLED pizza_midge ($53.70)


SHOWDOWN:
pizza_midge:

cmitch:


cmitch collected $428.8 from main pot with a full house, Aces full of Kings

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $431 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: pizza_midge showed [Ad Ks] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Aces - Net Gain/Loss: ($-214.4)

Seat 2: cmitch showed [As Ac] and won 428.80 with a full house, Aces full of Kings - Net Gain/Loss: ($214.4)
Seat 3: MargheritAA button didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 4: plzlemmewin small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 5: Topcat1680 big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-2)
Seat 6: MysteryV didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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