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Message: [QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 6750677, member: 397965"] Preflop 3-betting a small pair against an UTG open is pretty aggressive, and typically I would prefer to call, unless I had some sort of read, that the opponent was opening to wide and folding to much to 3-bets. Having small pairs in your 3-betting range keeps you more balanced, but then dont block any of the range, that continue, so they are pretty bad bluffing hands. Flop As played C-betting is fine. You dont want to check behind here and allow random overcards to get there for free. Turn I would also bet now, and once again its partly for protection, since you dont want to allow hands with a random spade to get there for free. Like if he have 99 with 9 of spades, then you want him to either fold or pay to draw. And you can also get paid by AX, which turned the dummy end of the straight. When he check-raise, you are in a tough spot, since he could obviously have a flush. But you are getting decent odds, and you have position. So I think, you have to call and see, what happen on the river. If the river is another spade, and he still bomb it, you have an easy fold. Or if he check on any card, you have an easy check back. River Unfortunately the river was a brick and he did not check. He moved you all-in for more than a full buyin. I dont think, the low end of the straight does that for value. Or at least not if he has any clue, what he is doing. So you are really only beating a bluff. And the issue is, its difficult to come up with natural bluffs, given how the board ran out. On a 3 flush board the most common bluffing hand is the nut flush blocker. But on this particular board As turned a straight, which is enough showdown value to call down rather than raise. And did he really call your 3-bet and then also call your C-bet out of position with random overcards like KQ offsuit? Probably not. So he cant really have the naked K or Q of spades either. Finally all the spades on the board are low cards, which mean, he can easily have the nut flush and also all the broadway flushes like KQ, KJ, QJ etc. And you dont even block any of these with your hand. So while its difficult to not be results oriented, when the results are shared, I think, a case can be made for folding here and saving that extra 127,5BB at the end. [/QUOTE]

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