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Message: [QUOTE="ericklam92, post: 6690724, member: 1019275"] Here’s a recent hand from a week ago that has sparked some discussion with a local peer. 1/1 NLH – effective stack $135 (approximately) – this game can play much bigger at time, potentially in the 2/5 range. Hero is in the BB. UTG +2 raises to 6, not a big raise, but not an uncommon open. Usually between $6-12. He gets 2 callers before it gets back to the Hero who looks down at JJ. Hero 3 bets to $15 (way too light), and the original raiser then 4 bets to $40. Action folds back to Hero. Hero hasn’t played with this individual before, so is giving villain credit for a premium hand here. AA, KK, or AK. Despite, likely being behind, Hero elects to take a flop. A, K, 10 – rainbow Hero checks to the aggressor. Who visibly is taken back by the check even if for a second. Then proceeds to down bet $25. Hero tanks for a bit, believing this is likely the worst flop he could envision, he’s up against 2 pair, or a set of A or a set of K. The down bet intrigues him, and feels that calling $25 to draw, and win approximately $120 seems acceptable, even if the hero is drawing to a Q. Turn Q. Hero checks. Villain bets $35, hero not having a ton left jams for his remaining $70-ish. Requiring the villain to call $30 to see the river. Villain doesn’t think to hard before he calls. The river bricks out, and the Hero turns over JJ to the surprise of most at the table. Villain turns over AA for the flopped top set. Discussion at a day later, revolved around the preflop action. That by not 5 betting, the Hero was not polarizing the villain enough, and should have bet, then folded to the eventual jam which likely would have followed by the villain. Knowing that he was behind at that point. The hero’s rebuttal, was that by calling, he got to see the flop and reassess based on what the board presents. Hero admits he got extremely lucky. But if he had followed this advise, he wouldn’t have had the opportunity to win. By giving the villain the credit for the top of his range, he believed he knew right where he was at the whole time. While against other players in that same group who are much more LAG, a 5 bet here would have resulted in a much higher win ratio, as it would force out weaker pairs and Ax hands who 4 bet attempting to steal the pot. I see the value here in both arguments, but I feel they don’t take into account well enough having to make a decision in a certain spot, with certain variables. I don’t think the Hero wanted to overplay his JJ, if even to further narrow down his opponent. Just curious what the forum thinks of this hand, which as played was very interesting. [/QUOTE]

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