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Villain is 34/16/1.1, no reads.

History: Vil raises, I 3bet, he tanks then folds. The very next hand vil raises, I 3bet, he calls, I cbet, he tanks and folds (I had hands both times, but he doesn't know that). The very next hand is below.

Showing results of this one because it's relevant to next hand.

Stack sizes:
UTG: $17.38
Hero: $32.25
Button: $18.10
SB: $13.85
BB: $23.63

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with K :club: A :spade:
UTG raises to $0.8, Hero raises to $3.2, 3 folds, UTG raises all-in $16.58(insta), Hero calls.

Flop: 8 :diamond: 3 :heart: A :heart: ($34.26, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $33.46, Sidepot 1: $0.8)

Turn: 6 :club: ($34.26, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $33.46, Sidepot 1: $0.8)

River: A :club: ($34.26, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $33.46, Sidepot 1: $0.8)

Results:
Final pot: $34.26

Villain shows TT, I win (stupid converter).

SB is vil from above about 10 minutes latter on a different table. I've never normally got the balls to call these cold-call/shoves from full stacks with AK/QQ. They always smell like KK+. As a result of me never calling I've never found out what they mean. However given our history here, and the kind of price I'm getting, I just can't work out what to do. I've got an instinct that someone is going to say something like "CAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!", and that's cool, but please explain why. What's his range, and why?

Stack sizes:
UTG: $4.46
UTG+1: $11.78
CO: $9.70
Button: $26.31
SB: $28.91
Hero: $32.84

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with A :club: K :heart:
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $1.2, 2 folds, SB calls, Hero raises to $4.6, UTG+1 folds, SB raises all-in $27.81, Hero ???

Villain is 16/10/2.5 over about 150 hands. Got a feeling I'm going to catch some shit for slow playing. Better lines? I just didn't want to scare him off with that turn.

Stack sizes:
UTG: $21.44
Button: $4.70
SB: $19.20
Hero: $20.41

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is BB with J :diamond: J :club:
2 folds, SB raises to $0.6, Hero calls.

Flop: T :diamond: T :spade: J :heart: ($1.3, 2 players)
SB bets $1, Hero calls.

Turn: 8 :heart: ($3.3, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: Q :spade: ($3.3, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.1, SB folds.
Uncalled bets: $2.1 returned to Hero.

My note on UTG is that he can take little shots at a pot if no aggression has been shown, he runs 36/10/.95 over about 200. BB is unknown. Am I taking too big a risk in raising the turn here with 1 player left to act? It just seems unlikely that one of them has an ace, and what with UTG's action perfectly fitting my read...?

Stack sizes:
UTG: $20.18
Hero: $27.91
SB: $12.41
BB: $15.26

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with Q :diamond: Q :club:
UTG raises to $0.8, Hero raises to $3.2, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: A :spade: 8 :heart: T :heart: ($9.7, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks.

Turn: A :diamond: ($9.7, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $2, Hero raises to $7.9, BB calls, UTG raises all-in $14.98, Hero folds.

Call the AK... Why? because its 23 more to win 32. This means you only need to win 40% of the time. Even if hes not tilting or being stupid your equity against AK/QQ+ is 39%.

Your not thinking about the flopped fullhouse hand right.
He's never gonna put you on a fullhouse. On the flop and the turn you can bet and he will call with draws. You really need to bet there (you can make the bets small enough that he thinks he has odds to call with draws) so that if hes draws hit your sure to stack him and if not you get value. That JJ hand puts me on life tilt just reading it. Even if you raise flop and he folded you get JUST AS MUCH MONEY as you did by slowplaying.

Raise flop to 3. Bet 1/2 pot on turn and river.

If hes bluffing you want to let him continue, call turn and then call river. UTG has Ax here a lot.

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