PF 3bet OOP and hitting resistance @ 5NL

an 8/6's UTG OPENING range is ahead of AKo, so you're definitely 3-betting as a bluff expecting to fold out TT-QQ, maybe AK. This might be ok.
It's a really retarded spot tho. idk if you can expect him to fold anything he opens, and calling is -EV unless you can totally pwn him post flop.

Hand 2: don't ever check/decide. First think of why betting might be better than checking or why checking could be better then betting. Then if you check you should already know what to do if your opponent bets.
Whenever you're caught in a situation where you check and your opponents bet catches you off guard, that's bad. And I rarely say that something is bad regarding poker... but that's bad.

Originally Posted by oskar

Hand 2: don't ever check/decide. First think of why betting might be better than checking or why checking could be better then betting. Then if you check you should already know what to do if your opponent bets.
Whenever you're caught in a situation where you check and your opponents bet catches you off guard, that's bad. And I rarely say that something is bad regarding poker... but that's bad.

I had decided to c/f knowing that worse hands probably check behind me. It was only the morning after while i was reviewing that i thought the hand was more of a shove or c/c than it appeared at the time. Folded both hands.