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				 $25 5-max QQ 200+BB & OOP
				
					
						No strong reads on Villian (other than a willingness to bet big), but looking back over HH:
 Villian got stack by pushing in an unraised pot with top 2 (and called by an idiot with bottom 2) &
 
 Hero got stack by flopping a set (TT) against same idiot who raised preflop with 77 (didn't flop a set) & an overpair v. A high. (yeah, it was a great table)
 
 Within the last few hands, hero folded a 100bb pot.  (Not to villian)
 
 Table "Eleu (5 max)" (real money) -- Seat 1 is the button
 Seat  1: Villian  ($54.14 in chips)
 Seat  2: Hero  ($56.68 in chips)
 Seat  3: Saucy152  ($7.23 in chips)
 Seat  4: KOSAL  ($49.11 in chips)
 Seat  5: bdk313  ($13.65 in chips)
 Hero   : Post Small Blind ($0.10)
 Saucy152: Post Big Blind ($0.25)
 Dealt to Hero [ Qs ]
 Dealt to Hero [ Qd ]
 KOSAL   : Call ($0.25)
 bdk313  : Fold
 Villian   : Raise ($0.70)
 Hero   : Raise ($2)
 Saucy152: Fold
 KOSAL   : Fold
 Villian   : Call ($1.40)
 
 My thoughts:  There haven't been a lot of raises/reraises on this table (in spite of all the big pots).  Villian would 3-bet / push with AA/KK.  Figure Villian may have mid pocket pair / AT+.
 
 *** FLOP *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ]
 Hero   : Bet ($3)
 Villian   : Raise ($7)
 Hero   : Call ($4)
 
 I try and vary how often (and how much) I bet on the flop when I'm the preflop raiser.   There is absolutely no way I give Villian credit for being ahead right now (i.e. having a set).  I think Villian thinks I missed the flop and wants me to fold.  I don't reraise as I'm not used to deep stack poker and didn't want to get carried away.
 
 *** TURN *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ] [ Jd ]
 Hero   : Check
 Villian   : Bet ($12)
 Hero   : Call ($12)
 
 Well, I checked this for pot control.  The only hands Villian could have that would justify this bet are JJ / AJ and possibly a semi-bluff (flush draw), otherwise it's a pure bluff.  Still, with the exception of JJ, every hand I was ahead of initially I would still be ahead of.  Villian is likely thinking (as I am right now) that if I had AA/KK I would have led here, and I think it's about 75% likely I would have.
 
 *** RIVER *** : [ 5h 7h 4d Jd ] [ 6s ]
 Hero   : Bet ($15)
 Villian   : Raise ($33.04)
 Hero   : Call ($18.04)
 
 This was indended as a blocking bet.  My thoughts were, the only hands that hit were 33/88 and he'd have to be a lunatic to have that betting pattern with either hand.  The type of line he ran (betting/raising on flop, turn, and river) is either a monster or a full bore bluff.  The only monster he could have is a set, and he'd have to have hit it on the flop. (Possibly JJ, but JJ wouldn't reraise the flop).
 
 What's interesting, is that if I was in position I think it winds up being a $20 pot instead of a $100 pot.
 
 Thoughts?
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