overplay?

[gaucan]

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NL Holdem 0.25(BB)
HJ ($9.03) [VPIP: 20% | PFR: 0% | AGG: 0% | Flop Agg: 0% | Turn Agg: 0% | River Agg: 0% | 3Bet: 0% | 4Bet: 0% | Cold Call: 25% | Hands: 16]
CO ($26.97) [VPIP: 30.9% | PFR: 26.5% | AGG: 50% | hands: 71]
HERO ($26.76) [VPIP: 27.2% | PFR: 21.7% | AGG: 36.8% | Flop Agg: 41.5% | Turn Agg: 31.4% | River Agg: 40.3% | 3Bet: 10.6% | 4Bet: 16.7% | Cold Call: 11.6% | Hands: 2525]
SB ($32.16) [VPIP: 18.7% | PFR: 14.2% | AGG: 26.4% | Hands: 220]
BB ($10) [VPIP: 27% | PFR: 22.5% | AGG: 36.6% | Flop Agg: 33.3% | Turn Agg: 46.2% | River Agg: 28.6% | 3Bet: 8.1% | 4Bet: 16.7% | Cold Call: 7.5% | Hands: 115]
UTG ($25) [VPIP: 25.7% | PFR: 22.9% | AGG: 0% | Flop Agg: 0% | Turn Agg: 0% | River Agg: 0% | 3Bet: 13.3% | 4Bet: 0% | Hands: 35]

Dealt to Hero: A♦ 3♦

UTG Raises To $0.57, HJ Calls $0.57, CO Folds, HERO Calls $0.57, SB Folds, BB Calls $0.32

Hero SPR on Flop: [3.55 effective]
Flop ($2.38): 3♠ 4♠ Q♦
BB Checks, UTG Checks, HJ Checks, HERO Checks

Turn ($2.38): 3♠ 4♠ Q♦ A♥
BB Bets $1.70 (Rem. Stack: $7.73), UTG Calls $1.70 (Rem. Stack: $22.73), HJ Folds, HERO Calls $1.70 (Rem. Stack: $24.49)

River ($7.48): 3♠ 4♠ Q♦ A♥ 6♦
BB Bets $7.73 (allin), UTG Calls $7.73 (Rem. Stack: $15), HERO Raises To $15.46 (Rem. Stack: $9.03), UTG Calls $7.73 (Rem. Stack: $15)

Spoiler

BB shows: 5♥ K♥
UTG shows: 6♣ A♣

UTG wins: $43.83

 

[Station_Master]

Preflop - call is fine but you could squeeze this hand too and potentially win the pot then and hopefully fold out hands like ATo that dominate you. The only problem is the HJ is short and could shove any pair if UTG fold, so call is fine.

Flop - fine to check back, with bottom pair and backdoor draw it would be fine to start bluffing, though v 3 players check is also ok, the problem is if your 3 is good now it probably wont be by the river.

Turn - when the short stacked player bets after it checks through I dont necessarily give him too much credit, though an A turn should hit alot of the check backs, so he could well have Ax too as well as flush draws. When UTG calls I expect Ax alot. The question then is to call or raise, I think it's best to raise here and deny equity you probably have the best hand. You then can decide on river whether to bet again or check back depending on river card and action.

River - once another big bet and call goes in I would start to wonder if we have the best hand. It really depends what we and the rest of the table think of the BB. If he is a fish (as his short stack suggests) then he could have all sorts and so UTG would call lighter, hence a raise is fine. If it's a tighter player then you are more likely to be beat, UTG might be calling tighter but you could still get value from him, would he really fold AK or AJ? That's alot of combos. So I think raise is fine, especially as with your small size he is going to feel obliged to call with AK.

 

[Aballinamion]

Dealt to Hero: A♦ 3♦

UTG Raises To $0.57, HJ Calls $0.57, CO Folds, HERO Calls $0.57, SB Folds, BB Calls $0.32

Preflop we can squeeze here more often than calling. When we do it we allow the blinds a good price to enter the pot and reduce a piece of our equity.
OTF I see no reason to bet.

Turn ($2.38): 3♠ 4♠ Q♦ A♥
BB Bets $1.70 (Rem. Stack: $7.73), UTG Calls $1.70 (Rem. Stack: $22.73), HJ Folds, HERO Calls $1.70 (Rem. Stack: $24.49)

OTT we don’t believe UTG is calling with AA, Qx, AQ, or any substancial hand. Here we could raise for value to get value over draws and potential dominated hands.

River ($7.48): 3♠ 4♠ Q♦ A♥ 6♦
BB Bets $7.73 (allin), UTG Calls $7.73 (Rem. Stack: $15), HERO Raises To $15.46 (Rem. Stack: $9.03), UTG Calls $7.73 (Rem. Stack: $15)

When BB shoves we are not too much worried. But after UTG calls we don’t have too much room for raising. We could be calling or folding to try to realize our equity. Okay that BB could’ve jammed having trash but UTG/OOP still having hero to speak would also do the same mistake?
The fact is that now BB has a bunch of sets and worst two pair. UTG also has a couple of sets and who knows? AQ maybe AA, maybe QQ for most strange as it might seem.
We are calling this river for the price is sweet and we think that UTG’s hands like QQ, AA, AK and AQ would’ve raised turn for protection and for value.
But when we raise do we realistically expect to get called for losing hands on UTG’s range? If we think the answer is a yes, outta go! Nice hand.

Thanks a lot for posting your hand! Your presence is huge here on the forum, hope you continue to participate. I haven’t seen the showdown, by the way. I think you played the hand all fine, except preflop where you could’ve squeezed and OTR where you could’ve called more than raising in a situation where the odds were spectacular.

Best regards;