Correct Fold?

IanHoldro

Fairly new to online. Playing 5/10p cash game. Player who jammed had previously been playing fairly tight, but others had loosened up recently so was unsure whether his raise UTG could have reflected that. AA, QQ, I thought would have reraised pre flop, so two hands I was beaten by were AQ, KT, JJ. Any thoughts much appreciated.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
metapro	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£27.73
IanHoldro	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£11.28
	Your hole cards	A J
Nelisnilss	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£9.10
Bretticus7	Fold
metapro	Fold
IanHoldro	Raise		£0.60	£1.05	£10.68
Nelisnilss	Call		£0.40	£1.45	£8.70
Flop
		J A Q
IanHoldro	Check
Nelisnilss	Bet		£0.73	£2.18	£7.97
IanHoldro	Raise		£2.91	£5.09	£7.77
Nelisnilss	All-in		£7.97	£13.06	£0.00
IanHoldro	Fold
Nelisnilss	Muck
Nelisnilss	Win		£6.72		£6.72
Nelisnilss	Return		£5.79	£0.55	£12.51

JammyFker

PF(Pre-Flop) - Ur raise itself is totally fine especially 4 handed(and 6) but sizing I would go bigger if you are 3betting playing roughly 100bbs deep when u just double his bet i.e. make it 6bbs after someone has opened 3bbs then you are pricing in everything, so that player will fold nothing they have opened really -

Flop You are OOP(out of position so I like the check to begin with When the player CB(continuation bets) into you, you want to ask yourself are u A check-raising to induce action and if you are then call it off, B raising as a bluff or raising to find out where u are(very old school) to fold or C if you wish to pot control and continue to let them fire just call which is prob the best course of action here. Players at this level will often overplay hands such as AT, KQ, AK and AT and AK in this spot may just continue to take off.

FWIW( for what its worth) As played I would have probably still sigh called as they stick it in with AK a lot here, but prefer the check call line which allows them to continue firing all their bluffs which is what we want. They also turn up with so many speculative hands allowing them to continue firing we do not want them to fold these out. Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds the nuts so they have the AQ, and JJ in there, and ofc KTo and KTs are there but in the long term on two blanks(2-3-4-5-6-7 etc) turn and river this should be a profitable proposition

Best of luck in your online clicking in the future @IanHoldro

Asho28

Yep, if we're going to 3-bet here then definitely need to go bigger, especially given we're out of position. I'd probably make it at least £1.30. Also think flatting pre is fine here.

Notes on villain would dictate whether I find a fold here. Unlikely he has any worse Ax hands, could have JQ which we crush. As played, probably reluctantly go with it and hope not to see AQ or K T

TheEdge949

I don't play cash so this is from tourney perspective.

The UTG raise 3x is standard, however, your reraise here isn't folding out anything that's already invested, in fact you're pricing him in. I would have gone bigger here for information, but that's just me.

The check is fine on the flop. His half pot bet signals strength after his initial UTG raise and subsequent call.

I'm not sure about your re raise here, just calling means you still have pot control, remember you are OOP but the over raise puts you in a tight spot when the villain jams.

Does villain show up here with A K enough for you to call, certainly preflop was played as such, but for me, and I'm no player, it's your almost 1.5 x pot raise that changes everything.

Villain can now empty the clip in the knowledge that you're going to be in a world of hurt.

As it played out, folding here is your only option, opponent has too many combos that have you dominated. I just feel that your post flop action kind of backed you into a corner.

Like I said I'm not a cash player or even a very good mtt player and this is not criticism. I'm not good enough to give that out. It's just how it reads in the cold light of day.