20NL TT Out-Of-Position with a bit of history

YoungUn

Would like opinions on the way this hand was played. Villain has a bit of a grudge on me and thinks i'm a really bad player. This came about because of the following hand (forgive me for not including specifics, hand was over a week ago and memory is somewhat sketchy) NOTE: The hand below is not necessarily the one I want feedback on, just a bit of background information:

.15/.30
Villain's stack: £28.36
Hero's stack: ~£30

Villian is UTG, Hero is UTG+1

Hero's Cards: AsKh

Pre-Flop: Villain raises to 1.20, Hero calls, 4 folds
Flop: 8c5hAc, Villain bets ~£2, Hero calls
Turn: 6c, Villain bets ~£5, Hero calls
River: Ks, Villain goes all in ~£20, Hero calls
Villain shows AhQh, One Pair, Aces
Hero shows AsKh, Two Pair, Aces and Kings
Hero wins £59.26

I didn't insta-call, tried to understand why he would make a pretty weird river bet and assumed that he might have thought I was bad enough to continue to call down with a weaker Ace. Before calling I typed in the chatbox "Don't believe you have clubs", which made him think that I couldn't lay down top 2 under the principle of "OMGZ it's two-pair how on earth can I fold?", when in truth I took my time to consider the decision and decided that the only hand I was worried about was 88. He has berated my play at every opportunity since then, and firmly believes that I am an awful player (which could be the case, but meh).

Anyway, to the hand I want opinions on. I'll show the hand first, then give my thought processes:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
YoungUn	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£17.90
DELTA74	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£15.07
	Your hole cards	10 10
Rockitz	Fold
amaloser	Fold
Seaspirit	Fold
ricoramb03	Raise		£0.80	£1.10	£16.57
YoungUn	Call		£0.70	£1.80	£17.20
DELTA74	Fold
Flop
		9 3 2
YoungUn	Check
ricoramb03	Bet		£1.35	£3.15	£15.22
YoungUn	Call		£1.35	£4.50	£15.85
Turn
		5
YoungUn	Check
ricoramb03	Bet		£3.38	£7.88	£11.84
YoungUn	Raise		£8.00	£15.88	£7.85
ricoramb03	All-in		£11.84	£27.72	£0.00
YoungUn	Call		£7.22	£34.94	£0.63
YoungUn	Show	10 10
ricoramb03	Show	J 9
River
		3
YoungUn	Win	Two Pairs, 10s and 3s	£33.20		£33.83

I don't remember seeing him open-raise on the button before, so I called the raise PF to prevent being 4-bet, and also to disguise my hand a little bit. I check-called the flop because, knowing his opinion of me and remembering a few other less noticeable hands that he and I have had since the first hand, I was confident that he'd fire on pretty much any turn. After a pretty safe turn (only 55 and A4 have overtaken me, so I'm still fairly confident I was ahead) I check to him for the follow-through bet which he duly obliges with. I figure now is the best time to take the hand down, hence the check-raise. I expected to win it with that bet, so I was a little sceptical calling the all-in, but by that point I was pot-committed and was never folding.

He went on to berate me again for just calling the flop, continuing to call me a bad player. I think he's just got sour grapes that i've outplayed him in two pretty big pots, but, for all I know, I could actually have played both those hands fairly badly.

Be nice to hear what you guys would have done, and also what you think of my thought processes throughout the hand(s).

zing

looks fine, might as well shove turn yourself given stack sizes though.

CLIOKID

Pretty standard TBF.

Could have played the TT a bit more aggro pre but the way you played is fine.

Stueyh

Agree, played both hands fine.

Keep playing this guy if I were you. He's obviously got some grudge that leads him to play overly aggressive against you and underestimating you.

You disguised both hands well against him and took a decent amount of his money. Keep doing it. Who cares what he thinks.

Too many players on here thinking they're the dogs and criticising other peoples play. I personally think its rude to say anyting about how anyone else plays unless they ask.

offshoot

not a big fan of the chat before calling, just call.

offshoot

not a big fan of the chat before calling, just call.

BlackFish3

Could consider 3 betting both hands pre?

pryce6

The flat with TT pre is fine. You played that hand well imo, I might c/r the flop though.

YoungUn

Thanks for all the input fellas, much appreciated.

In Response to Re: 20NL TT Out-Of-Position with a bit of history:

Could consider 3 betting both hands pre?
Posted by BlackFish3

Yeah, I've only just come back from a lenghty poker "hiatus" - if you like - and before that break i'd be 3-betting both those hands about 99% of the time. I just decided to flat with the AK on that occasion just to mix my game up, whereas flatting with TT was more of a set-up.

In Response to Re: 20NL TT Out-Of-Position with a bit of history:

Agree, played both hands fine. Keep playing this guy if I were you. He's obviously got some grudge that leads him to play overly aggressive against you and underestimating you. You disguised both hands well against him and took a decent amount of his money. Keep doing it. Who cares what he thinks. Too many players on here thinking they're the dogs and criticising other peoples play. I personally think its rude to say anyting about how anyone else plays unless they ask.
Posted by Stueyh

Yeah, I'm very happy that he thinks i'm a donk because, like you said, it makes him play like a donk against me. I'm not too bothered about what he thinks, i'll play the way I want to play, but I just felt that with the Community at my disposal it'd be a little ignorant to just assume that I played both hands perfectly and therefore not post them here for critique. Luckily he seems to frequent at my level, but during daytime hours, so if i'm to play against him more I need to keep playing poker instead of working...