10/20 game a few days ago. I open with 6s6d in LMP, the SB 3bets. He’s a tough aggressive player, but seems to spew a bit at times. Is certainly capable of moves. I call.
The flop is Qc8c5c. He bets, and I call quickly. My RIO aren’t all that great on this sort of board if I intend to showdown a lot but I feel comfortable that I can sometimes bluffraise clubs and sometimes showdown and sometimes fold the turn or the river, just depending on what comes. If a T-A comes on the turn and he bets I’m mucking, if a 4, 7, or 9 comes I’m making him bet both the turn and the river.
The turn is the 7c, putting a 4flush on board. He checks after thinking for a few seconds (we were multitabling together, so this could be a timing tell or could just be multitabling whatever). I bet pretty quickly, and he thinks again — not very long but long enough to notice that it wasn’t automatic for him — and raises.
I 3bet without hesitation.
I know this isn’t quite in line with other posts that I make here (microlimit hands), but a lot of my hands that I’ve been playing at the FT games have been vs. very aggressive opponents who have flaws in their game, but still can play quite well. I’m hesitant to advise anyone to try a play like this without realizing the consequences and how spewy it will be often, but at the same time, I do think it’s important to be able to take your reads on your opponents to the next level and act accordingly. Sometimes that means entering that zone where you either fuck a hand up royally or do something that feels brilliant. Sometimes it’s right on that thin line. I dunno. I’ll try to post more of these sorts of hands in the future as they happen for RoadtoRobusto videos (I’m uploading a new one right now!), but for the time being, you’ll have to settle for this.