Stacked By A Spewtard.. Was I Out Of Line?

[derekeverett]

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Before my play here is judged to harshly.. I have to explain my opponent here. He was to my immediate left and he was playing like a crazy man huffing gas fumes. Over 65 hands he was 73/55 and 3-bet was 22. I couldn't make a raise without this moron 3-betting me.

About a dozen hands earlier this guy stacked me also. I was dealt AA and of course he 3-bet. He called my 4-bet and then shoved on me on the flop with a flush draw (He had J9 suited). He made it.

Well, that being what it was.. I really don't think I was tilting here. I guess that's what my question is.. was I out of line with this hand considering my opponent? Or should I just have not gotten involved with him or left the table or something? Seems like the wrong thing to do with what should have been a cash spewing moron at the table.. but he did take $75 off me in less than 15 minutes.

[huangken]

I will leave this table after AA got sucked out . It's hard to counter preflop aggression without a hand and position .

I will take different line with KQs . I am not sure what is the best play preflop.

On the flop, I think check/call to keep his bluffing range staying is better than donk/call .
Since he is so aggressive , we can check/call check/call evaluate river , let him bluff his chips away.

[harez]

Hi derek,

First, I think reading your post it seems like you are a bit angry. It seems you are letting this guy get under your skin. If that is true then this is definitely something you need to work on.

About the aces hand, you got it in good don't think about it too much. If he is really that agro you just need to wait and hit big and get it in against him.

These type of guys is what makes poker so profitable just learn to exploit him. And I agree with Huangken about the line.

[derekeverett]

Thanks for the responses guys..

I was upset after this hand.. and in fact I did leave the table after this one.. but at the time I played it I really wasn't upset. Even after having the Aces cracked. There was no way that I was leaving that table with that moron playing like that.

My question specifically was if my play was out of line considering my opponent. I make several decisions in the hand that I don't think I'd of made against a normal opponent. Having ultimately lost the hand, I'm just looking to see if this was one big mistake on my part or just bad luck.

[Jeremy Gibson]

I would call pre as you did but there is no reason to c/r him on the flop...If the guy is 3betting you 22% you're certainly ahead of his range quite often and you can just let him spew money into the pot. Imo regardless of whether or not hes a monkey, if you raise here you're not getting value from anything except weaker FDs maybe some gutters and QJ QT etc. Even though hes aggro he can still wake up w Ax here. Given hes such a monkey, id def c/c flop and re evaluate on the turn. Turn and river decisions depend a lot on the run-out and on his barreling frequencies in this spot. Id likely always call turn and re-evaluate river if he bets again.

[jeremygibson]

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[Jesse Foster]

My standard line here would probably be to c/c flop and either c/c or CRAI turn. However, given that by leading the flop we got villain to raise us and stack off on a bad turn, leading is probably best against this guy this time. As a general rule, c/c flop is best.

In poker, there are going to be a lot of times where we make the correct play and get shit on by the deck. Here, you got it in with 85% equity for a pretty big pot, that is a huge win. Try to focus on how well you played the hand, rather than the actual result, since all we can control is how well we play.