Ok so I was playing a .10 .25 live heads up game with my roomate who taught me how to play poker 2 years ago and this hand came up and here is info on my roomate:
He was a winning 2-4 NLHE player on absolute worked his bankroll up from about $200 dollars and decided to withdraw his money and take a 6k check it was taking 8-10 hours a day out of his life and getting hard for him. he hasn't played in about 8 months but i don't think that matter. He is very TAG but is capable of coming over the top hard on air once or twice. I haven't played poker with him for about a year but he used to be able to call my cards out perfectly a year ago so i know he can read me decently
Hand:
I am BB in our 4th hand and limp button to me with J8 off and i check.
Flop comes 910Q rainbow giving me the nuts ( unless by the grace of god he limped KJ which would be ssoo weird). I think about it for a few seconds and decide to check hoping to at least induce any action. I figure a check raise looks a lot like flopping the nuts so I am planning to c/c and fire on almost every turn, praying for a 5,6,or 7 to give some lower draws. Was that check stupid or should I have just donk half potted? I was hoping to see a low turn and rep some, anything but the st8 i just wanted to try and trap him. FYI he didn't bite, maybe the thinking to long gave it away i only took about 10-15 seconds about usual, but the worst card in the deck came on the turn K still rainbow and i just knew there is no way i was ever going to get anything out of this pot now, but still check and just prayed he would bet what would look like a scary card, he donked and then I made what i think was my second mistake and just called could i have played this hand more retarded? I felt like an idiot after should i have just barreled? Im pretty sure i could donk every street he would not pay off that much unless he limped big

Stacks?

You know your hand isn't literally the nuts, right?

I think I prefer a bet on the flop, but it really depends on the rhythm of the match, even one that just started.

uhm we started 100 bb deep and our 4th hand so no real change. Yes i know it isn't literally the nuts but in a limped pot this is about as close as im going to get to a perfect flop the only problem was it i didn't think it was wet enough. i was hoping for turn to give a flush draw so he could semibluff into me. The flop check and turn call is my main concern, this pot is very small but i didn't think he pays me off that much when i just pound and see blanks. was my reasoning for choosing to take this line against this villain wrong? he is a good player he isn;t going to stack off light. My idea was to reverse how i used to play which was very longballish and go more small ball to set up some metagame later

You know this is the short handed limit forum right?

I think you played it OK. It's just not that profitable of a situation.

no i just saw shorthanded holdem and assume NLHE my bad

That was kind of my opinion but i was just kicking myself for not making but 10-12 BB on a flopped st8. Even worst A came on river. I hated having broadway right there

I'd lead at this flop.

1. We have a huge hand and we want to get value from an opponent who is better than we are
2. bolded... bet/call
3. underlined... fancy play syndrome? He is a higher level player who hasn't used any of his "moves for a while"... let's let him get creative while we build our pot...


Bet>>>>>>>>>>>check imo


Turn.... as played, meh... I dunno

i'd lead at that flop

i'd have to lead at that flop

For a whole year I've been wondering ..... "What would Dave Harvey have done?????"


AND I SEE THE DAMNED ANSWER WAS THERE ALL THE TIME