villan is new to table, semi laggy so far

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Preflop: Actuary is CO with 2c, Ac.
1 fold, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Ah, 8c, 5c (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (11 BB) 2d (3 players)
BB checks, MP3 checks, Actuary bets, Actuary calls.

River: (15 BB) 5s (2 players)
MP3 checks, Actuary checks.

Final Pot: 15 BB

He was ahead pf..so I won't call it a bad beat.
seriously, did I play it perfectly. (maybe some fold pf)
I thought I did?

preflop: like you said it would have to be a really weak table for me to be cold calling a raise with A2s after a raise.

flop:load the pot with dead money, good

turn:good

river:he checked, you put him on a set or better 2 pair? otherwise i bet it, you said he was laggy. but nothng wrong with a free show down, dont risk chance of being checkraised here.


did he have pocket AA?

edit:sorry didnt read post well enough, didnt see your counterfitted 2pair on the river 5, good check on river

i usually three-bet the turn.

aseem

3-bet that turn. You've got the best hand against anything but AA, and villian is likely drawing to 8/9 outs. Too bad the Kc didn't drop.

river:he checked, you put him on a set or better 2 pair? otherwise i bet it, you said he was laggy.


You understand you lose to A8-AK now and split with any other A right?

get your facts right. we don't split with A5, we lose to it.

jerk.

aseem

a set crossed my mind.
He c/r'd a blank after I capped

Definitely would have folded preflop.

He also raised preflop. The only sets he could reasonably have are AAA (1 way) or 888 (3 ways, but on the unlikely end of most player's PFR range with an EP limper). It's more likely that he's on Ace-face, plus you have a strong redraw if he does cap the turn.

He could easily have a set of 5s also on the flop. Many people will raise this hand with only one limper.

Our thinking on the TURN was possibly a set, including the 5s, although the river makes the 5s much less likely.

Calling pre-flop with one limper and one raiser and a weak suited ace is very marginal. Even from the CO. Once you are in the hand tho it is played well.

I think I like folding preflop too.

For me... when it's rarely correct to coldcall a raise preflop, the question it always comes back to is "is there a good chance I'm dominated?"

And I absolutely hate weak aces.

yes, i forgot to mention that this is a bad cold-call preflop.

RELATIVE POSITION.

please remember that and stress it more in your decisions.

aseem

Don't you have good relative position versus the raiser? I might not understand the concept.

Even so, bad preflop cold-call.

I'll play 5 handed from CO with suited Aces all day, for 2 preflop.
And fold most all flops.

I expected 2/3 to call.
0/3 would suck..but I'd have position