Reads:

Opponent is fairly active PF. He seems to be raising liberally. He has stolen the blinds a few times and showed down [2d] on one of his attempts. He also ran a suspected squeeze when I raised from MP and got 2 LP callers then he made a BIG 3-Bet from BB. He seems fairly intelligent and has not shown down any trash other than the mentioned or shown anthing down in big pots.

Stacks:

Hero: $225 (OTB)

Villian: $285 (MP2)


Hand:


UTG raises $4, all folds to Villian who 3-Bets to $15, I flat OTB w/ [Tc], UTG calls


flop: [4s][2d] $46 ( 3 Players)

UTG checks, Villian bets $39, Hero?????


Analysis:

What do u guys think is the bets way to handle this thinking opponent?? Keep in mind the UTG is an unknown. Should I have 3-Bet ?? Should I have raised flop? Maybe flat the flop? Any thoughts would be great.

I don't mind the pf call because you're in position and UTG probably won't 4bang. However, why not 4b yourself? If villain is really active pf, he's probably isolating the min raise donk with a fairly wide range...make it 50, probably have to suck it up and call a shove though.

On the flop...how's his postflop play? Is he likely to cb nearly pot with his whole range? If so, call and evaluate turn...I think shoving puts you up against his strongest range (=bad). Folding is best if he's pretty standard postflop because he's just fired pretty strong into 2 people.

id prob reisolate him prf, calling is fine our hand strength is hidden, i think jj is a def 3 bet so tt is kinda the inbetween range. but taking it down prf is nice too. as played i think the big bet is more like hay i have aq let me have it, just call turn card will be important.

i like the smooth call too.