Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $26.85
UTG+1: $38.50
CO: $22.25
Button: $31.75
SB: $24.75
EP9: $80.55

Pre-flop: (6 players) EP9 is BB with
3 folds, Button raises to $1, SB folds, EP9 raises to $3, Button calls.

Flop: ($6.1, 2 players)
EP9 bets $3.5, Button raises to $9, EP9 raises to $30

I've been fairly active with raising and re-raising as usual. BTN has been raising and re-raising a moderate amount, but has shown down good hands as well (AA, AK). I saw him bet and then 4-bet shove with AKo pre-flop. I've also taken his stack once with my QQ spiking a set against his AA. I don't have many hands on him, but he seems like a fairly typical TAG player - probably raising a wide range from BTN.

PF: I generally don't like 3-betting with hands like A9o, but given the info I had, I think it's fine.

Flop: Well I hit TPWK and I'd be happy to just take down this pot right now. Damn, he raised! But what is he raising on this dry flop and why? At first I was thinking "okay, gotta fold", but I couldn't help but feel like his raise was bullocks here. Or more like, I feel like his raise was saying "can you beat 1 pair?". I don't think he's trying to extract value here. I also think it's more likely he has some type of hand and I can get him off a better hand (like AJ/AT) while I still have some fold equity.

I dunno if this was spewage or genius...

A couple things... I wouldn't say he was necessarily bluff-raising this flop. I think he had a hand of some sort. However, he did fold. I agree in general this is bad play nonetheless.

I'm aware of not betting as much in 3b pots... I bet 3.5 into 6.1, about 60% bet.

I'd bet 4-4.25

Right, you said "no more than 2/3" and I was just saying I did bet less than 2/3.

Think about what happens when he calls you 3b...would you rather have something like 98s/44 or A9o?