Alrighty, this is the first hand I've had discussed in a public forum where I'm the villain so I feel obligated to share the thoughts I had while playing the hand against
@Eriks .
I might be desperately grasping for straws to justify me spazzing out, but here goes:
I've played with Erik for about 16 hours over 4 sessions and I see him as a smart thinking player, positionally aware, and I've seen him make some great laydowns where he correctly found the fold on later streets.
He's also made some great calls especially against players that proved to be on the bluffier side (so yeah, mostly me). So he is definitely
not a prime target to pick on but when you're down to 4 handed choices become slim.
I've also perceived him as the tightest player in our fun little game as he correctly assessed in his opening post.
All this led me to decide to run a big bluff against him when the opportunity came and the board came out favorably.
My hand was definately not a great hand to go to war with since I would've liked to block his stronger holdings with an ace or king but when we got heads-up in a blind battle I figured to go with my plan.
When he 3 bet my raise I 4 bet to fold to a 5 bet (obviously) or to continue the hand as the aggressor when we go to a flop.
When
@Eriks just calls my 4 bet I immediatly range him below AA KK and AK. As far as I can tell, he has not yet slowplayed any of the aformentioned hands preflop and would've 5 bet any of them (this does not have to be true, but it was what I believed to be true at this point).
I ranged him on A2- A5s, any pocket pair below QQ, AQ, AJ, AT and random high suited connectors like KQs, JTs ect.
When the flop came a very dry A93 rainbow this was actually perfect for me to keep the bluff going. I'd be up against underpairs and small Aces a lot all of which I have a range advantage against as the 4 bettor.
I bet small, about 1/3 pot as I'd do with pretty much all of my range on a dry A high flop as the aggressor and fired again on the K to fold out any underpairs and small aces that just cannot call if he does not put me on a pure bluff.
Since there was no flush or straight draw on the board I could be sure that he would not raise me on a semibluff AND that he knows I could not be betting a draw here and decide to get sticky with a small Ace.
Once in a while he'll show up with AQ, 99 or A3s that he'll not fold but there are a ton more hands that I beat with my perceived 4 bet range and that'll just fold on the turn or on the river.
So this was my thought process.