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  1. #1
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    Default Question about some discussion at a table...

    A hand came up where I got called a fish by a bunch of people, and I was 100% sure I played it okay... wanted to see what ya'll thought.

    I'm playing 3/6 ... the table is very tight, with a lot of blind steals going on and most pots being heads up. I'm in the big blind with . The player in the small blind has about 20 hands... he has played 50% of his hands so far with a 15% PFR and a infinite agression factor. He's been betting and raising every hand on every street.

    It get folded to the button, who raises. the SB calls (he calls a lot preflop) and I 3-bet it. Both players call. I think AJ is a fine hand to defend my blinds with against someone who I've seen raise with nothing but position.

    The flop comes . The SB checks and I bet. The button folds and the SB raises. I flat call. I have the nut flush draw and an overcard... and he very well may have nothing. It's 6.2 BB.

    The turn is a blank, he bets and I call. The pot is now 8.2 BB.

    The river is another blank... he bets. I figure I have huge odds against a crazy aggressive player, so I call again. He shows and I take down the pot. I really don't think this call was unjustified... but I just figured I'd ask you guys.

    (as a further note, later a different player who I had pegged as a fish raised from that seat, and I 3-bet with 55 to isolate. I hit a set against his flopped K with AK, and took down a huge pot. Do you guys make similar plays with small pocket pairs, or was I out of line?)
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    I do this also. Dont worry about it. I dont see that AJ play as fishy. I would have done the same thing against an aggressive player like that.
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    By the way, what exactly were they saying to you? What was their reasoning in calling you a fish on that hand? It was a perfectly legit drawing hand. If they thought you were fishy, what did they think of the other guy?
    Lots of good rakeback options at http://www.rakeguard.com/?raf=KRE8R

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    The usual... "God you're terrible..." "how can you call with that?" and I actually responded for some reason and was instructed as to how high cards can't even usuall beat a bluff and 10-1 was nowhere near high enough odds. I do what I usually do ... say "sorry... I didn't think there was any chance of winning that hand. I'll try harder to lose next time!" and had two different people say something about adding me to their buddy list. lol... the player who was maniacing it lost his buy-in shortly after, and the other player in the conversation was down about 40 BB, while I was up about 30, so I didn't take it too badly, but I just wanted to see if you guys would see this play and say "what a fish!" lol.
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