that was my second hand on the table, so I don't have prior stats on my opponent, except that he made a minraise preflop (exactly as on this hand) with QTs

I tried to slowplay TPTK on flop, trying to induce him to bluff
and I though it had worked
from his call (wtf) I could only put him on A9, K9 or, more likely on that flop, one of the many possible draws (straight and flush)

so I had to go with my guess
I know he played that terrible, but well... it worked
an overpair was something I never would put him on, specially a high one


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($50.50)
UTG+1 ($87.30)
MP1 ($37.50)
MP2 ($50.70)
MP3 ($37.30)
CO ($33.35)
Button ($9.75)
Hero (SB) ($39)
BB ($10.70)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 9
5 folds, CO bets $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, CO calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 5, 8, 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $4, Hero raises to $18, CO calls $14

Turn: ($42.50) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $18 (All-In), CO calls $12.35 (All-In)

River: ($67.20) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $67.20 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A, 9 (one pair, nines).
CO had K, K (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: CO won $64.20

I don't get crazy with A9o from the SB. I don't think you played this particularly well. Minraise can mean strength, I don't know why a big PP wasn't in the back of your mind.

I don't really like 3betting light OoP with no reads really.

Checking flop could induce bluff. But if you c/r, all those bluffs fold so you're not really getting value from anything that you beat really.

I guess he played the hand kinda funky on the flop by just calling... But then again... If he's flushing he's not going to just flat call your huge over-raise on the flop - He's going to ship it all surely?

I think the re-raise pre-flop is just strange... Even if he is minimum raising without a big hand... I just don't see the profit in coming over the top of him - I mean, what sort of flop do you really feel comfortable with on the flop with a hand like A-9 off?

If you feel you were comfortable on a 9 high flop after all of the betting then I think you re-trace the hand... You're right in what you say about players aren't really slowplaying Aces or Kings pre-flop that much online anymore... But some people know that, so they do the complete opposite of your though process in order to be deceptive... The thought of a big pair had to be somewhere in your thought process when he came out and bet at the flop after you re-raised pre-flop... And alarm bells really should have been ringing when he called your check-raise... The whole hand just stinks of an overpair buddy!

I don't think you can throw it away for $4 on the flop (Purely because of your action pre-flop), but maybe call and let a card come off? Or not have such a rush to the head next time... Some people will still limp in/min-raise with big pairs pre-flop!

When you make any move in poker, have a good reason for why you are doing it, (TA made this pretty explicit in his posts). It would be interesting to see you reasoning on all streets here.

I hardly see decent players minrasing on NL hold em
I can't see any spot where a minraise preflop is reasonable

so when I see this kind of thing, I already start thinking the player is not good
and I was also influenced by his first hand, in which he minraised with QT

so I really though he was a kind of maniac, that would be trying to steal blinds and pot
I still don't think he was a good player, just think he got luck getting the right cards at the right time, but most of the time I believe he would have raised with a K9 hand, for example, then tried to steal the pot no matter what it was if I checked
so that's why I decided to raise preflop (because I really believed I had a better hand) and to attack with TPTK

Maybe they sinced you trying to make a move