BB Defense: Dead limper + Aggressive Button

[CoolDuck]

Cool Donk strikes again...


Player 5: (44,11,2)
Player 1: Unknown

5 has turned more aggressive as the table has gotten a bit more short-handed.

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My thinking throughout the hand:

Pre-flop:  65o is the bottom of the barrel range wise, but I feel player 5 is way overaggressive.  I feel I need a call, and even a marginal hit is check-raise.  He's probably raising light and I'll have good fold equity.

Flop:  can't get a better flop then this.  Check-raise to drive player 1 out, get player 5 heads up and begin the punishment. Gutshot plus a possible 6 other out to improve is great.  Possible 10 outs with fold equity.

Player 1 Reraise:  Well fuck me. 

Obviously he hit well.  As bad as this situation looks, I have to call based on the odds.  I doubt he's playing a flush draw like this, but it's possible.  I'm thinking straight or fold

Turn:  Open-ended, have to call.  If I wouldn't have improved this is an easy fold.
River:  Bingo

Your thoughts on the defense?

[Tony]

I think preflop is close and if the raiser's range was tighter I'd normally fold this unless it was suited.  But given that you have a read that the raiser has a wide range AND you have the dead money from the SB in the pot, I'd play.

The reason I say it's close is that your relative position is bad, so I think you could fold this with a clear conscience.  But it's hard not to play when you have a (probably bad) limper and over-aggro player + dead money, so I'd call.

The rest of the hand I'd play the same way.  One thing though, why didn't you cap the river?

[CoolDuck]

I think preflop is close and if the raiser's range was tighter I'd normally fold this unless it was suited.  But given that you have a read that the raiser has a wide range AND you have the dead money from the SB in the pot, I'd play.

The reason I say it's close is that your relative position is bad, so I think you could fold this with a clear conscience.  But it's hard not to play when you have a (probably bad) limper and over-aggro player + dead money, so I'd call.

The rest of the hand I'd play the same way.  One thing though, why didn't you cap the river?

because he ran out of money tony..... lol

I tried to get him to bet a watch or the deed to his house, but he wasn't down with that.