Jay Michaels

I rarely see people shoving FD at 10nl. Usually they have straight + FD when they do that. Although he did call a large 3-bet preflop so it seems unlikely he has 77 or 44 but you never know. I think you're right KK would be the only likely set in this situation. I'm having trouble with this kind of situation myself. I'm losing TPTK to low sets a lot and I don't know if it's just selective memory or I'm over valuing my TPTK. You say he's pretty aggro though which I didn't notice when I posted previously so I would possibly call against this villain. Against much less aggro or unknown I'm likely to fold.

I don't see a reply button under esso.g so I'm replying to my comment. I play 10nl zoom and often players call a 3bet with small and medium sized PP regardless of position. This is a situation I run into time and time again. I'm not positive that folding flop is the correct play long term but from my experience they often only go all in on a board like this with a set. If he had simply reraised I would say call but a shove almost always means he has a set. I don't players shoving flush draws or weak TP at this stake level.

Flop is a fold. Very rarely is someone going to shove with a hand weaker than yours and they'll typically have a set here.

I would re-raising the flop because its a low flush. I agree 100% with Anom1c.

How would you have played the hand? Do you think getting it allin on the flop is better or playing it the way he did?

It's not about it being a top 5% hand it's about how it compares to his range and in this situation it is relatively weak.

You could fold preflop. His 3-betting % was high but he was 3-betting your UTG range which suggests it was a genuine 3-bet. You could also take note to his 3-bet size which was 10bb instead of the standard 9bb. His range appears strong here and being OOP I like a fold to his 3-bet.

I think folding it preflop would be a good choice. The SB 3-bets in a pot that has an UTG raiser which says to me that it is likely he has AA/KK/QQ/AK/AQ and I would be leaning towards AA/KK/AK. Then the flop comes and there is an Ace and he is raising and reraising he either has AA or AK which means you are flipping a coin when you continue your hand. Even if there had been no UTG raiser in the hand I would have folded to the 3-bet at 2nl because they typically 3-bet a linear range and not polarized still giving him a strong range.

It was a good fold. He knew you had a strong hand because you opened from EP which would have connected with this board and you led out on the flop and turn. Knowing that he re-raised you both times so he would have had at least trips but likely a straight or flush. It's hard at 5nl because players are trying out bluffs and weird plays they see in the videos and can just be all over the place. I would never call the shove, the only alternative would have been you shoving over his raise because you at least get fold equity but I would only consider that against a very aggro player.