frankx99x

That was my reasoning. I posted this because I just began moving up to 50NL by adding tables to my usual 30NL sessions. Went on a 6 buy-in downswing quite quickly suffering from losing numerous hands such as this when he turns over hearts. Just wanted to make sure I'm not out of line with my call here.

I base my opening amount on who I'm up against in the blinds. I was doing 3x if either was a rec and 2.5x if both are regs. Lately I began experimenting with basing my opening amt solely on the BB. One thing I like about this approach is that aware players cannot put me on any sort of range of hands. A little GTO in my mostly exploitative style

In this particular hand I would have check raised. After that aggression, no use telegraphing my flush and giving him a chance to escape

Don't think you can call the river. I think you fold or raise the turn with the added equity and give up on the river. Being an Unknown in this pool he could very well be betting all streets with any A not considering your holdings whatsoever.

From my experiences in this pool 44/0 with an UTG limp / call signifies a super wide range that includes any 2 suited cards. From the way the hand played out he had 2 spades and wanted to cash in on the river. I like the fold. Might have sized my bets a little smaller or checked one of the streets as I wouldn't want to build too big of a pot in this spot.