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I think you played the hand fine, but I guess I would have made the flop raise a little larger but not too much. As played, the only hand you are behind to is exactly 55, which is just a cooler. Given the draw heavy nature of the board, it is also very likely your opponent has a hand like Ax of diamonds or some kind of combo draw that waited until the turn to raise like 67 of diamonds (though I would expect this hand to put in more action on the flop). My read would be that he has Ax of diamonds, possibly exactly A5 of diamonds which would give him 2 pair and the nut flush draw and a very reasonable shove. Your play in this hand was totally standard and if he rolls over either 55 or 67s it was just a cooler. In the long run, you will profit extremely well by putting in this action in this type of situation.

Against a typical opponent, I think this is a call because you are pretty much at the top of your 3 bet calling range preflop as you almost certainly would have 4 bet better pre-flop and your opponent knows this as you have capped your range with a call pre-flop IMO. I have found the aggression level on zoom games to be much higher than a standard ring game, giving another reason to make the call on the river. I would also seriously consider a flop raise to define the villain's range and a possible check back on the turn if he flats the flop raise and a call of a reasonably sized bet on the river if it plays out this way.

Flop bet sizing is way too small. I would bet 1/2 to 3/4 pot on this flop. As played the river is an easy fold against most players at this limit. Given his strange line, I have found that most players at this limit who play a hand like this have a huge hand a very high percentage of the time. Obviously, with his polarizing shove on the river, it is basically a nuts or nothing bet. i would save my hero calls for when you are higher up in your range.

Bet sizing on the turn is really off here, in my opinion, Betting 1/3 pot here will never get a fold, which at this point would not be too bad. I would go with a much larger sizing given the total brickyness of the turn card. I would in fact consider an overbet shove at this point. Given the situation of CO just flatting the pre-flop raise and your flop check-raise, and the draw heavy nature of the flop, the CO's range can be narrowed to most likely a Jack (AJo, AJs, KJs, QJs, or possibly another flush draw or possibly KQ or Q9s also but doubtful. I think it really comes down to an exploitive read on this player and his willingness to stack off with a one-pair hand or draw. If you think he is capable of a fold to a turn shove (which can be questionable at this limit), then a turn shove is the best line as played. I would have personally squeezed pre-flop and bet a large size continuation bet, sizing dependant on the number of players that called the 3 bet. But when it comes down to it, I would shove the river as played as it is highly unlikely that you can win at showdown, because the river card pairs the two most likely hands that you were ahead of on the turn 89s, and 78s. Checking the river causes you to lose hands that beat you accidentally such as Axs, and 89s, and 78s, Unless the CO is a complete calling station, the river is a mandatory shove as played. The best hand from a value perspective that CO can have at the river is most realistically AJ or KJ.

Totally standard in my opinion. My only consideration would be to possibly increase the 3 bet sizing to 4x if the blinds are this sticky.

If I expanded my range in the small blind position, I would add all the pairs and go to 67s+ and add A4s, A5s. If we were in position, In addition to the additional pairs, I would add all the Axs and go down to 45s also.

My range in this spot is 88+, 910s+, AJo+, KQo. I would even consider expanding a little given this player's specific stats depending on how sticky they are post-flop. Also considering then UTG tendencies, I would definitely make my 3 bet size larger, at least 4x given your positional disadvantage. In position, I think 3x is the appropriate sizing, but with an expanded range.

I think you played the hand fine with the small exception that your preflop raise should be a little large than a min-raise. I would have made it 3bb or 3.5bb. The action on the flop is fine in my opinion, as you are a 2-1 favorite at this point, getting all the money in at this point is a very good thing in this specific hand. Variance can be a cruel bitch sometimes, but in the long run, you are making an extremely profitable play. In general, against a big blind's defend range, you are most likely even a bigger favorite than that. I know it sucks when they get there, but you will see in the long run that getting it all in as a huge statistical favorite will be very kind to your bankroll. Short term variance is all you are seeing. Keep playing with players that like to get all the money in on a draw as a big underdog and you will be a very happy camper.

I would expand your 3 betting range in this situation. When it is folded to the button and he makes a standard open (like in your example) and the small blind folds, the typical players opening range on the button is as wide as my ex-wife's azz. Specifically, I would add A3s, A2s,
A10, KJo, K10o, QJo, Q10o, & J10o and I would expand even further exploitatively against an opponent who has a high aggression factor. I would reduce your preflop 3 bet range against a very tight passive opponent by eliminating A9s-A6s, AJo, KQo, K9s-109s, as these hands are usually dominated by a tight passive raise, even in this situation. As played, I would either shove over the button's raise or fold. I do not like calling as a standard play in this spot unless your play was to call and wait for a safe turn card and then shove yourself. In the actual hand, the turn card of an offsuit 3 should definitely be considered safe, so I would have open-shoved myself on the turn. The button, if he is a thinking player at all (which is very questionable at this limit) knows that this flop is not exactly in your preflop 3 bet neighborhood and is most likely putting you on a total miss with overcards on this flop that would fold to his flop raise. So to sum it all up, for this hand I would have 3 bet preflop and bet, and shoved the flop over his raise given that besides flopping a set, this is about as good of a flop you will get with your specific hand, specifically being in the upper part of your preflop 3 betting range given this specific flop.

In my opinion, you played the hand perfectly unless the BB is a total maniac, the only value hand you beat is AT. Also, consider folding preflop, but this is an exploitative play based upon the opponent. I would call preflop against a typical opponent preflop but I would make exploitative adjustments and fold preflop against a really tight player and I would 4 bet some small percentage of the time against a total aggro spewtard. But against the vast majority of the players at this limit, I think the way you played the hand is totally standard and fine.

Check back the turn and fold to a river bet. You can find much better spots than this to continue with rather than this 0% bluff spot. One key to growth as a player is learning when to get out of a bluff situation. Wait for a better spot to continue your aggression like when you have at least some equity or blockers. The open is totally standard in my opinion and I would have made the flop bet a little larger like .75 or so. Also, you need to provide some information on your opponent, as at this limit the fold button is missing on many player's screens. Many players at this limit are complete calling stations with tunnel vision on their own hand completely oblivious to the context of the hand.

As played, the river is a snap call. In less the BB is a total maniac, the call you made preflop is a total spew. You have raised UTG and were called. This is not a really good spot for a squeeze from the BB, indicating that his range should be very narrow. Typically if you call this raise in this position preflop, you will also almost surely bring the CO in too, leaving you in a difficult position after the flop. In my opinion, given your position, this hand should be folded preflop a very high percentage of the time.

I think you should raise the flop bet approximately 3x his bet. If he calls the raise (which is the most likely outcome) and checks to you on the turn, I would then shove the turn, putting the villain in an extremely tough spot. If the villain happens to reraise on the flop, I would fold. The flop favors your 3 bets calling range much more than his. Of course, my advice is based on the assumption that you are playing against an opponent that actually has access to a fold button, which is not always the case at your limit. You did not provide any information on the villain's competency in your post, which in my opinion, is critical to how you play this hand.