In-game adjustments to aggro dynamic

[risk2Dupside]

Millball today - I am running at 21/20/8, villain is even more aggro running at 33/21/10 and threeballing/flatting me a shitload. Mostly I have just folded pre or c/f'ed flop and let him have stuff, but he is definitely trying to get involved in pots, cold flatting stuff from the blinds when I try and iso limpers in late position, etc.

My question is, vs an aggro player like that would you ever take a line like this below (aka "close your eyes and click call with top pair")..obviously this is not even close to my 'default' line so if you could provide some input based on above info it'd be appreciated...

PokerStars Game #47265670286: Tournament #322020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (200/400) - 2010/07/26 8:15:39 AEST [2010/07/25 18:15:39 ET]
Table '322020010 795' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: risk2Dupside (24112 in chips)
Seat 2: degrr (14682 in chips)
Seat 3: Stenbek (32388 in chips)
Seat 4: Sleroy (25217 in chips)
Seat 5: pornsta19r87 (5735 in chips)
Seat 6: ArielBahia (12193 in chips)
Seat 7: glamp1 (3620 in chips)
Seat 8: serbie (12400 in chips)
Seat 9: Tae Joon Noh (3727 in chips)
pornsta19r87: posts small blind 200
ArielBahia: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to risk2Dupside [Qs Ad]
glamp1: folds
serbie: folds
Tae Joon Noh: folds
risk2Dupside: raises 400 to 800
degrr: folds
Stenbek: calls 800
Sleroy: folds
pornsta19r87: folds
ArielBahia: folds
*** FLOP *** [9h 7c Ah]
risk2Dupside: checks
Stenbek: bets 1675
risk2Dupside: calls 1675
*** TURN *** [9h 7c Ah] [4d]
risk2Dupside: checks
Stenbek: bets 3875
risk2Dupside: calls 3875
*** RIVER *** [9h 7c Ah 4d] [6s]
risk2Dupside: checks
Stenbek: bets 9875
risk2Dupside: calls 9875

[TurnRiva]

pretty sure you can guess my answer from the hands we've talked about on skype

[hip]

my thoughts are:

he might be running 3 barrels with hands like:

J-10, 6-5, 8-6, 10-6 a whole bunch different heart draws (with pair/straight draws etc).

[risk2Dupside]

my thoughts are:

he might be running 3 barrels with hands like:

J-10, 6-5, 8-6, 10-6 a whole bunch different heart draws (with pair/straight draws etc).

Just to clarify, the question is less about defining villain's exact range and more about whether we can ever justify check/calling three streets with top pair on this kind of board vs this kind of opponent. The idea being that our line looks so weak that potentially villain can just keep barreling whatever he flatted with regardless of the strength of his hand.

[captainpants]

I just can't help myself on the turn. My quick math is that there's close to 9500 in there after he bets that's where I stick it all in. So I may lose 1 street of value and I may be behind but that is a Very large pot in comparison to our stack and I don't wanna give him a chance to suck out.

This is probably why I never got a super duper large stack in tourney's though.

[g-matic]

Makin' a stand, stickin' it to the man!!

I like it in this situation/board - but I s'pose I would feel more confident if he has been exposed at showdown at an earlier time.


I think your line does look weak as piss so his barrelling is justified, though likely ill-timed (hopefully)

[bishop]

I honestly think you are well within your rights here to check call down on three streets. I don't know if you achieve maximum value from this and I know I could never do this myself, I need to be check raising that turn every time for some reason.

I really am interested in your thoughts on whether pre flop aggression always equates to post flop aggressiveness?

I think villain shows down weaker aces, two pair type hands as often as busted draws.

[Strong Play]

I do this a bunch.

[dave798111]

I do this a bunch.

me too. This actually is pretty close to my default line as I check this flop more often than most I think.

[Gtrain24]

I think this is one of those WA/WB situations where based on the board check/calling all 3 streets is fine.