Below are 4 hands I played live at 1/2NL. They are some nasty spots that really got me thinking about dead money, bluffing, and getting value.

[Warning]: Long post coming up

Hand 1: I found out this information later in the day, but I wound up playing against TwinMsu and one of his friends drey. The first two hands I played against Drey. Damn I just realized I forgot Twins real name, lol.

Information: before the hand, I know that Drey has been raising really light in late position and somewhat in mid position. He's made big call downs with bottom and mid pair correctly. From what I can tell he can think up to the 3rd level, and he's been abusing my blinds for about 5 orbits or the last 1 hour and change. He's also played super aggro in every pot we've been involved heads up. Half the table is deep stacked as I am, and the table 3-bets less than 3% of the time. I've also opened up my range since I'm just over 200bbs deep and have shown down some really spec. hands. 56o from MP for the nut straight.

UTG is on tilt and shoves 13 bigs. I have A6s and flat call. Drey calls the button.

We are 3-handed. The flop comes T24r, and the pot is 80. I bet 60. Drey snaps and the turn is a 3 brick. I can't remember the river but I shut down after the flop, and the river is a brick so I'm ace high and it doesn't help my perceived range. It's checked down and I know he's weak after he checks the turn back in position, but I can't imagine him folding the river.

Questions: What range of hands can I fire the turn with? Do I bet the river? Does it look like a bluff line too often?

Hand 2: This hand was played against Twins friend again.

Information: Another hour has passed and I've had to tighten up a lot in the blinds because he's been raising so much. I just showed down another disgusting hand, taking down the pot with trips. It was T3o from LP raising into the blinds of this bad aggressive regular that likes to call big and falls in love with over pairs (He was 150bbs deeps). I'm close to 300 bbs deep. Drey is about ~200. The only information I know is that Drey peels light when he thinks you've missed (see hand 1). I also just saw he guns big pps like JJ+ snap 3-betting them.

I'm in the bb with K4o. I get raised again. There's an UTG straddle and Hijack flats 5 in front. Drey makes it 20 to go. A call/fold fish flats the button. I 3-bet to 80, and Drey flat calls (Really thought I'd TID pre).

The pot is ~203. Drey has roughly ~330 behind.

The flop comes T43 two tone. I straight tank and announce 220. He snap jams for the rest of his stack. I call ~110 to win ~700. My table image gets rocked.

Question: Is this flop a snap PSB for dead money (I'm def. not betting for value or as a bluff), assuming his flop 3-bet flat range is something like 26% of his hand. I'm asking because I think he folds half, and jams the top and bottom of his range here.

Hand 3: TwinMsu and Drey have left. After I felt Drey and basically felt Twin they left roughly an hour and a half after I took most most of Twin's stack. I think Twin was running bad. I went on smoke break a few times cuz I just felt sick the whole time I was playing, and he just seemed to be chipping down in medium sized pots.

Information: My stack my stack is roughly ~725bbs. Villain 1 has ~200bbs. Villain 2 has roughly ~120bbs. Villain 1 is a tag fish. He tells me about how he blinds out of a $360 tourney he traveled to in Ohio. Something about cardededness and it getting raised preflop every time before it got to him. Villain 2 is TPTK and overpair freak.

I raise to 15 from UTG with 87dd (Freaking button straddle). Villain 1 flats from MP. Villain 2 min 3-bets me to 30 from the cutoff. We see the flop 3 handed.

The flop comes Jd4x6d two tone. I have a flush draw with a gutshot straight draw. I check and my uncle calls me immediately afterward. Think villain 1 dumps 40 into the ~130 pot. Villain 2 raises ~100.

I'm talking to my uncle and can't figure out the action so I fold. I found out the action during the hand after I folded. I find it out from the aggressive/bad donk who somehow knows I folded 87dd.

Lol, I just realized why I bleed over 200bbs to him. He was looking at my cards. For the life of me I couldn't figure it out during the game. I was making correct call downs from the flop, but he just always seemed to get there and knew when to reraise preflop; however, he had to suckout on everyone else to win. This was also the same guy that jammed KJs on me preflop for 50bbs when he was 2 seats away. Anyway, moving on.

Questions: Is this ever a flat call or always a jam? Should I ever be worried about being over suited? Am I raising/jamming for value or capitalization of dead money?

Hand 4: This was played heads up postflop late in the night against villain 2.

Information: I find out he (Villain 2) was spazzing with AJo. TPTK again go figure. Villain 1 says he had me over suited. Villain 1 check folded the turn in the previous hand. I forgot all the action preflop, but I 3-bet from the bb. I have roughly ~700bbs. Villain 2 has roughly ~140bbs.

I have AaKc. The flop comes AsKsQx. The pot is ~75. Villain 2 leads for 25. I raise to 100. Villain calls.

The turn brings the Qc. Villain 2 checks. I check behind.

The river is 2x.

Villain 2 jams for the rest of his stack the pot is ~275.

I call.

Questions: Is calling correct here? Should I jam the flop the for value? Why am I calling? How narrow can we make his value range? Bluff range?

[spoiler] I lost Hand 1. Drey called with 24 for bottom pair no kicker. I won hand 2 K4>22. Hand 3, If I called or raised I would have hit the nut straight on the turn and felted villain 2. Hand 4, villain had AQ and turned a 2 outer. [/spoiler]

My thoughts, fwiw:

Hand 1 - fold.
Hand 2 - preflop is fine, not sure about the flop shove. I don't like it or hate it- after he just flats your raise, the flop should have missed him. I'm suspicious of the flat pre.
Hand 3 - I check raise all in there.
Hand 4 - I think it's a fold, he doesn't have any fold equity to be bluffing here, unless he puts you on air, which you obviously dont have.

On a seperate note, seems sketchy that TwinMSU is playing with a "friend" when he owes people on P5s and 2+2 money for scammed site to site transfers. As far as I know, this hasn't been paid back.

wait what?

Can i play?