Making a play shorted handed against an aggressive player

[jimmer]

Unsure if I played this right?

We have been 4 handed for the last 10-15 minutes. Top 4 get paid. JASMW had consistantly re-raised my 3xbb pf raises, THEN bet around half to two-thirds the pot on the flop EVERYTIME. At first i obviously took his play serioiusly, but then when it happened 4-5 times I realised it was probably just a play for the pot.


PokerStars Game #13035362553: Tournament #66155033, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/11/04 - 11:27:59 (ET)
Table '66155033 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: nanal (6300 in chips)
Seat 5: JASMW (7290 in chips)
Seat 8: lastat3 (8415 in chips)
Seat 9: jbdb3 (4995 in chips)
JASMW: posts small blind 100
lastat3: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jbdb3 [Tc Jc]
jbdb3: raises 400 to 600
nanal: folds
JASMW: raises 400 to 1000
lastat3: folds
jbdb3: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [As 4d Jd]
JASMW: bets 1000
jbdb3: raises 2995 to 3995 and is all-in
JASMW: calls 2995


Did i play the hand wrong?

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

If you're comfortable with the reads, fine. It's kinda hard to analyze with so much outside information. In a vacuum, I may fold to the preflop reraise due to stack sizes and the fact that he is probably c-betting anything on the flop.

[jeffonline]

LAG players will push you around all day if you let them, so you will have to make a stand at some point, this is one of the most challenging decisions you will find yourself making. Finding that position is great when you get it right and may keep LAG of your back, but be sure it’s a decision you will be confronted with over and over again. I think you have done the right thing and made that decision on your read of this player but given that you are now offering him 2/1 odds to call, this means he only has to get it right 33% of the time to make the call and break even.