Where Did I go wrong this hand...
PokerStars Game #26351678092: Tournament #150710466, $55.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2009/03/25 15:16:06 ET
Table '150710466 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: villian (1630 in chips)
Seat 2: efouks (1370 in chips)
: posts small blind 10
cROUNDER33: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [9h Ah]
: raises 40 to 60
hero: raises 160 to 220
: calls 160
*** FLOP *** [Jh 7c 4c]
hero: bets 340
: calls 340
*** TURN *** [Jh 7c 4c] [6d]
hero: bets 1070 and is all-in
: calls 810 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (260) returned to hero
*** RIVER *** [Jh 7c 4c 6d] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [9h Ah] (high card Ace)
: shows [4h Ac] (a pair of Fours)
collected 2740 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2740 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 7c 4c 6d 8s]
Seat 1:hero (big blind) showed [9h Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: (button) (small blind) showed [4h Ac] and won (2740) with a pair of Fours
When you play unknown villain you should avoid such big bluffs, because you dont know his ranges, his usual lines with big hands or draws, his style - you're in the vacuum. You cant predict villain's reaction on your moves.
It's better to play "small-ball" strategy and collect information.
I'm sure you will never push turn if you knew that opponent is weak player, who can call 3bet with A4 and play on stack with bottom pair.
A few quick things:
PFR size is a little big for the stacks but not terrible.
You mised the flop, the flop is drawy, the pot is big and he calls your lead.
The turn doesn't really make his pairs look much worse ( at least not top and 2nd pairs) and made draws hit straights or pairs often.
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In reality, villain called you incredibly light and this is common at the lower stakes. I know some of the other coaches will probably disagree with me to an extent, but I really hate building huge pots in the lower stakes without hands. Against so many of these players (and presumably villain in this hand) you're really sacrificing a ton of EV by trying to take/create small edges.
For example, if you had flopped 1st or 2nd or even a good third pair in the next 20 hands and villain had a weaker pair or draw, you'd likely get 2-3 streets of full value out of him and win the game very often. Simplistic way of looking at it, but when players are stacking off and bluffing off with just about any piece of the board, why build a big pot with A9s and then make big bets with A-high when you miss?