take a second and replay the hand in your head.
it went;
preflop: he raised 3x BB in SB. maybe he has something (any PP) and maybe he has nothing (just high cards and suited aces maybe a suited king if he's as crazy as you think).
but as the hand plays out.....
flop: check, you bet 1100 more than half pot. he .....calls?!
always look at the betting/calling patterns for reasons below.
it's starting to get weird too, because of the reverse implied odds you're creating as you build the pot. i mean, for all you know he could have a made set or two pair and be on some what of a freeroll and has decide to let you dig your own ditch.
also, you only have top pair second best kicker.
check call is tooooo weak and smells of a trap on a later street. if he thinks you are strong or bluffing and will bet due to his (weak) check he may check/call as away to feel out how strong (confident) you really are and play out the hand from there based on his read of your bet.
as vague as it looked your little more than half pot bet basically told him you have top pair or an over pair and wanted to play for a big pot, if you thought your hand was good*.
(* mind you, opponents from any country are still capable of thinking on high levels, and capable of setting traps based on their read of how the table has perceived their image to be, as could be the case here. he could have raised for value with pocket 3's to steal the blinds, hit bottom set and now has decided to show weakness to slow play a hidden monster to your top pair or over pair, letting you bait your own trap by building the pot up even more.)
turn: he checks, you bet a little over half pot again. he.....calls again?!?!
ALARMS SHOULD BE GOING OFF IN YOUR HEAD!!
so in summary up to this point,
1.
you told him two times with your betting that you have a semi-good hand,
and both times he called as if not worried about what you were representing (top pair or over pair).
2. your controlling the pot size with position is a little lacking with only top pair.
3. because of the betting and the size of the pot you risk being bluffed on the river or stacked with your mediocre holding (would you play K-J or K-Q this way on jack or queen high board?)
river: after all this to contemplate......the board pairs and is some what of a perfect scare card and, he shoves....
now most of your stack is in the middle, the only way to get it out is put the rest in (way behind) and you're right were he wants you.....shipping it!
other than that:
I FOLD 80% AND CALL AND PRAY 20% IF EVER IN A SPOT LIKE THIS
the flop bet should have been smaller after that, you should have kept the pot in control and been happy to showdown.
dont play top pair this way, (too spewy)
even against a guy with "stockholm syndrome"
but i'm sure you already know this
REPOST: River spot in pokerstars 109+ rebuys.
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