Hey there Mule,

My two cents worth:

Q1. You probably do have impled odds just to set mine but its pretty marginal. What do they say – the stacks need to be 12-15 time the amount you need to call to give you odds to setmine? Something like that. The fact that V is loose, makes it less likely he has a big pair and therefore reduces the implied odds a bit, but on the other hand that increases the likelihood that your 55s may be good post flop. That and the fact you have position make it a reasonable call imho.

Q2. Not the worst board to float. Two overcards, but I'm not that worried about the 6. So, I think my 55s are often good here (although if that is why you're calling its not strictly a float).

Q.3 The check call on the turn suggested to me a pair Qs or 10s trying to get to showdown. I'm not sure there is too much value betting the river when the 4th spade falls, as I doubt these pairs a calling, unless V has a spade kicker which is likely better than yours. 

Nice hand. BTW, you'll get better responses if you dont post the result initially.

All the best,

B

i like calling pre here. 3bet is not bad vs agg opener, but dont really want to bloat pot with small pr when we can use our great pos to outplay loose villian. 55 will be the best hand vs agg opener enough times on this flop to make this call profitable as well. possibly lean more toward 3betting if we were out of pos, but n pos we can call and evaluate.

as playd, dont mind call on flop. turn id check behind because villian could of picked up some extra outs with fd, str8 drws or even have connected with top pr as he did. betting creates bigger pot and makes for a bgi river bet that we may not be able to call. chking behind keeps the pot withn reach to call off a reasonable river bet with small flush. true he's agg, but we only have 55 here… just my opinion….. let me know wt u guys think of my reasoning. wanna know how off i am.

bjizz 

One Eyed Mule said:

Thanks for your input guys.

After looking at this hand a few times i realized that i had tunnel vision in my plan to float/call the continuation bet,  I did not even consider to make a small raise on the flop and take the hand down there,  I am not sure if that would have been the right play, but being a bit more flexable and not so rigid in my plan can't hurt. next time maybe!

i dont think raising is the way too go here. ur turning 55 into a bluff. i would consider 3betting and cbet when checkd to b4 i raise this flop. as mentioned, villian is aggressive, he could shove all draws here(OESD, FD overs such as: AK/AQ) and even his air hands when he's raised. unless we have a super solid read on opponent here, i dont think raisng is optimal vs any player. after making the  call pre  which is arguable(dont know if thats a word), we should be tryn like crap to get to showdown on not such a bad flop vs agg opponent.

bjizz

3 bet seems stupid imo. You've taken your two cards and turned them into a bluff preflop. 

55 plays very bad vs his calling range and his 4 betting range. 

55 plays very similarly to 72 vs his folding range.