Thanks for the input! You are right, when we call the flop we are indeed bluff-catching.

Regarding the term pot-control, raising would commit our stack as a dog(against a tight range) which is undesirable.
Folding is out of the question, so perhaps it would be fair to describe our flop call as both pot-control and bluff-inducing.

Good to have solid discussion around here!

You would have been bluff catching.

Since the is a board texture where you would normally expect the 3-bettor to fire a lot of double barrels it is a wierd spot to raise with a strong hand. Villain out levels him self and shoves thinking that your range for raising here is pretty wide but your range for calling is pretty narrow.

That’s a killer photo… you really are an amazing surfer!

Thanks for the comment! Hawaii was the best overall experience of great waves, beautiful scenery, clean warm water, and things to do.

That said, Costa Rica(guanacaste region) was really fun, the waves were
more playful and it had an undeveloped, rugged beauty to the countryside.
El Salvador was similar – a bit rockier than Costa, though.

Indonesia and Australia are two of my all-time favorites, I haven’t been there in a few years, but hopefully I’ll make it to Indo in July!

Dan