A $3-$6 hand for you limit fans.
Apr. 19th, 2005 08:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peterbirksI really oughtn't to give away secrets like this -- they are worth many many dollars over the course of a year.
Here's a limit hand, and a good example of a profit-maximizing strategy at $3-$6 hold 'em when all of the other players know what they are doing. And I learnt this when someone did it to me once. It's paid off handsomely since. Curiously, you are unlikely to see this at $2-$4.
($3/$6 Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet
redpoint is at seat 0 with $248.50.
Neverlo0se is at seat 1 with $312.50.
BellyBoyBoy is at seat 2 with $106.50.
SkoolyRat is at seat 3 with $236.75.
Birks is at seat 4 with $323.50.
hello kitty is at seat 5 with $115.50.
TwinP is at seat 6 with $185.
GrooveNougat is at seat 7 with $191.
dollarbill77 is at seat 8 with $232.
BeanBag82 is at seat 9 with $37.50.
The button is at seat 6.
GrooveNougat posts the small blind of $1.
dollarbill77 posts the big blind of $3.
Birks: Ad As
Pre-flop:
BeanBag82 folds. redpoint calls. Neverlo0se folds. BellyBoyBoy folds. SkoolyRat folds. Birks raises to $6. hello kitty folds. TwinP folds. GrooveNougat folds. dollarbill77 folds. redpoint calls.
redpoint is a competent, reasonably aggressive player. His limp under the gun might be a suited connector, a pair up to 7s, Ax suited. He is capable of clever limps under the gun, but since I have AA, I don't care.
Flop 3s 5c 9d
redpoint bets $3. Birks calls.
Turn 3s 5c 9d Qh
redpoint bets $6. Birks calls
River 3s 5c 9d Qh Qs
redpoint bets $6. Birks calls.
I had been planning to raise the river, but that Queen is dangerous.
Showdown:
redpoint shows 3c Ac.
redpoint has two pair, queens and threes.
Birks shows Ad As.
Birks has two pair, aces and queens.
$2 is raked from a pot of $46. Birks wins $44.
This is a fine example of Big Dave D's "go limp" theory. Its strength is that in the oh-so-aggressive tight $3-$6 games, where you are usually heads up fairly quickly, the player who is first to bet is going to carry on betting (often with zilch) until he experiences some "heat", at which point he will run away. So the answer is to not provide that "heat". And when you look at this hand, redpoint is drawing to two outs (his threes). Why should I raise him on the turn? If I flat-call the turn, he may put me on AK and bet again on the river (as proved to be the case). If I raise him on the turn, I get rid of a player who is drawing virtually dead.
Here's a limit hand, and a good example of a profit-maximizing strategy at $3-$6 hold 'em when all of the other players know what they are doing. And I learnt this when someone did it to me once. It's paid off handsomely since. Curiously, you are unlikely to see this at $2-$4.
($3/$6 Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet
redpoint is at seat 0 with $248.50.
Neverlo0se is at seat 1 with $312.50.
BellyBoyBoy is at seat 2 with $106.50.
SkoolyRat is at seat 3 with $236.75.
Birks is at seat 4 with $323.50.
hello kitty is at seat 5 with $115.50.
TwinP is at seat 6 with $185.
GrooveNougat is at seat 7 with $191.
dollarbill77 is at seat 8 with $232.
BeanBag82 is at seat 9 with $37.50.
The button is at seat 6.
GrooveNougat posts the small blind of $1.
dollarbill77 posts the big blind of $3.
Birks: Ad As
Pre-flop:
BeanBag82 folds. redpoint calls. Neverlo0se folds. BellyBoyBoy folds. SkoolyRat folds. Birks raises to $6. hello kitty folds. TwinP folds. GrooveNougat folds. dollarbill77 folds. redpoint calls.
redpoint is a competent, reasonably aggressive player. His limp under the gun might be a suited connector, a pair up to 7s, Ax suited. He is capable of clever limps under the gun, but since I have AA, I don't care.
Flop 3s 5c 9d
redpoint bets $3. Birks calls.
Turn 3s 5c 9d Qh
redpoint bets $6. Birks calls
River 3s 5c 9d Qh Qs
redpoint bets $6. Birks calls.
I had been planning to raise the river, but that Queen is dangerous.
Showdown:
redpoint shows 3c Ac.
redpoint has two pair, queens and threes.
Birks shows Ad As.
Birks has two pair, aces and queens.
$2 is raked from a pot of $46. Birks wins $44.
This is a fine example of Big Dave D's "go limp" theory. Its strength is that in the oh-so-aggressive tight $3-$6 games, where you are usually heads up fairly quickly, the player who is first to bet is going to carry on betting (often with zilch) until he experiences some "heat", at which point he will run away. So the answer is to not provide that "heat". And when you look at this hand, redpoint is drawing to two outs (his threes). Why should I raise him on the turn? If I flat-call the turn, he may put me on AK and bet again on the river (as proved to be the case). If I raise him on the turn, I get rid of a player who is drawing virtually dead.
