A Donktastic No Limit Hand
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peterbirksA hand to illustrate the kind of thing that I occasionally come up against at this level. I'm going to giveit a month, but if this carries on I shall have to move to the $100 buy in. I suspect that the jump up in quality will be dramatic, but I won't get any better playing against opponents like this:
A preamble: I've been playing lots of raises in late, takin gpots down pre-flop, on the flop, or once, with gritted teeth, with a bit of a lumpy bet on the turn (I suspect that I could have taken one other pot down against top pair bad kicker with an al-in on the river, but I bottled it. My read was right (K6 suited he had) but I have no idea whether he would have folded to my all-in bet (which was about the size of the pot). I suspect that he would have.
Anyway, back to this hand:
buddha74 is at seat 1 with 36.42
sth11 is at seat 2 with 5.00
baba112 is at seat 3 with 0.00
kaasco is at seat 4 with 41.80
betiula777 is at seat 5 with 66.50
MAGIK HATT is at seat 6 with 74.55
JstGrindin is at seat 7 with 55.00
Birks is at seat 8 with 60.15
-Monni- is at seat 9 with 67.70
Donktastic is at seat 10 with 11.95
sth11 posts the large blind 0.50
buddha74 posts the small blind 0.25
-Monni- posts all blind 0.75
Birks: J♣, 9♠
Pre-flop:
MAGIK HATT: Call 0.50
Birks: Raise 1.50
Donktastic: Call 1.50
buddha74: Call 1.50
MAGIK HATT: Call 1.50
I'm two off the the button, there's a poster and just one limper. I had reraised this guy's raise the previous hand and he folded pre-flop (go figure), so I'm looking to bring him in for this hand and to hit him on the flop. I think that my 1.50 raise will likely push out the player in seat 9, who I know is tight, while seat 10, something of an unknown quantity, does not have a big stack, which usually also indicates tight play.
Flop (Board: 4◊, 6◊, J♠):
Well, I've hit top pair. This is worth a continuation. I've found about 80% to 90% of the pot works best here. If I'm called, I'm normally in trouble
buddha74: Check
MAGIK HATT: Check
Birks: Bet 6.00
Donktastic: All in for 10.45
Oh. Well, the logical assumption here, since he did not reraise me preflop, is that he either has AJ, a set, or an overpair. I'm really inclined to go with the overpair here, although I don't know why I thought that. I guess that I thought he would flat call with the set. Of course, since he can only put me in for an extra $4 into a $25 pot, I can't fold anything apart from (maybe) 7-2 off. With top pair, a call is automatic.
buddha74: Fold
MAGIK HATT: Fold
Birks: Call 4.45
Turn (Board: 4◊, 6◊, J♠, 9♣):
River (Board: 4◊, 6◊, J♠, 9♣, K♡):
Showdown:
Birks shows: J♣, 9♠ (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
Donktastic shows: 4♠, A♠ (a pair of Fours)
Mainpot:
Birks wins the pot of 26.05 with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Well, if anyone can explain the man's thought processes here, I'd be fascinated to know what they were. Presumably he thought he had some kind of fold equity, which is worrying.
A preamble: I've been playing lots of raises in late, takin gpots down pre-flop, on the flop, or once, with gritted teeth, with a bit of a lumpy bet on the turn (I suspect that I could have taken one other pot down against top pair bad kicker with an al-in on the river, but I bottled it. My read was right (K6 suited he had) but I have no idea whether he would have folded to my all-in bet (which was about the size of the pot). I suspect that he would have.
Anyway, back to this hand:
buddha74 is at seat 1 with 36.42
sth11 is at seat 2 with 5.00
baba112 is at seat 3 with 0.00
kaasco is at seat 4 with 41.80
betiula777 is at seat 5 with 66.50
MAGIK HATT is at seat 6 with 74.55
JstGrindin is at seat 7 with 55.00
Birks is at seat 8 with 60.15
-Monni- is at seat 9 with 67.70
Donktastic is at seat 10 with 11.95
sth11 posts the large blind 0.50
buddha74 posts the small blind 0.25
-Monni- posts all blind 0.75
Birks: J♣, 9♠
Pre-flop:
MAGIK HATT: Call 0.50
Birks: Raise 1.50
Donktastic: Call 1.50
buddha74: Call 1.50
MAGIK HATT: Call 1.50
I'm two off the the button, there's a poster and just one limper. I had reraised this guy's raise the previous hand and he folded pre-flop (go figure), so I'm looking to bring him in for this hand and to hit him on the flop. I think that my 1.50 raise will likely push out the player in seat 9, who I know is tight, while seat 10, something of an unknown quantity, does not have a big stack, which usually also indicates tight play.
Flop (Board: 4◊, 6◊, J♠):
Well, I've hit top pair. This is worth a continuation. I've found about 80% to 90% of the pot works best here. If I'm called, I'm normally in trouble
buddha74: Check
MAGIK HATT: Check
Birks: Bet 6.00
Donktastic: All in for 10.45
Oh. Well, the logical assumption here, since he did not reraise me preflop, is that he either has AJ, a set, or an overpair. I'm really inclined to go with the overpair here, although I don't know why I thought that. I guess that I thought he would flat call with the set. Of course, since he can only put me in for an extra $4 into a $25 pot, I can't fold anything apart from (maybe) 7-2 off. With top pair, a call is automatic.
buddha74: Fold
MAGIK HATT: Fold
Birks: Call 4.45
Turn (Board: 4◊, 6◊, J♠, 9♣):
River (Board: 4◊, 6◊, J♠, 9♣, K♡):
Showdown:
Birks shows: J♣, 9♠ (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
Donktastic shows: 4♠, A♠ (a pair of Fours)
Mainpot:
Birks wins the pot of 26.05 with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Well, if anyone can explain the man's thought processes here, I'd be fascinated to know what they were. Presumably he thought he had some kind of fold equity, which is worrying.
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Date: 2006-08-02 12:49 pm (UTC)gl
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