A hand

[peterbirks]

Did I misplay this?

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em -
Seat 7 is the button
Seat 1: Deanna87 ( $111.50 USD )
Seat 2: gregson01 ( $38.00 USD )

Gregson is 50/4 1.4. A sort of standard loose-passive player who is increasingly rare on Stars and Full Tilt, but not uncommon here.

Seat 3: fish ( $254.81 USD )

Fish is 88/26 Agg 2.1. He had a lot of money when I sat down, some of which had found its way into my pocket. He might have won the jackpot rather than won it in actual play.

Seat 4: miquimi ( $127.90 USD )
Seat 6: alen1986 ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 7: Hero ( $204.12 USD )
Seat 8: zindinono ( $108.73 USD )
Seat 9: MrNomrcy ( $103.48 USD )
Seat 10: rekcut ( $97.10 USD )

zindinono posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
MrNomrcy posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
alen1986 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ J♡; A♡; ]
rekcut folds
Deanna87 folds
gregson01 calls [$1.00 USD]
fish calls [$1.00 USD]
miquimi folds
alen1986 checks
Hero raises [$3.00 USD]

This style works for me at these tables. I'm probably something like 14%/14% in open play. It's exploitable, of course, but not many players in these games seem to know the correct way to exploit it.

zindinono folds
MrNomrcy folds
gregson01 calls [$2.00 USD]
fish calls [$2.00 USD]
alen1986 folds

What we got? About ten bucks in the pot. Note that this is already an unusual hand in that it's deep stack.

** Dealing Flop ** [ T♠, K♣; 3♡; ]

gregson01 checks
fish checks
Hero bets [$5.00 USD]

Once again, a style that's working for me. Range of 40% to 60% of pot as a Continuation Bet. Theory is that bigger bets in this game seem to help opponents make fewer mistakes. These smaller bets get calls from hands that are behind with either five or six outs. The important thing is that I have to get way from the hands sufficiently often when opponents hit these outs.

In this particular case I'm drawing. Against two opponents I'll probably CB in a ratio of 50:50 or thereabouts for balance.

gregson01 calls [$5.00 USD]
fish calls [$5.00 USD]

I'm ready to walk away from this hand now if I fail to hit on the turn and anyone bets. Gregson is unlikely to call this CB without a King. Fish could be any pair, or even less. Obviously I check behind on turn if I miss and it's checked round.


** Dealing Turn ** [ Q◊; ]

Gives me the nut straight.

gregson01 checks
fish bets [$11.00 USD]
Hero calls [$11.00 USD]

Rainbow board, gregson had called the flop, and I'm happier having him in than out (he is the short stack so my vulnerability to him is not enormous).


gregson01 raises [$29.50 USD]
fish calls [$18.50 USD]


Hero?????

A DAY LATER:

Answer below the cut




Hero raises [$185.12 USD]

One of the perils of multi-tabling is that sometimes you forget precisely of how much a shove consists. If I had realized how much of an overbet an all-in was (given the fact that opponent is a fish and deept-stacked as well) I suspect that I would have bet less (about half his remaining stack, in fact.

Then again having said that -- if fish calls the shove and loses, then I can pretend I'm a genius.

Fish folds.

Bollocks. Presumably either an open-ender with a pair or even less.

** Dealing River ** [ 2♣; ]

gregson01 shows [K♡;, Q♡; ]

Hero shows [J♡;, A♡; ]

Hero wins $277.62 USD from main pot (($74 net))

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'd raise around $45. He of course most likely has 2 pair, having put in around 30 to make his house, he'll play another 45, added to that it will look like you're trying to get it hu. Of course you could also push, depending on how you figure he will play j9.

Ballyregan Bob

[hectorjelly.livejournal.com]

Well its an interesting decision. Before I get to that I think your bet sizing is slightly too small. Id raise more pre-flop and bet a little more on the flop. I don't think it makes a huge amount of difference though.

I would probably check that flop, its a bad board to c-bet against too loose players. The T and K means there every broadway hand is at least a gut-shot, so you are going to get called a lot. Again I don't think betting is terrible, but given that you can take the free card I prefer that line.

On the turn I'm in two minds. One part of me wants to say raise, because when a loose passive guy check raises here I think he is stacking off close to 90% of the time. You may lose the fish (strange to think that in this context the 50/4 is not considered the fish), but then you may lose a lot of action if the river is an ace or a jack. That said it is almost a perfect slow-playing opportunity. You are in position and the stack sizes are such that you can easily get all in on the river, and its a rainbow board. So all in all I think both are pretty close.

[(Anonymous)]

'A DAY LATER'

You slow rolled 'im? Beauty.

Shane Warne