A Couple of Limit Hands
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peterbirksA couple of boring hands that show the subtle differences that can lead you to make a different decision in superficially similar situations. What was interesting about this pair of hands is that one came immediately after the other.
$2/$4 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 07, 02:40:01 EDT 2006
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: eaglebob ( $292 )
Seat 2 (Button): Flow_Joe ( $284.25 )
Seat 4 (Small Blind) mityarrow ( $59.75 )
Seat 6 (Big Blind) mohlaaja ( $97 )
Seat 7: iamzippin2 ( $97 )
Seat 8: joemcb2002 ( $110.92 )
Seat 9: Birks ( $160.16 )
Seat 10: bluelamp ( $200.50 )
Dealt to Birks [ Jh Ad ]
iamzippin2 folds.
joemcb2002 calls [$2].
Birks raises [$4].
bluelamp folds.
eaglebob folds.
Flow_Joe folds.
mityarrow folds.
mohlaaja calls [$2].
joemcb2002 calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 6d, Tc ]
I’d prefer a rainbow, but, without me improving, this is still a reasonable flop for me.
mohlaaja checks.
joemcb2002 checks.
Birks bets [$2].
mohlaaja folds.
joemcb2002 folds.
Birks does not show cards.
Birks wins $15
I know some players who would dump AJ off in MP1, while others would, even worse, flat-call with it. However, there are only eight players in the hand and I had been fairly quiet for a while. I had no laggy reputation. The table had shown itself to be fairly conservative.
This was the very next hand.
$2/$4 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 07, 02:40:34 EDT 2006
Seat 1: eaglebob ( $292 )
Seat 2: Flow_Joe ( $284.25 )
Seat 3: (Posting) BIG_SLICK_CP ( $100 )
Seat 4 (Button): mityarrow ( $58.75 )
Seat 6: (Small Blind) mohlaaja ( $93 )
Seat 7: (Big Blind) iamzippin2 ( $97 )
Seat 8: joemcb2002 ( $106.92 )
Seat 9: Birks ( $169.16 )
Seat 10: bluelamp ( $200.50 )
Dealt to Birks [ Jh As ]
joemcb2002 folds.
Birks folds.
bluelamp raises [$4].
eaglebob folds.
Flow_Joe folds.
BIG_SLICK_CP calls [$2].
mityarrow folds.
mohlaaja folds.
iamzippin2 folds.
Why the immediate fold from me? Well, firstly I am in UTG+1 rather than MP1 in a nine-player game rather than an eight-player game. Secondly, there is a poster behind me, which makes it far more likely that I am going to end up in a multi-way contested pot, at which AJ off out-of-position is horrible. And, finally, I have raised the previous hand and taken down the pot uncontested. Whenever you do this, you need to have tighter raising standards for a couple of hands.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 8h, Kc ]
bluelamp bets [$2].
BIG_SLICK_CP folds.
bluelamp does not show cards.
bluelamp wins $13
$2/$4 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 07, 02:40:01 EDT 2006
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: eaglebob ( $292 )
Seat 2 (Button): Flow_Joe ( $284.25 )
Seat 4 (Small Blind) mityarrow ( $59.75 )
Seat 6 (Big Blind) mohlaaja ( $97 )
Seat 7: iamzippin2 ( $97 )
Seat 8: joemcb2002 ( $110.92 )
Seat 9: Birks ( $160.16 )
Seat 10: bluelamp ( $200.50 )
Dealt to Birks [ Jh Ad ]
iamzippin2 folds.
joemcb2002 calls [$2].
Birks raises [$4].
bluelamp folds.
eaglebob folds.
Flow_Joe folds.
mityarrow folds.
mohlaaja calls [$2].
joemcb2002 calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 6d, Tc ]
I’d prefer a rainbow, but, without me improving, this is still a reasonable flop for me.
mohlaaja checks.
joemcb2002 checks.
Birks bets [$2].
mohlaaja folds.
joemcb2002 folds.
Birks does not show cards.
Birks wins $15
I know some players who would dump AJ off in MP1, while others would, even worse, flat-call with it. However, there are only eight players in the hand and I had been fairly quiet for a while. I had no laggy reputation. The table had shown itself to be fairly conservative.
This was the very next hand.
$2/$4 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 07, 02:40:34 EDT 2006
Seat 1: eaglebob ( $292 )
Seat 2: Flow_Joe ( $284.25 )
Seat 3: (Posting) BIG_SLICK_CP ( $100 )
Seat 4 (Button): mityarrow ( $58.75 )
Seat 6: (Small Blind) mohlaaja ( $93 )
Seat 7: (Big Blind) iamzippin2 ( $97 )
Seat 8: joemcb2002 ( $106.92 )
Seat 9: Birks ( $169.16 )
Seat 10: bluelamp ( $200.50 )
Dealt to Birks [ Jh As ]
joemcb2002 folds.
Birks folds.
bluelamp raises [$4].
eaglebob folds.
Flow_Joe folds.
BIG_SLICK_CP calls [$2].
mityarrow folds.
mohlaaja folds.
iamzippin2 folds.
Why the immediate fold from me? Well, firstly I am in UTG+1 rather than MP1 in a nine-player game rather than an eight-player game. Secondly, there is a poster behind me, which makes it far more likely that I am going to end up in a multi-way contested pot, at which AJ off out-of-position is horrible. And, finally, I have raised the previous hand and taken down the pot uncontested. Whenever you do this, you need to have tighter raising standards for a couple of hands.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 8h, Kc ]
bluelamp bets [$2].
BIG_SLICK_CP folds.
bluelamp does not show cards.
bluelamp wins $13
