Just who is the five o'clock hero?
Jan. 26th, 2006 07:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peterbirksWith the car going in for a service this afternoon and a media/insurance poker tournament tonight, it looks like a busy day ahead. Glad that I got a good night's sleep. The hallway ceiling continues to puzzle. I'll be glad when it's over.
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I threw away Ace-Jack off in MP1 last night, with no previous callers. Why?
Well, the previous hand (logically enough, in MP2), I had raised with King-Ten off. Live with my madness for a moment and consider these facts:
a) SB and BB were tight and willing to fold pre-flop
b) two players behind me were sitting out, so although my hand looked like a strong early position raise, I only had three players behind me.
Anyway, it was passed round to the big blind, who called.
Flop came rag rag rag with two clubs. He bets. I raise, he calls. I consider his bet an automatic with a pair and quite often with nothing. He is just assuming I have two high cards.
Turn is another raggy card. He checks, I bet (this often pushes a tight big blind off an Ace. He might even have something like KQ or KJ). He calls.
River is a King. He checks, I bet, he calls. I win. Unfortunately, I have to show the King-Ten. Not very good for my table image if I want to make most of my money by taking down uncontested pots (of course, it would be great for my table image in a loose game where I would be looking for callers).
Next hand, one of the players who had been sitting out came back in. I see the Ace-Jack. Ugh. If I raise here, I am quite likely to get three-bet by any pair eights or better, any A-Q, as well as the hands that would legitimately bet in normal circumstances. In other words, a lot of the power of the hand just went out of the window. So I threw it away.
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I threw away Ace-Jack off in MP1 last night, with no previous callers. Why?
Well, the previous hand (logically enough, in MP2), I had raised with King-Ten off. Live with my madness for a moment and consider these facts:
a) SB and BB were tight and willing to fold pre-flop
b) two players behind me were sitting out, so although my hand looked like a strong early position raise, I only had three players behind me.
Anyway, it was passed round to the big blind, who called.
Flop came rag rag rag with two clubs. He bets. I raise, he calls. I consider his bet an automatic with a pair and quite often with nothing. He is just assuming I have two high cards.
Turn is another raggy card. He checks, I bet (this often pushes a tight big blind off an Ace. He might even have something like KQ or KJ). He calls.
River is a King. He checks, I bet, he calls. I win. Unfortunately, I have to show the King-Ten. Not very good for my table image if I want to make most of my money by taking down uncontested pots (of course, it would be great for my table image in a loose game where I would be looking for callers).
Next hand, one of the players who had been sitting out came back in. I see the Ace-Jack. Ugh. If I raise here, I am quite likely to get three-bet by any pair eights or better, any A-Q, as well as the hands that would legitimately bet in normal circumstances. In other words, a lot of the power of the hand just went out of the window. So I threw it away.
