Well, I had a masterful plan in this hand, which was working out great until the river. This is the only time I can recall slowplaying A-high for three streets of varue. It should go without saying that the villain in this hand was a complete moron:
SB: $41.90
BB: $64.30
UTG: $15.50
UTG+1: $50.00
MP1: $65.05
Hero (MP2): $64.70
CO: $62.95
BTN: $55.10
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is MP2 with Ts As
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.25, 4 folds, MP1 calls $1.75 (Standard isolation raise with the nut suit)
Flop: ($5.25) 9d 9h 8d (2 players)
MP1 bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50 (Ordinarily right here, I'd just raise and get it over with so he'll fold whatever retard hand he has. But I decided to give him a lot of rope and just call down, since I thought he'd keep barreling air. We know he doesn't have a 9, and I doubt he can bet an 8 three times for value. And he's bluffing at this middle-card paired frops many a time.)
Turn: ($10.25) 9c (2 players)
MP1 bets $8, Hero calls $8 (The 9 makes him more likely to value bet an 8, but I'm still ahead of everything else.)
River: ($26.25) 2h (2 players)
MP1 bets $12, Hero calls $12 (Complete blank, I follow my plan and instacall)
Final Pot: $50.25
MP1 shows 2d Qs (a full house, Nines full of Twos) (GHEY!!!)
Hero mucks Ts As
Well, that's the downside of slowplaying A-high. It doesn't matter what they have, they've got at least 6 outs. But I do think he's going to fire that river no matter what comes (although perhaps with a larger bet, which makes me calling no matter what even more profitable), so in the long term I think I'm pwning him pretty hard in this hand. Luckily I didn't have to wait too long as these two hands came up against the same donk later:
UTG+1: $49.25
UTG+2: $62.80
MP1: $50.00
MP2: $61.20
CO: $86.05
BTN: $50.00
Hero (SB): $61.10
BB: $64.45
UTG: $56.35
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with 7c 6h
5 folds, CO calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, BB checks
Flop: ($1.50) 9c 8s 4d (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.50, CO calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.50
Turn: ($3.00) Tc (3 players)
Hero bets $2, BB calls $2, CO raises to $4, Hero raises to $17, BB folds, CO calls $13
River: ($39.00) 9s (2 players)
Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $20, CO calls $20
Final Pot: $79.00
CO mucks Th 3d
Hero shows 7c 6h (a straight, Ten high)
UTG+2: $50.80
MP1: $69.60
MP2: $50.00
CO: $64.60
BTN: $22.90
SB: $50.00
Hero (BB): $101.85
UTG: $74.35
UTG+1: $55.60
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with Ac As
6 folds, BTN raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5.50, BTN calls $3.75
Flop: ($11.25) Ks 8d 5s (2 players)
Hero bets $6, BTN raises to $17.40 all in, Hero calls $11.40
Turn: ($46.05) 7d (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($46.05) Td (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $46.05
BTN shows 9s 8c (a pair of Eights)
Hero shows Ac As (a pair of Aces)
-BRUECHIPS
4 comments:
Hi Mr Sprit. From reading your posts you seem to know a lot about this game so I am surprised to see you praying at 50?
Re. the first hand I am totally envious of your ability to suss out that he had air. I am starting to realise that you need play the occasional hand like this - but ideally not paying as much in the process.
You gotta raise the turn or the river. You can't carr!!!!!!!!!!!
laff, thanks for the support. Last year I played a bunch of NL200 when I had more time on my hands. These days when I only get in 7-8k hands/mo I don't want to handle the variance of playing NL200...plus NL50 is just so soft and comfortable to play at...much lower stress.
Fuel: I thought about raising the turn some and the river a bit. On the river, I don't think he'll fold any pair, including the rivered deuce. The same is true on the turn, and I don't think there's much value in raising to protect my hand, especially since I'm still confident he'll bet the river if he misses as well.
-bruechips
I disagree with Fuel. Raising the turn or river helps him play almost perfectly against you, folding his trash and pwning you with any boat. The only gray area is when you both have ace high.
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