Tip For Micro stakes players
DON'T BLUFF!!!
Unless you're sure its the kind of player you can bluff out of a hand.
Here's why you don't need to bluff.....
....because the donks will pay you off anyway.
PokerStars Game #26838545834: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/04/07 17:42:53 ET
Table 'Durrell III' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: the dubants ($3.25 in chips)
Seat 2: NinetyNine90 ($1.36 in chips)
Seat 3: dinho2706 ($0.93 in chips)
Seat 4: Escobar55 ($1.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Quinner777 ($4.52 in chips)
Seat 6: ford_ryder15 ($1.24 in chips)
dinho2706: posts small blind $0.01
Escobar55: posts big blind $0.02
the dubants: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Quinner777 [2h Ah]
Quinner777: raises $0.06 to $0.08
ford_ryder15: calls $0.08
the dubants: calls $0.06
NinetyNine90: calls $0.08
dinho2706: folds
Escobar55: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd Qh 9h]
Quinner777: checks
ford_ryder15: bets $0.02
the dubants: calls $0.02
NinetyNine90: calls $0.02
Quinner777: calls $0.02
*** TURN *** [Kd Qh 9h] [6h]
Quinner777: checks
ford_ryder15: bets $0.14
the dubants: folds
NinetyNine90: folds
Quinner777: calls $0.14
*** RIVER *** [Kd Qh 9h 6h] [7h]
Quinner777: bets $0.50
ford_ryder15: calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Quinner777: shows [2h Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
ford_ryder15: mucks hand
Quinner777 collected $1.66 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.71 | Rake $0.05
Board [Kd Qh 9h 6h 7h]
Seat 1: the dubants folded on the Turn
Seat 2: NinetyNine90 (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: dinho2706 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Escobar55 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Quinner777 showed [2h Ah] and won ($1.66) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: ford_ryder15 mucked [6c 6d]
The funny thing is, as played that final heart was actually a bad card for my hand, I figured, any non heart hand can't possibly call here. The reason for the big bet on the river, was that I figured if he had a smaller heart he might pay me off in this spot. Turns out, he'd probably pay me off with TPTK so it didn't much matter anyway.
Unless you're sure its the kind of player you can bluff out of a hand.
Here's why you don't need to bluff.....
....because the donks will pay you off anyway.
PokerStars Game #26838545834: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/04/07 17:42:53 ET
Table 'Durrell III' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: the dubants ($3.25 in chips)
Seat 2: NinetyNine90 ($1.36 in chips)
Seat 3: dinho2706 ($0.93 in chips)
Seat 4: Escobar55 ($1.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Quinner777 ($4.52 in chips)
Seat 6: ford_ryder15 ($1.24 in chips)
dinho2706: posts small blind $0.01
Escobar55: posts big blind $0.02
the dubants: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Quinner777 [2h Ah]
Quinner777: raises $0.06 to $0.08
ford_ryder15: calls $0.08
the dubants: calls $0.06
NinetyNine90: calls $0.08
dinho2706: folds
Escobar55: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd Qh 9h]
Quinner777: checks
ford_ryder15: bets $0.02
the dubants: calls $0.02
NinetyNine90: calls $0.02
Quinner777: calls $0.02
*** TURN *** [Kd Qh 9h] [6h]
Quinner777: checks
ford_ryder15: bets $0.14
the dubants: folds
NinetyNine90: folds
Quinner777: calls $0.14
*** RIVER *** [Kd Qh 9h 6h] [7h]
Quinner777: bets $0.50
ford_ryder15: calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Quinner777: shows [2h Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
ford_ryder15: mucks hand
Quinner777 collected $1.66 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.71 | Rake $0.05
Board [Kd Qh 9h 6h 7h]
Seat 1: the dubants folded on the Turn
Seat 2: NinetyNine90 (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: dinho2706 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Escobar55 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Quinner777 showed [2h Ah] and won ($1.66) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: ford_ryder15 mucked [6c 6d]
The funny thing is, as played that final heart was actually a bad card for my hand, I figured, any non heart hand can't possibly call here. The reason for the big bet on the river, was that I figured if he had a smaller heart he might pay me off in this spot. Turns out, he'd probably pay me off with TPTK so it didn't much matter anyway.
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PokerStars Game #26839612348: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/04/07 18:12:11 ET
Table 'Durrell III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: RLL_90 ($0.98 in chips)
Seat 2: NinetyNine90 ($1.52 in chips)
Seat 3: k357 ($1.49 in chips)
Seat 4: Escobar55 ($6.31 in chips)
Seat 5: Quinner777 ($3.84 in chips)
Seat 6: L0wr3y ($1.33 in chips)
L0wr3y: posts small blind $0.01
RLL_90: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Quinner777 [Ad Js]
NinetyNine90: folds
k357: calls $0.02
Escobar55: raises $0.08 to $0.10
Quinner777: calls $0.10
L0wr3y: folds
RLL_90: folds
k357: calls $0.08
*** FLOP *** [9h Qh 6c]
k357: checks
Escobar55: checks
Quinner777: bets $0.20
k357: folds
Escobar55: calls $0.20
*** TURN *** [9h Qh 6c] [Ts]
Escobar55: checks
Quinner777: bets $0.30
Escobar55: calls $0.30
*** RIVER *** [9h Qh 6c Ts] [6d]
Escobar55: checks
"Please don't be slowplaying trips, please don't be slowplaying trips!"
Quinner777: bets $0.50
Escobar55: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.50) returned to Quinner777
Quinner777 collected $1.28 from pot
Quinner777: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.33 | Rake $0.05
Board [9h Qh 6c Ts 6d]
Seat 1: RLL_90 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: NinetyNine90 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: k357 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Escobar55 folded on the River
Seat 5: Quinner777 (button) collected ($1.28)
Seat 6: L0wr3y (small blind) folded before Flop
Villain in this case was a solid player, and the one time I tried to semi bluff he called me down, so I left him very much alone after that. Later on in the session I thought I could get away with this because I can't seem him checking AQ, KQ in this spot with two hearts on board, and he knows I love playing suited connectors to raises even. The second call surprised me, and started me worrying, but in the end he folded so he probably had a decent pocket pair (JJ, 99) or a missed flush draw most likely.
Anyway, even though this worked, it almost didn't so dont bluff unless you're 90% sure you can get away with it!! You might even be able to get away with never bluffing, I guess my point is, you can tone down the frequency at these levels and you might find it fixes alot of problems with your game. It certainly seems to have helped mine.
Gl at the tables.