Fallsview Variance
Fallsview 5/5
SB - $350
UTG (me) - $875 (AsAh)
Button - $490
UTG - call ($5) [limped since the table has tended to be action heavy, figured i could repop once someone raised]
3 MP limpers ($15)
Button - raise to $25 (has stacked off three times already, including 400 to me once ... just likes raising)
SB - call $25
BB - fold
UTG - raise to $80 total [raising enough to clear people out but with the hopes of getting the Button heads up]
All MPs fold
Button Calls ($55 more for $80 total)
SB folds
Pot - $200
Flop Ks Qs 5d
UTG - bet $120
Button - all-in ($290 raise for total $410)
UTG - call all-in $290
Pot - $1020
Turn 8s [Ks Qs 5d]
River 4h [8s Ks Qs 5d]
UTG (me) - As Ah (pair of Aces)
Button - 6s 2s (flush)
Officially the largest pot i've ever played would have been nice to win. I'm sure i'll get some comments about such an amateur move of limping Aces, but it just worked with the style of the table. There was a decent chance one of the next 2-3 players (all agressive) would have raised to between $25-35 with 3-4 callers in between, meaning i could have re-poped all-in and taken down the $200-$300 sitting in the pot uncontested.
Played for another hour or so, rebuilt my stack back to my original $500 buy-in and called it a day.
SB - $350
UTG (me) - $875 (AsAh)
Button - $490
UTG - call ($5) [limped since the table has tended to be action heavy, figured i could repop once someone raised]
3 MP limpers ($15)
Button - raise to $25 (has stacked off three times already, including 400 to me once ... just likes raising)
SB - call $25
BB - fold
UTG - raise to $80 total [raising enough to clear people out but with the hopes of getting the Button heads up]
All MPs fold
Button Calls ($55 more for $80 total)
SB folds
Pot - $200
Flop Ks Qs 5d
UTG - bet $120
Button - all-in ($290 raise for total $410)
UTG - call all-in $290
Pot - $1020
Turn 8s [Ks Qs 5d]
River 4h [8s Ks Qs 5d]
UTG (me) - As Ah (pair of Aces)
Button - 6s 2s (flush)
Officially the largest pot i've ever played would have been nice to win. I'm sure i'll get some comments about such an amateur move of limping Aces, but it just worked with the style of the table. There was a decent chance one of the next 2-3 players (all agressive) would have raised to between $25-35 with 3-4 callers in between, meaning i could have re-poped all-in and taken down the $200-$300 sitting in the pot uncontested.
Played for another hour or so, rebuilt my stack back to my original $500 buy-in and called it a day.
Comments
Meh. Given table dynamics, I like it.
btw, I think you played the aces ok. You got the hand down to one other player who called you with rags. Just got unlucky.
edit: oh, you hand the aces...bad beat
you keep on stacking aces with 62s, especially heads up.
Sounds like someone watching too much high stakes poker, without the skill to match ...
I also think you played it ok, given that you were pretty sure you would be raised and if you could get away from it post flop if it wasn't.
Would be interested in knowing how GTA would have suggested playing it in Chug's place?
might be justified if you consider the second raise as a separate decision, since it only cost him $55 to potentially make another $400ish.
(+1 on the "played well" - just dont lose next time)
ehrm no, there are tonnes of spots to limp AA in cash games these days -- you just have to figure out why you are doing it
1. Could have made the re-raise larger say around $120 (might have lost the button, but considering his cards i don't think i really want to lose him)
2. considering I would have called any raise any ways on the flop maybe i should have open pushed, but again I think I lose a player who is a large dog, so do i really want that. I was about 25% in my mind to just shove at that spot.
To bad i won't get another chance for live play for another 3 months, i'll want a chance to get that variance swinging my way.
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