Another Wrgpt Hand
I'm don't think I extracted as much as I should have out of this hand.
Day 31, 50/100 blinds, 25 ante
T10000 to start
I have built my stack to T25775 and am in BB with 8d5c
Villain is the other big stack at the table with T29000 in the SB
This player is very loose, and in fact was very lucky twice on the river facing elimination the first time, and a in a big pot the second time. My impression is that his strategy was to gamble early to try to build a stack or go home.
MP calls 100, villain raises to 600....
At this point I decide that he could basically have anything and I want to see if I can hit a flop hard to try to bust him.
Given our stacks and the nature of this player I thought that this was a decent play.
I call, MP folds, flop is 8h8sQc
Villain bets 1500. This is a spot where I think he is just taking a stab at the pot with a flop that likely missed me. I decide to smooth call. No possible straight or flush draws, so I like slow playing here.
Turn is 7s and villain checks
So it's about a T4500 pot, and I think I'm way ahead. The only slight worry is the spade flush draw. I probably should make a large bet here to take it down, but I'm feeling a bit greedy and decide to bet 3000 hoping he calls with 2 high cards. I just don't see this player being as tricky as to check here with any part of this flop. Villain calls.
River is a blank (2h) and villain checks.
I decide that I have the best hand, and think about how much he will call if he has a hand like KJ or a 7 or 2. I bet 3000 again and he calls.
He shows Qh7h and I take it down.
I totally misread his hand based on how agressively he had been playing. Maybe he smelled a rat based on my flop smooth call and decided to go to showdown as cheaply as possible against the other big stack. I feel like I missed a big chance to double up to a monster stack here. I think he pretty well has to call a very big turn or river bet with 2 pair and that board.
How poorly did I play this? Comments appreciated.
Day 31, 50/100 blinds, 25 ante
T10000 to start
I have built my stack to T25775 and am in BB with 8d5c
Villain is the other big stack at the table with T29000 in the SB
This player is very loose, and in fact was very lucky twice on the river facing elimination the first time, and a in a big pot the second time. My impression is that his strategy was to gamble early to try to build a stack or go home.
MP calls 100, villain raises to 600....
At this point I decide that he could basically have anything and I want to see if I can hit a flop hard to try to bust him.
Given our stacks and the nature of this player I thought that this was a decent play.
I call, MP folds, flop is 8h8sQc
Villain bets 1500. This is a spot where I think he is just taking a stab at the pot with a flop that likely missed me. I decide to smooth call. No possible straight or flush draws, so I like slow playing here.
Turn is 7s and villain checks
So it's about a T4500 pot, and I think I'm way ahead. The only slight worry is the spade flush draw. I probably should make a large bet here to take it down, but I'm feeling a bit greedy and decide to bet 3000 hoping he calls with 2 high cards. I just don't see this player being as tricky as to check here with any part of this flop. Villain calls.
River is a blank (2h) and villain checks.
I decide that I have the best hand, and think about how much he will call if he has a hand like KJ or a 7 or 2. I bet 3000 again and he calls.
He shows Qh7h and I take it down.
I totally misread his hand based on how agressively he had been playing. Maybe he smelled a rat based on my flop smooth call and decided to go to showdown as cheaply as possible against the other big stack. I feel like I missed a big chance to double up to a monster stack here. I think he pretty well has to call a very big turn or river bet with 2 pair and that board.
How poorly did I play this? Comments appreciated.
Comments
You won the hand and a decent pot (however there is no mention in the post about average pot sizes). You also have more information about the player and how they would play certain types of hands and information about starting requirements for hands in the SB. Maybe you could have soaked him for a little more ... but I would be happy with the play and continue.
the rest is fine
I was actually surprised that he was so passive with his 2 pair on the turn and river. I guess my smooth call on the flop made him very suspicious.
"He could be raising with anything" which means you probably don't have implied odds at all... now if you put him on KK or AA, the call is a lot better...
Everyone keeps folding to my raises.
I actually could be over 50k. Two hand ago I folded AJs to an allin from a guy with a 20k stack. I would have won, but I didn't want to risk more than half of my stack at that point.
My table has slowed to a crawl. Two hands played in the last five days.
What does he have?
(1) A pure bluff -- in which case he will need to hit something after your call that will be better than the Q (not too likely)
(2) An 8 -- possible. If he does, you will risk losing A LOT of chips. But, no better way to define your hand than raising.
(3) A Q -- possible. And, in a tournament where there is nothing at stake, he will probably be reluctant to lay this down. You may be able to get a lot of chips from him as he may refuse to believe you have a hand and prefer to believe you are bluffing.
Often with a set, one can only make money if one's opponent has a hand. Go ahead a raise, and hope he has "something."
Here is a recent hand that I'm still wondering about.
300/600 with a 100 ante. No read on opponents.
I'm on the button with AcKc. UTG+1 (31k) open raises to 1700, MP (42k) reraises to 6800, folded to me.
Hero?
Good luck - I hope I survive to the final table with you!
Good luck. Hope to see you there.
The problem with this game is it can take weeks to get anything playable.
Now, what about this hand?
Not with these blinds.. Pot starts at like 2k.. Even chip leader only has an M of like 40
Call.
You will flop 2 clubs and an A.