Sometimes it pays to bet
Quick intro
Not an overly interesting hand except for my weak raise preflop.
Table was mostly loose passive and my table image was loose aggressive.
Game No : 3272813693
***** Hand History for Game 3272813693 *****
$2/$4 Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, December 28, 00:26:43 EDT 2005
Table Bad Beat Jackpot #1105352 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
gabriel36 posts small blind [$1].
Nasch posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to pkrooster [ 2c 8c ]
DirtRider99 folds.
sc9110 folds.
Screw_Face calls [$2].
letsplay987 folds.
pkrooster raises [$4].
tjxtc folds.
gabriel36 calls [$3].
Nasch raises [$4].
Screw_Face calls [$4].
pkrooster calls [$2].
gabriel36 calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 9c, 9d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
gabriel36 checks.
Nasch checks.
Screw_Face checks.
pkrooster bets [$4].
gabriel36 folds.
Nasch folds.
Screw_Face folds.
pkrooster shows [ 2c, 8c ] two pairs, jacks and nines.
pkrooster wins $26.50 from the main pot with two pairs, jacks and nines.
As soon as the flop hit I wasn't putting another bet in. But then it checked around twice so I figured everyone had missed and probably thought I was slowplaying a monster. Turns out I was.
Cheers Paul
Not an overly interesting hand except for my weak raise preflop.
Table was mostly loose passive and my table image was loose aggressive.
Game No : 3272813693
***** Hand History for Game 3272813693 *****
$2/$4 Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, December 28, 00:26:43 EDT 2005
Table Bad Beat Jackpot #1105352 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
gabriel36 posts small blind [$1].
Nasch posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to pkrooster [ 2c 8c ]
DirtRider99 folds.
sc9110 folds.
Screw_Face calls [$2].
letsplay987 folds.
pkrooster raises [$4].
tjxtc folds.
gabriel36 calls [$3].
Nasch raises [$4].
Screw_Face calls [$4].
pkrooster calls [$2].
gabriel36 calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 9c, 9d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
gabriel36 checks.
Nasch checks.
Screw_Face checks.
pkrooster bets [$4].
gabriel36 folds.
Nasch folds.
Screw_Face folds.
pkrooster shows [ 2c, 8c ] two pairs, jacks and nines.
pkrooster wins $26.50 from the main pot with two pairs, jacks and nines.
As soon as the flop hit I wasn't putting another bet in. But then it checked around twice so I figured everyone had missed and probably thought I was slowplaying a monster. Turns out I was.
Cheers Paul
Comments
I have no plausible defence for the preflop raise except I was having fun. Post flop I didn't think anyone would fold to my bet and the potential for a check raise from the three-better was there. To be honest I was done with the hand as soon as the flop hit. I made no claim that it was an EV+ play and I really shouldn't have raised that junk into a loose passive table. I just got lucky in that the flop apparently missed everyone. A more interesting discussion is whether the bet on the river could be EV+. Multiway pot checked all the way home. Does it pay to bluff in this situation?
Once again you are 99% correct that the preflop raise was junk. But I don't think a continuation bet is automatic in this case.
Cheers Paul