SpaceAce
07-26-2004, 03:12 AM
The villain in this hand is a poor player. My note on him says:
Raises and behaves fairly aggressively pre-flop but turns passive/weak-tight post-flop.
^^ In fact, he may be raising a bit too much.
The second part is a bit of an understatement. Playing against this person yesterday and today, I came to the conclusion that he was raising way too much pre-flop. Post-flop he likes to check when he misses. He seems to raise when he makes a hand and he also likes to raise sometimes when he has no hand or not enough of one. He seems more prone to raising or folding than to calling down.
The table: Poker Stars low limit six-handed. With the exception of the villain and a buffoon to my left, the players are unremarkable, a bit on the tight side pre-flop for this kind of game. The villain has just under four big bets in his stack.
The hand: I get black fives in the big blind. One limper, the villain raises on the button and the small blind folds. I three-bet and the limper and villain both call. Come to think of it, the limper was a bit buffoonish, too.
The flop is 2Q3 rainbow. I bet, the limper folds and the villain calls.
The turn is the King of diamonds, putting two diamonds out. I bet, the villain calls.
The river is an offsuit six. I have no intention of folding at this point but I think that if the villain has AT or AJ or some exotic draw like the backdoor diamond flush or the wheel, he might not call a bet. I probably should have gone ahead and bet, anyway, but I checked, the villain immediately threw in his last almost-a-big-bet and I called.
What do you think he had and do you think I butchered the hand? I expected to get heads-up with my three-bet and when the villain failed to cap, I was pretty sure I was going to the showdown if I could get rid of the limper.
SpaceAce
Raises and behaves fairly aggressively pre-flop but turns passive/weak-tight post-flop.
^^ In fact, he may be raising a bit too much.
The second part is a bit of an understatement. Playing against this person yesterday and today, I came to the conclusion that he was raising way too much pre-flop. Post-flop he likes to check when he misses. He seems to raise when he makes a hand and he also likes to raise sometimes when he has no hand or not enough of one. He seems more prone to raising or folding than to calling down.
The table: Poker Stars low limit six-handed. With the exception of the villain and a buffoon to my left, the players are unremarkable, a bit on the tight side pre-flop for this kind of game. The villain has just under four big bets in his stack.
The hand: I get black fives in the big blind. One limper, the villain raises on the button and the small blind folds. I three-bet and the limper and villain both call. Come to think of it, the limper was a bit buffoonish, too.
The flop is 2Q3 rainbow. I bet, the limper folds and the villain calls.
The turn is the King of diamonds, putting two diamonds out. I bet, the villain calls.
The river is an offsuit six. I have no intention of folding at this point but I think that if the villain has AT or AJ or some exotic draw like the backdoor diamond flush or the wheel, he might not call a bet. I probably should have gone ahead and bet, anyway, but I checked, the villain immediately threw in his last almost-a-big-bet and I called.
What do you think he had and do you think I butchered the hand? I expected to get heads-up with my three-bet and when the villain failed to cap, I was pretty sure I was going to the showdown if I could get rid of the limper.
SpaceAce