03-02-2002, 09:30 PM
but I ended up playing $3/6 stud due to a severe lack of holdīem games in my club, even though I consider myself a far better holdīem player. Nevertheless I ended up with +115 after 2 hours of play, which equals 9.58 big bets per hour, so I guess thatīs ok ;-)
Key plays (or rather mistakes) against a loose and passive opposition:
1) I get dealt JJ and T, make it complete (bring in is $1), ok guy calls with a medium low card, asian woman calls with a 7, rest fold. On fourth, asian woman gets dealt another 7, ok guy gets one of the same suit, I get a blank. Asian woman bets $6, and I fold, thinking she might have trips and the ok guy very likely having a four-flush. Mistake I made: didnīt notice asian woman had only $8 in front of her or only $2 after her bet, meaning she probably threw the last of her money away as she was going all-in, so if I had noticed that, I guess I should at least have called (havenīt been playing for a while, so Iīve got to shake of all the rust). Turned out she didnīt have a trips, and the ok guy had a lower pair in the hole than jacks.
2) I get dealt the hand of the evening: As8s, Ah. I make it complete as usual with such a hand, and there are four callers!
next card is the 9s, I bet, ok guy calls, another asian woman raises with two hearts showing, two callers, I reraise, all call except one.
Next card is a low spade, I bet, all other three call with their flush-draws.
Next card is the Ad, I bet, ok guy calls, asian woman raises me with her third heart out, she has got the flush now. Guy to my right has got four clubs, queen high, but Iīve got two of their aces, so if I make my flush (or full house), it will be higher than theirs. Still I only call (raise here?), ok guy folds.
Last card is the Qs, giving me the best flush, and I decide to check-raise the asian woman. Of course it gets checked around (as usual) since they know Iīve got three aces and I take down the pot of over $100. I should clearly have bet here, I think, but ás I said before, itīs been some time since the last time at the green felt.
3) I get dealt xQh, As. Everyone folds to me (a queen and an ace go into the muck), and I see that if I remain in the hand itīll just be two other players. Since Iīve been playing fairly obvious, I decide to semi-bluff with my "obvious" pair of aces by making it complete. My two opponents only have small cards and call. Fourth and fifth bring bricks to all three of us, but Iīve been betting both streets and they both fold on fifth.
Comments?
Key plays (or rather mistakes) against a loose and passive opposition:
1) I get dealt JJ and T, make it complete (bring in is $1), ok guy calls with a medium low card, asian woman calls with a 7, rest fold. On fourth, asian woman gets dealt another 7, ok guy gets one of the same suit, I get a blank. Asian woman bets $6, and I fold, thinking she might have trips and the ok guy very likely having a four-flush. Mistake I made: didnīt notice asian woman had only $8 in front of her or only $2 after her bet, meaning she probably threw the last of her money away as she was going all-in, so if I had noticed that, I guess I should at least have called (havenīt been playing for a while, so Iīve got to shake of all the rust). Turned out she didnīt have a trips, and the ok guy had a lower pair in the hole than jacks.
2) I get dealt the hand of the evening: As8s, Ah. I make it complete as usual with such a hand, and there are four callers!
next card is the 9s, I bet, ok guy calls, another asian woman raises with two hearts showing, two callers, I reraise, all call except one.
Next card is a low spade, I bet, all other three call with their flush-draws.
Next card is the Ad, I bet, ok guy calls, asian woman raises me with her third heart out, she has got the flush now. Guy to my right has got four clubs, queen high, but Iīve got two of their aces, so if I make my flush (or full house), it will be higher than theirs. Still I only call (raise here?), ok guy folds.
Last card is the Qs, giving me the best flush, and I decide to check-raise the asian woman. Of course it gets checked around (as usual) since they know Iīve got three aces and I take down the pot of over $100. I should clearly have bet here, I think, but ás I said before, itīs been some time since the last time at the green felt.
3) I get dealt xQh, As. Everyone folds to me (a queen and an ace go into the muck), and I see that if I remain in the hand itīll just be two other players. Since Iīve been playing fairly obvious, I decide to semi-bluff with my "obvious" pair of aces by making it complete. My two opponents only have small cards and call. Fourth and fifth bring bricks to all three of us, but Iīve been betting both streets and they both fold on fifth.
Comments?