LockLow34
12-08-2004, 03:11 PM
Still pretty new to poker, but sometimes I feel like I "get" it. Good example...
playing 4/8 HE at the Trop in AC. 5-handed, against 4 chasers. I'm on the button holding TT and raise (knowing my 4 opponents will play anything I'm pretty sure I've got the best hand at this point), everyone calls. Flop comes JJ8r, checked to me so I bet out and get 1 caller (LP). Turn is a T and he bets out. Knowing this guy has shown terrible cards before, and doesn't pay attention to what others might have I raise. He re-raises. I'm still certain at most he has 3 jacks, probably with a terrible kicker, so I re-raise, he re-raises (it's heads-up) so I make it 6 bets and he finally just calls. River is a blank and he check-calls and shows 97o, giving him a str8.
With better opponents I wouldn't have pushed so hard on the turn, but I was taking everything I'd learned about my opponent into consideration and was able to extract a huge amount from an inferior hand. My decisions were based on percentage possibilities that he held a better hand than me after the flop, along with the chance he'd overplay an inferior hand. I was certain I was getting the best of it regardless of the outcome.
playing 4/8 HE at the Trop in AC. 5-handed, against 4 chasers. I'm on the button holding TT and raise (knowing my 4 opponents will play anything I'm pretty sure I've got the best hand at this point), everyone calls. Flop comes JJ8r, checked to me so I bet out and get 1 caller (LP). Turn is a T and he bets out. Knowing this guy has shown terrible cards before, and doesn't pay attention to what others might have I raise. He re-raises. I'm still certain at most he has 3 jacks, probably with a terrible kicker, so I re-raise, he re-raises (it's heads-up) so I make it 6 bets and he finally just calls. River is a blank and he check-calls and shows 97o, giving him a str8.
With better opponents I wouldn't have pushed so hard on the turn, but I was taking everything I'd learned about my opponent into consideration and was able to extract a huge amount from an inferior hand. My decisions were based on percentage possibilities that he held a better hand than me after the flop, along with the chance he'd overplay an inferior hand. I was certain I was getting the best of it regardless of the outcome.