PatJ
01-22-2005, 04:16 AM
Pechanga. I'm the designated driver for some friends who spent the night at the new club Silk here. They're drunk, tired and want to leave. After a night of getting punished by bad players with lucky cards I just caught a miracle turn card to fill my gutshot and am now almost even.
I'm UTG, it's my last hand and i'm ready to fold when i look down and see two red fives. I grumble and call.
Villain in this hand is the button. He is the tightest player at the table by a long shot. I haven't seen him get even slightly out of line in the last 4 hours. He's much too rockish and would rather check and call than value bet. While we haven't been in many hands together I have to assume he's noticed i'm the only other person at the table who isn't absurdly out of line.
THe limp reraise from UTG+1 and +2 are much less worrisome because they are action players who are obviously salivating at the prospect of a huge kill pot. UTG+2 is someone i know from oceans 11 so i'm pretty confident with the diamond read.
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 5 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
<font color="red"> Hero Calls </font>, UTG+1 Calls, UTG+2 raises, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls, <font color="red"> Hero Calls </font>, UTG+1 Raises, UTG+2 caps, all call.
Flop: (32 SB) A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 5 /images/graemlins/club.gif 2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue"> (8 players) </font> I check, counting on someone with an A to bet and someone with the flush draw to raise, figure i'll get to make it 3 bets by the time it gets back to me. I don't get the chance though, it's bet, raised, re-raised, then capped by the button. I call, MP1 is the only fold.
Turn is 6 /images/graemlins/club.gif I bet, UTG+1 raises (I put him on AK-AJ, he's much too worried to have the set of Aces) UTG+2 Calls (He looks like he is on a flush draw) CO folds, Button Raises, SB Calls (looks like he's got diamonds too) BB folds. I don't see Button calling much less betting with A5, and yet for him to not raise a pair of Aces seems unlikely too. He must really like his hand though. I 3 bet. All call, button caps all call again.
River brings a beautiful 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif I bet, UTG+1 calls UTG+2 folds, Button Raises, SB Folds, and i'm starting to really question my hand.
In retrospect i should have been able to tell exactly what cards Button had but at the time i was overwhelmed by the mountain of chips on the center of the table and the monsters i couldn't help but imagine. THe dreaded third /images/graemlins/diamond.gif never came but the only rock at the table just keeps betting into me. Should i raise here or just call, get it overwith, and see who drags this huge pot?
Anything else out of line here? By the time there were 30+ small bets in on the flop it seems like folding would be about the only bad move.
I'm UTG, it's my last hand and i'm ready to fold when i look down and see two red fives. I grumble and call.
Villain in this hand is the button. He is the tightest player at the table by a long shot. I haven't seen him get even slightly out of line in the last 4 hours. He's much too rockish and would rather check and call than value bet. While we haven't been in many hands together I have to assume he's noticed i'm the only other person at the table who isn't absurdly out of line.
THe limp reraise from UTG+1 and +2 are much less worrisome because they are action players who are obviously salivating at the prospect of a huge kill pot. UTG+2 is someone i know from oceans 11 so i'm pretty confident with the diamond read.
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 5 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
<font color="red"> Hero Calls </font>, UTG+1 Calls, UTG+2 raises, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls, <font color="red"> Hero Calls </font>, UTG+1 Raises, UTG+2 caps, all call.
Flop: (32 SB) A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 5 /images/graemlins/club.gif 2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue"> (8 players) </font> I check, counting on someone with an A to bet and someone with the flush draw to raise, figure i'll get to make it 3 bets by the time it gets back to me. I don't get the chance though, it's bet, raised, re-raised, then capped by the button. I call, MP1 is the only fold.
Turn is 6 /images/graemlins/club.gif I bet, UTG+1 raises (I put him on AK-AJ, he's much too worried to have the set of Aces) UTG+2 Calls (He looks like he is on a flush draw) CO folds, Button Raises, SB Calls (looks like he's got diamonds too) BB folds. I don't see Button calling much less betting with A5, and yet for him to not raise a pair of Aces seems unlikely too. He must really like his hand though. I 3 bet. All call, button caps all call again.
River brings a beautiful 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif I bet, UTG+1 calls UTG+2 folds, Button Raises, SB Folds, and i'm starting to really question my hand.
In retrospect i should have been able to tell exactly what cards Button had but at the time i was overwhelmed by the mountain of chips on the center of the table and the monsters i couldn't help but imagine. THe dreaded third /images/graemlins/diamond.gif never came but the only rock at the table just keeps betting into me. Should i raise here or just call, get it overwith, and see who drags this huge pot?
Anything else out of line here? By the time there were 30+ small bets in on the flop it seems like folding would be about the only bad move.