09-01-2002, 05:28 PM
Just wanted to share a fun little time I had last night in a no-limit hold-em tournament.
I cross posted this to RGP so don't flame me to bad for that...
We had played down to the final two. I had 1/4 of the stack of my
opponent. I strapped on my tight aggressive belt and loosened it a
notch or two. We played for almost 30 minutes trading blinds and pots.
We were both playing tight. It showed.
I got to about 1/2 the stack of the other player and thought that my
tight aggressive play was getting too obvious. I needed an edge. So I
said to myself…"Self, the next trash hand you get… play it out or at
least see the flop"
Be careful what you wish for…. I am the SB.
Here comes 2 4 off…. What a pocket muck-it hand, yes? Oh no. Not me,
not here, not now…. I call the BB and he (thank goodness) checks to the
flop. This tells me a lot about what he now has. He would raise any
pocket pairs or big suited pictures. I put him on Face/Rag on or off.
The flop…
A MIRACLE FLOP!!!! ------- 2 2 4 rainbow
Wow, 2's full… what a time to play trash. I smell a trap… the good
kind… the kind YOU lay.
I check the "Obvious" trash flop and the BB puts in 1 big bet worth…. I
"reluctantly" call. Yes deception is the key…
The Turn…
A MIRACLE TURN!!!! ------ rainbow K
My x-ray vision can just see a cowboy lurking in this guy's pocket. I
check again.. I really want this guy to go all-in to my nut house right
now… I check… He bets about 4 Big bets worth…. I "reluctantly" call.
(Yes, I could have raised him on the turn…. But what I really wanted was
to trap him into the Full Monty…
The River…
A MIRACLE RIVER!!!! ------ rag
I know I got him. My checks and previous tournament play have him
"knowing" he has the nut hand. I check my poor dead hand… He puts in
about a quarter of his stack. I raise him all-in.
He calls… He cry's… We have swapped stacks.
Did he go on tilt that I could play such trash pre-flop… not at all. I
told him that I just had to take a chance and play "out of context" and
he agreed it was a good play to try. He knew that I was playing a good
tight game to that point and respected the move and deception. I then
put back on the tight aggressive belt and strapped it in a bit. I went
on to win the tournament.
Did I do the right thing? Gotta think the outcome was everything I
wanted… maybe that makes it a rhetorical question?
--
Absolute Nuts
"Always scratch your nose before you bluff"
I cross posted this to RGP so don't flame me to bad for that...
We had played down to the final two. I had 1/4 of the stack of my
opponent. I strapped on my tight aggressive belt and loosened it a
notch or two. We played for almost 30 minutes trading blinds and pots.
We were both playing tight. It showed.
I got to about 1/2 the stack of the other player and thought that my
tight aggressive play was getting too obvious. I needed an edge. So I
said to myself…"Self, the next trash hand you get… play it out or at
least see the flop"
Be careful what you wish for…. I am the SB.
Here comes 2 4 off…. What a pocket muck-it hand, yes? Oh no. Not me,
not here, not now…. I call the BB and he (thank goodness) checks to the
flop. This tells me a lot about what he now has. He would raise any
pocket pairs or big suited pictures. I put him on Face/Rag on or off.
The flop…
A MIRACLE FLOP!!!! ------- 2 2 4 rainbow
Wow, 2's full… what a time to play trash. I smell a trap… the good
kind… the kind YOU lay.
I check the "Obvious" trash flop and the BB puts in 1 big bet worth…. I
"reluctantly" call. Yes deception is the key…
The Turn…
A MIRACLE TURN!!!! ------ rainbow K
My x-ray vision can just see a cowboy lurking in this guy's pocket. I
check again.. I really want this guy to go all-in to my nut house right
now… I check… He bets about 4 Big bets worth…. I "reluctantly" call.
(Yes, I could have raised him on the turn…. But what I really wanted was
to trap him into the Full Monty…
The River…
A MIRACLE RIVER!!!! ------ rag
I know I got him. My checks and previous tournament play have him
"knowing" he has the nut hand. I check my poor dead hand… He puts in
about a quarter of his stack. I raise him all-in.
He calls… He cry's… We have swapped stacks.
Did he go on tilt that I could play such trash pre-flop… not at all. I
told him that I just had to take a chance and play "out of context" and
he agreed it was a good play to try. He knew that I was playing a good
tight game to that point and respected the move and deception. I then
put back on the tight aggressive belt and strapped it in a bit. I went
on to win the tournament.
Did I do the right thing? Gotta think the outcome was everything I
wanted… maybe that makes it a rhetorical question?
--
Absolute Nuts
"Always scratch your nose before you bluff"