I hate his play....Friend of mine....

[nickey009]

A buddy of mine played this hand and he thought the guy was a moron. We would have played this hand totally opposite but he thought the guys bets screamed that he didn't want a caller. What do you think?

Party Poker Pot-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG ($25)
Hero ($24)
MP1 ($19.15)
MP2 ($55.35)
MP3 ($41.9)
CO ($25.05)
Button ($21.75)
SB ($12)
BB ($24.5)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.25</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to $8</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, UTG folds, Hero calls $5.75.

Flop: ($17.25) T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to $15</font>, Hero calls $9.

Turn: ($47.25) 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 calls $1.

River: ($48.25) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $48.25

[kongo_totte]

Limp-fold preflop.
Check-fold the flop.

The converter seems to have screwed things up on the turn and river, however, your frien should not have been in the hand by then.

[Caruso329]

So many things wrong with this:

Don't raise 9s PF in EP. (I prefer not to raise 9s at all PF)
Calling the re-raise PF.
Betting out with two overcards on the flop when your oppenent showed great strength PF.
Calling the raise.
Not going all-in on the flop if you are calling the raise. (Not that big of a deal though)

[Tilt]

Its a bad play to call. If I am proceeding its with an all in raise since my stack is commited anyway. Folding is my play most of the time here...but if I make a read that my opponent has AK or a smaller PP based on my play with them I will push it all in sometimes. Its rare and its read dependent.

[tbach24]

Limp/call a small raise preflop.
Fold the flop.

[nickey009]

Just to inform you all the MP3 berated my friend for being an idiot at hands end. I guess he too didn't like Hero's play. MP3 was trying to pull a move and my friend called him. MP3 had 88. Is MP3 a moron?

[kurto]

"Is MP3 a moron?" Yes. And my favorite kind. I actually enjoy being berated in this position.

I had some guy yelling at me when I beat him 2 hands in a row (and stacking him.)

In the final hand, I had TP though it was small (l0s or so). I would bet, he would reraise me. Another rag would fall... I would be, he would reraise me. etc. At the showdown, he had nothing. But he insisted that I was an idiot for calling his raises with weak cards. I asked him wouldn't it be more idiotic to reraise with nothing repeatedly? Which simply earned me a string of curses.

I would have to say both your friend and the guy played it poorly, unless your friend had a real strong read on the other guy to know he was ahead (I have trouble believing someone with 9s could confidentally think he was ahead.)

The other guy should have a little class and tell your friend that he made a good call on his bluff.

[TheWorstPlayer]

There is nothing more bitter than getting bad beat on the turn by a bluffing monkey. And there is nothing sweeter than sucking out on the river afterwards.