Argus
02-27-2005, 05:49 PM
This was at a live 3/6 game that is typically very loose and very passive. I'm talking 6-8 players to the flop typically and it goes to showdown 80% of the time I'd say. Even though I'm a winning player over 20k hands mixed from 1-2 to 5-10 online, I can't seem to beat this game. I tell myself that it's because the variance is high at games like these, but it's always good to check your play too.
CO sat down only an orbit or two ago and is from out of town; he was talking about the 15/30 game he likes to play back home. He also showed down K2/images/graemlins/heart.gif flush to beat my pocket kings. It's his "road hand". MP2 is a loose terrible player that thinks she is good, but she doesn't play much of a role in this hand. Let's just say if she calls you know she has been dealt two cards. Now that you know the cast, here's the hand.
Preflop: Hero is BB with T8o.
MP2 open limps, CO calls, SB completes, I check, all others fold. 4 to the flop is rare at this table, and I'm already trying to figure out if this is the twilight zone or what.
Flop: 8T3 rainbow
This is what I dream about from the BB. Raising at this table kills your action, so I bet out instead of a check/raise. On a two suited or monotone flop I'd c/r, but I think my hand is good. MP2 calls, CO calls, SB folds.
Turn: another T
I make a tight, and am quite pleased even though the pot is small for this table. I bet, MP2 folds, CO raises, I 3-bet, CO calls.
This action tells me he has the case ten, or maybe pocket 8s. I can't see any other hands going this way.
Turn: A
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls.
This is the street I'm unsure of. This table loves free showdowns (to the extent that they will check through the nuts closing the action), but I don't know if this dude is like that. He could also just figure his kicker is better than mine, or be a WADB. So what's the line? Bet/call, bet/fold, or check/call?
CO sat down only an orbit or two ago and is from out of town; he was talking about the 15/30 game he likes to play back home. He also showed down K2/images/graemlins/heart.gif flush to beat my pocket kings. It's his "road hand". MP2 is a loose terrible player that thinks she is good, but she doesn't play much of a role in this hand. Let's just say if she calls you know she has been dealt two cards. Now that you know the cast, here's the hand.
Preflop: Hero is BB with T8o.
MP2 open limps, CO calls, SB completes, I check, all others fold. 4 to the flop is rare at this table, and I'm already trying to figure out if this is the twilight zone or what.
Flop: 8T3 rainbow
This is what I dream about from the BB. Raising at this table kills your action, so I bet out instead of a check/raise. On a two suited or monotone flop I'd c/r, but I think my hand is good. MP2 calls, CO calls, SB folds.
Turn: another T
I make a tight, and am quite pleased even though the pot is small for this table. I bet, MP2 folds, CO raises, I 3-bet, CO calls.
This action tells me he has the case ten, or maybe pocket 8s. I can't see any other hands going this way.
Turn: A
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls.
This is the street I'm unsure of. This table loves free showdowns (to the extent that they will check through the nuts closing the action), but I don't know if this dude is like that. He could also just figure his kicker is better than mine, or be a WADB. So what's the line? Bet/call, bet/fold, or check/call?