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04-04-2005, 05:36 PM
Meh. I'm back from Vegas. Live play is boring.
I didn't get much time in at the tables for various reasons (mostly spending time with the g/f and her family), but the descriptions of how live games seem to play out were good. I need to become less of a nit before I'm really going to enjoy live play though, I think.
So yeah. Fun hand.
Playing the $2/4 tables at the MGM while teaching the g/f how to play limit (she's primarily played PL and NL before and doesn't have much of a grasp on the game -- yet). Table is really good, usually running 7-8 to the flop, but has suddenly tightened up the last 5 or so hands, without explanation. I've got two really bad passive players on my right who play probably 80% of their hands for any number of bets preflop. On my left are three tightish players -- the gal on my immediate left is way too loose in the blinds, but is tight everywhere else. Folds very easily on the flop.
UTG limps (bad, very passive player, only bets with good hands, pretty easy to read) -- folded to the hijack, another absolutely terrible donk who seems to fancy himself to be decent. He's usually in for any number of bets preflop and will make really bad bluff-bets (like betting A6o into a field of 6 on a J84 board), but is usually pretty passive. I've seen him raise once or twice in two hours of play so far.
I look down at K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif and raise in the CO. Button folds, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls, now the donk in the hijack limp-reraises, I call, BB calls, UTG calls. 4 to the flop for 12SB.
Flop is 10/images/graemlins/heart.gif8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif5/images/graemlins/spade.gif. Meh. BB checks, UTG checks, Hijack leads out...I look to my left and see BB and UTG getting ready to muck, and I call. BB and UTG muck. Head's up on the turn for 7BB.
The turn is the 9/images/graemlins/club.gif. Hijack stares at me for a few seconds and bets. I raise.
I didn't get much time in at the tables for various reasons (mostly spending time with the g/f and her family), but the descriptions of how live games seem to play out were good. I need to become less of a nit before I'm really going to enjoy live play though, I think.
So yeah. Fun hand.
Playing the $2/4 tables at the MGM while teaching the g/f how to play limit (she's primarily played PL and NL before and doesn't have much of a grasp on the game -- yet). Table is really good, usually running 7-8 to the flop, but has suddenly tightened up the last 5 or so hands, without explanation. I've got two really bad passive players on my right who play probably 80% of their hands for any number of bets preflop. On my left are three tightish players -- the gal on my immediate left is way too loose in the blinds, but is tight everywhere else. Folds very easily on the flop.
UTG limps (bad, very passive player, only bets with good hands, pretty easy to read) -- folded to the hijack, another absolutely terrible donk who seems to fancy himself to be decent. He's usually in for any number of bets preflop and will make really bad bluff-bets (like betting A6o into a field of 6 on a J84 board), but is usually pretty passive. I've seen him raise once or twice in two hours of play so far.
I look down at K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif and raise in the CO. Button folds, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls, now the donk in the hijack limp-reraises, I call, BB calls, UTG calls. 4 to the flop for 12SB.
Flop is 10/images/graemlins/heart.gif8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif5/images/graemlins/spade.gif. Meh. BB checks, UTG checks, Hijack leads out...I look to my left and see BB and UTG getting ready to muck, and I call. BB and UTG muck. Head's up on the turn for 7BB.
The turn is the 9/images/graemlins/club.gif. Hijack stares at me for a few seconds and bets. I raise.