ClaytonN
04-10-2005, 03:20 AM
**Disclaimer. I play weird. Do not take my approach in these hands without careful reads of the opponents**
So far at this table I have an imposing image. I'm playing aggressively with marginal hands, and the table knows it.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>
<font color="#C00000">BB ($76.30)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($117.85)</font>
MP ($26.70)
Button ($21.50)
SB ($73.15)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
Hero calls $1, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: ($3) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets $3</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $10</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $17</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $116.85</font>, BB calls $58.30 (All-In).
Turn: ($195.15) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: ($195.15) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: $195.15
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has Kc Js (two pair, kings and fours).
Hero has 7d 3d (flush, king high).
Outcome: Hero wins $195.15. </font>
This is the hazard you face when a player takes your image into consideration. Had I been a solid TAG player in this 5 handed game I would not have gotten that call.
Oohs and ahhs serenade the hand. The very next hand is dealt:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($193.15)</font>
BB ($26.70)
UTG ($21.50)
MP ($50)
<font color="#C00000">Button ($72.15)</font>
Preflop: Hero is SB with 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif. MP posts a blind of $1.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP (poster) checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $2</font>, Hero calls $1.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $1.
Flop: ($7) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $191.15</font>, Button calls $55.15 (All-In).
Turn: ($268.30) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: ($268.30) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: $268.30
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 4s Qs (flush, queen high).
Button has Ac Jd (two pair, jacks and threes).
Outcome: Hero wins $268.30. </font>
My image was set, and when I had a kick-ass hand I played it the same way as my drunken-monkey approach earlier with bottom pair + flush draw.
This delves into metagame, but this is a tactic I love using in shorthanded and loosish games. Yes, I will lose sometimes, but my big hands get paid off in spades. Sort of like a pee-wee league version of Spirit Rock.
So far at this table I have an imposing image. I'm playing aggressively with marginal hands, and the table knows it.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>
<font color="#C00000">BB ($76.30)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($117.85)</font>
MP ($26.70)
Button ($21.50)
SB ($73.15)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
Hero calls $1, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: ($3) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets $3</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $10</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $17</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $116.85</font>, BB calls $58.30 (All-In).
Turn: ($195.15) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: ($195.15) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: $195.15
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has Kc Js (two pair, kings and fours).
Hero has 7d 3d (flush, king high).
Outcome: Hero wins $195.15. </font>
This is the hazard you face when a player takes your image into consideration. Had I been a solid TAG player in this 5 handed game I would not have gotten that call.
Oohs and ahhs serenade the hand. The very next hand is dealt:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($193.15)</font>
BB ($26.70)
UTG ($21.50)
MP ($50)
<font color="#C00000">Button ($72.15)</font>
Preflop: Hero is SB with 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif. MP posts a blind of $1.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP (poster) checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $2</font>, Hero calls $1.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $1.
Flop: ($7) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $191.15</font>, Button calls $55.15 (All-In).
Turn: ($268.30) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: ($268.30) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: $268.30
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 4s Qs (flush, queen high).
Button has Ac Jd (two pair, jacks and threes).
Outcome: Hero wins $268.30. </font>
My image was set, and when I had a kick-ass hand I played it the same way as my drunken-monkey approach earlier with bottom pair + flush draw.
This delves into metagame, but this is a tactic I love using in shorthanded and loosish games. Yes, I will lose sometimes, but my big hands get paid off in spades. Sort of like a pee-wee league version of Spirit Rock.