Mike Gallo
06-01-2005, 12:03 AM
I had an interesting hand Saturday afternoon at the Taj Mahal at a $15-$30 table.
I have never played in the $15 game and this hand happened against an AC local. I have seen him play before, however he did not know me. I consider him a solid thinking opponent. I will refer to him as Steve. I do not know his name, however he looks like a Steve to me.
I think Steve viewed me as a tight player trying to play well. I play very tight in the beginning of the session. I went almost two entire dealer's downs once without seeing a flop other then from the blinds. I still tipped the dealers at the end of their shift. Not their fault I didn't get cards.
I viewed him as someone who would try to muscle me and put me to the test. I saw him attempt to out muscle other players at the table, why would he treat me any differently?
I open raised from +1 UTG with 10 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif10 /images/graemlins/club.gif two pretty bad players called and Steve reraised from the button. The blinds folded and I called. The first bad player called, the other bad player folded. Three of us saw the flop. The pot had $160.
Flop
693 rainbow
I bet the bad player called and Steve raised.
What action should I take? Should I raise, should I fold or should I call?
If I raise, and he reraises do I call the reraise and check call it down?
If I call should I check raise the turn if no paint hits the turn. If I give the free card, and both players take it I think I can safely bet the river if a scary card does not hit the board. The player to act after me would have called if I reraised and he would have called if Steve capped after I reraised. Once this player paid for one bet, he would pay them all. Suprisingly this player would fold the turn or river.
Would anyone have check raised this flop instead of leading out. I posted this hand because I wonder if I should have check raised the flop.
I have never played in the $15 game and this hand happened against an AC local. I have seen him play before, however he did not know me. I consider him a solid thinking opponent. I will refer to him as Steve. I do not know his name, however he looks like a Steve to me.
I think Steve viewed me as a tight player trying to play well. I play very tight in the beginning of the session. I went almost two entire dealer's downs once without seeing a flop other then from the blinds. I still tipped the dealers at the end of their shift. Not their fault I didn't get cards.
I viewed him as someone who would try to muscle me and put me to the test. I saw him attempt to out muscle other players at the table, why would he treat me any differently?
I open raised from +1 UTG with 10 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif10 /images/graemlins/club.gif two pretty bad players called and Steve reraised from the button. The blinds folded and I called. The first bad player called, the other bad player folded. Three of us saw the flop. The pot had $160.
Flop
693 rainbow
I bet the bad player called and Steve raised.
What action should I take? Should I raise, should I fold or should I call?
If I raise, and he reraises do I call the reraise and check call it down?
If I call should I check raise the turn if no paint hits the turn. If I give the free card, and both players take it I think I can safely bet the river if a scary card does not hit the board. The player to act after me would have called if I reraised and he would have called if Steve capped after I reraised. Once this player paid for one bet, he would pay them all. Suprisingly this player would fold the turn or river.
Would anyone have check raised this flop instead of leading out. I posted this hand because I wonder if I should have check raised the flop.