texag97
01-05-2003, 06:50 PM
Here is a hand that occurred this weekend at Grand Casino Coushatta in Kinder, LA. I had just been moved from my original table to a new table so I was just getting adjusted to everyone. The first thing I noticed was one player who loved to raise preflop. He raised probably the first 4 of 5 hands that I saw, and he was a couple of players to my left. Then this hand came up:
I hold KK in the big blind, and sure enough the aggressive player raises. 6 or 7 players call, and I smooth call. My thoughts on calling were a) if the flop comes ace-high with 8 players in, I'm probably beat immediately so I'll see the flop first and b) if I reraised, the aggressive player would cap it and we would have 5 or 6 players to the river with any and every draw (therefore maximizing my chance of being run down at the river). Basically, I wanted to see the flop and thin the field post flop.
Flop comes: 2 5 8 rainbow
I check, hoping to check-raise the original raiser...he checks and it checks around?!?!?!
Turn: black 9
I lead out with $6 bet...original raiser makes it $12...everyone folds to me...I make it $18...he makes it $24. At this point, the only hand I can put him on is something like A9. If he had a pocket pair of 9 or higher he would have bet on the flop.
River: black 9
At this point, my heart sinks as I am 99% sure that I am beat by a two out catch so I check, he bets $12 and I call just to show my hand. Sure enough, he shows Q9h for running trips and I show my busted KK. Cool thing was, he was nice as could be about it because he knew he got lucky. He kinda shrugged his shoulders like he was sorry.
Soon after this hand the seat two spots to his left came open and I asked for a seat change, hoping to reraise him preflop with my good hands to get heads-up. Well, it never happened. 10 minutes after I moved, he left.
It was the next day when I saw the same player in the 10/20 game that I found out who this player was. Jimmy Tran from Houston, TX. I had never heard of him, but I was told he was a top tournament pro who sometimes plays in Louisiana for fun. I looked him up on the internet, and sure enough I found him - Jimmy Tran (http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result3193.htm). I figure it's not everyday that someone is able to play in a low limit game against top players, and that is why I thought I would post the hand.
I hold KK in the big blind, and sure enough the aggressive player raises. 6 or 7 players call, and I smooth call. My thoughts on calling were a) if the flop comes ace-high with 8 players in, I'm probably beat immediately so I'll see the flop first and b) if I reraised, the aggressive player would cap it and we would have 5 or 6 players to the river with any and every draw (therefore maximizing my chance of being run down at the river). Basically, I wanted to see the flop and thin the field post flop.
Flop comes: 2 5 8 rainbow
I check, hoping to check-raise the original raiser...he checks and it checks around?!?!?!
Turn: black 9
I lead out with $6 bet...original raiser makes it $12...everyone folds to me...I make it $18...he makes it $24. At this point, the only hand I can put him on is something like A9. If he had a pocket pair of 9 or higher he would have bet on the flop.
River: black 9
At this point, my heart sinks as I am 99% sure that I am beat by a two out catch so I check, he bets $12 and I call just to show my hand. Sure enough, he shows Q9h for running trips and I show my busted KK. Cool thing was, he was nice as could be about it because he knew he got lucky. He kinda shrugged his shoulders like he was sorry.
Soon after this hand the seat two spots to his left came open and I asked for a seat change, hoping to reraise him preflop with my good hands to get heads-up. Well, it never happened. 10 minutes after I moved, he left.
It was the next day when I saw the same player in the 10/20 game that I found out who this player was. Jimmy Tran from Houston, TX. I had never heard of him, but I was told he was a top tournament pro who sometimes plays in Louisiana for fun. I looked him up on the internet, and sure enough I found him - Jimmy Tran (http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result3193.htm). I figure it's not everyday that someone is able to play in a low limit game against top players, and that is why I thought I would post the hand.