stuck2racks
01-23-2003, 02:02 AM
Hey guys,
I was a lurker here for a while back at my old job and would occassional post under CLSpeak before the format of the boards changed. I just came back and was happy to see some familiar names (Clark and Dynasty to name a couple, what happened to Dave From Cali?). Anyway, I certainly have the most trouble in my game when i'm in the blinds. Here is the situation I wanted to ask with some follow-up questions.
9 handed 6-12 game in a place over here on the east coast, not a casino just one of those "places". Anyway, beautiful game. 2 complete calling stations in the game that will call with anything, 2 stud players sitting in the hold 'em game, bit loose up front but played rather reasonable from what I saw. 2 avg players, one of which thinks he's a lot better than he is. 1 good player, aggressive, loves to make moves, and the only one at the table to know me and 1 guy watching MNF and playing about every 3rd hand. When he plays he's been LA but hasn't shown much as he's folded or won on the turn a lot.
The hand:
players that matter:
SB - me
BB - crazy calling station, will defend with everything in BB
UTG - avg player
UTG+2 - good player
I'm SB, UTG straddles, UTG+1 folds and UTG+2 raises the straddle. All fold to me. I have K /forums/images/icons/diamond.gif Q /forums/images/icons/diamond.gif . I call, BB and UTG call.
My thoughts: I know UTG+2 is a good player and also an aggressive player and he would certainly raise to isolate the straddler (and the BB, the whole table knows she's not folding unless its capped) giving him a wide range of hands. I aware I could be dominated but with the range of hands he'd try to isolate the straddler with, its not very likely. I know if I just call the BB will come along and the straddler is in for 12 and would only need to put 6 more in so I think I'll safely go 4 way on this although I am out of position. I may have the best hand at this point but its much more likely that I am a small dog an underpair, or a small dog to AJ-A9 or Axs. Given this belief, I called thinking the two calls behind me would be my best play.
I know I definitely have problems in the blinds and throwing a straddle into the mix just adds to the problems but I'd like to know what people think. I'll post the results tomorrow morning since I know people like seeing them.
Side question:
1.) What hands would you call/re-raise with here? Minimums for each?
I personally believe I would re-raise with most hands that would play much better heads up 99-AA and AK,AQ... I have been trying to think of other hands I would be willing to call this with and KQs is the only one I'm sure I would do it with.
Please, all comments welcome as I'm just a low limit player trying to figure out these damn blinds. Was it a fishy move, too passive or right play?
Thanks
-Z
I was a lurker here for a while back at my old job and would occassional post under CLSpeak before the format of the boards changed. I just came back and was happy to see some familiar names (Clark and Dynasty to name a couple, what happened to Dave From Cali?). Anyway, I certainly have the most trouble in my game when i'm in the blinds. Here is the situation I wanted to ask with some follow-up questions.
9 handed 6-12 game in a place over here on the east coast, not a casino just one of those "places". Anyway, beautiful game. 2 complete calling stations in the game that will call with anything, 2 stud players sitting in the hold 'em game, bit loose up front but played rather reasonable from what I saw. 2 avg players, one of which thinks he's a lot better than he is. 1 good player, aggressive, loves to make moves, and the only one at the table to know me and 1 guy watching MNF and playing about every 3rd hand. When he plays he's been LA but hasn't shown much as he's folded or won on the turn a lot.
The hand:
players that matter:
SB - me
BB - crazy calling station, will defend with everything in BB
UTG - avg player
UTG+2 - good player
I'm SB, UTG straddles, UTG+1 folds and UTG+2 raises the straddle. All fold to me. I have K /forums/images/icons/diamond.gif Q /forums/images/icons/diamond.gif . I call, BB and UTG call.
My thoughts: I know UTG+2 is a good player and also an aggressive player and he would certainly raise to isolate the straddler (and the BB, the whole table knows she's not folding unless its capped) giving him a wide range of hands. I aware I could be dominated but with the range of hands he'd try to isolate the straddler with, its not very likely. I know if I just call the BB will come along and the straddler is in for 12 and would only need to put 6 more in so I think I'll safely go 4 way on this although I am out of position. I may have the best hand at this point but its much more likely that I am a small dog an underpair, or a small dog to AJ-A9 or Axs. Given this belief, I called thinking the two calls behind me would be my best play.
I know I definitely have problems in the blinds and throwing a straddle into the mix just adds to the problems but I'd like to know what people think. I'll post the results tomorrow morning since I know people like seeing them.
Side question:
1.) What hands would you call/re-raise with here? Minimums for each?
I personally believe I would re-raise with most hands that would play much better heads up 99-AA and AK,AQ... I have been trying to think of other hands I would be willing to call this with and KQs is the only one I'm sure I would do it with.
Please, all comments welcome as I'm just a low limit player trying to figure out these damn blinds. Was it a fishy move, too passive or right play?
Thanks
-Z