Blind vs Blind Hand I Saw the Other Night

[lapoker17]

Hollywood Park. 5/10 400 cap. Shorthanded - I think there were 6 of us. Game just started so everyone has roughly 400.

Folded to SB, who's the only guy in the game I try to stay away from.

He reluctantly completes.

BB raises to 45.

SB looks like he's going to muck and then decides to call.

Flop comes J high rainbow.

Check/Check.

Turn Ace.

SB checks, BB bets 60 SB shows KK and folds.

BB shows AA.

Just a weird hand to watch.

Had BB bet at all on the flop, I would imagine most of the money would've wound up in the middle.

[gomberg]

Wow - I think they both suck for not getting all the money in the middle on the flop being that shortstacked.

[Sandstone]

5/10 played with a $400 cap?

That's just wrong.

[GFunk911]

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Wow - I think they both suck for not getting all the money in the middle on the flop being that shortstacked.

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Why? With 90 in the pot and only 350 behind a checkraise or a check/call/lead seems like a perfectly reasonable line for SB against a large range of opponents.

[gomberg]

Well, at least the BB played that horribly. I think there's a bet on that flop no matter what w/ AA and only 350 left, hope for a raise to get it all-in.

SB could have reraised preflop or lead out. He's lucky he didn't and BB didn't bet.

[TheWorstPlayer]

What I don't understand is why would SB show his KK? He is obviously feigning weakness here. If he just checks flop and then check/folds turn, that will support his act of weakness and it will work again the next time. Why voluntarily give up his subterfuge?

[riverboatking]

hey rob,

is there some reason you haven't been at commerce lately?

game's been great.

[amoeba]

the only advantage I see is allowing him to complete reraise with trash later? but he didn't reraise preflop here so I'm not sure.

if you were bb, would you lessen the frequency of your preflop raises in these situations later on or would you increase or stay the same.

[Mark1808]

Damn. Pre flop slow play by SB is probably OK, but he should have bet the flop. BB is trying to let the SB catch something to bet at, why not? But, then why does he bet the ace??? Had he checked SB would surely have bet the river.