Mason Malmuth
04-16-2003, 06:37 PM
Hi Everyone:
Even though I promised not to excerpt anymore from Get The Edge at Low-Limit Texas Hold 'em by Bill Burton, that was before I read the following. This is from page 211 in the chapter on "Cheating and Collusion," and the game is $3-$6 hold 'em at a Las Vegas casino.
Best wishes,
Mason
This particular casino allows a maximum of four raises during each betting round. On the third hand I was dealt Ah-Jd and limped in from middle position. The player to my left immediately raised the pot. The player to his left re-raised, as did two other players at the table. It was capped when it got back to me costing me an additional $12 to see the flop.
The flop brought Jc-Js-2c and I bet my trips and the betting was capped again. The turn was the 4h and the same betting and raising took place. The river brought a third club on board. I checked and the other four players bet and raised. I figured that I was probably beat but the pot was huge so I called. Sure enough one player turned over T-4 of clubs and the others just threw their cards in face down. It would be easy to write this off as a bad beat, but I had been watching this game while waiting for a seat and had noticed that this player had been playing solid starting hands. I was surprised that he would play a Ten and a 4 in a raised pot from middle position. I had also noticed that there was not much raising going on before I sat down.
Things returned to normal as I folded the next few hands. When I was the big and small blind the betting was again capped before it got to me. Finally, I was on the button and called with a playable but not great hand. The big blind raised me and this was reraised by a playerwho had previously limped in. This time I folded getting out for $3. I then picked up my chips and left the table. It was so obvious what was being done that I had no desire to stick around any longer. It did take me the full half-hour to determine who the sucker was in this game.
Even though I promised not to excerpt anymore from Get The Edge at Low-Limit Texas Hold 'em by Bill Burton, that was before I read the following. This is from page 211 in the chapter on "Cheating and Collusion," and the game is $3-$6 hold 'em at a Las Vegas casino.
Best wishes,
Mason
This particular casino allows a maximum of four raises during each betting round. On the third hand I was dealt Ah-Jd and limped in from middle position. The player to my left immediately raised the pot. The player to his left re-raised, as did two other players at the table. It was capped when it got back to me costing me an additional $12 to see the flop.
The flop brought Jc-Js-2c and I bet my trips and the betting was capped again. The turn was the 4h and the same betting and raising took place. The river brought a third club on board. I checked and the other four players bet and raised. I figured that I was probably beat but the pot was huge so I called. Sure enough one player turned over T-4 of clubs and the others just threw their cards in face down. It would be easy to write this off as a bad beat, but I had been watching this game while waiting for a seat and had noticed that this player had been playing solid starting hands. I was surprised that he would play a Ten and a 4 in a raised pot from middle position. I had also noticed that there was not much raising going on before I sat down.
Things returned to normal as I folded the next few hands. When I was the big and small blind the betting was again capped before it got to me. Finally, I was on the button and called with a playable but not great hand. The big blind raised me and this was reraised by a playerwho had previously limped in. This time I folded getting out for $3. I then picked up my chips and left the table. It was so obvious what was being done that I had no desire to stick around any longer. It did take me the full half-hour to determine who the sucker was in this game.