gol4pro
10-09-2005, 01:08 AM
I had been getting massacred tonight in 1/2 NL. I was down about 130 (1.5 of my small buy-ins).
So I start this run with a stack of about... 150
Hand 1)
A /images/graemlins/diamond.gifQ /images/graemlins/diamond.gif in SB. Unknown button (covers) limps, I raise to 8$, he calls.
Flop J /images/graemlins/diamond.gif8 /images/graemlins/spade.gif2 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
-- I bet 12$, he folds
Hand 2)
I have A /images/graemlins/spade.gifK /images/graemlins/heart.gif on button. Effective stacks 100 (donk has 90 now)
MP1 raises to 8$, MP2 (loose caller) calls, I call, others fold
Flop K /images/graemlins/spade.gif9 /images/graemlins/spade.gif2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
-- both check, I bet 15$, both fold.
I have A /images/graemlins/club.gifK /images/graemlins/club.gif in CO. My stack 180, donk 100.
UTG limps, donk raises to 7$, I call, UTG calls
Flop A /images/graemlins/spade.gif7 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
-- Checked to me, I bet 15$, donk calls
--pot 50
Turn 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
-- Donk checks, I check
River 3 /images/graemlins/club.gif
-- Donk checks, I bet 25$, donk calls
MHIG.
MY stack now about 210.
donk's is at 80. I now get K /images/graemlins/club.gifK /images/graemlins/diamond.gif in MP3. Donk limps from early, and both the CO and button are deep stacks that like to see flops. Seeing as my table image is probably that of a bluffer/maniac (although I've had legit. hands every time), I sense a HUGE raise would be best.
So I open raise for 28$ and 93 cents. Both CO and Button cold call, and all the sudden the donk limp raises all in! I pray neither of the guys behind me has AA, and shove.
They fold, donk shows Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gifJ /images/graemlins/club.gif, and I thank god for fish as I stack his chips.
The point is: be aware of your table image, and how your opponents likely perceive you! The fact that I flopped 3 good hands in a row let me get 2 cold callers of 15xBB with KK, and a fish to limp raise me all in.
So I start this run with a stack of about... 150
Hand 1)
A /images/graemlins/diamond.gifQ /images/graemlins/diamond.gif in SB. Unknown button (covers) limps, I raise to 8$, he calls.
Flop J /images/graemlins/diamond.gif8 /images/graemlins/spade.gif2 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
-- I bet 12$, he folds
Hand 2)
I have A /images/graemlins/spade.gifK /images/graemlins/heart.gif on button. Effective stacks 100 (donk has 90 now)
MP1 raises to 8$, MP2 (loose caller) calls, I call, others fold
Flop K /images/graemlins/spade.gif9 /images/graemlins/spade.gif2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
-- both check, I bet 15$, both fold.
I have A /images/graemlins/club.gifK /images/graemlins/club.gif in CO. My stack 180, donk 100.
UTG limps, donk raises to 7$, I call, UTG calls
Flop A /images/graemlins/spade.gif7 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
-- Checked to me, I bet 15$, donk calls
--pot 50
Turn 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
-- Donk checks, I check
River 3 /images/graemlins/club.gif
-- Donk checks, I bet 25$, donk calls
MHIG.
MY stack now about 210.
donk's is at 80. I now get K /images/graemlins/club.gifK /images/graemlins/diamond.gif in MP3. Donk limps from early, and both the CO and button are deep stacks that like to see flops. Seeing as my table image is probably that of a bluffer/maniac (although I've had legit. hands every time), I sense a HUGE raise would be best.
So I open raise for 28$ and 93 cents. Both CO and Button cold call, and all the sudden the donk limp raises all in! I pray neither of the guys behind me has AA, and shove.
They fold, donk shows Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gifJ /images/graemlins/club.gif, and I thank god for fish as I stack his chips.
The point is: be aware of your table image, and how your opponents likely perceive you! The fact that I flopped 3 good hands in a row let me get 2 cold callers of 15xBB with KK, and a fish to limp raise me all in.