12-19-2005, 06:06 PM
Had an interesting hand this past weekend in Vegas:
MGM $1/$2 NL ($40-$200 buy-in)
10-handed
relevant stacks:
SB ($185)
UTG ($10)
MP3 - Hero ($350)
MP4, CO, B (>$400)
Table had been generally loose/passive, occasionally becoming very loose/aggressive (including on the previous hand). SB (Villian) was fairly new to the table but seemed to be a competent, experienced player.
UTG goes all in for his last $10. He was a weak player and had just lost almost all of his chips on the previous hand. Despite the small blinds, $10-$15 was a standard opening raise at the table.
Folded around to me in MP3. I raise to $25 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gifQ/images/graemlins/diamond.gif to isolate, mostly to avoid having to play OOP against the 3 stacks behind me who have me covered.
Folded to the SB who raises to $50. BB folds. I ask SB how much he has left (his hand is blocking his chips) and he says he has $135 behind but does not move his hand to show me his chip stack. I call.
$32 in the main pot, $80 in the side pot.
Flop: A/images/graemlins/heart.gifJ/images/graemlins/heart.gif6/images/graemlins/heart.gif
After a couple of seconds, SB bets $100.
- What range of hands do you put the SB on?
- What would you estimate your pot equity as given your read on SB?
- What is your play on the flop: All-in, Call, or Fold? Why?
MGM $1/$2 NL ($40-$200 buy-in)
10-handed
relevant stacks:
SB ($185)
UTG ($10)
MP3 - Hero ($350)
MP4, CO, B (>$400)
Table had been generally loose/passive, occasionally becoming very loose/aggressive (including on the previous hand). SB (Villian) was fairly new to the table but seemed to be a competent, experienced player.
UTG goes all in for his last $10. He was a weak player and had just lost almost all of his chips on the previous hand. Despite the small blinds, $10-$15 was a standard opening raise at the table.
Folded around to me in MP3. I raise to $25 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gifQ/images/graemlins/diamond.gif to isolate, mostly to avoid having to play OOP against the 3 stacks behind me who have me covered.
Folded to the SB who raises to $50. BB folds. I ask SB how much he has left (his hand is blocking his chips) and he says he has $135 behind but does not move his hand to show me his chip stack. I call.
$32 in the main pot, $80 in the side pot.
Flop: A/images/graemlins/heart.gifJ/images/graemlins/heart.gif6/images/graemlins/heart.gif
After a couple of seconds, SB bets $100.
- What range of hands do you put the SB on?
- What would you estimate your pot equity as given your read on SB?
- What is your play on the flop: All-in, Call, or Fold? Why?