Guy McSucker
11-04-2003, 09:34 AM
Okay let's see what you all make of this one.
Losing a few $$$ at the Stars 50c-$1 NLHE game, I pick up AA UTG+1 with $58 in my stack.
There's a late position blind in the pot. UTG calls, I make it $5, folded round, UTG calls. $13 or so in the pot after rake.
Flop is that most drawless of boards: K-8-3 rainbow.
If I'm still ahead, he is either drawing to a backdoor something or has at most 5 outs.
Here is my read on this player. He is either a genius or a lucky moron. He has been making some outlandish river calls (e.g. $35 all-in from a preflop raiser who bet the AK7 flop, 9 on turn, 3 on river. Our hero had A6 and won the pot...) and some bizarre folds (e.g. board 56789, he folded for $1 in a $30 pot. Bettor showed JT, so it was a good fold, but how he managed it is beyond me.) In all cases he has turned out to be right. This is either the work of a genius, a madman, or both. He has my stack covered.
Anyway, he checks. I decided that since I am either way behind or way ahead, I'd check to try to get some action out of him in the former case.
What do you all think of this?
I checked very quickly in fact. Turn is a two, putting a two-flush out there. He bet $15, a small overbet. I raised all-in rather less quickly.
Comments on this move? Would you just call? I didn't like the possibility of a backdoor flush here, but perhaps that's playing scared.
All comments appreciated, unless Acesover8s is going to point me to some more self-help groups.
Guy.
Losing a few $$$ at the Stars 50c-$1 NLHE game, I pick up AA UTG+1 with $58 in my stack.
There's a late position blind in the pot. UTG calls, I make it $5, folded round, UTG calls. $13 or so in the pot after rake.
Flop is that most drawless of boards: K-8-3 rainbow.
If I'm still ahead, he is either drawing to a backdoor something or has at most 5 outs.
Here is my read on this player. He is either a genius or a lucky moron. He has been making some outlandish river calls (e.g. $35 all-in from a preflop raiser who bet the AK7 flop, 9 on turn, 3 on river. Our hero had A6 and won the pot...) and some bizarre folds (e.g. board 56789, he folded for $1 in a $30 pot. Bettor showed JT, so it was a good fold, but how he managed it is beyond me.) In all cases he has turned out to be right. This is either the work of a genius, a madman, or both. He has my stack covered.
Anyway, he checks. I decided that since I am either way behind or way ahead, I'd check to try to get some action out of him in the former case.
What do you all think of this?
I checked very quickly in fact. Turn is a two, putting a two-flush out there. He bet $15, a small overbet. I raised all-in rather less quickly.
Comments on this move? Would you just call? I didn't like the possibility of a backdoor flush here, but perhaps that's playing scared.
All comments appreciated, unless Acesover8s is going to point me to some more self-help groups.
Guy.