CoinLaundry-CptC0ckwell
11-05-2003, 06:06 PM
This is a $20 buy-in 5-handed .25/.50 NL home game last night, very casual, very fast...
The guy on my left (in the BB for the hand) is an absolute maniac and will raise and re-raise with ANYTHING. This is in no way an exaggeration. He steals a lot of blinds and many small pots from any and everyone at the table, a true jackal to Phil's descriptions, and walks away from the table out $20 or up $60 regularly. We're all friends, but that doesn't change the fact that it's more than a bit aggrivating to all of us to play poker with this man.
My roomate (UTG in this hand) is a professional Magic: The Gathering player and student; a very sharp, tight player, somewhat inexperienced with poker, but reasonably good, and almost always lucrative in home games.
Our friend Chris, a student on the verge of being a professional Magic: The Gathering player is on his left (CO for this hand). He swore earlier in the evening that he was going to be playing extremely tight, but is usually moderately loose and *very* aggressive.
The button is a new face, he's tight, he's not bad at all, he's really quiet, and he doesn't matter when it comes to this hand.
I (in the small blind) am very confident that I can outplay any one of these guys, am not a broke college student, and if I lose $20, it's not the biggest deal. This is the only fun poker I get to play.
SB- Me ~$23.00
BB- Jackal already re-bought, has a fresh stack of $19.50 with the blind in.
UTG- My roomate, broke the Jackal earlier and has about $30
CO- ~$25
button - ~$22
UTG raises to 1.50, just short of a pot-sized raise. He's very tight, but bets high PPs and AKs harder than this, so I suspect he's on KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, maybe even JTs (we are 5-handed).
CO calls, and this could honestly mean ANYTHING (not nothing) even though he swore he was tightening up tonight.
The button insta-folds.
I'm in the SB with Ah4h. UTG (my roomate) is saying I look trapped and that I'm not getting away from a hand I should be getting away from. I'm always checking on the jackal (in the bb) who has his hands on his chips, and I'm expecting a call. I put none of these guys on ace-high, even, possibly some pocket pairs, and I call.
BB (un)expectedly re-raises $1 to $2.50. This means absolutely nothing. This means *absolutely* *nothing*. This just gives me a bigger, scarier pot to get involved in.
UTG re-raises $2 to $4.50... I figure him for 99-JJ now.
CO CALLS 3.
Well... This is fun. I call 3, seeing the jackal's knowing look that he does not have the best hand (with what looks like a little pocket pair) and is not getting away with this pot.
BB calls 2 and the pot is 18.00 on the flop.
Flop Kh Qh 6d
I check
BB bets $1 (yeah, he bets $1)
UTG says he's all in for over $20.
CO immediately folds
I ask UTG to count it up (yes, I knew he had me covered). He's wondering if I flopped a set and was intending to check-raise him. I almost immediately figure him for top two pair. While he's counting, I watch the jackal watching him count. He's deliberating a call... probably has AQ and is trying to figure out if UTG holds AK or KQ. I begin counting the pot while he counts down his stack; $19 with the earlier bet.
I can call $18.50 of his bet and the pot's $19.00. If the jackal calls as it looked like he was going to as I was deciding whether or not to call, I'm calling 18.50 : $56. I call all-in...
Unfortunately, the jackal on the BB folds. I just called 18.5:37.5
UTG turns up KsQs and claimed he knew exactly what was going on (I figured he figured me for JhTh) as I'd done so much counting. I turn up Ah4h and tell him to burn and turn.
Turn - 8h
River - A total blank. Mmmmm... money.
Would you ever make this play? Is this a bad play in a loose 5-handed over-aggresive NL game where I have a firm read on 3/4 opponents? Any replies are appreciated.
by the way:
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 7d Kh Qh
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ah 4h 352 35.56 638 64.44 0 0.00 0.356
Ks Qs 638 64.44 352 35.56 0 0.00 0.644
The guy on my left (in the BB for the hand) is an absolute maniac and will raise and re-raise with ANYTHING. This is in no way an exaggeration. He steals a lot of blinds and many small pots from any and everyone at the table, a true jackal to Phil's descriptions, and walks away from the table out $20 or up $60 regularly. We're all friends, but that doesn't change the fact that it's more than a bit aggrivating to all of us to play poker with this man.
My roomate (UTG in this hand) is a professional Magic: The Gathering player and student; a very sharp, tight player, somewhat inexperienced with poker, but reasonably good, and almost always lucrative in home games.
Our friend Chris, a student on the verge of being a professional Magic: The Gathering player is on his left (CO for this hand). He swore earlier in the evening that he was going to be playing extremely tight, but is usually moderately loose and *very* aggressive.
The button is a new face, he's tight, he's not bad at all, he's really quiet, and he doesn't matter when it comes to this hand.
I (in the small blind) am very confident that I can outplay any one of these guys, am not a broke college student, and if I lose $20, it's not the biggest deal. This is the only fun poker I get to play.
SB- Me ~$23.00
BB- Jackal already re-bought, has a fresh stack of $19.50 with the blind in.
UTG- My roomate, broke the Jackal earlier and has about $30
CO- ~$25
button - ~$22
UTG raises to 1.50, just short of a pot-sized raise. He's very tight, but bets high PPs and AKs harder than this, so I suspect he's on KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, maybe even JTs (we are 5-handed).
CO calls, and this could honestly mean ANYTHING (not nothing) even though he swore he was tightening up tonight.
The button insta-folds.
I'm in the SB with Ah4h. UTG (my roomate) is saying I look trapped and that I'm not getting away from a hand I should be getting away from. I'm always checking on the jackal (in the bb) who has his hands on his chips, and I'm expecting a call. I put none of these guys on ace-high, even, possibly some pocket pairs, and I call.
BB (un)expectedly re-raises $1 to $2.50. This means absolutely nothing. This means *absolutely* *nothing*. This just gives me a bigger, scarier pot to get involved in.
UTG re-raises $2 to $4.50... I figure him for 99-JJ now.
CO CALLS 3.
Well... This is fun. I call 3, seeing the jackal's knowing look that he does not have the best hand (with what looks like a little pocket pair) and is not getting away with this pot.
BB calls 2 and the pot is 18.00 on the flop.
Flop Kh Qh 6d
I check
BB bets $1 (yeah, he bets $1)
UTG says he's all in for over $20.
CO immediately folds
I ask UTG to count it up (yes, I knew he had me covered). He's wondering if I flopped a set and was intending to check-raise him. I almost immediately figure him for top two pair. While he's counting, I watch the jackal watching him count. He's deliberating a call... probably has AQ and is trying to figure out if UTG holds AK or KQ. I begin counting the pot while he counts down his stack; $19 with the earlier bet.
I can call $18.50 of his bet and the pot's $19.00. If the jackal calls as it looked like he was going to as I was deciding whether or not to call, I'm calling 18.50 : $56. I call all-in...
Unfortunately, the jackal on the BB folds. I just called 18.5:37.5
UTG turns up KsQs and claimed he knew exactly what was going on (I figured he figured me for JhTh) as I'd done so much counting. I turn up Ah4h and tell him to burn and turn.
Turn - 8h
River - A total blank. Mmmmm... money.
Would you ever make this play? Is this a bad play in a loose 5-handed over-aggresive NL game where I have a firm read on 3/4 opponents? Any replies are appreciated.
by the way:
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 7d Kh Qh
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ah 4h 352 35.56 638 64.44 0 0.00 0.356
Ks Qs 638 64.44 352 35.56 0 0.00 0.644