09-06-2001, 05:28 PM
Background:
10-20, quite loose for these stakes, no more than average aggressiveness. Very poor starting cards for me during my first 2-3 hours in the game. As a result, I had been doing a lot of folding. My image was very tight and unaggressive. Also, many of my opponents seemed to be aware of this, as this was a time game with time pots and I had so far avoided paying anything for time. I had never played with any of these opponents before.
Pre-flop:
I was dealt A-Jo in the cutoff seat. Surprisingly, all folded to me, so I open raised. The button, a loose passive poor player in over his head called, and both blinds called. The SB was a very loose, aggressive player. He was almost a maniac but not quite, and a poor player IMHO. As he called my raise, he said something to the BB along the lines of,"Let's squeeze Mr. Tight Pants the raiser (me!) out of this pot." The BB, a decent player, didn't really respond. I don't think the SB realized that I heard what he said, but I have bat-like hearing when at the table :-).
Flop: 9s 6s 3s.
I had no spades. SB, BB, checked to me. I bet. The button folded, the SB called, and the BB folded.
Turn: Kd.
The SB checked. I would often bet in this spot, but here the SB's pre-flop threat, very aggressive past play, and body language suggested to me that a checkraise was coming. So I checked behind him.
River: Ks.
Final Board: 9s 6s 3s Kd Ks.
The SB bet out immediately. I had noticed that he had always gone for a checkraise when he had rivered a big hand. Therefore I didn't think he had a big flush or a fullhouse, and actually I thought he might be on a total bluff.
So should I have called here with A-J high, despite the scary board? Also, was my turn check a mistake?
I'll post the results later.
Thanks,
Caddy
10-20, quite loose for these stakes, no more than average aggressiveness. Very poor starting cards for me during my first 2-3 hours in the game. As a result, I had been doing a lot of folding. My image was very tight and unaggressive. Also, many of my opponents seemed to be aware of this, as this was a time game with time pots and I had so far avoided paying anything for time. I had never played with any of these opponents before.
Pre-flop:
I was dealt A-Jo in the cutoff seat. Surprisingly, all folded to me, so I open raised. The button, a loose passive poor player in over his head called, and both blinds called. The SB was a very loose, aggressive player. He was almost a maniac but not quite, and a poor player IMHO. As he called my raise, he said something to the BB along the lines of,"Let's squeeze Mr. Tight Pants the raiser (me!) out of this pot." The BB, a decent player, didn't really respond. I don't think the SB realized that I heard what he said, but I have bat-like hearing when at the table :-).
Flop: 9s 6s 3s.
I had no spades. SB, BB, checked to me. I bet. The button folded, the SB called, and the BB folded.
Turn: Kd.
The SB checked. I would often bet in this spot, but here the SB's pre-flop threat, very aggressive past play, and body language suggested to me that a checkraise was coming. So I checked behind him.
River: Ks.
Final Board: 9s 6s 3s Kd Ks.
The SB bet out immediately. I had noticed that he had always gone for a checkraise when he had rivered a big hand. Therefore I didn't think he had a big flush or a fullhouse, and actually I thought he might be on a total bluff.
So should I have called here with A-J high, despite the scary board? Also, was my turn check a mistake?
I'll post the results later.
Thanks,
Caddy