Caught in the Act

andyfox · #1 09-10-2005, 09:32 PM

"Pocket deuces!" exclaimed mike l. as he happened to walk by.

What 2+2er had 'em? Hint: He's a liar.

Dynasty · #2 09-10-2005, 11:58 PM

It took you ten days to answer the last time. You need to do better.

andyfox · #3 09-11-2005, 11:44 AM

I was going to leave it to others to elaborate.

Zeno · #4 09-11-2005, 03:45 PM

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What 2+2er had 'em? Hint: He's a liar.

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El Diablo. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

And a damn good liar he is.

-Zeno

Rick Nebiolo · #5 09-11-2005, 04:44 PM

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"Pocket deuces!" exclaimed mike l. as he happened to walk by.

What 2+2er had 'em? Hint: He's a liar.

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I'm guessing Andy Fox, but it's a white lie so you still go to heaven [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

~ Rick

snakehead · #6 09-11-2005, 05:07 PM

why did you look at the second card?

andyfox · #7 09-11-2005, 07:32 PM

See my reply on mid-stakes.

Rick Nebiolo · #8 09-12-2005, 12:45 AM

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See my reply on mid-stakes.

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I'm lost here. In the mike l. "am I playing too tight" thread everyone seems to think calling a raise with 22 in the small (half size) blind with three or four opponents is a clear call (I thought it was a call but close).

If this was posted five years ago my guess is most of the forum would have thought it a fold or a close call. Has the game changed that much or is my memory failing me?

~ Rick

PS Note that snakehead (assuming he wasn't kidding) seems to think it was a clear fold, but he's sort of an old timer too [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Ray Zee · #9 09-12-2005, 01:04 AM

the current crop of players play far too loose in lots of spots and do not know how to bet their money. the game hasnt changed just the way it is being played.

andyfox · #10 09-12-2005, 01:06 AM

I think your memory is proably OK (or as good as it ever was [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] and that the games have indeed changed. They're much looser. The 40-80 game at Commerce, in which this hand took place, is, as you know, uber loose. It does vary between passive and aggressive, but, as you point out, one plays this hand from the blind to flop a set and, except under rare conditions, abandon it without committing further money to the pot if the flop contains three overcards. FWIW, I'm winning at a higher rate this year than ever before, and my sense is my game has loosened up a bit from the pump-or-dump, play very tight from the blinds, never cold-call, never look at the second card when the first one is a deuce way I played a few years ago.