Hand viewed from the sidelines: Did I analyze this right? 100/200
 

I am scoping out a lot of different game structures to switch to (I am a SNG player) and I often watch the Stars 100/200 game, I find it fascinating.

Was my analysis of the following hand correct? For the life of me I could not get the converter to work, I am sorry.

I don't understand preflop strategy at limit strong enough to analyze that, so let's skip that. On the flop somewhrntime check raises. He then checks the turn... representing that he was trying to buy a free card on the flop, right? Then in order to "defend the freecard" the other player bets out but somewhrntime then raises! Obviously somewhrntime leads on the river and shows down the nuts. Was this a play to fake buying the freecard by somewhrntime in order to extract an extra bet? Or did I get this entirely wrong?

PokerStars Game #2556262141: Hold'em Limit ($100/$200) - 2005/09/12 - 00:37:55 (ET)
Table 'Hollandia' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: somewhrntime ($2559 in chips)
Seat 3: ramabird ($2647 in chips)
Seat 4: Rabscuttle ($18590.50 in chips)
Seat 5: ckraisse ($2052.50 in chips)
Seat 6: TopDog1 ($2832.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Ms.babyface ($1850 in chips)
Seat 8: Maksflaks ($3241 in chips)
Seat 9: Team Angle ($6201 in chips)
Seat 10: Brandon78 ($5716.50 in chips)
Rabscuttle: posts small blind $50
ckraisse: posts big blind $100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
TopDog1: folds
Ms.babyface: folds
Maksflaks: folds
Team Angle: folds
Brandon78: folds
somewhrntime: raises $100 to $200
ramabird: raises $100 to $300
Rabscuttle: folds
ckraisse: folds
somewhrntime: calls $100
*** FLOP *** [3s Qs Ts]
somewhrntime: checks
ramabird: bets $100
somewhrntime: raises $100 to $200
ramabird: calls $100
*** TURN *** [3s Qs Ts] [5d]
somewhrntime: checks
ramabird: bets $200
somewhrntime: raises $200 to $400
ramabird: calls $200
*** RIVER *** [3s Qs Ts 5d] [2d]
somewhrntime: bets $200
ramabird: calls $200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
somewhrntime: shows [6s As] (a flush, Ace high)
ramabird: mucks hand
somewhrntime collected $2347 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2350 | Rake $3
Board [3s Qs Ts 5d 2d]
Seat 1: somewhrntime showed [6s As] and won ($2347) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: ramabird (button) mucked
Seat 4: Rabscuttle (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: ckraisse (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: TopDog1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Ms.babyface folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Maksflaks folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Team Angle folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Brandon78 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Re: Hand viewed from the sidelines: Did I analyze this right? 100/200
 

first off. i think that A6ss guy played the turn badly.

think about it. in order to have a hand strong enough to bet AND call a c'r AND call a river bet (ex ante) he very likely has a hand strong enough to raise a turn bet.

the flop c'r from the OPEN RAISE and CALL pf signifies a pair w/ flush draw; draw w/ As; pure bluff; set; and many other types of hands. the preflop 3 bettor can simply be setting a6ss up for a turn raise making him pay the most if a safe card comes off. when a safe card DOES come off, A6ss should BET AGAIN in order to be raised. NOT C'R!!

a c'r on the turn given the action will slow down top set!

it will also slow down hands that would have paid 3 bets on teh turn and 1 on the river assuming no spade comes. it also allows a set to draw for 2 bets what he would have paid 3 for (the boat) and has plenty of equity.

clearly the pf 3 bettor could have had a hand he'd fold on the turn or bet and fold to the c'r in which case checking is the only way to get a bet out of him.

but at 100/200 taking this line assures you no real action when you have a strong hand and lots of action when you have a weak one IF you consistently play the way A6ss did.

this might have been a change up. but overall i think checkraising the turn is a money costing play.

Barron

Re: Hand viewed from the sidelines: Did I analyze this right? 100/200
 

PokerStars 100/200 Hold'em (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Preflop: is with , .
Folded to CO. CO raises. Button 3-bets. All fold to CO, who calls.


Flop: (1.50 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(9 players)</font>
CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises</font>, Button calls.

Turn: (2.75 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(9 players)</font>
CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises</font>, Button calls.

River: (6.75 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(9 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">CO bets</font>, Button calls.

Final Pot: 8.75 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
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UTG doesn't show.
UTG+1 doesn't show.
MP1 doesn't show.
MP2 doesn't show.
MP3 doesn't show.
CO has 6s As (flush, ace high).
Button doesn't show.
SB doesn't show.
Outcome: wins 8.75 BB. </font>

Re: Hand viewed from the sidelines: Did I analyze this right? 100/200
 

Just curious, but does anyone know who Ramabird is in real life? He plays pretty good.

Re: Hand viewed from the sidelines: Did I analyze this right? 100/200
 

I doubt you have played with him much/watched him if you think he's pretty good.

Re: Hand viewed from the sidelines: Did I analyze this right? 100/200
 

This is a classic misconception.