a loopy logy little hand
 

Five-handed $80-160 at Bay101. I was under the gun. I raised. The cutoff folded. The button called. The small blind folded. The big blind called. Three players.

The flop was 9 9 9.

The big blind checked, I checked, and the button checked.

The turn was a 5.

The big blind bet, I called, and the button called.

The river was a 4.

The big blind checked, I bet, the button called, and the big blind folded.

I showed K K.

The button showed K 9.

Re: a loopy logy little hand
 

um..ok, apparently the button is an [censored]

but why wouldnt you bet the flop?

edit: they censor [censored]?

Re: a loopy logy little hand
 

Seeing the button play this hand puts the whole debate about the merits of Tommy's play in perspective for me. Should he check KK on the flop? Who cares?

Game selection is where it's at, the rest is just details.

-eric

Re: a loopy logy little hand
 

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The button showed K 9.

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sometimes that King-9 is a BAD MUTHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: a loopy logy little hand
 

tommy could you please explain your flop check?

i like betting because any A or pocket pair will almost always at least call that flop having called preflop shorthanded. why did you decide to check?

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tommy could you please explain your flop check?

i like betting because any A or pocket pair will almost always at least call that flop having called preflop shorthanded. why did you decide to check?

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That and you also make the pot bigger so they get tempted to again call on the turn with 33, AJ or whatever. I dont get it either. Do you do this because you like to check behind a lot of flop that you miss, so its more of a metagame thing to keeps you from being robbed on 4th in later hands?

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I must suck at poker, since I don't get this action at all.

Of the 3 in the pot, I play like the guy in the BB. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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Re: a loopy logy little hand
 

Equally silly hand:

HU online. I get dealt A3o and raise. Uber-LAG reraises.

Flop comes A77.

I check, villain checks.
Turn is blank. I check, he checks.
River is blank. I check, villain checks.

Villain shows 77 [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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"tommy could you please explain your flop check?"

I was sedating my opponents.

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"tommy could you please explain your flop check?"

I was sedating my opponents.

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Which is cool and all Tommy, but i really think a bet works better here, especially when a 55-77 type hand gets frisky and puts in too many bets. Maybe you had a specific read to the contrary, but i definitly think betting here makes more in the long run.