I go on tilt vs. a superlag (5/10)

[gildwulf]

There. I admit it. I went on tilt against a 50/30/4 who was getting hit with the deck. I left immediately after these hands though and stopped playing.

Opponent is tricky postflop and checkraises with bottom pair, middle pair, draws, just about anything. He also caps with middle pair on the flop in position to use free cards. Very, very tricky. Here are two hands that I've been trying to wrap my head around:

Hand 1:
Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.40 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.20 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, Button calls.

River: (7.20 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11.20 BB

Hand 2:

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls.

Turn: (8.50 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (14.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16.50 BB

[gildwulf]

Anyone?

id call down hand 1 if he is that lag and dont see myself raising anywhere the way you played it i fold the river. Hand 2 if he is that lag id play it the same or call down from the flop.

[Derek in NYC]

Hand 1. You'll never get a guy like this to lay down a better hand, and your own hand is barely worthy of a showdown. Check-call is the most effective way of extracting value, and losing the least when you're behind. He will bet the river for you with AK UI.

Hand 2. Given your preflop cap and the cap on the flop, I wouldn't raise the turn. If you hadn't capped preflop, I would play it the same. Generally I think it is right to fastplay TPGK against LAGs HU, but the prior betting should have put you on notice that he thinks he can beat top pair.