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06-08-2005, 12:39 AM
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let\'s look at a notable hand from 2/5 NL at the MGM grand
2/5 NL at the MGM Grand - Sunday during my road trip to Vegas - I usually play 1/2 but it was full and I only had two hrs. till a tourney, so I sat in this one -
for the purposes of this story, I don't remember suits, but I know there was no flush draw that hit. I have about $250 in front of me in MP - I get AA EP player raises it to $20 - I reraise to $50 - LP player COLD CALLS 50 bucks and the EP player calls - 3 players - flop J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7 rag EP checks - I fire out a $25 probe and LP reraises it to $100 - EP calls and I call - I'm fairly new at the table - EP is an older gentleman, and LP is a young NYC'er who has a buddy at the table - my thought process is that someone hit something - probably EP, and LP has a big overpair like mine or he has AK and is trying to be pushy. I don't see two pair or trips unless it's from EP, because with me betting/raising all the time, a smart player in LP would wait till the turn and just let me keep pumping the pot full of money. But then, a smart player may not cold call a big hand with a raise/reraise either - and this kid ain't smart. On the other hand, a Genius would overbet his monster hand to make me think he was bluffing - but that's an easy option to rule out with this guy [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Turn - 8 rag - EP and I check - we let LP pump another 75 in there - we both call - I can't put anyone on a st8 draw - just not likely. River 7 - I only have about $50 in front of me - (the math is fuzzy, but so was my brain) - check/check and LP goes all in - I cannot fold this pot with that amount of cash in it, but I don't think I can win - so I make a lovely crying call. questions? - comments? EDIT: - pulled out the results - just so we're not biased - RB 
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#2
06-08-2005, 12:52 AM
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Re: let\'s look at a notable hand from 2/5 NL at the MGM grand
I would re-raise to $80 preflop. Even the way you played it, I would push the flop.
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#3
06-08-2005, 12:59 AM
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Re: let\'s look at a notable hand from 2/5 NL at the MGM grand
I don't think betting 1/6 of the pot is a good idea in general, that aside (because it was a probe) I say push all in after it gets raised on the flop. or at least on the turn.
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#4
06-08-2005, 01:36 AM
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Re: let\'s look at a notable hand from 2/5 NL at the MGM grand
I definately would be lying if I said I was on my A game (2 hrs. sleep after a night of hard drinking and 1/2NL) or that I was reading everyone (only had been at the table about 10 min.) or that I understood WTF the 50 buck cold call was about...
in retrospect, a push on the flop was the clear play, esp. with two diamonds on the flop - but in my head I was thinking "I want more info" - I was looking for cold calls of the mini bet as being monsters, and I didn't really get either - LOL RB
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#5
06-08-2005, 01:44 AM
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Re: let\'s look at a notable hand from 2/5 NL at the MGM grand
Never mind, the pot is huge, with how big it is preflop, you prolly gotta go all the way
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#7
06-08-2005, 03:07 AM
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Re: let\'s look at a notable hand from 2/5 NL at the MGM grand
You played it in such an unorthodox fashion, but I like it.
Once LP raises it on the flop you are obviously committed, since most your stack is in there and the pot is huge. I think just check/calling it down has a lot of merit, since it lets EP stay in there and pay you off even more. EP could have a draw, but it's not like a re-raise on the flop is going to get EP to fold at that point; the pot is way to big. And you're definitely not folding out anything that beats you. So you might as well play it passively, check/call the rest of your stack and hope it holds up in a 3-way showdown. Any time I have a chance to triple up against a couple of idiots with 50BB and AA I'm going to take it and hope the poker gods don't smell an AA they need to crack.
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#8
06-08-2005, 03:24 AM
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RESULTS
the EP raiser has KK -
the LP hotshot who's calls/raises had me so confused has KJ sooted and I drag a $700 pot and pay for all my Vegas expenses in one hand. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] RB
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#9
06-08-2005, 03:35 AM
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Re: let\'s look at a notable hand from 2/5 NL at the MGM grand
It's too late to edit my post, but it seems I miscalculated your stack size. But the point remains... make a real bet on the flop and let the rest go in when someone raises, or put it in on the turn.
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