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Strange bets as a last resort
I always strongly frowned upon all-in bets with a really small pot, because to me, it's a dead giveaway of a monster hand. However, I've been experimenting with them the last couple days. Sometimes I just know, 100% I'm not going to get a call with a normal bet. Here's a hand I had against a very loose preflop caller but folded almost everything post flop:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) converter UTG+1 ($43.75) MP1 ($49) MP2 ($45.75) CO ($19.80) Hero ($46.75) SB ($52.25) BB ($16.75) UTG ($64.70) Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls $2. Flop: ($5.75) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $44.25 (All-In)</font>, MP2 folds. Final Pot: $50 He said KK? And took a really long time to fold, using the request time option, then showing 88. If I bet $5 I'm sure he instafolds. Here's a hand where my all in is arbitrary considering his small stack size, but I think it was worth a try, maybe just to confuse him. These may seem kind of pointless, but there's nothing to lose. If I'm going to bet $8 here I may as well push it and see if it gets a reaction. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) converter BB ($26.50) UTG ($15.95) UTG+1 ($60.45) Hero ($78.60) MP2 ($100.35) CO ($22.70) Button ($28.10) SB ($13) Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB calls $1.75, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>. Flop: ($4.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> SB checks, Hero checks. Turn: ($4.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets $3</font>, Hero calls $3. River: ($10.50) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $73.6 (All-In)</font>, SB calls $8 (All-In). Final Pot: $92.10 Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF"> Hero has Ad Qs (two pair, queens and threes). SB has 7s Ac (two pair, sevens and threes). Outcome: Hero wins $92.10. </font> Anyone do things like this? It won't work against a smart player, but if you know somebody is a donkey and a traditional play isn't going to work, it's worth a try I think. It only has to work every so often to be profitable. Kind of donkish play, but if it fools other donkeys than I see no reason to not bust it out every once in a while. |
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Re: Strange bets as a last resort
i do this all the time.
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