What did the comment mean?

McNeese72 · #1 07-12-2005, 10:14 AM

I played this hand last night. When it was through the villain posted what I thought was "nice hand" in chat and I said "ty". Later I noticed that he really had said "nice 7.5% hand". WTF did he mean by that? I think I played it okay and it definitely wasn't a suckout. Was he just pissed that he got his pocket Aces cracked?
The villain seemed to be a decent player. MP2 was a fish and the BB was playing pretty loose.

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG :#A500AF(Villain)/ raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP2 calls, 3 folds, BB calls, UTG :#A500AF(Villain)/ caps, Hero calls, MP2 calls, BB calls.

The villain was a decent player, so with the raises I put him on probably a big pocket pair.

Flop: (16.40 SB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB bets, Villain raises, Hero 3-bets, MP2 calls, BB calls, Villain calls.

Okay, I was worried about pocket Q's but he didn't cap my 3-bet so he probably doesn't have them.

Turn: (13.20 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, Villain checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, BB calls, Villain calls.

With three other people still in and the other two guys seeming to be on draws, I didn't want to check/raise here and take the chance of giving a free card to the flush and straight draws so I bet out.

River: (17.20 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, Villain checks, Hero bets, MP2 folds, BB folds, Villain calls.

Okay, don't have to worry about a straight with the board pairing (not that I think on of those guys has one after the turn betting). I bet out because I was afraid it would get checked to showdown if I tried for a c/r.

Was my thinking good on this hand? And what did the villain mean with his comment?

Final Pot: 19.20 BB

davelin · #2 07-12-2005, 10:16 AM

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I played this hand last night. When it was through the villain posted what I thought was "nice hand" in chat and I said "ty". Later I noticed that he really had said "nice 7.5% hand". WTF did he mean by that? I think I played it okay and it definitely wasn't a suckout. Was he just pissed that he got his pocket Aces cracked?
The villain seemed to be a decent player. MP2 was a fish and the BB was playing pretty loose.

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That was the chance you would hit a set on the flop.

GrunchCan · #3 07-12-2005, 10:18 AM

When he said, "Nice 7.5% hand," what he really meant was, "I'm on tilt now, so you can bend me over to your will." Take advantage of the situation.

Nice hand.

bozlax · #4 07-12-2005, 10:29 AM

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When he said, "Nice 7.5% hand," what he really meant was, "I'm on tilt now, so you can bend me over to your will." Take advantage of the situation.

Nice hand.

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Were it you, Grunch, Villan would have to change his location to, "Getting rogered by the Hawiian Punch guy."

Sightless · #5 07-12-2005, 10:39 AM

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I played this hand last night. When it was through the villain posted what I thought was "nice hand" in chat and I said "ty". Later I noticed that he really had said "nice 7.5% hand". WTF did he mean by that? I think I played it okay and it definitely wasn't a suckout. Was he just pissed that he got his pocket Aces cracked?
The villain seemed to be a decent player. MP2 was a fish and the BB was playing pretty loose.

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That was the chance you would hit a set on the flop.

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I was under the Impression that with the pocket pair it is 12% chance to hit your set on the flop, no? Well I guess I am wrong

Dave G. · #6 07-12-2005, 10:42 AM

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I was under the Impression that with the pocket pair it is 12% chance to hit your set on the flop, no? Well I guess I am wrong

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No, you are correct. The idiot who made the comment is wrong. He's confused the odds of flopping a set (roughly 7.5:1) with the percentage of flopping a set (which is about 12%).

In other words his maths skills aren't what he thinks they are.

topspin · #7 07-12-2005, 10:43 AM

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That was the chance you would hit a set on the flop.

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I was under the Impression that with the pocket pair it is 12% chance to hit your set on the flop, no? Well I guess I am wrong

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Set or better. Set alone is about 10.5%. I have no idea where 7.5% comes from; perhaps dave was thinking of 1:7.5 instead?

Sightless · #8 07-12-2005, 10:43 AM

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I was under the Impression that with the pocket pair it is 12% chance to hit your set on the flop, no? Well I guess I am wrong

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No, you are correct. The idiot who made the comment is wrong. He's confused the odds of flopping a set (roughly 7.5:1) with the percentage of flopping a set (which is about 12%).

In other words his maths skills aren't what he thinks they are.

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ok thanx for the clarification

jrz1972 · #9 07-12-2005, 10:44 AM

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Was he just pissed that he got his pocket Aces cracked?

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