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Old 11-15-2005, 01:15 AM
EverettKings EverettKings is offline
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Default When you look like a maniac

Stars 150, barely ITM (43 left I think). I had been noticeably active in the past 2 orbits or so, with two or three allin reraises preflop and such. Legitimate resteal hands, but I look a little suspect.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed)

UTG (t5660)
UTG+1 (t940)
MP1 (t4725)
MP2 (t14290)
MP3 (t13609)
Hero (t20200)
Button (t28942)
SB (t16682)
BB (t5120)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t1600</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t1600, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t3600) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t18550</font>, MP2 calls t11840 (All-In).

Turn: (t34790) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t34790) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t34790

This guy minraised preflop a couple orbits ago and I pushed allin over him and took it down. I considered a preflop reraise here but didn't like the stack scenario and the ppl left to act. The guy hadnt opened many pots.

I pushed the flop because I refused to believe that he would play a real hand like that against me. There was just no way in my book that he wanted action. I would push all in there with a lot of made or vulnerable hands too.

I got called by 66 and (as you can see) bricked. I mean, can I expect this call? I knew I looked suspicious but I could have so many hands there that I really hate the call on his part FWIW. Like, I'd expect to see a flush draw at the very least.

Heres what I want to know: was he just not a thinking player, or did I get totally owned?

Everett

PS I'm having a problem lately (read: past few months) playing "solid" poker. I really can't stand to play tight standard poker because I feel like anyone with half a brain can do it, and I can't possibly have a real advantage over this field by just playing like everyone else. Maybe it's made me try too force to many plays, but it's hard to learn unless i [censored] up. So if you see some retarded LAG stuff, bear with me.
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Old 11-15-2005, 02:56 AM
AceofSpades AceofSpades is offline
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Default Re: When you look like a maniac

[ QUOTE ]
I look a little suspect.
Big Blind is t800

UTG (t5660)
UTG+1 (t940)
MP1 (t4725)
MP2 (t14290)
MP3 (t13609)
Hero (t20200)
Button (t28942)
SB (t16682)
BB (t5120)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t1600</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t1600, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t3600) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t18550</font>, MP2 calls t11840 (All-In).

Turn: (t34790) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t34790) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t34790

This guy minraised preflop a couple orbits ago and I pushed allin over him and took it down. I considered a preflop reraise here but didn't like the stack scenario and the ppl left to act. The guy hadnt opened many pots.

I pushed the flop because I refused to believe that he would play a real hand like that against me. There was just no way in my book that he wanted action. I would push all in there with a lot of made or vulnerable hands too.

I got called by 66 and (as you can see) bricked. I mean, can I expect this call? I knew I looked suspicious but I could have so many hands there that I really hate the call on his part FWIW. Like, I'd expect to see a flush draw at the very least.

Heres what I want to know: was he just not a thinking player, or did I get totally owned?



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Honestly I think you owned yourself. Pushing 18k into a 4k pot reeks of "semibluff flush draw" in many people's mind. Why not raise here to 3k-4k instead? Or call and take away from him on the turn. admittedly 66 is a little weak here but I think a pair of eights might call there also. A 2.75x potsize raise/a 22x raise of the flop bet, doesn't look like you're betting for value.
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Old 11-15-2005, 03:00 AM
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Default Re: When you look like a maniac

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Stars 150, barely ITM (43 left I think). I had been noticeably active in the past 2 orbits or so, with two or three allin reraises preflop and such. Legitimate resteal hands, but I look a little suspect.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed)

UTG (t5660)
UTG+1 (t940)
MP1 (t4725)
MP2 (t14290)
MP3 (t13609)
Hero (t20200)
Button (t28942)
SB (t16682)
BB (t5120)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t1600</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t1600, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t3600) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t18550</font>, MP2 calls t11840 (All-In).

Turn: (t34790) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t34790) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t34790

This guy minraised preflop a couple orbits ago and I pushed allin over him and took it down. I considered a preflop reraise here but didn't like the stack scenario and the ppl left to act. The guy hadnt opened many pots.

I pushed the flop because I refused to believe that he would play a real hand like that against me. There was just no way in my book that he wanted action. I would push all in there with a lot of made or vulnerable hands too.

I got called by 66 and (as you can see) bricked. I mean, can I expect this call? I knew I looked suspicious but I could have so many hands there that I really hate the call on his part FWIW. Like, I'd expect to see a flush draw at the very least.

Heres what I want to know: was he just not a thinking player, or did I get totally owned?

Everett

PS I'm having a problem lately (read: past few months) playing "solid" poker. I really can't stand to play tight standard poker because I feel like anyone with half a brain can do it, and I can't possibly have a real advantage over this field by just playing like everyone else. Maybe it's made me try too force to many plays, but it's hard to learn unless i [censored] up. So if you see some retarded LAG stuff, bear with me.

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I'll bet you 10 bucks that if you asked that guy he would of said. "I put you on AK"
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Old 11-15-2005, 03:02 AM
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That was a weak bet on his part, but your bet does look suspicious. I would have raised him to ~3K based on that weak bet, and hope he makes another donk bet or checks into my turn so I can fire out again.

He could be one of those players that is "unbluffable" when holding a pair no matter the board though, so that might not work either.
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Old 11-15-2005, 03:14 AM
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Default Re: When you look like a maniac

i watched that hand, and i just think it was a bad move after the events before it

you did re-raise all-in i think twice before pre-flop, not to mention a fair amount of flop bets/etc., you were very very active in the 2 orbits preceding this hand

especially on a 2-flush board .... you get looked up a lot here i think
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Old 11-15-2005, 03:37 AM
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Default Re: When you look like a maniac

What he said...
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Old 11-15-2005, 04:12 AM
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Default Re: When you look like a maniac

I like preflop. Try calling the flop. Works like a charm [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-15-2005, 04:18 AM
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Default Re: When you look like a maniac

I can't make his call. But, overbets can be interpretted in so many different ways. I like bullying people like that moreso on the bubble rather than ITM.
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Old 11-15-2005, 05:26 AM
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Heres what I want to know: was he just not a thinking player, or did I get totally owned?

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I wouldn't say you got owned. The call was marginal on his part... on the other hand, there's aboslutely no way I'd give you credit for a real hand here, and my only concern with calling is that if you have x [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]x [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], with x&gt;6, you have enough outs to make you a favorite in the hand.

A normal raise would've been a lot more believable, and a fold even better considering, like you said, that you've been very active recently and any sign of action on your part now will be taken with a huge grain of salt. That's a great time to switch gears and not bluff, then make that kind of an overbet with the nuts... or something close.

Kirk
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Old 11-15-2005, 06:31 AM
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Default Re: When you look like a maniac

I can't believe no-one else has said fold preflop
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