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Is this play justifiable?
This is from my home game.
Five-card stud, lowball. One down, four up. Quarter ante, high card brings it in for 50 cents on second street. Spread limit, $0.50-$3.00. (I really like this game, by the way.) There are two bad players in my home game (out of six). One is really bad. This is a play he's made several times. He's somehow convinced it's good poker. He's ultra-aggressive in general and I guess this is just an extension of that, but it's the most misguided aggressiveness I've ever seen. On fourth street: (heads up) Player A: (X) 4 9 3 Player B: (X) 7 6 2 Pot: $5.50 Player B bets $3. Player A <font color="red">raises</font>! I seriously can't think of a worse play in poker. Player A thought it was a good bluff! I can't fathom how he thinks he can bluff a guy who knows with 100% certainty whether his hand is good, but that was his rationale.* Seriously, was he trying to represent a six high? His nine is showing. Obviously, Player B didn't fall for the "bluff," and re-raised. ------ *He voiced it after another player criticized his raise. I defended Player A, of course. "You won't make any money at this game playing like a wuss." |
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