Shrimp Cocktail?

[Nate tha' Great]

20-40 live game at Harrah's in East Chicago. Good game.

A loose straddle-happy buffoon open-raises in EP. Three players cold call, and I call in the SB with AJo. The BB calls. All callers are too loose preflop.

Six of us see a flop ($240):
J98 rainbow

I bet out, hoping that LAG will raise to narrow the field. Instead, BB calls, LAG calls, and two more overcall behind him.

Turn ($340, 5 players)

A low card falls, putting two diamonds on the board. I bet and get calls from the LAG and an old loose passive dude in MP.

River ($460, 3 players)

The two of diamonds, making a flush possible but little else.

I bet, LAG calls, and the old dude raises. I have been at the table for ~4 hours or so and ... well ... he's pretty much the working definition of loose passive. I fold getting around 15.5:1. It was the combination of the player and the situation that made me do it.

[1800GAMBLER]

[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] ... and ??

Regardless of him being passive when someone raises two people on the river do you really think they are doing it with T,x or JK!?

[The Bear]

This hand is set up beautifully for a turn check-raise. The river fold looks fine to me.

[astroglide]

there is nothing noteworthy about this hand including your fold

[Ulysses]

Yawn.

[exist]

i don't think leading the flop hoping for the PF raiser to pop it again is going to work too often when you still have the best hand. and even if that sequence does occur, many players might still call two bets cold on the flop. what do you think about check calling the flop and then check raising the turn if a safe card hits (also depending on the action)?

[Joe Tall]

Welcome to live Poker, Nate.

Peace,
Joe Tall

[andyfox]

"It was the combination of the player and the situation that made me do it."

I hope so. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Clarkmeister]

I don't care about the hand. I just want to know if you still look like a clueless newbie when handling poker chips.

[bobbyi]

I would have check-raised the turn. I also don't see what this has to do with shrimp cocktail. A fruit plate on the other hand...