Kings facing resistance from a calling station

theblitz · #1 06-29-2005, 08:41 AM

Villain is 35%/0%/0.25 - a classic calling station.
He suddenly came alive here.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter

MP ($98.02)
CO ($21.4)
Button ($17.15)
Hero ($32.65)
BB ($29.65)
UTG ($23.75)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.1.
UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero (poster) raises to $1.9, BB raises to $4.75, UTG folds, MP folds, CO folds, Hero calls $3.

Flop: ($10.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $5, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $15.75

Good fold or just plain chicken?
Should I have bet out the flop?

spentrent · #2 06-29-2005, 08:47 AM

If he's a calling station, then hell yeah bet the flop! But you know he'll only play back with a monster so it sounds like you made the right move folding to his bet.

If you bet the flop and he calls, he'll check behind you on the turn since it's in his nature, right?

theblitz · #3 06-29-2005, 08:56 AM

Not long after this hand I saw him go to the river with K high!

angst · #4 06-29-2005, 08:59 AM

I would reraise him pre flop for sure. 2.5x his raise or so. If he goes all in, I call. If he got aces, well, I would just have to pay him off. I love pre flop action with AA and KK.

theblitz · #5 06-29-2005, 09:06 AM

Really?
Surely against a calling station that suddenly comes to life you should be more careful.
had he been first in I would, of course, have re-raise him. But he re-raised my raise. Surely this indicates biggie?

angst · #6 06-29-2005, 09:30 AM

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Really?
Surely against a calling station that suddenly comes to life you should be more careful.
had he been first in I would, of course, have re-raise him. But he re-raised my raise. Surely this indicates biggie?

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I agree, but the range of big hands (for him) could be anything from TT-AA, AK, etc. He could absolutely have aces here, but this is a situation where I personally would live with paying him off those few times he has them.

But that's just me; I'm relatively new to poker and expect more experienced 2+2'ers to correct me if I'm wrong. I just feel that in a small stakes game such as NL $25, the range of hands they are willing to put all their money in the middle with is so wide that this will be a profitable play in the long run.

djoyce003 · #7 06-29-2005, 10:13 AM

out of curiosity...how many hands did you have on him to get those stats? He has a 0% pfr so if you have over a couple of hundred it's pretty safe to put him on AA...i think the worst hand he reraises you with there is QQ unless you've been constantly picking on his big blind from the small blind, which could have been pissing him off and caused him to play back at you. Too bad you don't have the K of spades, if you did i'd push that flop because he obviously didn't like it with that half pot bet.

theblitz · #8 06-29-2005, 11:55 AM

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out of curiosity...how many hands did you have on him to get those stats?

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Around 60.

grouchie · #9 06-29-2005, 05:58 PM

maybe it's just me and my small game mentality, but there are two hands that I want to get all in preflop whenever possible. AA and KK.

If he re-raises me I'm putting in a third raise at the very least preflop. The more of my stack I can get in the happier I am. If i lose a stack to AA so be it.

but, like i said, i only play the small games and do not think on any more than the surface level (OoOoO, he re-raised me, I get to raise again muhahaahah).

da grouch

The Lobster · #10 06-29-2005, 06:28 PM

I also agree that you should have raised again pre-flop. Your K's aren't going to run into A's as often as you'll run into QQ, JJ AK etc... not at this level of play anyways.

On the flop I think you should have bet... I probably would have folded to a raise though.