Super tight AA

[PokerBabe(aka)]

Here is a fun experiment I tried today in a rock-solid daytime 10-20 hold 'em game. I had only 3 hours to play so I decided to hang with the tightest poker guys around.

I am with 7 players I have known for several years. These guys all play only 10-20 and play many days a year. We pass a few red chips around and I do mean a few.

After several hours of passing these meager pots, I am just about ready to go home. My day has been unproductive except for a few smiles and some chat about food and the weather. I was planning a roast chicken dinner, green beans and mashed potatoes. I was also hoping for much more rain, which is a real treat in Vegas.

I yearn for action. And here it comes. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

One lonely limper to Babe on the button. I raise with black Jacks. The SB now 3 bets. This player 3 betting from the sb can ONLY have KK or AA and my money is on AA. I could simply fold, but hey I am here to gambool...(LOL). [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. Limper and Babe call.

Flop is Q, 7, 4 (rainbow). Sb bets his KK or AA and limper folds. I decide to call and raise the turn unless it's exacly a K or an A. I know that sb knows I will not raise a meager A,Q there vs. a preflop sb 3 bet from him. The Q is actually a perfect card for me, or so I think. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

The turn brings an 8. SB bets and I raise per my plan.

and...now for the results.... [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Will the sb fold? will this most clever and bold of plays work against one of the tightest players in America? [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

SB stops for what seems like a minute and thinks and thinks. He says, "you have a set huh"? I did my best impression of a "RockBabe" and stared at the flop as a hush fell over the crowd. I just tried to breathe in and out.

Alas, sb calls and now I know I am doomed [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] The river card is invisible and sb checks his hand to me and I check behind. I cannot bet the river, since I cannot (meaning I don't want to) show my hand if I am called.

SB proudly shows AA and I muck. Well, guess he wasn't as tight as I thought he was, huh? Yeah...what was I thinking? ...nobody will lay down AA to a Q high board, will they?

Two hands later, I came home to start the roast chicken dinner before the rain started.


LGPG,

Babe [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]