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 Re: You make the call Hands 1 & 2
Overall, I was surprised at how you look at your stack in cash games. Maybe it's the SnG experience? I tend to look at my bankroll as a measure of where I stand and my stack just happens to be how much is at risk at the moment. Maybe that's why I do poorly in tournies, I get too paniced on such a short bankroll. Maybe it's why I've been breaking even lately in ring games, since I'm too willing to laydown a hand that looks like loser and missing value bets on the river. Anyway, if I like the table I got $20-$50 in front of me however I manage to get there. More than that I and leave. I've lost too much money and composure to tall stacks to put more than that at risk on a single hand.
Hand 1:
I probably misplayed this by betting only half the pot. I should have gone with $1-$2 more.
Player8's hesitation had me puzzled. I figured he either had a marginal decision, putting him on medium/small pocket pair or a pair from the board. However, waiting for the very last second seems extreme to me. Almost as though he was acting. That would put him on a set or big pocket pair. Particulary given that he cold called my pre-flop raise. Either way I'm in trouble for showdown and if he's acting betting again would just put me further in the trap. I checked, he went all-in and I folded.
I was just about to break out the Academy Award for Best Actor when he showed me AJo. I suppose it was supposed to put me on tilt. Big mistake. That one piece of information helped me put him on a playing style and take his money later.
***** Hand History for Game XXXXXXXXXXX *****
Gobsh1te has left the table.
0/0 TexasHTGameTable (NL)
Table Fish nChip (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 ( $66.34)
Seat 2: Player2 ( $20)
Seat 4: Player4 ( $44.16)
Seat 5: Player5 ( $37.35)
Seat 6: Player6 ( $76.75)
Seat 7: Hero ( $22)
Seat 8: Player8 ( $26.35)
Seat 9: Player9 ( $26.70)
Seat 10: Player10 ( $12)
Player10 posts small blind (0.25)
Player1 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ As, Qd ]
Player4 calls (0.50)
Player5 calls (0.50)
Player6 folds.
Hero raises (3) to 3
Player8 calls (3)
Player9 folds.
Player10 folds.
Player1 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3d, 5d, 9d ]
Hero bets (4)
Player8 calls (4)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5s ]
Hero checks.
Player8 bets (15)
Hero folds.
** Summary **
Main Pot: $30 | Rake: $0.75
Board: [ 3d 5d 9d 5s ]
Player8 balance $34.35, bet $22, collected $30, net +$8 [ Ac Jd ] [ a pair of fives -- Ac,Jd,9d,5d,5s ]
Hand 2:
I probably went too far calling him very aggressive. Anyway, the turn was really the interesting part of this hand. I raised to isolate Novice and put him to the test. If he had the better flush, well that's poker. But his stack was way too short to make me even consider folding and I needed to defend against the board making 4 to a flush by getting my money in now and giving LAggCall a reason to get lost.
Then LAggCall cold called. Check + call. Check + call. Sure he's calling a little too much, but it really takes a "special" kind of player to cold call that bet + raise after checking without a solid hand. Then consider the change in behavior from an otherwise fairly aggressive player to just plain calling. I put him on a hand. He could have been trapping from the flop. He could have drawn to a better flush. Throw in a scary river card and this wasn't going down quite as planned.
I interpreted the river bet as either fear of a possible boat or a value bet. I considered folding. I considered going all-in. I put myself at a little less than even money to win, made the call on pot odds and was pleasantly surprised to see.... 3 queens drawing dead to a straight!
***** Hand History for Game XXXXXXXX *****
0/0 TexasHTGameTable (NL)
Table Fish nChip (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Hero ( $37.25)
Seat 2: Player2 ( $12.37)
Seat 3: Player3 ( $50.05)
Seat 4: Player4 ( $23)
Seat 5: Player5 ( $9.65)
Seat 6: Player6 ( $25.35)
Seat 7: Player7 ( $25.85)
Seat 8: LAggCall ( $28)
Seat 9: Novice ( $14.50)
Seat 10: Player10 ( $22.50)
Player5 posts small blind (0.25)
Player6 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 5h, 6h ]
Player7 calls (0.50)
LAggCall calls (0.50)
Novice calls (0.50)
Player10 folds.
Hero calls (0.50)
Player2 folds.
Player3 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 calls (0.25)
Player6 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3s, Jh, 9h ]
Player5 checks.
Player6 checks.
Player7 checks.
LAggCall checks.
Novice checks.
Hero bets (2)
Player5 folds.
Player6 folds.
Player7 folds.
LAggCall calls (2)
Novice calls (2)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qh ]
LAggCall checks.
Novice bets (6)
Hero raises (12) to 12
LAggCall calls (12)
Novice folds.
** Dealing River ** : [ Qs ]
LAggCall bets (5)
Hero calls (5)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $46.55 | Rake: $2.45
Board: [ 3s Jh 9h Qh Qs ]
Hero balance $64.30, bet $19.50, collected $46.55, net +$27.05 [ 5h 6h ] [ a flush, queen high -- Qh,Jh,9h,6h,5h ]
LAggCall balance $8.50, lost $19.50 [ Qc Ts ] [ three of a kind, queens -- Qc,Qh,Qs,Jh,Ts ]
Novice balance $6, lost $8.50 (folded)
Now for the punchline... Player8 and LAggCall are the same player. After the first few hands I realized I had a loose, somewhat aggressive player with a healthy stack with immediate position on me and another one a couple seats down. Once I got a chance I switched seats and took advantage of my stronger position.
Thanks for the feedback. It's interesting to see how others look at the same situation and make sure I'm not leaking too much value.
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