Quote Originally Posted by Genitruc
oh and btw ppl seem to be ruling out Ax sooted becuz it's a bad calling hand on the one hand and then justifying calling AI because of the shorthanded-ness of the situation.

1- I have never heard of a "thinking" player w 36/2 stats over 2.8k hands. He most likely plays his cards. EDIT : with obvious fear of scary board... (see above post w 444)

2- If the shorthandedness of the situation dictates that you adjust your play, surely it must be because you anticipate other players doing the same thing. In this case villain is prob not thinking 2 many levels deep, so I think the shorthandedness of the situation vs this villain should be disregarded.

3- Even if villain were perceptive and "adjusting" for the shorthanded play, wouldn't we expect him to adjust by calling w Ax s? This is def not the type of villain who would adjust SH by reraising an ace preflop. his prf is 2% ffs.
What is your point? Nobody is saying Ax suited isn't in his range or a remote possibility. The fact is a smaller flush is much more likely and there's no reason for villain to think his T9h is beat.

OP has no read that this guy would just smooth call with a smaller flush. The hand he showed of villain was him playing trips in an unraised pot with a crappy kicker with flushes and straights galore cautiously.

I repeat, anybody who thinks this is anything resembling a fold is retarded.