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Higher levels of thinking

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  1. #1

    Default Higher levels of thinking

    I just found this hand interesting and i feel like explaining my actions in this hand. There isn't anything particularly special about it, but this is the kind of critical thinking you need to really destroy your game.

    ***** Hand History for Game 2805149681 *****
    $600 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, October 01, 02:33:27 EDT 2005
    Table Table 36777 (6 max) (Real Money)
    Seat 6 is the button
    Total number of players : 6
    Seat 1: shipitt ( $712 )
    Seat 3: BigWormED ( $2062.83 )
    Seat 5: farmedfish ( $1113.85 )
    Seat 2: emmac ( $61.20 )
    Seat 4: JoeyMarauder ( $590.10 )
    Seat 6: seal05 ( $485 )
    shipitt posts small blind [$3].
    emmac posts big blind [$6].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to farmedfish [ Qh Ac ]
    BigWormED folds.
    JoeyMarauder raises [$21].
    my opponent is tight but quite agressive, the perfect opponent to re-raise AQ against.
    farmedfish raises [$40].
    seal05 folds.
    shipitt folds.
    emmac folds.
    JoeyMarauder calls [$19].
    ** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, 2c, 6d ]
    JoeyMarauder checks.
    farmedfish bets [$70].
    I'm relatively tight myself so for the most part he is going to be thinking big pair or AK, so i bet most of the pot to represent that big pair
    >You have options at Table 48724 (6 max) Table!.
    JoeyMarauder calls [$70].
    most of the time i quit with this hand when i'm just called here
    ** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
    but this is an interesting card, by his call on the flop i would put him on 99-QQ most of the time; he is very capable of trapping me w/ AA or KK, but he would have shown aggression on the flop if he had those, and he would have laid down overcards i'm pretty sure. So the K card significantly weakens his hand because i have been telling him with my betting pattern that i have a big pair or atleast AK. I decide that he is smart enough to realize this and i fire out the second bet and he folds
    >You have options at Table 48724 (6 max) Table!.
    JoeyMarauder checks.
    farmedfish bets [$150].
    >You have options at Table 48724 (6 max) Table!.
    >You have options at Table 36816 (6 max) Table!.
    JoeyMarauder folds.
    farmedfish does not show cards.
    farmedfish wins $376
    BigWormED has left the table.
  2. #2

    Default Re: Higher levels of thinking

    Quote Originally Posted by Bmxicle
    I just found this hand interesting and i feel like explaining my actions in this hand. There isn't anything particularly special about it, but this is the kind of critical thinking you need to really destroy your game.

    ***** Hand History for Game 2805149681 *****
    $600 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, October 01, 02:33:27 EDT 2005
    Table Table 36777 (6 max) (Real Money)
    Seat 6 is the button
    Total number of players : 6
    Seat 1: shipitt ( $712 )
    Seat 3: BigWormED ( $2062.83 )
    Seat 5: farmedfish ( $1113.85 )
    Seat 2: emmac ( $61.20 )
    Seat 4: JoeyMarauder ( $590.10 )
    Seat 6: seal05 ( $485 )
    shipitt posts small blind [$3].
    emmac posts big blind [$6].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to farmedfish [ Qh Ac ]
    BigWormED folds.
    JoeyMarauder raises [$21].
    my opponent is tight but quite agressive, the perfect opponent to re-raise AQ against.
    farmedfish raises [$40].
    seal05 folds.
    shipitt folds.
    emmac folds.
    JoeyMarauder calls [$19].
    ** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, 2c, 6d ]
    JoeyMarauder checks.
    farmedfish bets [$70].
    I'm relatively tight myself so for the most part he is going to be thinking big pair or AK, so i bet most of the pot to represent that big pair
    >You have options at Table 48724 (6 max) Table!.
    JoeyMarauder calls [$70].
    most of the time i quit with this hand when i'm just called here
    ** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
    but this is an interesting card, by his call on the flop i would put him on 99-QQ most of the time; he is very capable of trapping me w/ AA or KK, but he would have shown aggression on the flop if he had those, and he would have laid down overcards i'm pretty sure. So the K card significantly weakens his hand because i have been telling him with my betting pattern that i have a big pair or atleast AK. I decide that he is smart enough to realize this and i fire out the second bet and he folds
    >You have options at Table 48724 (6 max) Table!.
    JoeyMarauder checks.
    farmedfish bets [$150].
    >You have options at Table 48724 (6 max) Table!.
    >You have options at Table 36816 (6 max) Table!.
    JoeyMarauder folds.
    farmedfish does not show cards.
    farmedfish wins $376
    BigWormED has left the table.
    Seems pretty straightforward except the part where you suggest reraising an early position raise from a tight-aggressiver player with A-Q.
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