I love slowplaying

[michael1123]

$10 SNG, very early on. Table seems tight.

> packrat4 posted small blind (10)
> michael1123 posted big blind (20)
> Game # 77,342,643 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards

> hawkfan06 folded
> Ston folded
> Wrasse folded
> colino1 called for 20
> MasterChief called for 20
> Guld7 folded
> roodog called for 20
> pandy7 called for 20
> packrat4 folded
> michael1123 checked
> Dealing the Flop( )
> michael1123 checked
> colino1 checked
> MasterChief checked
> roodog checked
> pandy7 checked
> Dealing the turn()
> michael1123 checked - here I was stuck being the first to bet, so I was hoping someone would bet the flush draw if they had it
> colino1 checked
> MasterChief checked
> roodog checked
> pandy7 checked
> Dealing the river()
> michael1123 checked - surely someone must have an ace
> colino1 checked
> MasterChief checked
> roodog checked
> pandy7 bet for 40
> michael1123 raised for 150
> colino1 folded
> MasterChief folded
> roodog folded
> pandy7 called for 110
> pandy7 mucked
> michael1123 wins 410 with Three of a Kind, Sixes

Didn't get much, but I doubt I would've gotten any more by betting earlier (probably would've just scared them out - at least I got some)

Five hands later I mix it up

> colino1 posted small blind (20)
> Guld7 posted big blind (40)
> Game # 77,344,534 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards

> roodog folded
> pandy7 called for 40
> packrat4 folded
> michael1123 called for 40
> hawkfan06 called for 40
> Ston called for 40
> Wrasse folded
> colino1 called for 20
> Guld7 checked
> Dealing the Flop( )
> colino1 checked
> Guld7 checked
> pandy7 checked
> michael1123 bet for 100 - they saw me slowplay by checking, now its time for some underbetting into a pot with over 200 chips
> hawkfan06 folded
> Ston called for 100
> colino1 folded
> Guld7 folded
> pandy7 folded
> Dealing the turn()
> michael1123 bet for 80 - "Oh no! You called me! I'll just try a minimum bet this time on my flush draw, otherwise my hand sucks! Please go away!"
> Ston raised for 240
> michael1123 went all-in for 990 - After about a 5 second pause, like saying "Shit ... he caught my bluff ... maybe I can bet him out now!"
> Ston called for 830
> Dealing the river()
> Ston shows
> michael1123 wins 2,580 with a Straight, Queen high

[Toasty]

Hand 1 you could probably min bet to get the action going or a small raise as if you are weak bluffing the 66s, this isn't the WPT they won't believe you and still pay to draw to whatever trash cards they hold...

[michael1123]

Maybe. But I was happy with it.

Plus it gave the observant players some faulty information, about how I'll check with a strong hand all the way down to the river, then reraise. May have helped my case on the second hand.

These people started folding to all my bets after this, or shoving all in preflop or at the flop.

[michael1123]

By the way, not to be overly technical, but I couldn't "raise" in the first hand until I did. And position stopped me from making it look like a bluff if everyone checked to me.

Anyway, I was the leader heading into the final 3, but the small stack outdrew me like 3 times in a row with preflop all ins and became the big stack. The other small stack then puts me all in (nearly all in for him), and I call with A rag, and he has two rags and hits a low straight

Ah well, at least I'm not bubble boy :P

[Toasty]

heh ignore me I had a bad night and decided to have some wine and study my game (still can't believe i lost with 3 aces in the hole *hic*)

Don't give the players so much respect though, most of them probably couldn't remember your name let alone how you played an earlier hand. Also, the slow play could be mistaken for weak play and induce some bluffs when you don't want them.

[michael1123]

... Hmm? Isn't that the point of slowplaying? To seem weak and induce bluffs?

Are you really this drunk Toasty?

I don't slowplay when I have top pair or anything easily beaten.

[Toasty]

Yeah i'm pretty pissed, the weak play comment was supposed to say you might be seen as weak tight because of this hand and induce bluffs in later hands where you don't want them as you have a marginal hand.

I'll probably re-read and edit all my posts tomorrow to make it look like I agree with you

[michael1123]

Yeah, but those are the only two hands I slow played the entire tourney. Its not often you flop a monster.