The joyful taste of suited connectors

[JeffreyGB]

Lots of pot stealing had been going on, so I decided I'd play with some mid-suited connectors in an effort to catch a well-disguised hand. Caught top pair (til river) w/ fl draw. With this guy's aggression, I decided the Rope-a-dope strat was the way to go. Became chipleader and won the thing (my second win ever at a $5 SnG). In hindsight, maybe I should have pushed the river. The change in his play made me wonder if he'd finally caught a peice though.

Perhaps the best part was after the hand, when he remarked "I can't believe you played that crap." To which I responded with Fnord's classic "Shhh...I'm counting your chips"

Hand #4928598-85 at SnG-0037q (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
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Started at 16/Mar/05 23:38:35

billcj783 is at seat 0 with 2695.
csblackhawk is at seat 2 with 4375.
JGB146 is at seat 7 with 3910.
octanetommy is at seat 9 with 4020.
The button is at seat 7.

octanetommy posts the small blind of 75.
billcj783 posts the big blind of 150.

billcj783: -- --
csblackhawk: -- --
JGB146: Ts 9s
octanetommy: -- --

Pre-flop:
csblackhawk raises to 300. JGB146 calls.
octanetommy folds. billcj783 calls.

Flop (board: 9d 4s 2s):
billcj783 checks. csblackhawk bets 975. JGB146
calls. billcj783 folds.

Turn (board: 9d 4s 2s 6c):
csblackhawk bets 1500. JGB146 calls.

River (board: 9d 4s 2s 6c Qh):
csblackhawk checks. JGB146 checks.

Showdown:
csblackhawk shows Ac 7d.
csblackhawk has Ac 7d 9d 6c Qh: ace high.
JGB146 shows Ts 9s.
JGB146 has Ts 9s 9d 6c Qh: a pair of nines.

Hand #4928598-85 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
JGB146 wins 5925 with a pair of nines.
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[Sed]

I would probably raise the turn. The check on the river tells you it is your pot. Unless you had been extremely aggressive in this SnG (betting big into weakness), I doubt anyone would check the river intending to check-raise when they had been leading the betting the whole way. Grabbing those extra chips in situations like this is something I need to work on in my tourney play.

- sed

[JeffreyGB]

I hadn't been especially aggressive, but the table as a whole was an aggro fest. I see your points though...just thought it smelled bad that he changed gears when the overcard hit. Guess it could (and was) a sign of weakness.

- Jeffrey

[jmontis]

usually, i've noticed, if aggression from the flop goes weak on the river, they don't have much or are afraid of betting.

If it's the opposite though, they usually have you beat big time, or are bluffing you.

[allLiving]

they usually have you beat big time, or are bluffing you.

True story right there

[youngblood]

i dont know bout yall...but if im leading the betting untill the river and i know i got the nuts,i will check to mess with their head,most of the time it works like a charm

[Alibi]

i dont know bout yall...but if im leading the betting untill the river and i know i got the nuts,i will check to mess with their head,most of the time it works like a charm

Most of the time, this is not the smartest thing to do =/