Ahh the good ole days

[spino1i]

Doing well recently at 50 NL and unable to take anymore of its boredome, I moved back up to 100 NL again, this time with a revised strategy.

This is what ive been missing the last week:

***** Hand History for Game 2892315625 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, October 17, 20:33:19 EDT 2005
Table Table 68854 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Teabaggedu ( $131.10 )
Seat 2: Matt18535 ( $93.15 )
Seat 3: jcm894 ( $96.20 )
Seat 4: BlackEcstasy ( $49 )
Seat 5: dqmai ( $171.20 )
Seat 6: magic15111 ( $109.05 )
Seat 7: Apollo7 ( $88.50 )
Seat 8: dstraff1 ( $106.75 )
Seat 9: chokingeagle ( $51.85 )
Seat 10: sjdsydemg ( $107 )
BlackEcstasy posts small blind [$0.50].
dqmai posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BlackEcstasy [ 4h 4d ]
magic15111 folds.
Apollo7 folds.
dstraff1 folds.
chokingeagle folds.
sjdsydemg calls [$1].
Teabaggedu folds.
Matt18535 folds.
jcm894 folds.
BlackEcstasy calls [$0.50].
dqmai checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 9h, Ad ]
BlackEcstasy checks.
dqmai checks.
sjdsydemg bets [$2].
BlackEcstasy raises [$4].
dqmai folds.
sjdsydemg calls [$2].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
BlackEcstasy bets [$8].
sjdsydemg calls [$8].
** Dealing River ** [ 9c ]
BlackEcstasy is all-In [$36]
sjdsydemg calls [$36].
BlackEcstasy shows [ 4h, 4d ] a full house, Fours full of nines.
sjdsydemg shows [ As, Td ] two pairs, aces and nines.
BlackEcstasy wins $96 from the main pot with a full house, Fours full of nines.

[Fnord]

Why the short buy-in?

Can you explain your bet sizes on the flop + turn? How far ahead are you thinking towards getting it all in? This is a topic of great interest to me right now.

For what it's worth I'm going $6 on the flop and going at least half-pot on the turn. Maybe pot the turn. However, I'm still trying to find the right value balance in these games.

Thanks.

[spino1i]

Why the short buy-in?

Can you explain your bet sizes on the flop + turn? How far are you thinking towards getting it all in? This is a topic of great interest to me right now.

Thanks.

I was trying to get all-in from the flop onward, but I wanted to bet enough to keep him along. I was hoping the board would become more favorible to him as the hand progressed and that he would pay me off on the river. He didnt hit two pair, but he had top pair on a paired board with a kicker showing higher than his, so he probably figured I was a short stack trying to buy the pot from him with another ace.

The reason Im buying in short is because I dont trust my deep stack play right now. Its whats caused a lot of the problems for me. People cant suck out on you as bad if you buy in short heh.

[Fnord]

The reason Im buying in short is because I dont trust my deep stack play right now. Its whats caused a lot of the problems for me. People cant suck out on you as bad if you buy in short heh.

I also wonder if he calls your turn bet as often if you buy-in for $100...

[Humphrind]

I also wonder if he calls your turn bet as often if you buy-in for $100...

With top pair and a broadway kicker... He calls the bet regardless of your stack size.

[Fnord]

I also wonder if he calls your turn bet as often if you buy-in for $100...

With top pair and a broadway kicker... He calls the bet regardless of your stack size.

In the PokerStars .25/.50 game most of the regulars find a fold on the turn.

[Humphrind]

I also wonder if he calls your turn bet as often if you buy-in for $100...

With top pair and a broadway kicker... He calls the bet regardless of your stack size.

In the PokerStars .25/.50 game most of the regulars find a fold on the turn.

The turn is harmless. your average opponent doesn't know he's walking into a slow-play. You'd have to bet more on the turn to get even a strong player to fold.

[Fnord]

You'd have to bet more on the turn to get even a strong player to fold.

Check/Min-Raising the flop then betting $8 with $36 behind is a pretty strong show of commitment to the pot.

2,288 games 0.005 secs 457,600 games/sec

Board: Ad 9h 4s Qd
Dead:

equity (%) win (%) tie (%)
Hand 1: 69.5367 % 61.01% 08.52% { AA, 99, 44, A2s+, 94s, ATo+ }
Hand 2: 30.4633 % 21.94% 08.52% { AsTd }

Fudge for the % chance he's got air...

[spino1i]

You'd have to bet more on the turn to get even a strong player to fold.

Check/Min-Raising the flop then betting $8 with $36 behind is a pretty strong show of commitment to the pot.

2,288 games 0.005 secs 457,600 games/sec

Board: Ad 9h 4s Qd
Dead:

equity (%) win (%) tie (%)
Hand 1: 69.5367 % 61.01% 08.52% { AA, 99, 44, A2s+, 94s, ATo+ }
Hand 2: 30.4633 % 21.94% 08.52% { AsTd }

Fudge for the % chance he's got air...

I'd have to say the opp played pretty dumb. The overbet on the river was a real sign he was beat, but he just couldnt let his top pair go.