[Joe Rees]

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I saw this post this morning in response to a thread about why people play crappy cards....

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I feel your pain brother. brettbrettr was at my table today and raised it to 3 bets with Q9s UTG. Of course, by the turn he had the flush and my 2 pair was worthless. Very next hand he 3 bet my raise with JJ. Flop was 989 with 2 suited. I bet he raised, I re-raised because this guy LOVES to call and then raise the flop with any two sooted that hits the flop for him. Decent play, but I wanted him to know he was behind. turn and river were both blanks and he flips over his 9To to win. 3 betting with 9To in BB? Whatever, I wouldn't likely do it, but to each his own.


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Obviously this guy has trouble remembering position and action (how many times have you 3-bet UTG?). I'm also sure I never reraised with 10-9o but since adopting the SSH strategies and playing my draws aggressively when it calls for it, these guys:

1. Can't put me on a hand
2. Give me action befitting a maniac!

Thanks Ed.

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Funny how the person who posted that also read 2+2 and would notice this. Obviously you are the one who has trouble remembering position and action. You were UTG and I was SB. I raised appropriately with AKs to try and knock at least one person out. You re-raised me making it 3 bets to go. I called and we proceeded. Your post-flop play was very good considering the flop helped you by providing you with 2 lovely hearts to match the Q9 of hearts in your hand.

The very next hand, you were BB and I was on the button. I looked down and saw two hooks. It almost folded around the entire table and I, of course, raised. You re-raised me again and I called. Flop was 989 with the first two peeled off being spades. You bet and I raised thinking that you likely wouldn't have a 9 in your hand with that kind of action pre-flop. 99 or 88 were certainly possibilities though knowing your sometimes maniac-like play. So, I flat called and watched painfully as you flipped 9To for trip 9's.

If you would have read the thread you so eloquently stole my post from, you would have noticed that it was actually regarding what people might actually be folding if they are willing to raise or re-raise in EP with hands like 86o, Q9s, or 9To. It's interesting to see people play these kinds of hands to a raise or re-raise in bad position and then fold the very next hand that probably wasn't that much worse considering what their starting hand requirements are.

BTW, I don't think Ed would ever recommend re-raising from BB with 9To any day unless the raiser had showns over and over his likelyhood to steal with nothing. If you thought that about me, you've not been paying attention at my table.

I'm sure we'll see each other at the tables again, and when we do, maybe you'll be paying more attention.