Slow Dance

[El Diablo]

All,

Live poker, baby. In Tommy's spot, I may have just called the flop $40 instead and seen what happened from there.

Figuring out who you're going to love playing big pots against and who you're not is super-critical to live game success. Would I have played this the same as Tommy? Probably not. But my general attitude/approach to the situation would have been very similar.

As an aside, I was just thinking of one of my greatest poker accomplishments, which occurred a few years back. I actually got Tommy to live straddle in a limit game!