Weekend Happy Thread 8: dbitel's diary

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I don't want to hear about your sets! Grrr! I've hit 1 set in my last 66 pocket pairs! I'm going nuts here! lol

This hand isn't standard, but I do think I played it well. It's just not quite the default 2+2 line. I know I should have reloaded, yah, yah.

I like raising this PF most of the time, but I opted to just call behind as I really don't mind a multi-way pot with this hand. I'm calling the button's raise preflop because this particular villain tends to overvalue his top pairs and there is now a bit of dead money in the pot.

I bet this flop under most circumstances, but I want to see if villain likes his hand here. If villain bets any kind of reasonable amount I'm putting him on a big A and my plan is to check raise all-in on the turn if I can hit my hand.

My thought against this particular villain was that a c/r all-in on the turn would look more like a bluff than someone that had hit their flush and was raising for value.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $16.20
Hero: $45
Button: $60.65
SB: $25.40
BB: $53.25

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG calls, Hero calls, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $3</font>, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($7.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $4</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($15.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $10</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises all-in $38</font>, Button calls.

River: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($91.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $91.25)


Results:
Final pot: $91.25
Button shows Ad Jd
Hero shows 8c 7c