Hand from villian's perspective (Reshef)

[PokerBob]

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FWIW despite all my chirpings of Reshef..
while he occasionaly plays REALLY bad
he often plays very well

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this may very well be and his results are impressive. that said, he clearly does some things that boggle the mind.

[PokerBob]

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Villian is Reshef, one the most successful 10/20 players on stars.

PokerStars 10/20 Hold'em (6 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB :#A500AF(Reshef )/ calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Reshef checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Reshef raises</font>, UTG calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Reshef caps</font>, UTG folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (9.75 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Reshef bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (11.75 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Reshef bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 13.75 BB

Results:
Reshef has Kd 6d (flush, king high).
Hero has Qs Qh (three of a kind, queens).
Outcome: Reshef wins 13.75 BB.



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I have no idea if he is smart enough to know that his cold-call in the BB looks a lot like KQs, AQ or 88. This combined with the fact that he can (a) get rid of UTG and (b) that board is bad news for lots of hands in heroes range make his initial flop play totally fine.

Once UTG cold-calls, the jig is up. UTG has played his hand like he has Ax of diamonds, or a pair. He called 2 bets the first time around, he sure as hell ain't folding for 2 more when the pot is bigger the second time around.

Capping the flop is retarded. Calling preflop defies description.