September Low-Content Thread
 

I just came back from a cruise on Royal Caribbean, and they had a poker table in the boat's casino. I played a total of like 20 hands the whole week because I spent most of the cruise climbing Mayan ruins, snorkeling in Honduras, and relaxing on a beach in Cozumel.

The first night was 5/10 LHE, and the other nights it was 2/5 NLHE.

Typical hand from the LHE game.

An EP limper, folded to me in the BB with 97.

Flop Q96 with 2 spades. I bet, he calls.
Turn Q. I bet, he calls.
River A. I check, he checks. His A2o (no spade) is good.

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

Only one limper? At 5-10 on a boat? You WERE better off under water.

Anyway, here's a hand that I wouldn't bother posting about :

CAZ 20. Total stranger raises in EP. Bunch of callers. I call in BB w/ K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Flop:

A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]8(?) and some other[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] I check, he bets, everybody folds I call.

Turn:

Some middle[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (I'm going to have to start writing these things down). Check/check.

River:

Another middle[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I bet, EP raises, I 3-bet and he says: YOU RAISED?!? I RE-RAISE!!! How's that for a classic? I was ready to throw my cards in the toilet but I don't know the guy and I call. Against many players I could fold. As he's proudly turning over his cards I expect to see the Ax[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] but NO!!! He's got red Q-10 for a straight! I show my flush and he's like 'but there's no flush possible' and goes all red when it's pointed out that, oh yes, there is and look who's got it.

Anyway, anybody want to go to 5? Hahahahahahaha......

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

Tonight I play cards and get the Ace Ace. One mongoloid limps, fishcake #1 raises, I 3bet, tilty weak player in sb 4bets and 1st limper caps of course.

Flop: 973 2 spades.
4 bets go in on flop w/ myself and sb driving action and of course everyone else calling.

Turn: 2x

Checks to me I bet all call.

River: Q

sb bets, everyone folds and I am dry heaving as I call. He turns over KK and says "Just wanted to scare you."

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

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YOU RAISED?!? I RE-RAISE!!!

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This line is almost always spoken by a bad player with exactly the nuts. The only problem arises when they are sooooo bad they can't read the board.

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

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sb bets, everyone folds and I am dry heaving as I call. He turns over KK and says "Just wanted to scare you."

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That reminds me of another hand from friday that I witnessed. Lots of $ goes in pf and on the flop, on the turn the board is Q633r, prime idiot in the blind bets, ok utg raises, roaming straddle 3-bets, idiot2 on the button calls 3 cold (yes, 3 cold), PI calls 2, utg calls.

River is a blank and PI comes firing out!

UTG calls

roaming straddle calls

button folds

PI shows 88!

UTG shows KQ

roaming straddle shows AA and receives the dollars.

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

I played a hand just like that in Tommy's room at the Mirage against Justin. It was so dark that I couldn't see there were three of a suit on the board and Justin and I went a hundred bets before I realized there was a three-flush on board. Fortunately, there was a 99-raise cap.

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

[ QUOTE ]
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YOU RAISED?!? I RE-RAISE!!!

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This line is almost always spoken by a bad player with exactly the nuts. The only problem arises when they are sooooo bad they can't read the board.

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Exactly.

Every. Single. Time. I've heard this they've had the nuts. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Yep, and this guy couldn't read the board.

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
YOU RAISED?!? I RE-RAISE!!!

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This line is almost always spoken by a bad player with exactly the nuts. The only problem arises when they are sooooo bad they can't read the board.

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The wizards says "YOU RAISE? I RAISE YOU BACK" all the time and it usually means that he has 2 cards he feels like raising with.

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

A better tell, in my experience, is the guy who shakes his head disgustedly when an apparently dangerous card comes on the river and then bets. I once beat a guy who shook his head in 1984. Haven't beaten a head-shaker since.

Re: September Low-Content Thread
 

hahaha, i've actually caught myself doing that in situations where i'm running bad and have a strong had that may potentially have been sucked out on on the river but i'm oop and decide bet/fold is a better option than check/call.