Villain is 29/7/2.4 over 118 hands. He has been raising or reraising me more often than I'm used to than most players. I also think he is playing at a level higher than that of an average donkey. I don't know if he's good, but he's not an idiot. However, this may also mean he's smart enough to a) know I cbet a lot, and b) am somewhat put off when he raises my cbets.
At .25/.5 I was able to run over most of the competition with aggressive play. At .5/1, I find I'm getting raised and checkraised more often on the flop. Maybe this is specific to Absolute. Maybe this is something better players do more often, and I'm seeing it more as I climb the stakes ladder. The lower stakes players would simply call or fold, even the tight ones or the ones I thought were winners at .1/.25 or .25/.5.
Maybe this is all quite obvious. Anyway, here's the hand. What do you put him on, and how should I have played it?
Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
Max Buy-in $200
6 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $96.53
King: $195.40
CO: $34.90
Button: $106.30
SB: $63.75
BB: $233.40
Pre-flop: (
6 players) King is UTG+1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">King raises to $4</font>,
3 folds, BB calls.
Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (
$8.5, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">King bets $5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to $20</font>, <font color="#cc0000">King raises to $65</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to $227</font>, <font color="#cc0000">King calls all-in $126.4</font>.
Uncalled bets: $35.6 returned to BB.