Best online read I've ever made

Huggie · #1 03-28-2006, 07:48 PM

I normally play lower limits online, but I decided to play in a $22 SNG tonight...this is definitely the best read I've made in one of these. Took me some time to make the call while I deduced he was bluffing. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) converter

MP2 (t1460)
CO (t1440)
Button (t3000)
SB (t1620)
Hero (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1480)
MP1 (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
3 folds, MP2 calls t20, CO calls t20, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t80) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (t80) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets t120, Hero calls t120, MP2 folds, CO folds.

River: (t320) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t1480 (All-In), Hero calls t1360 (All-In).

Final Pot: t3160

Results in white below: 
Hero has 5s Tc (two pair, kings and fives).
SB has 2c Jc (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins t3040. SB wins t120.

DaveyDonk · #2 03-28-2006, 08:02 PM

That's quite the read to be made in the first level of a sng. I think you're what they call a calling station!

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tigerite · #3 03-28-2006, 08:25 PM

No way you will be ahead enough times to make this call profitable, sorry. It's very bad.

tigerite · #4 03-28-2006, 08:26 PM

Oh and the turn is the worst of all, why can the two to act after you not have a K or Q?

Everything about this hand is really bad and a very serious leak.

shortline99 · #5 03-28-2006, 08:27 PM

Fold preflop.

Huggie · #6 03-28-2006, 08:35 PM

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No way you will be ahead enough times to make this call profitable, sorry. It's very bad.

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I think it was a good river call. I do agree it may not have been a great turn call considering there were two to act behind me, but I figured a K would have bet with 2 to a flush out there. However, I would not imagine a K to overbet the pot as much as he did, so I thought it was more or a steal.

If he did have a K, there is very little chance I also have a king considering there are two on the board, and I would expect someone with a K to bet less there in order to extract a call from a lower pair. Figured it to be a river steal, and I was right.

In any case, I won.

Edit: I also meant to mention that I don't think he had a lower paired card than the K, because I easily could have been calling with top pair the whole way, and he's not knocking a K off its hand.

The only things I can imagine him putting me on here are a flush draw chasing the whole way (which would be folding to any river bet anyway, so it's probably not this) or a lower pair, which means he could only win the pot by getting me to fold. By pushing, he probably figured I would be intimidated by the bet and fold, but I made the right play.

ellipse_87 · #7 03-28-2006, 08:36 PM

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Most improbably correct online hunch I've ever had.

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FYP

AJFenix · #8 03-28-2006, 08:36 PM

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In any case, I won.

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Ignore the haters, this is all that matters baby! PASS THE SUGAHHHHH

Huggie · #9 03-28-2006, 08:42 PM

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In any case, I won.

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Ignore the haters, this is all that matters baby! PASS THE SUGAHHHHH

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That's what I'm sayin'...poker is results-oriented anyway, right? ......RIGHT????

Buzz-cp · #10 03-28-2006, 08:45 PM

Wow, how did you know MP2 and CO would fold? Amazing. Just wow. I am seriously speechless. This is the best online post I've ever read. Seriously. Wow.