Hand Against the Beale

[cgrohman]

Playing against Howard. Howard only plays AK or better. He knows I am going out of my way to beat him in a hand.

He raises and middle position with a twinkle in his eye. fold to me in the BB with 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

Flop is 7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

I donk . . . and ask Howard politely to raise. He calls. This scares me.

Plan for the rest of the hand assuming I don't turn the virtual nuts?

[KitCloudkicker]

open fold?

[rafiki]

lol

There are so few holdings you have to worry about. He's probably just peeling here.

But Even if he has 77 the hand plays itself almost the same as vs AA.

[ProfessorBen]

Howard's a weak tighty. 3-bet preflop to increase fold equity!

Seriously though, I like how this hand is played so far.
Your attempt to bet/3town the flop is sexy. This board is drawy and your holdings are unknown so Howard should rarely have an overpair here. Bet almost all turns and your river action should depend on what the turn card is.

[AragornX151]

All in.

[cgrohman]

Really about the overpair? You think he flat calls with high-bags? I think he either snap raises or folds to my donk bet with AK.

[Howard Beale]

I like how this is going so far. What to do, what to do? Plus, it's 'weird' that such a nice fellow wants my head as a trophy (as if he wasn't winning enough already!)

ps: Only plays AK or better. As if. I REALLY wish you'd been around a few more hours when the game got insane.

[cgrohman]

I left partly because those two kids to my left were just too annoying to play with. Although thehy were spewing money.

[Howard Beale]

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I left partly because those two kids to my left were just too annoying to play with. Although thehy were spewing money.

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The guy on your direct left talks a good game and I think is trying to be a working pro. He has some knowledge and sometimes plays good but I've got a long history against him. Remember the hand that I called along w/ 99 against the raiser on your right, the one I figured was 50/50 to have AK? When I mentioned that was the reason I was calling you sort of waived at that guy who was in the hand also as if to say 'but what about him?' Well, I 'knew' he had Ace high only. Worse, when the bettor was too dumb to bet his Queens on the river I thought I was the winner.

The guy 2 seats to your left I rarely play against (I see him more in the 5-150) and I REALLY didn't like the way he runs his mouth. If he wasn't blasting thru his chips I might've said something. Later on in the night I checked behind him w/ a FH which induced him to bet the river and he paid me off. Then he starts to complain to his buddy about my play. He went busto eventually, if that's any consolation.

[cgrohman]

The one directly to my left played every hand. He was decent after the flop though. That other kid had about 10K in his wallet.