$80 HUSNG - Your Daily Reminder that Vilains Don't Like to Be Bluffed

[NSM]

None of my regular converters would make this look pretty.

This is first hand of match btw.

Full Tilt Poker Game #4170051198: $80 + $4 Heads Up Sit & Go (31658335), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:21:43 ET - 2007/11/14
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [Ah Th]
HERO has 15 seconds left to act
HERO raises to 60
VILLAIN raises to 200
HERO calls 140
*** FLOP *** [3d 8h 5d]
VILLAIN bets 300
HERO raises to 1,300, and is all in
VILLAIN calls 1,000, and is all in
HERO shows [Ah Th]
VILLAIN shows [Jc Tc]
*** TURN *** [3d 8h 5d] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [3d 8h 5d 8d] [3s]
HERO shows two pair, Eights and Threes
VILLAIN shows two pair, Eights and Threes
HERO wins the pot (3,000) with two pair, Eights and Threes
VILLAIN stands up
HERO stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [3d 8h 5d 8d 3s]
Seat 1: VILLAIN (big blind) showed [Jc Tc] and lost with two pair, Eights and Threes
Seat 2: HERO (small blind) showed [Ah Th] and won (3,000) with two pair, Eights and Threes

[Landonfan]

LC thread plz.

Oh, and his call is correct, as you have 67s there like 95% of the time. You just happened to be lucky enough to do this the one time in 20 that you didn't.

[daveT]

bluff :

–adjective
1. good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
2. presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bluff, precipitous headland.
3. Nautical. (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form.
–noun
4. a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face.
5. North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces. a clump or grove of trees on a prairie or other generally treeless area.

WTF does does this have to do with poker? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[NSM]

I'm confused, calling with Jack high is correct?

[vodoo]

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I'm confused, calling with Jack high is correct?

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this was ironic imo

[NSM]

DaveT, are you saying there isn't anything worthwhile in a examining a hand where someone calls off nearly 70% of a full stack with no pair or draw and Jack high?

The reason I posted this is this type of situation is making me re-examine the value in bluffing in any spots. IE, going back through HH's and identifying any spot where I *think* I successfully bluffed and picked up a pot (ie, taking a stab with 4 high) vs the times I bluffed and got picked off. My feeling is it's probably worth it to just save your bluffing chips and use them to make slightly looser calls.

[daveT]

I was just continuing a joke that already was started. If you would have posted your last post as the OP, we would not have picked on it.

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My feeling is it's probably worth it to just save your bluffing chips and use them to make slightly looser calls.

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So you are saying to stop using one weapon so that you can use another? Why can't you use both?

To illustrate, the game I just played:

The very first hand:

Full Tilt Poker, $11 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 15/30 Blinds, 2 Players
LeggoPoker Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): 1,515
BB: 1,485

Pre-Flop: (45) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (SB)
<font color="red">Hero raises to 90</font>, BB calls 60

Flop: (180) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets 90</font>, BB calls 90

Turn: (360) 8 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (360) J (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets 270</font>, Hero calls 270

Results: 900 Pot
Hero showed 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (a pair of Eights) and WON 900 (+450 NET)
BB showed 6 3 (King Jack high) and LOST (-450 NET)

After this, I hit only one flop, until I this hand, that occurred at the 30/60 level. This would not have been possible without running a constant bluff.

Full Tilt Poker, $11 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 30/60 Blinds, 2 Players
LeggoPoker Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): 1,530
BB: 1,470

Pre-Flop: (90) J Q dealt to Hero (SB)
<font color="red">Hero raises to 120</font>, BB calls 60

Flop: (240) 9 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (240) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets 240</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to 1,410 and is All-In</font>, BB calls 1,110 and is All-In

River: (2,940) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 2,940 Pot
Hero showed J Q (a pair of Queens) and WON 2,940 (+1,470 NET)
BB showed 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (a pair of Nines) and LOST (-1,470 NET)

[NSM]

Nice hand sir!