WARNING - ACTUAL POKER CONTENT! $22 Stars, 1st hand -

pokerlaw · #1 02-01-2006, 05:00 PM

have I been playing too many MTTs lately???

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t1500)
SB (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
4 folds, MP3 calls t20, 1 fold, Hero calls t20, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t80) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] [(4 players)
SB checks, BB bets t40, MP3 calls t40, Hero calls t40, SB folds.

Turn: (t200) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)</font>
BB bets t160</font>, MP3 calls t160, Hero calls t160.

River: (t680) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets t680...

EJXD2 · #2 02-01-2006, 05:04 PM

My question is, "What are you hoping people put you on? K-J? K-8s (diamonds)? Those are possible. It's a pure bluff for sure, but I'm a bit worried that someone's going to call with any jack here because they would be right to think you weren't best going into the river.

I think the play works more than it doesn't, so at the very least it's a good bet.

citanul · #3 02-01-2006, 05:04 PM

unless you have a real good plan andor belive your opponents are going to spew horribly on a straightening river, then yuou're just spewing.

c

pokerlaw · #4 02-01-2006, 05:11 PM

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unless you have a real good plan andor belive your opponents are going to spew horribly on a straightening river, then yuou're just spewing.

c

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point def taken. the BB hesitated for awhile on the turn bet - that is when i developed the "plan" to call on the turn and see what the river brings. when they both checked i said screw it and potted it.

the turn call is NOT normally what I would do, although I call on the flop here every time.

citanul · #5 02-01-2006, 05:17 PM

also i believe that a smaller river bet will have the same effect.
c

kevkev60614 · #6 02-01-2006, 06:14 PM

Why not fold pf, pokerlaw? Seems... out of character.

I never put that much stock in how long a player takes to act. And I find that there're just too many donks out there who call with A high because it would absolutely kill them to fold the best hand. But I'm curious how this little experiment worked out for you.