ATo, My first play-a-long

martinimagic · #1 04-15-2006, 12:15 PM

Hopefully, I won't botch this play-a-long. It seemed like a good hand since a little while back there was so much discussion about ATo. I have some PT stuff to mix in as well based on that discussion.

UTG+1 (23/3/5) He was playing more like a LAG at the point of this hand. My point here is the stats don't really seem to be reflecting his playing. In a previous session he was almost rockish.

MP3 (39/13/3) is just flat out a LAG, but he's a thinking LAG. He keeps chatting about odds and I can tell he has a little bit of a clue, yet he will go nuts with only a small pair.

CO (30/1.1/0.8) is a calling station if I have ever seen one. Limps and coldcalls with VPIP about 30%, never raises, never bets without a near winner.

UTG+1 might be speeding a little at this point and MP3 is just trying to lock up with him. I have seen them both get tangled up with each other more than once each holding AXo. CO is just knocked around when he gets in the mix.

Party Poker 0.50/1.00 Hold'em (10 handed) link

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 folds, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Hero...

MrWookie · #2 04-15-2006, 12:17 PM

Any reads on the blinds? I'd tend to limp here, but if the blinds are tight, I'd rather get them out than keep them along.

bozlax · #3 04-15-2006, 12:25 PM

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if the blinds are tight, I'd rather get them out than keep them along.

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To finish this thought, if they're unknown, assume loose and limp.

martinimagic · #4 04-15-2006, 12:25 PM

Good question. Both blinds are fairly solid players. SB is a little over-aggressive preflop (14-15%), but solid post-flop. BB is almost the same, but he likes to limp a little more probably raising 5-6% of the time.

I have yet to see either of them get out of line. If they are in a hand my radar is little more sensitive.

MrWookie · #5 04-15-2006, 12:35 PM

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if the blinds are tight, I'd rather get them out than keep them along.

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To finish this thought, if they're unknown, assume loose and limp.

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To start this thought,

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I tend to limp here, but

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HouseCalls · #6 04-15-2006, 12:36 PM

I've been raising this lately but that's because I'm at uber-tight prima where a raise really narrows the field... at a more typical table just call

Fantam · #7 04-15-2006, 12:39 PM

I am calling.

Gregatron · #8 04-15-2006, 01:16 PM

Limping and raising are both good. I like to portray an aggressive table image so I often raise here.

Eeegah · #9 04-15-2006, 01:38 PM

Flip a coin.

martinimagic · #10 04-15-2006, 02:56 PM

Hopefully, I won't botch this play-a-long. It seemed like a good hand since a little while back there was so much discussion about ATo. I have some PT stuff to mix in as well based on that discussion.

UTG+1 (23/3/5) He was playing more like a LAG at the point of this hand. My point here is the stats don't really seem to be reflecting his playing. In a previous session he was almost rockish.

MP3 (39/13/3) is just flat out a LAG, but he's a thinking LAG. He keeps chatting about odds and I can tell he has a little bit of a clue, yet he will go nuts with only a small pair.

CO (30/1.1/0.8) is a calling station if I have ever seen one. Limps and coldcalls with VPIP about 30%, never raises, never bets without a near winner.

UTG+1 might be speeding a little at this point and MP3 is just trying to lock up with him. I have seen them both get tangled up with each other more than once each holding AXo. CO is just knocked around when he gets in the mix.

Party Poker 0.50/1.00 Hold'em (10 handed) link

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 folds, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, 1 folds, BB checks.

I was torn at the time between raising and just calling. Raising was probably the better choice to knock out the blinds who are tight and solid.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (5 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets, MP3 raises, CO calls, Hero...