The game is $5/$5 with a $10 straddle UTG, the 10 is going around the table without question and does pretty much everyday in this game
This hand I'm in the $10
given my stack is only 92 straddles before the hand and everyone at the table covers, I'm not super pumped to straddle but hey, to my right though is one of the three baccarat degen's in the game in the bb, he's probably the best of the three though, he typically shows up in big pots with the venerable nuts all the time, but at least he 'had the nuts when he got it in' he'll tell you.
The small blind is probably the tightest player at the table, he plays pretty well though for a guy who wouldn't play 30% of hands, I have a some history with him in NL 2/5, 5/5 and 5/10 he's a decent TAG in those games.
The button is an older reg, he will check 100% of the time you let him no matter what game, stakes, street, position or holding, he can read hands somewhat ok I guess I have a bit more history with him than the SB again mostly in NL 2/5-10/20
I've talked a little poker with him and if he ever needed a stake for small stakes live I'd probably put him in 1/3 or 2/5 and not be worried about my investment, that said I'd bet he's got at least 4X my net worth and I'm doing ok!
The game is 7 handed on a friday night/ early hours of Saturday
2 players call the my $10 straddle
the cutoff raises to $50 she's one of the baccarat degen's she's the least competent player at the table imo and probably the biggest degen, she isn't asain, the BB is if that matters to you, about 15 minutes prior to this hand I lost most of my 1st buy in to the Cutoff when she woke up with AAxx vs my double suited KKxx she'd repot'd a guy pre to 200ish, 2 people called in front me it was the best spot I'd yet seen so I jammed 600ish in pre, she was the only caller and her AA held up
I'd been in the game for about 3 hours prior to the hand in question, I was in for $2k the game with $925 left in front of me, I hadn't really being getting hands and if I did the flop turn and river were no help.
The game had improved a fair bit since punting the first thou, 3 regular winners had just left and been replaced by the BB fresh from a baccarat table.
The Button & BB call 50, at this point it's irrelevant I've got Q Qd 7d 2d I'm calling the extra 40 with pretty much any 4 cards given degen 3 and mid 20's reg to my left will likely toss in an extra 40 too, degen 3 does 20's reg folds.
We're 5 ways to a flop $260 in the pot.
Flop is Jd 10b 5d
SB & BB check I bet $180 I want to thin the field, cutoff might raise or call me with a worse, also if I checked the cutoff would most likely have cbet bet full pot I'm pot controlling a bit. also me donking might lead the button and SB to folding out decent equity which is something they've done and complained about doing in the past.
The cutoff folds
button calls, sb folds bb calls. As BB puts out the flop call I'm starting to dislike my line, my immediate thought is 'oh I should have check folded a multi way pot or check called a cutoff cbet if folded to me, maybe over call one caller'
If I'd taken a little longer before betting I might've realised the total lack of clean turn cards for my hand.
but hey we're onto the turn now 3 way $540 in the pot.
I have $695 behind, BB has 750ish behind and button covers both of us.
The turn is the Qh, so diamonds remain the only flush draw, but I have 3 of them, I think it's likely one of the callers has a couple too.
I've made top set, but I hate it.
BB checks. Now I should point out I do keep track of pot size during hands and work out bet sizing on my own I never just say pot or asked the dealer the pot, you might say I bet like an NL player.
So I bet $260, Button tanks, when he tanks I've only ever seen him fold or call, it's probably 60% fold 40% call, if he was to raise he'd raise relatively quickly, he sometimes quickly calls or quickly folds too.
Button tank calls.
BB announces All in!
So I have $435 behind, the effective main pot back to me now is $1495 at the time I calculated it to $1500.
I take a fair bit of time to act most of it tbh was just me quietly lamenting life, the BB for sure has AK, he'd over call a flush draw, he's not jamming sets or two pair, the button might just have the flush draw, he could have AK too, 2 pair + flush draw JJ maybe.
In the middle of a tossing around the idea in my head of asking the cutoff if she'd like to bet me I can't guess the BB's cards I push out all my $ stupidly announcing 'lets gamble'
Thoughts???
For those of you who interested
Button folds... don't know why.
as soon as he does I begin insisting the dealer 'pair the board' over and over assuming thats my best hope.
The river bricks the BB rolls over the Ah Kh xx with no diamonds.
After the hand the Button asks 'you had QQ right?' I tell him yes and ask if he was flushing he says 'no top 3 pair and Ace'
Last edited by Dickies-89; 11-24-2016 at 10:13 AM.