1/2 at a private game in Hoboken, NJ.
This game goes once a week on fridays, and usually gets the same characters each week. They all know each other fairly well. buy-in is capped at 100bb
Hero SB: in his early 20's, and is easily the youngest player at the table by 15 years. I was brought to the game by another player at the table, and this is my second consecutive week playing. I am probably seen as tight, folding more than the table average pre flop and raising probably about 85% of hands i play. I have run good this session, and have shown only strong hands for decent pots. One of the other players has commented on the fact that I've been tight, and has given me credit for a hand a couple of times on the flop.
$500
Villian UTG: He's about 40 years old, white, and probably thinks he is the best player at the table. He limps too much and calls a lot of raises. Has been flatting a lot of my raises IP pre-flop. Can get sticky on the flop if its dry, but when there is an obvious draw out there he'll tighten up. Last week, he folded his pair to a bet on the flop against a player he believed to be on a flush draw because "when that flush comes in I get 'cracked'". Is a fan of berating players for bad play. He won a big pot the first hand of the night where he called a $12 utg open with 100bb, flopped a set with 44 against AA and managed to get stacks in. hes sitting on about
$400
one hand of note we had between each other is when he flatted my button raise with J4o against KJ, flopped bottom pair on a 9-high rainbow board and called my cbet, c/c turn and river and took the pot. Up to this point, we haven't gotten into any big pots with each other.
10 handed
UTG villian calls $2.
3 folds, HJ calls, CO calls, button folds
Hero looks down at A
T
and raises to $15.
Villian calls, HJ folds and CO calls (he's usually loose-aggressive, but has been relatively tight tonight and has $300 behind him).
Flop ($54)
K
8
5
Hero cbets to $30, Villian quickly calls, CO folds.
Turn ($114)
3
Hero?