Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 2
I was recently in a full ring 2/5 no limit game. A man showed up and started raising and re-raising like crazy in just about every hand he was in. He busted about 4 times already but kept on jumping back in for $300. He usually had at least a pair when he lost big pots that showed down.
I had 6c 6h on the cutoff seat. So far everyone limped in ($25 + $7= $32). I hadn’t played a hand for hours so I raised it to $25 ($32 + 25= $57), button folded as well as the blinds, the Crazy Raiser was sitting under the gun and he re-raised $25 more ($57 + $50= $107). The next two players folded, the third called, the next folded, the next called, I called. The pot was now ($107 + $125= $232). The flop came down 8s-7d-5h. Under the gun, the Crazy Raiser bets $85. The next player is all in for $75, player after him calls, I call. Pot is (232 + $300 = $532) side pot is $30. The turn is 3s. Crazy raiser bets out $185 for the rest of my chips. The next player is already all in, the next player folds. I called. River was 3c. Crazy raiser takes it with two pair, 7’s and 3’s.
I feel this play of mine was very bad and that I should have thrown the hand away when there was a re-raise, but I also felt that the Raiser was raising with any two cards. I also felt that the pot was getting too big for me to back out of. I don’t really know if the odds for me to make my straight or set were correct call those bets either. My line of thinking is quite superficial at this stage of my playing, but I would like to learn a little something from this hand. I am new to this site and excited to become part of the community. I appreciate any input. Thanks.