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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
Crazy story from a couple weeks ago.
There's a guy playing like a lunatic. Ill call him Hank. Blind raising, making monster overshoves...you know the type. He straddles the button to $10. Both blinds limp. UTG+1 raises to $40. It folds to Hank who 3 bets to $130. It folds back to UTG+1 who shoves for $450. Hank says "I call....but I only have 1 card"
The dealer forgot to deal Hank his last card. They agree to show their cards. UTG+1 shows As5s. Hand shows the Qh. The dealer tosses Hank his second card and its the Ad. Hank's AQ busts the A5s. Gotta love it!
That's crazy
. I'd be mad if I were UTG+1. Then again Hank would have won decently often with like a 6 also. Just a weird way of variance rearing its ugly head. I didn't know you could play hands with 1 card. So far every time that's happened with me there's been a re-deal. But I've only encountered one or two genuine lunatics so far.
Interesting way to look at #3. I wasn't really thinking about how your opponent would see your hand, as I figured they're not thinking about it, but that's probably not true. Even fish will have some idea of your hand range, even if not particularly accurate. I think when I was looking at it earlier I thought the fish had position for some reason and was thinking he checked behind on the turn, but I reread it and that's wrong. I can see him checking a J if he expects you to bet, definitely.
Regarding #5, the straddled hand, I have actually read that straddles halve the effective stacks, but mostly I've noticed this from playing. I switch up my range to hands more like K9o rather than T7cc if it's straddled (unless players are very deep). If someone straddles, and I raise OTB to $30, get two callers, the SPR is likely 2-3, in which case I'm getting it in if I make TP. You basically expect the SPR to be about half what it normally is so hands that make TPWK go up in value a lot compared to hands trying to make a straight or flush. Then again, suited connectors in particular are very playable with short stacks, mostly because they make great bluffing hands. If you flop any kind of equity (as little as BDFD+BDSD) it's a great C-bet since if you get called you'll often improve to a straight draw and/or flush draw and can fire again. IMO they're tricky with medium stacks but if you have a large skill advantage then it's probably worth it.
And regarding #11, even though you've been playing LAG all night you think you won't get 3-bet JJ+?? I mean it sounds like this table was super passive if you saw only two 3-bets, but do you think it was an unusual table or it's typical for them to flat JJ+ against a LAG?
But you're right I'm going mostly off online experience and books. I know this doesn't translate directly to live play, which is why I appreciate your explanations regarding these hands. I'm not trying to say you played them badly or anything like that.
Last edited by Shai Hulud; 06-12-2017 at 03:47 PM.