I keep my red ($5) chips in stacks of 20 ($100), pretty standard. Other $1/$2 players will probably agree that there's something oddly satisfying about swinging a full stack around and pushing it across the betting line.
I always swing a stack of $100 around from the back of my assembled stacks, never from the front--for some reason that's much more satisfying. I see that particular motion a fair amount from other players. If it's a $200 bet, then one stack goes around the chips to the left, and the other goes around to the right.
The quirk that I've picked up recently--one that's amusing to me and probably not to anyone else--is that whether it's for value, for a semi-bluff, or for a stone bluff, I am always thinking exactly one thing and only one thing when I swing that stack around.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
In that moment, I've already made my decision and my mind is empty of everything except for that one sound. I have caught myself mouthing the word.
Hand 1:
A reg opens for $7 in EP, called by a rando in LP, called by Old Man Coffee in the SB.
I have A
4
in the BB. This is a great spot for a 3 bet. In fact, my exercise for the day is "3-bet a reg with a polarized range" and A4s is squarely in that range. I flub it and just call.
(Pot $28)
Flop 3
4
7
Old Man Coffee donks $25. I have seen this before with other OMCs. Don't let them fool you into thinking that they're peddling the nuts. They may have a piece, they may have a draw or air, but they know that they're going to get a lot of folds here on this low, semi-wet board with their image and a pot or a pot+ donk. And they also know that someone is going to let them know pretty quickly if their gambit is no good.
(Pot $53)
BB (hero):
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Folds all around. Hero wins $53.
Hand 2:
I think I'm going to take a lot of **** for this one. But let's go ahead with it...this isn't Suitedjustice's Only Hands That I Think I Played Well blog.
Folds to me on the button. I open $10 with K
8
. Aggro Internet Kid calls from the BB.
(Pot $21)
Flop Q
Q
6
BB donks $8. Looks like a probe bet with a lot of air. Less likely, it could be a strong hand and an attempt to get me to spew over it. A call here will give him the least amount of information. Call.
(Pot $37)
Turn 9
BB donks $15. This is a near equivalent to a 'samebet' turn, which often calls out a weak made hand. 77-TT, A6, A9, or a non-nut naked flush draw--something like that.
I raise to $45 and BB calls.
(Pot $127)
River 7
BB checks. Hero (BTN)
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
BB shoves for $41 more.
(Pot $368) One player all-in.
I go in the tank...for $41 goddamn dollars. Why didn't I look at his stack on the river and just put him all in for slightly pot+ effective? JFC. I got caught up in the aesthetic pleasure of swinging out exactly one full stack, that's why; and now it's put me in this spot.
Who check/shoves small on the river as a bluff?
He only has to be bluffing only 10% of the time for me to break even on this call. That sounds like a snap, but wait: is my K high even a bluffcatcher more than half the time? Ace high and all low pairs are bluffs that win the pot here at showdown.
I fold.
Hand 3:
I open for $10 in in EP with T
9
and get a call from a rando in MP and a spewy player in the BB.
(Pot $31)
Flop K
A
Q:
BB checks, I bet $20 and get 2 calls.
(Pot $91)
Turn 8
BB donks $100. Hero (EP) double
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, putting BB all in for
his remaining $41 Coincidence?
MP folds. BB calls.
(Pot $373) One player all-in.
River A
BB tables A
8
for a rivered full house. Nice hand sir.
Last edited by suitedjustice; 08-13-2018 at 01:57 PM.