The CHIPSTACK Thread
10-06-2015
, 02:57 PM
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, 08:44 PM
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, 09:44 PM
10-09-2015
, 08:16 PM
Let's hear that story!
10-09-2015
, 09:43 PM
why not...
Foxwoods 5-10 NL, new table... maybe 2 orbits since it just started. Most stacks around 2k (max buyin)
I'm in the cutoff with 4-4. Open raise to $35 (standard)
Button calls $35, folded around. Heads up to the flop.
Flop: 2-3-5 Rainbow (ding) (Pot $85)
I decide to C-bet for $60. Button raises to $325. At this point I'm putting him on a high ace or two paint cards. This player would've re-raised preflop with a mid-high pocket pair and would call to trap with a set. I'm confident that I have the best hand at the moment and would love to see an ace on the turn.
Turn: 2-3-5-T rainbow (Pot $735)
Not great but not terrible... I check. Button bets $380. I think about re-raising all-in, but in the end I decide to float. The only hand I'm concerned about here is A-T, but the betting pattern didn't really fit that. Let's see the river and hope for that ace...
River: 2-3-5-T-7 no flushes possible (Pot $1,495)
Total brick. I check. Button moves all-in for just under $1,200. I tank for about 3-4 minutes thinking about what's happened. If I stick with my original read, then the 7 is a safe card and pair of 4s is good. Time to think about the possible hands he could have....
Overpair: Unlikely, this player would have reraised me preflop with his pocket pairs. Even if he didn't, an overpair would be more than happy to check and show down since I can only call with a hand that beats him.
Straight: Almost impossible. I have two of the 4s he would need to make a straight, it was raised preflop and he's not that loose of a player, and he wouldn't be trying to blast me out of the pot on every street.
Set: Unlikely. Again, he's been trying to get me to fold since the flop. If there was a danger of a flush, I'd think a little more about this possibility, but with a rainbow board he should've felt safer about a set.
A-T / A-7: Very possible, until the river shove. He is last to act, and a shove is likely only called by a hand that beats him. My read is that any single-pair hand that he could have would be checked and shown down.
Bluff: After considering the possibilities, the hand that makes the most sense is a 3-barrel bluff with high cards. To me, a hand is a story that is told by the players in it. If the story has unexpected plot twists or in general doesn't make sense, I start to think that someone is up to something. The only story I saw since the flop is him telling me repeatedly that he doesn not want me in this hand.
After a few minutes of thoughtful reflection, I decide to go with my initial read and verbalize "call". Button sighs and flips over K
J
for Kigh-Card King.
I take it down (approx $3900) with One Pair, Fours.
This is to date the biggest pot I've ever won and the biggest "hero call" I've ever made...
Foxwoods 5-10 NL, new table... maybe 2 orbits since it just started. Most stacks around 2k (max buyin)
I'm in the cutoff with 4-4. Open raise to $35 (standard)
Button calls $35, folded around. Heads up to the flop.
Flop: 2-3-5 Rainbow (ding) (Pot $85)
I decide to C-bet for $60. Button raises to $325. At this point I'm putting him on a high ace or two paint cards. This player would've re-raised preflop with a mid-high pocket pair and would call to trap with a set. I'm confident that I have the best hand at the moment and would love to see an ace on the turn.
Turn: 2-3-5-T rainbow (Pot $735)
Not great but not terrible... I check. Button bets $380. I think about re-raising all-in, but in the end I decide to float. The only hand I'm concerned about here is A-T, but the betting pattern didn't really fit that. Let's see the river and hope for that ace...
River: 2-3-5-T-7 no flushes possible (Pot $1,495)
Total brick. I check. Button moves all-in for just under $1,200. I tank for about 3-4 minutes thinking about what's happened. If I stick with my original read, then the 7 is a safe card and pair of 4s is good. Time to think about the possible hands he could have....
Overpair: Unlikely, this player would have reraised me preflop with his pocket pairs. Even if he didn't, an overpair would be more than happy to check and show down since I can only call with a hand that beats him.
Straight: Almost impossible. I have two of the 4s he would need to make a straight, it was raised preflop and he's not that loose of a player, and he wouldn't be trying to blast me out of the pot on every street.
Set: Unlikely. Again, he's been trying to get me to fold since the flop. If there was a danger of a flush, I'd think a little more about this possibility, but with a rainbow board he should've felt safer about a set.
A-T / A-7: Very possible, until the river shove. He is last to act, and a shove is likely only called by a hand that beats him. My read is that any single-pair hand that he could have would be checked and shown down.
Bluff: After considering the possibilities, the hand that makes the most sense is a 3-barrel bluff with high cards. To me, a hand is a story that is told by the players in it. If the story has unexpected plot twists or in general doesn't make sense, I start to think that someone is up to something. The only story I saw since the flop is him telling me repeatedly that he doesn not want me in this hand.
After a few minutes of thoughtful reflection, I decide to go with my initial read and verbalize "call". Button sighs and flips over K
J for Kigh-Card King. I take it down (approx $3900) with One Pair, Fours.
This is to date the biggest pot I've ever won and the biggest "hero call" I've ever made...
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, 05:37 AM
You a regular?
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Just a little something to alleviate the boredom when card dead
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