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11-09-2022 , 03:15 AM
So after a rough start where I lost 200 bb, I racked up on of my best wins ever tonight. I was 2-tabling and by the time I left the tables I had 600bb on one table and 400bb on the other. Thought y'all might enjoy this hand from the session.

PartyGaming - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 112.74 BB
UTG: 110.9 BB
CO: 140.12 BB
Hero (BTN): 417.86 BB
SB: 107.12 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 A

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, SB calls 2.5 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 3 6 8
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 5 BB, fold, BB calls 5 BB

Turn: (19 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 8 BB, BB raises to 30.7 BB, Hero calls 22.7 BB

River: (80.4 BB, 2 players) A
BB bets 74.04 BB, Hero calls 74.04 BB

BB mucks 3 8 (Two Pair, Eights and Threes)
(Pre 24%, Flop 71%, Turn 80%)
Hero shows 8 A (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)
(Pre 76%, Flop 29%, Turn 20%)
Hero wins 222.48 BB

I almost folded to the turn check-raise - against a solid player I would have, but this guy is a maniac. He is constantly calling down bets with bottom pair, and betting for value on the river with low pairs. I cannot count the number of times I've folded out a superior hand vs this guy only to see the weakness of his hand when it gets to showdown. My plan was to evaluate river and likely fold to aggression, until I made what was essentially top-2 on the river. I checked the river since he raised turn with a plan for calling whatever bet he made - I wasn't anticipating he would jam but c'est la vie.

Last edited by silky28; 11-09-2022 at 03:39 AM.
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11-09-2022 , 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by silky28

I almost folded to the turn check-raise - against a solid player I would have, but this guy is a maniac. He is constantly calling down bets with bottom pair, and betting for value on the river with low pairs. I cannot count the number of times I've folded out a superior hand vs this guy only to see the weakness of his hand when it gets to showdown. My plan was to evaluate river and likely fold to aggression, until I made what was essentially top-2 on the river. I checked the river since he raised turn with a plan for calling whatever bet he made - I wasn't anticipating he would jam but c'est la vie.

Good luck at 50NL! Curious as to how you thought both thoughts at once - not being rude, just noticed the dissonance in the thought process. If he was a maniac, wouldn't you call vs aggression?
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11-09-2022 , 06:15 AM
Whoops....thought this was the Poker Blogs and Goals section. I don't have a troll post right now, sorry.
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11-09-2022 , 07:36 AM
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Good luck at 50NL! Curious as to how you thought both thoughts at once - not being rude, just noticed the dissonance in the thought process. If he was a maniac, wouldn't you call vs aggression?
He can be a lunatic and still have me beat - how often do you want to be all-in with a pair of 8s on this board?
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11-14-2022 , 02:36 AM
If he is overbluffing then I'm calling with pretty much any pair. It's not a comfortable spot, but that's the exploit vs a maniac
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11-15-2022 , 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ejames209
If he is overbluffing then I'm calling with pretty much any pair. It's not a comfortable spot, but that's the exploit vs a maniac
I just felt the K on the turn was a bad card for me bc I felt that BB is going to have a bunch of Kx hands in his range...
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