Twice tonight, I was playing a guy, who clearly had no idea what he is doing, and was called by a pocket pair of 99 to lose the pot. My bad for letting this guy take me down twice, but in both situations the board flopped over cards to his nines. The action made it clear he did not have the nutz, or even pair the board, so I tried (and failed) twice to push him off the pot. Each of these hands, he painfully agonized making a call with overs, straight and flush possibilities on the board. These were costly mistakes, and I regret letting such a chump take my money off the table.
One other notable hand was my AA slow-play. I've been experimenting with slow-playing AA and I think it is more profitable than raising in certain situations. The key, in my opinion, is knowing when to throw them away and not be pissed off. This strategy is clearly risky, but it can really pay when your opponent over plays their AK or PP. So, back to the hand in question: 4 players limp, I called in second position, hoping to get a raise from behind. Five players go to the 567 rainbow flop. Lead position throws 75 GBP into an 11 GBP pot and I agonizingly call. Not a great board for AA with 4 limpers, but based on her body language, she did not hit the flop, but was keen to leave. CC, one of our crew, pushes all-in behind me for another 225. With the action back to me, I even more painfully decide to respect m'bro and fold. The first raiser turns over JJ and CC has top two pair, the 67. Board comes KK and she takes down the pot, away from CC. I was a little pissed by CC's move because I wanted to isolate the raiser with two of us playing against her, but I can't fault CC for pushing with top two pair. Problem is, that JJ walked with 235 GBP of our money. It was a bad night for the crew overall, but the word of the night was YAAAHTZEEE! I'm sure it will be a valuable lesson in future sessions.
4 comments:
what the hell is yahtzee anyway?? i've never even played it. I'm glad you said you can't fault me for reraising all in - just sucks she left the table!! come back with our money!!
and i know what you're saying with AA but it's one of those high risk/high return things. when the market is up....jam it in my friend!!
Yahtzee is a dice game...total luck, which is why it came to my head. That guy was just closing his eyes and putting in his money, rolling the dice....when you get a 4 sixes, which is the best roll, you yell Yahtzee! and in our game, the chump takes the money.
The strangest thing in that story was that when Chuck raises all in he actually had a hand...
I ALWAYS have a hand! lol
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