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Something else that was great on that table... the mega-fish there... you know how in most tables you have to get on the action quick before the fish gives his money away to everyone else? Here the mega-fish outdrew people enough times so he never busted out! He started around $50 then it was up and down between $9 and $42 the rest of the time. I loved it! I wished him the best of luck after I left.
Statistics: Posted by EscapePlan9 — Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:30 am
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Statistics: Posted by Kuso — Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:55 am
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Remember my "playing too tight" post? I'm still sticking with Miller and Sklansky's slightly looser starting hands and it's still paying off nicely ASSUMING the right table conditions. If most flops are seen by less than 3 or 4 players, then I'd stick with the usual tighter starting hands.
An example from earlier:
Ultimate Bet 0.50/1 Hold'em (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with
![[Td]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Td.gif "The Ten of Diamonds")
, ![[Qd]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qd.gif "The Queen of Diamonds")
. 1 fold, Hero calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: (5 SB)
![[8c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8c.gif "The Eight of Clubs")
, ![[9h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9h.gif "The Nine of Hearts")
, ![[4s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/4s.gif "The Four of Spades")
(5 players)SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO calls, SB folds, BB calls, Hero calls.
Turn: (4.50 BB)
![[Js]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Js.gif "The Jack of Spades")
(4 players)BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO calls, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, BB calls.
River: (16.50 BB)
![[Jd]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jd.gif "The Jack of Diamonds")
(4 players)BB checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO folds, BB folds.
Final Pot: 18.50 BB
Like Miller and Sklansky suggest in these loose games, limping in EP with any two suited cards ten or higher is profitable assuming you play well post-flop. QTs fits that criteria.
On the flop, I checked wanting to see how much action before it got to me. If it were re-raised, I would have folded. Instead I was given 8:1 odds, which isn't enough for my gutshot, but my overcards could be clean, a 7 would give me an OE straight draw (a nice re-draw), and given the table conditions, everyone would pay me off if i hit so I had huge implied odds. Some may still view it as a loose call, but I don't. I would give it up on the turn had I missed.
Of course the turn made the perfect situation. I had someone raising with a likely top-pr, who would probably raise again on the turn. If he doesn't, then we have mr. 95% VP$IP bluffs everytime it's checked for that purpose. Oddly enough someone else stuck in a check-raise before me. My instinct told me to raise again, although I perhaps should have called to induce overcalls. If I raised again I might knock out other hands that could beat me on the river, and it's a large pot, so perhaps raising was the right action. It turns out everyone called the two re-raises, so it worked out nicely.
I was up $21 on that table before leaving, up $9 on another 0.5/1, and down $5 on a 1/2. I'm happy with $25 in an hour.
Statistics: Posted by EscapePlan9 — Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:18 pm
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