Villain is loose and moderately aggressive.
Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
![[Kc]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kc.gif "The King of Clubs")
, ![[3h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/3h.gif "The Three of Hearts")
. UTG calls, 4 folds, Hero checks.
Flop: (2.50 SB)
![[Tc]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Tc.gif "The Ten of Clubs")
, ![[3c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/3c.gif "The Three of Clubs")
, ![[Qd]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qd.gif "The Queen of Diamonds")
(2 players)Hero checks, UTG checks.
Turn: (1.25 BB)
![[6h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6h.gif "The Six of Hearts")
(2 players)Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.
River: (5.25 BB)
![[Kd]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kd.gif "The King of Diamonds")
(2 players)Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.
Final Pot: 9.25 BB
In retrospect, I'm thinking I could have taken a shot at the flop with my lowly bottom pair (and overcard). I was intending on check-raising and then leading the turn. I'm becoming quite fond of making liberal use of the check-raise when heads-up and in the BB.
I didn't buy his raise on the turn. He checked the flop when he had an easy situation to take the pot from me, so I figure he has something terrible and not even worth betting. The pot was really small on the turn so I know I had to be correct more than 25% of the time, yet I still called. I couldn't help but think he had nothing.
While I was playing the hand, one of my apartment neighbors (who also is into poker) came over and watched me tear up these 6-max games. He said "what, you're calling that turn?" and I explained to him "Yeah, I'm not buying it. He checked the flop and now raises the turn. He probably thinks I'm taking a stab with nothing."
The river was wonderful. I'm thinking I should have led the river since I believed my read to be correct (and thinking he would check behind and give up his bluff). Thankfully he was laggy enough to continue bluffing the river.
Like I said... I know the pot was incredibly small on the turn and it's not worth fighting over. But his betting pattern just didn't make sense to me and I felt obligated to call down.
Statistics: Posted by EscapePlan9 — Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:13 am
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