by LetsGetItCrunk » Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:41 pm
Well I am damn tired from playing live all weekend. I played sat night from about 2am-5am and then Sunday from about 12am to about 5am again. I played 1/ 2 and made a +1100 for the weekend 700(first session) and then 400(second session) which is a good amount of money for me.
A Real Interesting hand :
Button : 80 $
Right of the Button : 300 $
Me(bb) : 600 $
Action : Right of the button limps, Button raises to 10... I call with 55.
Flop Comes : 5 8 9 (2 spades).
Action : I check (100% sure button will bet, he is very drunk and terrible at poker), check and button bets 15. I then shove in for all my chips knowing that the button will call for sure ( here I just want to push the Right of the button of the hand.. or get payed off when he calls to hit his flush).. he thinks for about 5 minutes and calls. Button calls.
Turn, River : 6 10 ( no spades)
I show a set, Right of the button mucks his A9 (he told me after He had this, and I am fairly confident he did) ,and button shows (6, 4) for his pair of 6`s and I take down the pot.
Any ideas on how I played this hand ?
I really did not want to fold this hand, and if I raised to 100 on the flop, and the button called there are tons of scary cards which make a push by one of the button really easy for me to fold. I also thought that he would call if he had A9.. or a flush draw, or even a straight draw beacuse he was quite a gambler as well. The only time I am really hooped here is if he has a higher set or the flopped straight but there are lots of hands which call which I beat. I dont think against another opponent this is a good play because only hands which call are hands which beat me... but there was some pretty poor quality play happening at this table. I also knew I was leading the hand on the flop when he took about 5 minutes to decide whether or not to call.