But, the seat I first got at the 1/2 had a bunch of short-stacks and I think one decent stack who would have had position on me, so I went with the option of the 1/2/5 even though the big stacks at the table seemed to be good players. And, indeed, this game just wasn't at all juicy. Everyone was playing mainly premium hands with occasional junk raises mixed in just for fun (largely from short-stacks, which makes it even worse for my taste). I stuck with it, though, and will post another hand when the table finally did get juicy. Here's one from the phase where the table imo really just wasn't profitable:
I limp with As3s in CO after about 4 other limpers. Flop comes JsTs8h. An older cowboy-type guy (very experienced player who likes big limit games and will play a little loose but is definitely a good player on the whole) bets $20 into the $25 pot. Younger guy to my right flat calls. I've also played once with this guy, who in the previous session had played very loose. In the current session, he was playing much more seriously.
Ok, I have the nut flush draw, and normally I raise here. But this time I didn't for several reasons. First, the cowboy guy definitely respects my bets a lot, but I think would also very seriously question whether I even play Q9 (a legitimate question in fact). Moreover, he knows that I know he's capable of playing Q9, and he's also capable of slamming me if he thinks I can't call. The best made hand he'd be likely to put me on here is maybe TT. The younger player, I think, probably also respects my bets but is likely to have some kind of hand he's not going to lay down (that's just my feeling). So, I think I have near 0% chance of folding them both, and I may get myself into a tough spot of picking up a re-raise for stack, and I'm getting sweet odds to call. Moreover, I have the feeling that in all probability, I'm not looking at spade draws from either of these guys, so I should have my full 9 outs.
So, I just call. Turn a blank. Older guy bets $50 into the pot of now $95. Younger guy calls, and so do I.
I'm posting this mainly because I think it's a situation where raising my draw would probably have been a mistake. Given both hands, I probably would've folded older guy with the raise and kept younger guy in, losing more on the hand and also giving me really bad odds (younger guy only had about $150 anyway) with uncertain implied odds unless he makes a straight AND I make a flush.
River is a non-spade 9. Older guy bets another $50. Younger guy raises. I fold. Older guy has QT, and younger guy has QJ, so they split the pot with their straight.Statistics: Posted by Aisthesis — Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:00 am
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