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2004 Shooting Stars Story - Layne Flack

Postby Danhdan » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:58 pm

I was reminded of this story from Mad Genius' post earlier about getting reraised while you have AA...this story shows some of the difficulties you might encounter just calling and also a problem someone might have playing a very dangerous professional player.

This is a second hand account of a particular hand played at my friend's table during the Shooting Stars event at Bay 101, $1500 No Limit Hold'em Event started on Februay 29, 2004. My friend won a satellite to enter, and was seated at a table with Layne Flack, Amir Vahedi, and Scotty Nguyen(well, he wanted to play with the big boys...he got his chance!).
Anyway, Flack and Vahedi have been taking turns running over everyone in the beginning, taking down pots when this next hand comes up. Blinds $50/ $100. A player, who looked very uncomfortable, raised to $600 in EP. This guy looked nervous and intimidated from all the early action, and hadn't been in one pot yet, so my friend thought he was extremely tight. Folds around to Flack, who looks at him for about ten seconds, and then reraises to $1500. Folds around back to EP player who now looks like he is either going to cry or explode. EP player sits there for about 30 seconds, and then just calls.

Flop is [Ts] [8h] [5d]. EP player looks at the board for about one minute and checks(?), and Flack checks right behind him.
Turn is [Jd]. EP checks again(???), and after another ten seconds, Flack bets out $2000. EP players looks at him for about 30 seconds, and then says, "I see, you made your straight...good hand." He shows his aces, and mucks them. Flack, upon seeing this(with a surprised look on his face), says "No, I was just betting my hand." Then he shows his hand, [Js] [2c]. Everyone at the table is just trying to keep a straight face while the EP player looks like he needs a bucket. Needless to say, that player DID NOT make it into the money...

I guess the point of the story is this...if you are going to call a raise w/ aces and slowplay them, at least try and play them somewhat after the flop or know how to...I don't think this guy had ever played a hand after the flop in his life based on his reactions to everything. Plus the fact that he thought the professional was going eat him alive even if he held the best cards.
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Postby Mad Genius » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:58 am

Interesting story. It sounds like this player was just a terrible player. I would definately bet that flop, and if checked, then I would DEFINATELY bet the turn. I guess there are fish at all levels.
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