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Lucked out here

Postby iceman5 » Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:45 pm

$1/$2 NL at Gaming Club
I limp UTG+2 with [Ah][Kh]. Im trying to mix it up a bit my limping. 3 more limpers and the BB plays.
The pot is $10. The flop comes [As][2h][9h]. Wow, nice flop. I make a weak lead of $4 hoping to get raised so I can reraise. Its folded to the button who raises to $20 and then its folded back to me. Uh oh. I smell a set here.

This player always sits at the $200 table with $30. Every time. But hes actually pretty good at playing his short stack. As a matter of fact, he is up to $140 when the hand started and I had just told him that I havent seen a guy play a short stack as well as him in quite a while. So we're having a conversation about this during the last round or so.

I know he would raise preflop with AK and AQ. That means he has either 99, 22 or AJ.
I smell 22 or 99 so I cant really reraise him now. I decided to call and try to hit the flush (or see what he does at the turn). I call.

The pot is now $50. The turn is the [Kd]. Actually, he couldve had A9s or A2s I guess. if so , I just buried him. I check and he bets $24. Im getting 3-1 which I like since I could be ahead of 2 pair and the odds for the flush arent bad considering he still has $100 or so left. I call.

The pot is $98. The river is the [Kc]. Yahtzee!!!. I check. He bets 420 and I check raise him all in. He calls and mucks his 99.

What do you think?
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Postby Mad Genius » Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:59 pm

How did he bet 420? Was that a typo?

Other than that I think you played it well. There was really no spot where you can fold it. Maybe on the flop, but if he has a set you are still drawing live and if you hit your flush you could take his stack...so I'd call.
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Postby iceman5 » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:35 pm

The "$" key and the "4" key are the same key. He bet $20. Sorry
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Postby kennyg » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:35 am

It's amazing Ice isn't it? On Prima..if they make aggerssive bets like that they usually hold something. Prima players are ultra passive...so if they start putting in a lot of money betting it's usually time to get worried.

I don't know if I could let go of the [Ah][Kh] in this spot. I'd probably lose my stack to this guy. I def. would have check raised all-in on the turn, thinking I hold the best hand..if not...hey i've got 13 outs :)
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