did i play this wrong or is this guy a f***in moron

Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players: 4
Seat 1: y2jason ( $35.50 ) - in game
Seat 2: rw11687 ( $24.95 ) - in game
Seat 3: TiltingDonk ( $16.77 ) - in game
Seat 6: Fritskorbach ( $13.55 ) - in game

TiltingDonk posts SB $0.25.
Fritskorbach posts BB $0.50.
**** dealing down cards ****
Dealt to rw11687 [ 9h, 9c ]
y2jason calls $0.50.
rw11687 raises $2.
TiltingDonk folds.
Fritskorbach calls $1.50.
y2jason folds.
**** dealing flop **** [ 4s, 9d, 6h ]
Fritskorbach checks.
rw11687 checks.
**** dealing turn **** [ 2d ]
Fritskorbach checks.
rw11687 bets $2.
Fritskorbach calls $2.
**** dealing river **** [ 3s ]
Fritskorbach bets $1.50.
rw11687 raises $4.
Fritskorbach raises $5.
rw11687 calls $2.50.
Fritskorbach shows a straight, six high [ 5s, ac ].
rw11687 mucks [ 9h, 9c ].
Fritskorbach wins $20.70 from main pot with a straight, six high [ 6h, 5s, 4s, 3s, 2d ].





Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players: 5
Seat 1: y2jason ( $38.60 ) - in game
Seat 2: rw11687 ( $14.25 ) - in game
Seat 4: shortty ( $49.80 ) - in game
Seat 5: Hockeychik24 ( $7.62 ) - in game
Seat 6: Fritskorbach ( $6.26 ) - in game

y2jason posts SB $0.25.
rw11687 posts BB $0.50.
**** dealing down cards ****
Dealt to rw11687 [ ah, ad ]
shortty calls $0.50.
Hockeychik24 folds.
Fritskorbach calls $0.50.
y2jason calls $0.25.
rw11687 raises $1.50.
shortty folds.
Fritskorbach calls $1.50.
y2jason folds.
**** dealing flop **** [ 8c, 6c, 4d ]
rw11687 bets $1.50.
Fritskorbach calls $1.50.
**** dealing turn **** [ 4h ]
rw11687 bets $3.
Fritskorbach calls $2.76.
**** dealing river **** [ tc ]
rw11687 shows two pairs, aces and fours [ ah, ad ].
Fritskorbach shows a flush, jack high [ jc, 4c ].
Fritskorbach wins $12.87 from main pot with a flush, jack high [ jc, tc, 8c, 6c, 4c ].

Hmm...well, on both hands, you have to realize that at low limits (even though at P4E 25/50c is the highest regular game hehe), people will often ignore how big a bet is in relation to the pot/blind sizes. I regularly make raises on P4E with KK, QQ, etc., and when showdown time comes around, I'll see one of the callers had a weak ace - so its either them thinking Ax = AK, or $2 isn't a lot to them. The 2nd hand, I'm gonna give the guy the benefit of the doubt and say he was getting desperate (even though he probably would've played that J4 anyway...although he may have folded to an all in if he held more chips - you never know). Generally though, at P4E, I play my premium hands VERY aggressively against everyone, until someone shows they're willing to fold a flush draw against an all in. Until then, I'll continue raising rediculous amounts, and in the long run, I make money.

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Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.

On the first hand, you were putting off an image that you had face cards and missed the flop. He may have thought his ace was good as I don't see a gutshot as a smart call there on the turn. I would have credited you for an ace, so i wouldnt have called, but maybe that gutshot gave him a reason in his mind to do so with ace rag. Personally I like to bet my sets to cash in on the people on draws. But stategy with sets can really change from situation to situation.



On the second hand, I don't understand his preflop call, other than you may have been playing tight and he thought he could bluff you 1 on 1 if you missed the flop. The chasing after the flop wasn't too amazing for those limits.

i dont like slowplaying my sets either IF there is a draw. but this guy was pretty bad and there are no draws on the flop. so i wanted him to stay in. but i agree that i should not have raised the river. but i didnt put him on a 5. i couldnt imgine him playing anything with a 5 unless it was 55. but they way he played, he would have raised with them. thanks for the comments though. honesty can only make me better. as for the second hand. dont see why he called preflop, i can see the flop, but i dont think i could have gotten away from that hand. he had 3 dollars left and there was something like 10 already in the pot. once again, when i bet the turn, didnt think he would play an ace. oh well, ended up doubling my buy in and more, all while i was making 50 dollars on the .50/1 tables.

I would have put out a callable bet on the flop, and a large one on the turn and probably would have folded after the river card came up and he raised. I definitely would not have re-raised his river bet with that board.

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You fold too easy PokerRef, haha. If rw did raise on the river he can call a reraise. He's getting close to 3:1 or 4:1 on his call on the off chance that his opponent doesn't have a 5, as that is basically all that beats him.

The second hand I think you got unlucky. Your opponent made a bad call and hit a huge flop for his hand (pair and flush draw). He wasn't going anywhere on that flop, and the turn certainly cemented his position. Tough luck on the AA and the 99. Other than the raise on the river with 99 I think you played them as bet you could know how. Hard to put opponents on Jc4c and 55 with the information you were getting.

Dude, doesn't matter how good the money is your getting, if your beat, your beat, simply put.

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1st place, March/April 2008 Sunday League

Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.