Posted Thu May 04, 2006 12:37 pm GMT by Cricket_Fire
I've been chip leader of the tourney for a long time, with a decent lead (next highest stack on another table was ~2000 less then mine).
I'd been playing fairly aggressive, betting at almost all flops, so I guess he didn't respect my bets too much 
PokerStars Game #4830590839: Tournament #24180748, 2000+110 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/05/04 - 13:26:03 (ET)
Table '24180748 5' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: HottNickL (1735 in chips)
Seat 2: TnyHouTx (935 in chips)
Seat 3: gerry_mcl (1195 in chips)
Seat 4: Cricket_Fire (6625 in chips)
Seat 5: cityjohn17 (2085 in chips)
Seat 6: comen (600 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: louie264 (1810 in chips)
Seat 9: IamIam (3145 in chips) is sitting out
gerry_mcl: posts small blind 15
Cricket_Fire: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cricket_Fire  
cityjohn17: folds
comen: folds
louie264: calls 30
IamIam: folds
HottNickL: raises 90 to 120
TnyHouTx: folds
gerry_mcl: folds
Cricket_Fire: calls 90
louie264: folds
*** FLOP ***   
Cricket_Fire: checks
HottNickL: bets 120
Cricket_Fire: raises 120 to 240
HottNickL: calls 120
*** TURN *** 
Cricket_Fire: bets 400
HottNickL: calls 400
*** RIVER *** 
Cricket_Fire: bets 400
HottNickL: calls 400
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Cricket_Fire: shows (a full house, Fives full of Queens)
HottNickL: mucks hand
Cricket_Fire collected 2365 from pot
HottNickL said, "nh"
Cricket_Fire said, "ty"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2365 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: HottNickL mucked  
Seat 2: TnyHouTx (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: gerry_mcl (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Cricket_Fire (big blind) showed and won (2365) with a full house, Fives full of Queens
Seat 5: cityjohn17 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: comen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: louie264 folded before Flop
Seat 9: IamIam folded before Flop (didn't bet)
My thoughts of not trying to put him all in on the river were that I thought he might call with alot more weak hands for a little less chips (phsychological maybe, not wanting to be eliminated?).
How'd I play it?
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Posted Thu May 04, 2006 12:46 pm GMT by BeerWench13
That was a great value bet on the river.
I'm not sure what that person was thinking in this pot though. They called all the way with A-high? I'm guessing you had shown down with lesser hands previously? Or, maybe they thought you were just bullying? Horrible play on his part.
Posted Thu May 04, 2006 12:52 pm GMT by Cricket_Fire
| BeerWench13 wrote: | That was a great value bet on the river.
I'm not sure what that person was thinking in this pot though. They called all the way with A-high? I'm guessing you had shown down with lesser hands previously? Or, maybe they thought you were just bullying? Horrible play on his part. |
Thanks for the quick reply :D
Would you mind telling me why it was a good value bet? lol. Was it for the reason I posted, because it was the same size as my turn bet, bit of both, or something totally different lol?
I had shown down some fairly poor hands, but more then anything, he probably called me all the way down because it was play money
Posted Thu May 04, 2006 1:03 pm GMT by BeerWench13
| Cricket_Fire wrote: | | Would you mind telling me why it was a good value bet? lol. Was it for the reason I posted |
Yes. You figured you could get another 400 out of him, but probably not much more than that. Had you bet 800 they'd have probably folded (well, I didn't notice it was play money, so perhaps not) and you'd have gained only what was already in the pot. The small bet on the river allowed you to get just a little more out of the hand.
Posted Thu May 04, 2006 1:18 pm GMT by Cricket_Fire
| BeerWench13 wrote: | | Cricket_Fire wrote: | | Would you mind telling me why it was a good value bet? lol. Was it for the reason I posted |
Yes. You figured you could get another 400 out of him, but probably not much more than that. Had you bet 800 they'd have probably folded (well, I didn't notice it was play money, so perhaps not) and you'd have gained only what was already in the pot. The small bet on the river allowed you to get just a little more out of the hand. |
Cool, thanks.
I'll try and get a real moeny hand up sometime this weekend lol (play real money live, only play online).
Posted Thu May 04, 2006 2:11 pm GMT by Dat_Dude
Had this been a real money hand, I really don't think you would have gotten a call on the turn. You would have gotten him to call the flop raise because just folding after a min-raise makes a person look really weak, but he would likely toss his hand after that.
Let's just say this was a real money hand and Villain held 88 or 77. The $400 bet on the river is something he could easily call because of the pot odds and his Queens Up might just be good. If you bet more than that on the river, the pot odds get worse (obviously) and Villain is more likely to fold.
Sorry, just sort of rambling there!
Posted Thu May 04, 2006 3:36 pm GMT by zinn0
| Dat_Dude wrote: | | Had this been a real money hand... |
Elitist.
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