Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:22 am GMT by nixon
...for a loose aggressive player?
Playing in a tournament last night, blinds are at 500/1000, I only have 10,000 left. I'm on the button and everybody folds to me, I have K  6 , I raise to 4,000. The player to my immediate left is very aggressive and calls. Flop comes 9 9 3, he checks, I make no hesitation and go all in with my remaining 6,000. This was an aggressive bet, but I figure there's no way he caught a piece of the flop. He thinks about it and says, It's a loose call, but I call. He turns over Q J, no possible flush draw even with runner runner. He ends up catching a J on the turn.
Now I'm no expert player, but I had this guy right where I wanted him as far as taking his 4,000 he called. Am I under-estimating loose players too much? How do you make that call if you're LAG, with no piece of the flop, with no flush draw, and only a straight draw with runner-runner. Does anybody else think I made the wrong move?
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Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:33 am GMT by Oasis
If you thought he was so loose why did you raise pre-flop with that K6?
Sure, you are short stacked but I still think you can find a better spot to get your chips in and you can be pretty sure you'll get a caller if he is so loose.
Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:36 am GMT by ki_cz
60/40, you lost, happens all the time. No way I'm pushing on that flop though, especially if the person called a 4xbb pf raise.
Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:20 am GMT by shorn7
Personally, I would push preflop. That is your best chance to get everyone to fold. Your hand isn't great, but you only have an M of 6.5 and getting the blinds to fold here is a great result for you. If you are going to put 40% of your stack at risk preflop, then you are committed anyway so get it all-in preflop here or fold.
Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:33 am GMT by Jauron
| shorn7 wrote: | | Personally, I would push preflop. That is your best chance to get everyone to fold. Your hand isn't great, but you only have an M of 6.5 and getting the blinds to fold here is a great result for you. If you are going to put 40% of your stack at risk preflop, then you are committed anyway so get it all-in preflop here or fold. |
Bingo
The call might seem strange but he's only calling 6k to win 15k, and while he holds no draws if he is unsure he was beat preflop it's not a bad call. It costs him nearly as much to fold.
Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:46 am GMT by Skribbles
Push pre-flop.
Other than that, he sucked out.
Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:59 am GMT by tame_deuces
He doesn't seem very loose aggressive to me. If he was I think he needs to instashove preflop against a button raise w/that hand or on the flop. Atleast in my book.
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