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My Best Bluff Catch Yet
Posted Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:10 am GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx On the face of it, this would look like an awful play, and maybe it wasn't the best situation ever. But I swear to you, I knew this guy was full of it the whole way.
PokerStars Game #6139498435: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/09/02 - 04:01:30 (ET)
Table 'Cordelia II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: mateo$55 ($18.75 in chips)
Seat 2: abbuck ($16.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Bobbie1105 ($21.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Turn_Prophet ($48.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Lucky417 ($27.70 in chips)
mateo$55: posts small blind $0.25
abbuck: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Turn_Prophet
Bobbie1105: calls $0.50
Turn_Prophet: raises $2 to $2.50
Lucky417: calls $2.50
mateo$55: calls $2.25
abbuck: calls $2
Bobbie1105: calls $2
*** FLOP ***
russellhar joins the table at seat #3
mateo$55: checks
abbuck: checks
Bobbie1105: checks
Turn_Prophet: checks
Lucky417: checks
*** TURN ***
mateo$55: checks
abbuck: checks
Bobbie1105: checks
Turn_Prophet: bets $3
Lucky417: raises $3 to $6
mateo$55: folds
abbuck: folds
Bobbie1105: folds
Turn_Prophet: calls $3
*** RIVER ***
Bobbie1105 leaves the table
Turn_Prophet: bets $4.50
Lucky417: raises $10.50 to $15
Turn_Prophet: calls $10.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Lucky417: shows (high card Ace)
Turn_Prophet: shows (a pair of Kings)
Turn_Prophet collected $52.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $54.50 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: mateo$55 (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: abbuck (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Bobbie1105 folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Turn_Prophet showed and won ($52.50) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: Lucky417 (button) showed and lost with high card Ace
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Posted Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:44 pm GMT by Aves flop and turn play are atrocious. bet the flop. having failed that, make a sizeable bet on the turn. the rest of the hand is inconsequential after the flop and turn mistakes.
(high card Ace)
