When Captain Crazy comes after your blinds.... |
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Posted Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:57 pm GMT by Jauron
I'm wondering about this hand, so I need solid info if you are to respond please.
I got pretty lucky the first hand of a SNG 10 player tourney and caught a King high flush to go from 800 chips to over 2000. After that I was able to sit back and play very few hands, I played a couple now and again to keep my stack about even, and let the others take each other out.
There is a guy on the table I've seen his type before. He gives the illusion of being crazy, but he's not. He's setting you up, and he talks a lot, shows horrible cards on bluffs and then stops showing cards. He has one move, all in. If he gets lucky he calls it skill, if he gets unlucky he calls the other player out.
Now the rest of the table is having a hard time with him, I don't care I watch his stack go up and down but never overtake mine. I refuse to care about him until he can challenge my stack. I make a few laydowns to his all ins but he doesn't come after my blinds so I don't really care. It's down to 5 player I'm at about 1800 in chips with a real short stack and a moderate stack of 1000 before the money, then it happens. I get AJs in the big blind and I'm praying somebody limps in behind this guy because I know he's going to go all in if they don't. Well they don't and he goes all in in the SB. I'll have about 400 chips if I call and lose, blinds are 100/200 and I KNOW HE HAS A JUNK HAND, I've got his pattern down pretty well. Because I know he has a junk hand I call, he flips over 2,7os and hits his damn 2 on the river after I miss.
So my question is, with my read, and it being correct, do you fold your AJ in that situation or do you take you chances that his junk might end up beating your hand?
Keep in mind you know the outcome, but don't let that influence your decision please.
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Posted Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:15 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
A "correct" play is a play you would make if you could see what cards your opponant held.
So knowing he had 7-2 os would you still have made the same decision?
by the way, 2-7os is only a 2/1 underdog against AJ preflop so one time out of 3 it's going to win.
Posted Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:28 am GMT by Idaho
Personally I don't like to go all in on just high cards. I like a pair - Queens or above - even against a really aggressive all-in person. All in works every time but once. If you are patient - then either you or someone else will remove them from the game.
Posted Mon Oct 04, 2004 12:25 pm GMT by Underbelly
Since you read him correctly, I think you made the right call. If I'm sure someone has a junk hand, I'll call them everytime.
And I'll would not believe anyone who says they wouldn't go all-in in the situation if they knew the other guy had 72o.
Posted Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:01 am GMT by Always_Bored
I would have called him with A,J also. Just because he was so aggressive. The odds are your ace alone will win. K, J I might not have called. Sometimes the crap players get lucky and now remember the next 2 times you should win that hand.
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