Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:35 am GMT by Logik
I'm going to college a UC Riverside right now so I decided to go for a night of Hold'em at the local casino. It's actually a really nice place, and the wait for a $2-$4 table was only about 45 minutes. I had the money to play $100 buy-in $1/$2 No Limit, but I decided that I wasn't on my game today, and wanted to buy in for $40 at Limit instead.
I sit down, and the first hand I get is AA. I use my image as the newcomer to the table to my advantage, and raise. Perhaps they think I'm a wild better, or maybe I picked up some good cards; odds favor the former versus the latter. I get five callers to the flop, so the pot is at $10.
Flop:
A
2
5
Alright, two undercards and I hit my set. The poor bastard calling with 5 5 won't see it coming, right? I check it, as I'm the little blind, and get raised. I decide to just call and then I'll know he's on the offensive so I can check-raise the turn for $4 instead of taking the opportunity now and risk a check after the turn when I try to check-raise. Other callers fold. Pot is at $18.
Turn:
J
Awesome. This can't help anyone. I check it, and let out an almost inaudible sigh. He smiles, and bets 4 chips. I think for a second, and raise it to 8 chips, which he raises to 12 chips, and I cap at 16 chips, which he calls. $50
River:
3
I'm pretty scared now, so I check with the intent to just check it; no check-raise trickery here. He bets out four and I just call. $58
His cards:
9 4 offsuit; A 2 3 4 5; Straight
My cards:
A A offsuit: A A A J 3; Trip aces
This was one of many bad beats I had that night. I'm convinced I played it right as I thought I could afford to let him draw to the turn (which ended up being harmless and not a key card to his straight), and then check-raise effectively on the turn.
Of course, I could go on to how I lost my trip 5's (held 5 5 and flopped a 5) and another guy rivered me with a flush... but that's for another day.
I think that I will step up to the No Limit table next time, as there were times where I had the best hands, and by dumb luck someone out-drew me.
Anyway, long story short I ended up making $140 that night, so not too bad.
Did I play this hand right? How should I play low limit Hold'em?
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Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:41 am GMT by rjp
IMO you have to fast play someone on a draw. If he's going to beat you make sure he doesn't have the proper odds and make him pay for it. Maybe he would have folded if you were to bet into him? No telling, but he wouldn't be getting the correct odds.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:22 pm GMT by Logik
That's true. But why would he raise so much on a gutshot straight draw? I mean, really, I shouldn't say that he had no right to play 9-4 offsuit with a raise, but the odds are horrible.
I guess hands like this is why I play no limit; he wouldn't have even called to see the flop.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:22 pm GMT by howzit
you popped your poker cherry
Sorry about the hand but you played it perfectly. . .nice check/call on the river.
Did you reload and just salivate at hte chance to get your money back. .. yeah four-out chasers cripple the soul, but these guys keep the poker rooms open. Be nice to them.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:35 pm GMT by Logik
| howzit wrote: | you popped your poker cherry
Did you reload and just salivate at hte chance to get your money back. .. yeah four-out chasers cripple the soul, but these guys keep the poker rooms open. Be nice to them. |
Well I've played in the casino about 10 times before and play cash games/tournaments almost daily, but that was the second time I've played $2-$4, where everyone likes to stay and see the river. At least in $4-$8 Kill people realize that chasing gutshot straight draws is a horrible idea.
I didn't need to reload, as I became shortstack and just worked my way up. The next few hands seemed to be karma hands for me, like the poker gods were apologizing for the bad beats. I got 6 6 and the flop came out A 6 6. Stuff like that. I'd hold Ac 10c and the flop would be 8c Kc 3c, and other various hands where the flop turned it to gold. T T came a flop of A 6 T, and Q T flopped 9 J K.
Needless to say I got my stack back up to a healthy amount, and I played for a couple more hours and then cashed out. Going to bed that night I realized that if I hadn't cought those cards that bad beat would have probably put me out of comission for the night.
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