bentax1978
4 of a Kind
Just got back from a successful weekend in Vegas. My brother was out on the west coast for business and asked if I wanted to come out to Vegas for the weekend to hang out and gambol. He offered to buy my tickets with airline miles, so it was a pretty easy snap call to go.
Saturday morning session at Encore (Wynn) started around 9am. Most of the table had been there most of the night, including the main Villain of this story. The stakes were 1/3 (max $500 buy), but Villain had around $4000 in front of him. Played for about two hours before the hands below occurred. Villain was a decent player, aggressive but not reckless. He was a little condescending at times, and when a short stack would double up through him, he'd shrug it off and say "I'm just paying you back with your chips". And while this was usually accurate, the way he said it make him come off like an asshole as opposed to someone just joking around. I only got into a few hands with him in the first couple hours, and I think I won most of them. He whined a little that I always caught what I needed on the turn or river. A few times that was true, but I was also playing somewhat tight and used that image to make a couple well timed bluff when I didn't actually catch what I needed.
So two hours into the session, the below two hands occur that I am interested in getting feedback on. Actually, the first one of the two I will just describe as background since it's potentially relevant to the second one.
First hand.
Starting stacks. Button ($200) | SB ($3500) | BB ($400) | UTG ($550) | Hero, UTG+1 ($675)
So about two hours into the session, 8/9 handed and I'm UTG+1 and get dealt QQ. I have about $675 to start the hand. UTG (my brother) limps for $3. I raise to $15. Folds around to the Button who calls $15, SB (Villain) who calls $15, BB calls $15, UTG calls $15.
Flop is
$70 in pot.
SB, BB and UTG+1 all check. Normally Hero would consider putting out a pot sized bet with his overpair and a board like that to protect against the straights and flushes. But Hero looks around at the players who already checked and they all seem to be very interested in the hand. In previous hands if they checked, you could tell when they mentally checked the "check-fold" button in their head. This was not one of those times. Hero got a bad feeling and decides to check despite having an overpair and a board with straight and flush draws. Button checks as well.
Turns is a
Board is now Still $70 in pot.
Everyone checks.
River is a
Board is now Still $70 in pot.
SB throws out a $25 bet. BB immediately calls $25. UTG folds.
Hero, who just made Queens full on the river, raises to $100 total. SB mutters something along the lines of "there it is" (implying that Hero has once against rivered him).
Button then moves all in for $185 total.
SB, despite just a few seconds ago muttering the "there it is" comment, then goes all-in and had everyone at the table well covered.
BB thinks for about 10 seconds and then mucks his AQ face up on the table not realizing that Hero still had to act behind him. He apologizes, and the action is now on Hero.
Hero hesitates for a second, says he's only worried about one hand, and then calls.
Button turns over Ac7c for and ace-high flush.
SB turns over 89 for the flopped full-house.
BB had already exposed AQo (but folded)
Hero turns over QQ and scoops the $1600+ pot with the case queen on the river.
SB is beside himself, muttering things to himself about how the fuck did I catch a queen. He's justifying his slow play of the full house (which wasn't a horrible move to try and let someone catch up, it just didn't work out). So while his stack is still quite healthy, he's clearly agitated that his slow-play backfired to a one-outer.
Second hand.
On the very next hand, Hero (who is now UTG), gets dealt
. Hero raises to $16 and gets 4 calls, including the agitated Villain who is now on the button. SB and BB fold.
Flop is
rainbow, $80 in the pot.
Hero, acting first, bets out $100. Everyone folds to Villain who stares at Hero for a good 20 seconds before making the call, never breaking eye contact with hero even as he grabs his single black chip to call.
Turn is a
and makes the board $280 in the pot, Hero still has $1500 left and Villain has $2700 left.
What should Hero do?
Saturday morning session at Encore (Wynn) started around 9am. Most of the table had been there most of the night, including the main Villain of this story. The stakes were 1/3 (max $500 buy), but Villain had around $4000 in front of him. Played for about two hours before the hands below occurred. Villain was a decent player, aggressive but not reckless. He was a little condescending at times, and when a short stack would double up through him, he'd shrug it off and say "I'm just paying you back with your chips". And while this was usually accurate, the way he said it make him come off like an asshole as opposed to someone just joking around. I only got into a few hands with him in the first couple hours, and I think I won most of them. He whined a little that I always caught what I needed on the turn or river. A few times that was true, but I was also playing somewhat tight and used that image to make a couple well timed bluff when I didn't actually catch what I needed.
So two hours into the session, the below two hands occur that I am interested in getting feedback on. Actually, the first one of the two I will just describe as background since it's potentially relevant to the second one.
First hand.
Starting stacks. Button ($200) | SB ($3500) | BB ($400) | UTG ($550) | Hero, UTG+1 ($675)
So about two hours into the session, 8/9 handed and I'm UTG+1 and get dealt QQ. I have about $675 to start the hand. UTG (my brother) limps for $3. I raise to $15. Folds around to the Button who calls $15, SB (Villain) who calls $15, BB calls $15, UTG calls $15.
Flop is
$70 in pot.SB, BB and UTG+1 all check. Normally Hero would consider putting out a pot sized bet with his overpair and a board like that to protect against the straights and flushes. But Hero looks around at the players who already checked and they all seem to be very interested in the hand. In previous hands if they checked, you could tell when they mentally checked the "check-fold" button in their head. This was not one of those times. Hero got a bad feeling and decides to check despite having an overpair and a board with straight and flush draws. Button checks as well.
Turns is a
Board is now Still $70 in pot.Everyone checks.
River is a
Board is now Still $70 in pot.SB throws out a $25 bet. BB immediately calls $25. UTG folds.
Hero, who just made Queens full on the river, raises to $100 total. SB mutters something along the lines of "there it is" (implying that Hero has once against rivered him).
Button then moves all in for $185 total.
SB, despite just a few seconds ago muttering the "there it is" comment, then goes all-in and had everyone at the table well covered.
BB thinks for about 10 seconds and then mucks his AQ face up on the table not realizing that Hero still had to act behind him. He apologizes, and the action is now on Hero.
Hero hesitates for a second, says he's only worried about one hand, and then calls.
Button turns over Ac7c for and ace-high flush.
SB turns over 89 for the flopped full-house.
BB had already exposed AQo (but folded)
Hero turns over QQ and scoops the $1600+ pot with the case queen on the river.
SB is beside himself, muttering things to himself about how the fuck did I catch a queen. He's justifying his slow play of the full house (which wasn't a horrible move to try and let someone catch up, it just didn't work out). So while his stack is still quite healthy, he's clearly agitated that his slow-play backfired to a one-outer.
Second hand.
On the very next hand, Hero (who is now UTG), gets dealt
. Hero raises to $16 and gets 4 calls, including the agitated Villain who is now on the button. SB and BB fold.Flop is
rainbow, $80 in the pot.Hero, acting first, bets out $100. Everyone folds to Villain who stares at Hero for a good 20 seconds before making the call, never breaking eye contact with hero even as he grabs his single black chip to call.
Turn is a
and makes the board $280 in the pot, Hero still has $1500 left and Villain has $2700 left.What should Hero do?
, making the board 
