This summer I’ve joined a new weekly private $1/$3 game. It’s pretty well-run: Two rotating dealers who play for tips, 9 players max, good table with a raised rail/lightstrip, decent food and drinks, reasonable rake. There is a high hand bonus (quads minimum), a bad beat jackpot (currently about $3K), and the 72 game is on.
I’ve played four times so far, booking two modest wins (+30, +60BB), one modest loss (-35BB), and one bigger win (+250BB). The cast of regs is pretty steady, so I’m starting to get a decent feel for the player pool, but still have a lot of intel to gather.
In any case, this hand comes from my bigger winning session. The main villain I believe is one of the more thinking players in the game. Weaker regs are constantly marveling at his hand-reading ability, and to be fair I have seen him call out people’s hands accurately a few times, though this may just reflect how long they have all been playing before I discovered the game... He tends to show an appropriate level of aggression, and I haven’t seen him show down garbage. His main weakness seems to be a certain degree of tilt, getting irritated if things go wrong.
HAND:
[ I’ll reserve my explanations for my play in a follow-up comment ]
He runs through the preflop action, recalling how I made it $15 over limpers, then flatted his $65 raise over the two cold callers and two limpers. Finally he folds, somewhat angrily, telling his neighbor he had .
So was my play here slick, just standard, or fishy? Some more comments to come.
I’ve played four times so far, booking two modest wins (+30, +60BB), one modest loss (-35BB), and one bigger win (+250BB). The cast of regs is pretty steady, so I’m starting to get a decent feel for the player pool, but still have a lot of intel to gather.
In any case, this hand comes from my bigger winning session. The main villain I believe is one of the more thinking players in the game. Weaker regs are constantly marveling at his hand-reading ability, and to be fair I have seen him call out people’s hands accurately a few times, though this may just reflect how long they have all been playing before I discovered the game... He tends to show an appropriate level of aggression, and I haven’t seen him show down garbage. His main weakness seems to be a certain degree of tilt, getting irritated if things go wrong.
HAND:
[ I’ll reserve my explanations for my play in a follow-up comment ]
- Hero covers everyone with ~$1,200. Villain has about $650. Other stacks in the hand are shorter.
- Two $3 limpers in front of me, $10 in the pot.
- Hero has in the hijack and 5x it to $15.
- Cutoff and button call. Pot is $55.
- Villain in the BB bumps it to $65.
- Limpers fold, Hero calls, cutoff and button fold. Pot is $185.
- Flop is
- Villain c-bets $75, Hero calls. Pot $335.
- Turn , rainbow board with a one-liner.
- Villain leads out again for $120. Pot is $455.
- Villain has about $400 and change behind.
- Hero tanks for about 45 seconds, then shoves all in with two pair.
- Villain tanks for a full five minutes, finally folds.
He runs through the preflop action, recalling how I made it $15 over limpers, then flatted his $65 raise over the two cold callers and two limpers. Finally he folds, somewhat angrily, telling his neighbor he had .
So was my play here slick, just standard, or fishy? Some more comments to come.
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