Gaidzahg
Sitting Out
I was playing in a 2-5 game at Potawatomi in Milwaukee and this hand came up.
The background to the hand is that Seat 6 and I (Seat 1) had been playing at this table together for about 6 hours. I considered him to be the strongest player at the table. He had generally been staying out of my way and I his. Seat 5 was a rec player who seemed to be playing too many hands preflop, although his postflop play wasn't too bad.
I was also mostly card dead the entire session so I felt that from the other players' perspective I must have seemed to be playing supertight aggressive. When I had a hand I generally played it strong, it's just that the hands very few and far between.
When this hand came up I was in MP with about $1200, and there was a straddle. The straddler was a young guy in Seat 8 who was on tilt from getting raped repeatedly by the maniac directly to his left in Seat 9.
It was folded to me and I made it $30. Seat 5 on the button called and then the Seat 6 in the SB popped it up to $140. Both players had me covered. It was folded back to me and I tanked. My reasoning at the time was
—he's only seen me turn over strong holdings and he's raising me OOP anyway
—if he has AA I'm crushed
—if he has KK I'm way behind, and if I flop an ace, he may not give me any action
—if he has QQ or a lower pair it's a coin toss, and if an ace or king flop, he may not give me action
—Seat 5 is still live and from what I've seen of his play he will most likely call if I do and his range will be wide enough to be problematic
I thought about repopping to $300 or flatting, but eventually I folded. Now I think I was maybe a little too nitty. Thoughts?
The background to the hand is that Seat 6 and I (Seat 1) had been playing at this table together for about 6 hours. I considered him to be the strongest player at the table. He had generally been staying out of my way and I his. Seat 5 was a rec player who seemed to be playing too many hands preflop, although his postflop play wasn't too bad.
I was also mostly card dead the entire session so I felt that from the other players' perspective I must have seemed to be playing supertight aggressive. When I had a hand I generally played it strong, it's just that the hands very few and far between.
When this hand came up I was in MP with about $1200, and there was a straddle. The straddler was a young guy in Seat 8 who was on tilt from getting raped repeatedly by the maniac directly to his left in Seat 9.
It was folded to me and I made it $30. Seat 5 on the button called and then the Seat 6 in the SB popped it up to $140. Both players had me covered. It was folded back to me and I tanked. My reasoning at the time was
—he's only seen me turn over strong holdings and he's raising me OOP anyway
—if he has AA I'm crushed
—if he has KK I'm way behind, and if I flop an ace, he may not give me any action
—if he has QQ or a lower pair it's a coin toss, and if an ace or king flop, he may not give me action
—Seat 5 is still live and from what I've seen of his play he will most likely call if I do and his range will be wide enough to be problematic
I thought about repopping to $300 or flatting, but eventually I folded. Now I think I was maybe a little too nitty. Thoughts?