I played this one in Vegas about a month ago.
We're 5-handed at a 1/2 table. I had been moved over here about 3 hours ago when my original table broke. We had been playing with a number of huge fish that the group had managed to stack a few times so most of us remaining are pretty deep. It's about 2am, nobody is drinking and almost everyone who is left are good players by 1/2 standards. For a little more color on the players left:
UTG (~$600): Hero . I'm playing my normal style for 1/2 which is to play pretty straightforward and try to extract maximum value from fish. I've shown down only strong hands. The only memorable hand from earlier at the table was when I had double-barrel shoved all-in on the turn with JhJd on a K93T 2 heart board and got called by KTo but binked a Q on the river.
CO ($200): 50s white guy, in my view the most "standard" 1/2 player and the weakest at the table. Haven't seen him 3-bet or be particularly aggressive during the session, and he's played pretty fit-or-fold post-flop in my limited observation.
BU (~$800): 40s asian guy with longer hair. He's been very tight and has played a little tricky with big hands during the session. He's not been a factor in many hands but he's been dealt a lot of good hands tonight so he's been in more pots than I think he would be in during a more normal session. Playing video games on his phone when not in the hand.
SB (~$600): Late 20s college-boy looking guy. I read him as a good player. He played very well vs the fish, getting most of his stack from them. He's played pretty aggressively, but I can tell he's very observant and adjusting his play to his opponent -- I've seen him bet big hands for value at different sizes, go for thin value, and lay down what appeared to be strong hands that were probably beat. We are sitting at the opposite end of the table with good line of sight, and had been telepathically communicating about some of the crazy play we've seen by the fish and others throughout the night (ie that look that says "OMG I can't believe that just happened, isn't this table amazing?")
BB (~$500): 40s eastern european guy. He seems to be a good player that I bet probably spends most of his time at 2/5. He definitely thinks he is the best player at the table, and maybe in the world. He has had an opinion on lots of play (though he smartly wasn't criticizing any of the fish) and how he has great reads on everyone. A few hands ago, he correctly laid down a boat to the asian guy who had a bigger boat and had played it a little slow. He's been aggressive pre- and post-flop, though isn't a maniac. He is capable of 3-betting more than just QQ+/AK again isn't a crazy man.
OK so that's the context going into this hand, hero is UTG and picks up
. Action?
We're 5-handed at a 1/2 table. I had been moved over here about 3 hours ago when my original table broke. We had been playing with a number of huge fish that the group had managed to stack a few times so most of us remaining are pretty deep. It's about 2am, nobody is drinking and almost everyone who is left are good players by 1/2 standards. For a little more color on the players left:
UTG (~$600): Hero . I'm playing my normal style for 1/2 which is to play pretty straightforward and try to extract maximum value from fish. I've shown down only strong hands. The only memorable hand from earlier at the table was when I had double-barrel shoved all-in on the turn with JhJd on a K93T 2 heart board and got called by KTo but binked a Q on the river.
CO ($200): 50s white guy, in my view the most "standard" 1/2 player and the weakest at the table. Haven't seen him 3-bet or be particularly aggressive during the session, and he's played pretty fit-or-fold post-flop in my limited observation.
BU (~$800): 40s asian guy with longer hair. He's been very tight and has played a little tricky with big hands during the session. He's not been a factor in many hands but he's been dealt a lot of good hands tonight so he's been in more pots than I think he would be in during a more normal session. Playing video games on his phone when not in the hand.
SB (~$600): Late 20s college-boy looking guy. I read him as a good player. He played very well vs the fish, getting most of his stack from them. He's played pretty aggressively, but I can tell he's very observant and adjusting his play to his opponent -- I've seen him bet big hands for value at different sizes, go for thin value, and lay down what appeared to be strong hands that were probably beat. We are sitting at the opposite end of the table with good line of sight, and had been telepathically communicating about some of the crazy play we've seen by the fish and others throughout the night (ie that look that says "OMG I can't believe that just happened, isn't this table amazing?")
BB (~$500): 40s eastern european guy. He seems to be a good player that I bet probably spends most of his time at 2/5. He definitely thinks he is the best player at the table, and maybe in the world. He has had an opinion on lots of play (though he smartly wasn't criticizing any of the fish) and how he has great reads on everyone. A few hands ago, he correctly laid down a boat to the asian guy who had a bigger boat and had played it a little slow. He's been aggressive pre- and post-flop, though isn't a maniac. He is capable of 3-betting more than just QQ+/AK again isn't a crazy man.
OK so that's the context going into this hand, hero is UTG and picks up
. Action?
. SB checks. Hero?
. Pot is now about $75, SB checks. Hero?
or maybe has an overpair that he won't fold to a three flush board. I just feel like checking the turn leaves too much value on the table.
