So Mondays session started like most of the one have started this year, I was stuck $600 or more in the game before I got started. I made it to the Aladdin to play 1 - 2 No Limit. I was down early, then was up about $100 about 6 hours in, I went to dinner then all hell broke loose. When I got back I saw my $800 chip stack get picked away at by a guy who made two nut flushed against my top two, and called an under pair with three over cards on the board to hit his set on the turn. An of course the 3rd session out of 4 that I was on the losing end of set over set.* All in all without going into too much detail. I tucked my tail and left the Aladdin down $900. I know, how in the world do you lose that much in a 1 - 2 game, well the 'ED' knows how, trust me, nothing more humbling then knowing you became someone Else's action.
OK so on to the rest of the story. I went home and did my Radio mix for Tuesday which needed to be done, got freshened up, had a different mind set, grabbed a chunk of my bankroll and decided to head down to the MGM to play some 2 - 5 no limit. I had, had enough, I got to the MGM about 3:30am Tuesday morning, when I arrived I was seated immediately and instantly recognized a local player, I had played 1 -2 with before and knew he was action. Most of the stacks on the table were between $300 and $700, I bought in for $400, the max is $500.
I wasn't there 15Min's and I doubled up, while under the gun I limped with 2 - 4 of clubs, also known as the "Jack Bauer" of clubs. A guy in middle position raised to $15 and when it got back to me there was 6 way action, so of course I called, the flop came Ad 3d 5h, yeah I flopped the nuts. It was checked by the big blind to me and I over bet the pot betting $125, leaving behind another $315 (I had won a couple small pots before this. The original raiser wasted no time and pushed all in. The field folded to me and I told him "I call, do you have a set?" He said, "No" and I showed him my straight, he showed the Ah Jg the turn and river did not improve his hand and I won the pot. So nice start to this session.
While sitting at the table I realized it was easier to play against this field of players because they had fold equity, twice in raised pots, I made large bluff bets and got players to fold, this was defiantly my type of game. Well after running AK into a set of 3's for $300, I sat with about $500 in front of me when this hand came down.
I in the Big Blind with the 9h 5h, a player in middle position raised to $25, 3 players called as did I and then 3 more behind me. We went 7 ways to the flop for $25 each, wow this was gonna be a good pot. The flop of 10h 6h 3d came down, I checked and it checked all the way to the button, he made a bet of $100. I thought for a few minutes, he had a total of $410 n front of him I had him covered by around $60 dollars or so. Also this player had paid off a couple of hands when he refused to fold when the draws made it so I thought it was a safe bet I would get paid off if I made my flush. I called the $100, and to my surprise another player with almost the same amount as me called as well. The turn was the 9c, I checked, as did the other called and the original raiser went all in for $310. I quickly did the math, and figured my 5 was an out as well as I did not think this player had better then A-10. With a pot now of, $475 this call is a stretch, and I was not getting the right pot odds, but then the greatest thing that could happen did, the other caller announced "call" out of turn. I thought to myself that I was on one buy in and with how the game is going it should not be too hard to get it back. Plus with all of my bad luck I thought, maybe, just maybe something might go my way. Finally I called and so did the player behind me.
As it stood the pot was now at $1580, and my call was laying me over 4 to 1 to call, and as I had it figured my card odds were about 2 1/2 to 1. Well the river card was delt and it was the Kh. I had made my flush. i pushed for my remaining $60 and the other caller sighed and folded what was a busted straight draw. The original raiser rolled over Ad 10c which is exactly where I had put him. I was pushed the pot and my chip stack now stood at $1650. This made up for all the nonsense at the Aladdin, the set over set, from earlier in the day, and to top it off I was up for the entirety of the two sessions. I was in awe. It took me 3 hands to stack all of my chips as I did and now I was the big stack at the table. Normally I may not have so much gamble, don't get me wrong I have been in better spots, but figured this was a good pot to make a play in.
So all in all, my 2-5 experience was positive. I ended up $275 for the two sessions, booked my win and went home. I know I may have been the fish in this situation, but honestly I was willing to do a little gambling to win the big one, or should I say "Catch."
*I now need to develop a plan to fold set over set as apparently I have been practing for some colossal blowup instead.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Given the out-of turn call behind you, you were clearly priced in on the turn, so that's easy. +EV. Cut and dry.
Calling the preflop raise is more a question of the other players, how likely you are to be paid off, your table image, et cetera, and I won't pretend that I know enough to comment on that stuff.
The flop call is also +EV, assuming you don't think the bettor has a better flush draw (flush draw is better than the 3.75/1 odds on the call), IF you consider that call in isolation. But that ignores the fact that, assuming a heart doesn't come on the turn, you're likely to be bet into for $310, at which point the +EV play is to fold (ignoring the miracle out-of-turn call). So, of the three plays, this is clearly the weakest.
I agree, plus knowing the player I was up against, 'The Agressor', I knew if I was too make my hand, he would pay it off, he did not like to fold. Finally, my ability to put him on a hand, helped me as I knew I had more then just the flush draw. It does help though, that the player behind me, called out of turn. This makes my decision, pretty easy at this point. Needless to say the player who called out of turn, bought more chips and went broke within 2 more button rounds.
Post a Comment