Weird lines

This was a weird line taken by the villain.

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
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Hero (BB): $23.60

UTG: $25.70

MP: $32.35

CO: $12.85

BTN: $25.50

SB: $10.30

Pre-Flop: 4 4 dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG raises to $0.50, MP calls $0.50, CO raises to $1, BTN folds, SB calls $0.90, Hero calls $0.75, UTG calls $0.50, MP calls $0.50

Easy call – set value.

Flop: ($5) 9 7 6 (5 Players)

I dont like this flop that much. No plans of betting at it. With so many people in, its sure to have hit somebody.

SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, CO checks

Turn: ($5) 2 (5 Players)

I was a bit surprised when everybody checked thro’ the flop. This 2 shouldnt have helped anybody that much. I thought this would be a good place to take a stab at the pot with a small-ish bet. In hindsight, I should have bet more, probably at least $3.

SB checks, Hero bets $1.25, 3 folds, SB raises to $4, Hero calls $2.75

The re-raise didnt seem that threatening, would definitely have folded to an all-in re-raise, decided to call and re-evaluate on the river.

River: ($13) 3 (2 Players)
SB bets $5.30 and is All-In, Hero calls $5.30

It seemed unlikely that the club helped him – I usually dont worry about backdoor draws played aggressively. It was also unlikely that he had 4,5 – given that I had 2 of the 4s. If he had something like 5,8 or 8,10 for a flopped straight, he should definitely have bet either the flop or the turn, or check-raised all-in on the turn. His line just didn’t make any sense, and it was less than 1/2 the pot to call, I needed to be good at least 1 out of 3 times for this to be profitable, and I thought I was okay.

Results: $23.60 Pot ($1.15 Rake)
Hero showed 4 4 (a pair of Fours) and WON $22.45 (+$12.15 NET)
SB showed Q T (high card Queen) and LOST (-$10.30 NET)

As it turns out, very very confusing betting line for a bluff!

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This next hand was with a different villain – again having a shorter stack and with a weird starting hand selection to open-raise and call re-raises and bets with!

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter

MP: $10

CO: $53.60

BTN: $13.25

SB: $24.75

Hero (BB): $24

UTG: $25

Pre-Flop: A K dealt to Hero (BB)

UTG folds, MP raises to $1, CO folds, BTN calls $1, SB calls $0.90, Hero raises to $5.50, MP calls $4.50, 2 folds

I like to play my premium hands super-fast in these deep-stacked, 6-max games. I play so loosely (about 42/18 ) that I don’t get any respect on any of my re-raises, and hence get a lot of action when I really do have a strong hand.

Flop: ($13) 5 Q Q (2 Players)
Hero bets $5, MP calls $4.50 and is All-In

I had the betting lead because I had re-raised pre-flop, and would have called a shove for ~1/3 the pot anyways with two more cards to come and only a small % that villain has a queen. I decided to put him all-in – I could win the pot if he folded, if he had the queen, I was pretty much dead, and if he had a lower pocket pair, I had two chances to draw out.

Turn: ($22) 2 (2 Players – 1 is All-In)

River: ($22) 5 (2 Players – 1 is All-In)

Results: $22 Pot ($1.05 Rake)
MP mucked J T and LOST (-$10 NET)
Hero showed A K (two pair, Queens and Fives) and WON $20.95 (+$10.95 NET)

Why on earth did he call the all-in!! Wow! Just goes to show what kind of table-image I had.