Saturday, September 19, 2009

The Drop on Hand Played with Silly Poker Lingo

Stakes : 2/5 NL Holdem live action 9 handed
Location: Beau Rivage Casino (brick and mortar)
Players: Villian #1 $1200 stack (tight image has not played many hands)
Villian #2 $1000 stack (foreigner that i have pegged as a fish)
Tex(me) $900 stack (running bad and a little steamed)

In MP I look down at Rin Tin Tin (pocket 10s) . Villian #2 ,who speaks Sputnik, limps in from EP for $5 ,I decide to limp and play small ball. Two more players flatted behind me and Villian#1 in the BB checkoslovakias. 5 limpers see a flop of 9 6 7 Rainbow.. Villian#1 knuckles, Villian#2 fires out 30 bones ,I briefly go in "tank" as i want to repop it here with a 3bet but with donks behind me I decide to smoooth call. The 2 LP players insta-muck while Villian#1 flatted the $30 bet. So 3 to the turn. 4th street brings a brick 2 of spades but puts two spades on board. Action on Villian#1 who knuckles , Sputnik continues to show strength with a $ 60 bet. My read on Villian is a hand like top top or J9. Only hand possible that has me beat is if he flopped two pair. I choose to flat and control size of pot with positive EV if we are heads up to river. Well check caller Villian#1 smooth calls again! I feel he is on a complete draw. I think he is a good player so if he had the nuts or a set he would have check raised by the turn. The river card comes another 2 (a great card as there is no flush and gives me two pair if i was behind) Villian 1 checks ,which i let out a sigh of relief,and Sputnik who doesnt know how to check slides out a Hundo stack. Now I am already thinking of how much to repop it cause i know i should have done this on flop or turn but for some reason decide i will just flat and drag my pot. Well im expecting Villian # 1 to muck his rags he starts counting Benjamin Franklins I said "cmon man dont get cute I know u missed your draw" He ends up throwing out $600 in bills. WTF!!! now i am talking to myself and probly out of line as action is on Sputnik. 9 6 7 2 2 board okay. He played this very odd if he had a monster and was just gonna have to get paid off cause i think he is bluffing his ass off. Sputnik tanks for a while and ends up MAKING THE CALL! I stand up "tank" and walk around and finally talk myself off my read and FOLD my hand! Villain 1 just throws his hand in muck and i want to puke as Sputnik takes down $1600 pot with J9. Everyone has been telling me you have to fold there. While I know where they are coming from I totally disagree.This was one of those situations where I should have stuck with my gut. If Villian 2 folds I was insta-calling Villian 1 so why did I go into "i must be beat mode" when Sputnik took so long and called? The more I thought about it later I may have encouraged Sput to make the hero call when I opened my big mouth. UUUUGH! I ended up rebounding pretty well for trip but this hand could have been a nice swing for me.

By the way if I am sitting at a table with you do not speak Cardplayer to me!!!

2 comments:

Goondingy said...

Though this is old...good post! I felt it every step and you were in a tough spot. I guess, to help clarify where you are next time, you should have popped it pre-flop and the decison may have been easier down the road? Again, nice post.

Big Smoove.

Tiltin Texan said...

I still think about that hand