Congrats to the winner of the Gift of Grub (a $25 chain restaurant gift certificate and a beer from grubette) from
Hand of the Week #20!
I knew what her hand was going into it, but I guessed incorrectly what she'd do, thinking she'd raise all-in. Good going, grubette! Or should I say, good going not drinking three more light beers to influence your thinking.
From grubette:
This was a tricky one.. how the heck would you know what I had?
I had pocket 9’s.
All-in raiser had A-3
Button had K-Q
Since this really was going to be my last hand, I felt $15 was a reasonable raise for what I had. Sometimes I say, “This is my last hand” because people will think you stay in on anything, so you can draw them out if you actually have something good (last night I did the same thing, ended up with the Hammer, folded, left). The all-in guy was just trying to get the most of his remaining chips, so I figured he had no hand. The button had lots of chips, period.
I counted my chips because my buy-in was $100. If I had called another $45, I would then have $96, making me a loser even if button checked the rest of the way and I lost.
I showed the guys to my right and left what I had, and laid it down. They both groaned in unison.
Lucky thing, since all-in guy made trip 3’s on the flop. What should I have done? What I did. I can’t lose what I don’t put in the pot right! And I didn’t want to leave a loser. Instead, I dropped the $15 and left $41 ahead (from that table anyway).
So no one really came close to guessing ALL the answers (though they were GREAT answers.. I was thoroughly amused), so I give it to Hdouble because
1. He guessed A exactly right
2. B was off for me because I only had 2 ½ light beers man!.. I was not yet inebriated enough to push all in over the top of an all in guy and a lucky button
3. C was yes, what would be statistically best to do, call and see the flop.
4. He lives the closest and I actually could buy him a beer if we’re in, say, Hollywood Park.
Congrats, HD!
Wanting to work off some bonus money and brush up on shorthanded again, I've returned to my favorite haunt of 5/10 6max at Party. It's as soft as ever, I'm happy to report, and despite numerous
"how could you call a raise with that?" beats, I'm doing okay.
Find the right table, and these are
very good games.
From the bad karma files, I thought I'd share two hands from a rather bad and easily tilting player.
We'll move backwards.
To set the scene, here first is the hand that I lost, where Tilty is sitting UTG (
warning: bad beat ahead):
Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) converter
Preflop: grubby is SB with K
Q
Tilty raises,
3 folds, grubby calls, BB calls.
Flop: (6 SB) T
J
A
(3 players)
grubby bets, BB calls,
Tilty raises,
grubby 3-bets, BB folds,
Tilty caps, grubby calls.
Turn: (7.50 BB) 2
(2 players)
grubby bets,
Tilty bets $13.5 (All-In), grubby calls.
River: (10.20 BB) A
(2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: 10.20 BB
Main Pot: 10.20 BB, between grubby and Tilty.
Pot won by Tilty (10.20 BB).
grubby has K
Q
(straight, ace high).
Tilty has 2
A
(full house, aces full of twos).
Outcome: Tilty wins 10.20 BB.
Hmm... did
AlCantHang eavesdrop on the table and secretly root for Tilty? That would be the only explanation.
Figuring that Tilty would probably have stayed straight to the end (and I would certainly have capped the turn if I could, as well as raised the river once), I reckon I saved at least 4BB by him being all-in.
What shameful thing did I do to anger the poker gods?
The following is probably the hand in question, in which I played Tilty (sitting in the SB) half an hour
earlier, and which coincidentally is also HoW #21:
Grubby's Hand of the Week #21
for Monday, October 11, 2004
Prize: $20
The first person to correctly guess my hand before next Monday wins. Suits may or may not matter. One guess per person, please. Winner will be declared here that Monday. If there's no winner, $5 will be added to the prize pool.
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email me after the quiz is over.
Good luck and good skills,
Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter
Preflop: grubby is MP with ???
1 fold, grubby calls, Button calls, Tilty completes, BB checks.
Flop: (4 SB) 7
5
8
(4 players)
Tilty bets, BB folds, grubby calls, Button calls.
Turn: (3.50 BB) K
(3 players)
Tilty bets,
grubby raises, Button folds, Tilty calls.
River: (7.50 BB) J
(2 players)
Tilty checks,
grubby bets, Tilty folds.
Final Pot: 8.50 BB
Main Pot: 7.50 BB, won by grubby.
Pot 2: 1 BB, returned to grubby.
Hey, I won a hand!
This time your task is to guess what I held. (Sorry, grubette, you're disqualified since you know the answer.)
You know how I play by now... survivors ready! For $20, what did grubby have? A hint: it wasn't The Hammer (what, you think I play that trash?
).
Go Ahead, Share Your Thoughts! .
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