Four Dogs
Legend
Silver Level
Let's play a little game.
Below are three $2/$5nl hands I played last night. All three are similar in that they all involve calling biggish river bets vs. decent players. In a vacuum all three may seem a little questionable but did involve considerable deliberation before making the calls. I'll be happy to explain my reasoning later but first let's play. This isn't just a guessing game and I think there's enough information in there to make some educated guesses as to which hands are more or less likely to be good and why. All criticism is welcome. Fire away!
Hand 1:
Villain is young Asian TAG with ~$700. Probably a winning player. He's very actiony and rarely gives up without a fight. I've got exactly $500. I've been bleeding chips but topping off after every hand.
I open UTG+1 to $15 with . One field caller, the V. calls in the SB as does the BB
[$65] Asian TAG donks $40. BB Folds I call and the field caller folds.
[$145] V. thinks for just a few seconds and bets $75. Call
[$295] V. Instantly fires $285. Call
Hand 2:
Same Villain about an hour later. This is the first time we've mixed it up since the first hand but he now knows I'm capable of making big calls.
I open in MP to $20 with . The Button Calls and V. Calls in the BB
[$62] V. Checks, I bet $40 Call Call
[$182] V. Bets $60 I Call and Button Calls
[$362] V bets $105. I Call and Button Folds
Hand 3:
This time Villain is a late 20s chip twirler who's new to the table but has already stacked up to about $800. He's good but he has a few leaks IMO. He raises his good hands but open limps too often IMO and I saw him 3! and call a 4! shove all-in on an ace high flop with no obvious draws. As he called he said "I think I'm gambling here." Amazingly he took down the pot with . He probably knows nothing about me other than my stack size (~$900) and that I'm an older guy who folds alot preflop.
There's an EP limp and I raise CO to $25 with . V. Calls in the BB as does the limper.
[$77] It checks around.
[$77] V. Bets $40, Limper folds and I make the call.
[$157] V. Bets $100 and I Call.
Below are three $2/$5nl hands I played last night. All three are similar in that they all involve calling biggish river bets vs. decent players. In a vacuum all three may seem a little questionable but did involve considerable deliberation before making the calls. I'll be happy to explain my reasoning later but first let's play. This isn't just a guessing game and I think there's enough information in there to make some educated guesses as to which hands are more or less likely to be good and why. All criticism is welcome. Fire away!
Hand 1:
Villain is young Asian TAG with ~$700. Probably a winning player. He's very actiony and rarely gives up without a fight. I've got exactly $500. I've been bleeding chips but topping off after every hand.
I open UTG+1 to $15 with . One field caller, the V. calls in the SB as does the BB
[$65] Asian TAG donks $40. BB Folds I call and the field caller folds.
[$145] V. thinks for just a few seconds and bets $75. Call
[$295] V. Instantly fires $285. Call
Hand 2:
Same Villain about an hour later. This is the first time we've mixed it up since the first hand but he now knows I'm capable of making big calls.
I open in MP to $20 with . The Button Calls and V. Calls in the BB
[$62] V. Checks, I bet $40 Call Call
[$182] V. Bets $60 I Call and Button Calls
[$362] V bets $105. I Call and Button Folds
Hand 3:
This time Villain is a late 20s chip twirler who's new to the table but has already stacked up to about $800. He's good but he has a few leaks IMO. He raises his good hands but open limps too often IMO and I saw him 3! and call a 4! shove all-in on an ace high flop with no obvious draws. As he called he said "I think I'm gambling here." Amazingly he took down the pot with . He probably knows nothing about me other than my stack size (~$900) and that I'm an older guy who folds alot preflop.
There's an EP limp and I raise CO to $25 with . V. Calls in the BB as does the limper.
[$77] It checks around.
[$77] V. Bets $40, Limper folds and I make the call.
[$157] V. Bets $100 and I Call.