stately7
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hello – first post here – so greetings, thanks for having me.
Been playing for 12-18 months, NLHE online up to $30NL and live $1/2 or $2/5 on occasion. (Pub tourneys too here in Aus).
Anyhow – have a live cash question from a casino session yesterday. Was a good short-ish 5 hour session, bought in for $200 on $1/2, left w/ $545, no complaints.
But two situations bothered me.
10 handed, I’m in middle to late position with JJ and $230. 3 limpers, so I raise to $15. Cut off calls and button raises to $40 total. I had only been at the table for 15 mins and had no real read on this guy other than that his stack was double mine at about $450 and he seemed like a solid player, so I thought about it and folded preflop! Cut off flat called, and after an all low card board, eventually the button wins with AQs against the cutoff’s A9o.
(Terrible play by cutoff, really, but he’s another story
I knew button's range here was probably a few different hands, but my main concern at the time was being up against a bigger pair, something that would have worried me even when a low board flopped. Or of course seeing a flop with over cards, and considering his range would include AK and AQ as well, that would be an issue. I waited for better spots and like I said, had a good afternoon.
But should I have played this differently? Cheers in advance ☺
(This post was a bit long, so will ask the other question later!)
Been playing for 12-18 months, NLHE online up to $30NL and live $1/2 or $2/5 on occasion. (Pub tourneys too here in Aus).
Anyhow – have a live cash question from a casino session yesterday. Was a good short-ish 5 hour session, bought in for $200 on $1/2, left w/ $545, no complaints.
But two situations bothered me.
10 handed, I’m in middle to late position with JJ and $230. 3 limpers, so I raise to $15. Cut off calls and button raises to $40 total. I had only been at the table for 15 mins and had no real read on this guy other than that his stack was double mine at about $450 and he seemed like a solid player, so I thought about it and folded preflop! Cut off flat called, and after an all low card board, eventually the button wins with AQs against the cutoff’s A9o.
(Terrible play by cutoff, really, but he’s another story
I knew button's range here was probably a few different hands, but my main concern at the time was being up against a bigger pair, something that would have worried me even when a low board flopped. Or of course seeing a flop with over cards, and considering his range would include AK and AQ as well, that would be an issue. I waited for better spots and like I said, had a good afternoon.
But should I have played this differently? Cheers in advance ☺
(This post was a bit long, so will ask the other question later!)