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Dumbluck626
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I was playing out of the small blind with about $600 in my stack. I looked down at 8c 10c. Villain 1 (stack size $250) in middle position is just about as loose aggressive as you can get without being Mr. All-In (pre flop). He raised it to $6 after one or two people limped in. Villain 2 (stack size $350) called on the button. I decided that I would call to defend my blind and see if I can play some post flop poker. The flop came 7h 9c Jd! Because of how dry the board was, my position, super lag to act behind me, and flopping the nuts, I decided to check. As expected Villian 1 fired a $25 bet (slightly over pot sized). Surprisingly, Villian 2 decided to call. I figured I could easily get a second barrel to fire from Villian 1 based on past experience. Therefore, I decided calling was the best move (with these players). The turn brought a Qh. If I was playing against normal players, I may have bet out here to extract value and make people pay to draw out with a runner runner flush. This was not against normal players though. So I stuck with my strategy, I checked to the raiser. Villian 1 bet out with $75. Villian 2 calls. Now, I want to avoid tough decisions and force my opponents to make them. I shove all in. Villian 1 folds (no surprise at all).
To preface this, I had put Villain 2 in this exact situation about half an hour before. He folded that time so he didn't get to see if I was bluffing or not. I know he was curious then and I know he's really curious now. Back to the action.
Villain 2 sits silently, studying me for two minutes. before jokingly asking me, how much do you have there? The whole table got a few chuckles.
Then he asks, "Did you make the straight on the flop?"
I responded, "Yeah, I made the straight on the flop."
*30 more seconds of silence*
V2: Can I see a card?
Me: You'll have to pay for that.
Villian 2: No, that's to much *gesturing toward my stack*
Me: No, just pay me $10 and I'll show you one.
*V2 thinks for a little bit then slides $10 over to me*
The dealer must have completely missed the conversation because he burned a card and nearly dealt the river.
Because I'm genuinely an honest person I was blurting out as fast as I could, "No, no, no, no, no, wait! He wasn't calling I'm just about to show him a card." Thankfully, the dealer was kind enough to wait. (I realized much later that this act of kindness may have strongly helped in disguising my hand strength).
I took the $10 and told him to pick a card. He picked the 10c. Then V2 gestured as if he was going to flip over the other card as well. I'm certain I had a look of fear in my eyes because I didn't know what would happen from there. Would V2 be able to fold and I lose out on a nice score? Would V2 be forced to call? Could they force me to fold my hand if he did something to make my cards dead? I'm certain that V2 mistook my fear as weakness. V2 pondered another minute or so then said to himself, "He let me choose. Why did he let me choose? Because both cards were tired of tens? Yes! Because he has pocket tens! Do you have pocket tens?" he asked.
Me: I've given you enough information, you'll have to figure it out on your own."
V2: Called pre flop raise, check called, check above? It has to be pocket tens. I call!
Because it's a cash game neither of us turned over our hands. The river comes 9d. Fortunately, he turned over AQ. I took down the pot and he left the table.
What do you think? Were there better options given player types, position, etc?
To preface this, I had put Villain 2 in this exact situation about half an hour before. He folded that time so he didn't get to see if I was bluffing or not. I know he was curious then and I know he's really curious now. Back to the action.
Villain 2 sits silently, studying me for two minutes. before jokingly asking me, how much do you have there? The whole table got a few chuckles.
Then he asks, "Did you make the straight on the flop?"
I responded, "Yeah, I made the straight on the flop."
*30 more seconds of silence*
V2: Can I see a card?
Me: You'll have to pay for that.
Villian 2: No, that's to much *gesturing toward my stack*
Me: No, just pay me $10 and I'll show you one.
*V2 thinks for a little bit then slides $10 over to me*
The dealer must have completely missed the conversation because he burned a card and nearly dealt the river.
Because I'm genuinely an honest person I was blurting out as fast as I could, "No, no, no, no, no, wait! He wasn't calling I'm just about to show him a card." Thankfully, the dealer was kind enough to wait. (I realized much later that this act of kindness may have strongly helped in disguising my hand strength).
I took the $10 and told him to pick a card. He picked the 10c. Then V2 gestured as if he was going to flip over the other card as well. I'm certain I had a look of fear in my eyes because I didn't know what would happen from there. Would V2 be able to fold and I lose out on a nice score? Would V2 be forced to call? Could they force me to fold my hand if he did something to make my cards dead? I'm certain that V2 mistook my fear as weakness. V2 pondered another minute or so then said to himself, "He let me choose. Why did he let me choose? Because both cards were tired of tens? Yes! Because he has pocket tens! Do you have pocket tens?" he asked.
Me: I've given you enough information, you'll have to figure it out on your own."
V2: Called pre flop raise, check called, check above? It has to be pocket tens. I call!
Because it's a cash game neither of us turned over our hands. The river comes 9d. Fortunately, he turned over AQ. I took down the pot and he left the table.
What do you think? Were there better options given player types, position, etc?