$4 NLHE 6-max: Nice Catch

$4 NL HE 6-max: Nice Catch

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HAND #1
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Full Tilt, $0.02/$0.05 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

MP: $9.05 (181 bb)
CO: $2.53 (50.6 bb)
BTN: $4.81 (96.2 bb)
Hero (SB): $22.96 (459.2 bb)
BB: $9.46 (189.2 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with
MP raises to $0.17, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.15, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.51) (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks

Turn: ($0.51) (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.20, MP calls $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

River: ($1.11) (3 players)
Hero bets $1.11, BB raises to $3, MP folds, Hero raises to $22.59 and is all-in, BB calls $6.09 and is all-in

Results: $19.29 pot ($1.28 rake)
Hero showed (a straight, Ace to Five) and won $18.01 ($8.55 net)
BB mucked and lost (-$9.46 net)

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Steveg1976 said:

Did you have a question about this hand?

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I do.

Why the **** would you ever call a raise from the SB there with 25s???

I guess it's been said....why would you post this hand? Is it a brag?

Fold preflop...next hand.

robert_wrath said:

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waht?

Actually, I'm pretty sure

Would you mind explaining the significance of explaining the situation described? = waht?

It's just wordier!

Ridiculous pot for a .02/.05 game. Great hand. I think it was played well around around. Not much else to say. Not a bad call with 25 suited preflop in the hopes of catching the nuts like it did there.

WVHillbilly said:

I do.

Why the **** would you ever call a raise from the SB there with 25s???

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because effective stacks are 190bbs deep

Skidmark said:

because effective stacks are 190bbs deep

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Yeah, exactly, i like to call raises with this marginal hands when i'm deep stack, like 89 suited, 45 suited, even 25 suited to try to make this kind of catch, because these are some inexpected hands to make a call to a bet, and the villain don't have the read of your hand, i know it doesnt work in the majority of the flops, but in someones you get some monster hands that pays you.

Skidmark said:

because effective stacks are 190bbs deep

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JonasBluffer said:

Yeah, exactly, i like to call raises with this marginal hands when i'm deep stack, like 89 suited, 45 suited, even 25 suited to try to make this kind of catch, because these are some inexpected hands to make a call to a bet, and the villain don't have the read of your hand, i know it doesnt work in the majority of the flops, but in someones you get some monster hands that pays you.

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Ok, in position, I can understand, but from the small blind this play is a long-term loser. You're not going to get paid often enough when you do hit your hand to justify it. It's just too hard OOP to build big pots when you hit and it's harder to control the pot when you flop a draw.

WVHillbilly said:

Ok, in position, I can understand, but from the small blind this play is a long-term loser. You're not going to get paid often enough when you do hit your hand to justify it. It's just too hard OOP to build big pots when you hit and it's harder to control the pot when you flop a draw.

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yes your right but you make it seem like it was a huge raise or a 3bet or something its a standart raise 3x and imo its callable.

It's absolutely not callable and will have you leaking money in the long run.

Good poker is a function of playing lots of pots in position to utilize your skill edge and extracting money with your monsters, not nut mining with trash hands out of position.

Amusing piece of Sam Farha worship IMO - though even he does it mostly for the advertising, which is probably pointless at this level.

I guess I like the postflop play well enough, but as others have mentioned, this is a dangerous call at best before the flop.