$400 NLHE Full Ring: AA on the BB

This is actually a $2/$5 game, not $2/$4, cardschat wont recognize this as an actual stakes that get played but oh well.


Hero stack: $225
Villain 1: $1000
Villain 2: 700

I sat down on the table for $300 at local casino. Waiting for a mate to come so we can get dinner. Whatever, doesn't matter aha.

Only 3rd or so orbit in, so not alot of info except that this table is playing crazy. One of the previous hands had the entire table limp, the SB raised to $55 and got 7 callers... So, thats probably a sign that I should've moved tables but oh well.


I'm in the BB, the pot is limped around to me with only about 5 limpers. I have AhAd. I bet $35. UTG calls, HJ calls and SB calls.

Flop comes QhJhJd.

SB checks
I bet $90

UTG (Villain 2) calls
HJ (VIllain 1) shoves
SB folds

I have $100 left so I call.
UTG calls
Turn comes 7h
River 2c




First off theres a multitude of stuff I did wrong. Played outside of BRM just cause I was waiting for a mate (Normally only play $1/$2 but no games were running), played on a table that has clearly shown zero respect to raises (lots of alcohol going through everyone from what I could see), and not sitting down with 100bb...


But, given the situation, did I play right?

I could probably check/fold flop but I've left myself $190 behind so not alot and AA is obviously as good as it gets. Maybe I just fell inlove with AA too much to make a discipline check/fold... not sure.

If you saw them all call $55 you should of raised much bigger pre. $50-65 and pretty much jamming every flop

IPlay said:

If you saw them all call $55 you should of raised much bigger pre. $50-65 and pretty much jamming every flop

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I think thats probably the best approach. Tonight really annoyed me. This is why BRM is key though, I wouldn't get so annoyed if I was bankrolled for $2/$5, I could shrug it off, move tables and start again.

Don't play outside your bankroll. Almost nothing ever comes good of it.

I would love playing at this table. I would get tons of value on my preflop and postflop monsters against these drunk/crazy loose players. Limp behind with speculative hands like decent SCs and all PP, and raise big with premiums. Ez $. If they don't respect your raises just pound on them hard with your strong hands.

I'm leaning towards fold OTF. I don't think Qx does this, and people aren't shoving multiway with a combo draw. He also has position, and UTG and we can have a strong range here so he cant really expect many folds.

Raise more pre with the tons of limpers. I think the fishiness of the table is great you just need to approach it in the right way. I think you can raise pre and jam in the dark basically.

Interesting. I don't think I'm at that level where I'm comfortable to sit at such a fishy table and be confident!

No longer playing out of bankroll ever again though aha, not playing 2/5 live until I have around 20k saved up for it.

Sounds like a dream table. People often dislike these tables because they can't handle bad beats or their opponents' poor play, but the truth is - if you can't beat this table you won't be able to beat any other table.

Yeah dude it's tough. When I was first learning how to play live, I was really confused how to navigate tons of people open-limping. You've just got to pick your spots wisely. What is nice is that you can open-limp with them from the cutoff with Q7s. What isn't nice is that you can't raise KQs on the button and feel great about it.

You have to think - how many folds can I get with this hand? Am I likely enough to win postflop given my hand and the likely number of callers? If so, go to town preflop. If not, go ahead and take advantage of the passiveness. Postflop, hammer your value hands. If they call too much pre, they'll call too much post.

As for BRM, any time you can't play your best game, move down. There are great websites for general guidelines. 20k (40 buy-ins) is a good amount (even quite a high amount) for 2/5 if you're confident you can take it down.

I'm starting to beat $1/$2 live, I have plenty of leaks but I usually fix them as it happens after I've made the mistake or I come here and ask, but I'm showing results and that's what matters.

Stepping into 2/5 is something I've done before but not for long, and I really didn't expect what I saw tonight. Although it was a Friday night, lots of drunks and people who wanna just sit down and play and the usual regs who obviously haven't learn anything seeing as their stacks constantly show that they aren't improving (I take notice of them when playing 1/2). I'd have felt more comfortable on a table of regs who are trying to improve their game!


it's an interesting thought though, saying that I can't beat any other table if I can't beat this kind of table. With proper BRM and the time and effort I'm sure I could beat this table, I've developed my game greatly in the past year. Unfortunately a 30 hand sample and 45 minutes worth of poker bad BRM and buying in for 70bb is just not a good enough example to see where I'm at.

One day I'll crush it, hopefully by the end of this year I'm sitting comfortable at 2/5. We'll see.

It's a crappy situation though, I can only really play on weekends, and for the budget to save for 2/5 live bankroll, I could effectively fly over east (about 4 hours) for 2-3 nights, play 2/3 live and then fly back for much cheaper if I'm only playing on a weekend basis... Makes you wonder.

IPlay said:

If you saw them all call $55 you should of raised much bigger pre. $50-65 and pretty much jamming every flop

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