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Royalgramma is a real moron playing virtually every hand, limping or betting 93% of the time over 40 minutes. The rest of the time he checked from the BB. In addition to this he has been vulgar and insulting to anyone he beats. Amazingly, he has gone from $10 to over $70 with some sickening suckouts. Here's one where I was the victim.

fulltiltpoker Game #1727612272: Table Tara - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:08:54 ET - 2007/02/03
Seat 1: scottsy ($27.05)
Seat 2: royalgramma ($32.45)
Seat 3: herrgeneral ($0), is sitting out
Seat 4: qaz60 ($7.80)
Seat 5: STEALHEAD2 ($8.05), is sitting out
Seat 6: deionr ($9.15)
Seat 7: Four Dogs ($5.70)
Seat 8: synnister poker ($5.45)
Seat 9: davebryant ($4.75)
deionr posts the small blind of $0.05
Four Dogs posts the big blind of $0.10
davebryant posts $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Four Dogs [Js Jc]
synnister poker calls $0.10
davebryant checks
scottsy folds
royalgramma calls $0.10
qaz60 folds
deionr folds
Four Dogs raises to $0.55
synnister poker calls $0.45
davebryant folds
scottsy: batty boy
scottsy: nice pot
royalgramma raises to $2
Four Dogs raises to $5.70, and is all in
synnister poker folds
royalgramma calls $3.70
Four Dogs shows [Js Jc]
royalgramma shows [6h 6c]
*** FLOP *** [4h Tc 6s]
Four Dogs: lol
Four Dogs is feeling happy
herrgeneral adds $4
*** TURN *** [4h Tc 6s] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [4h Tc 6s 3h] [5s]
herrgeneral has returned
scottsy: u earned more money today than u have all week
Four Dogs shows a pair of Jacks
Four Dogs is feeling normal
royalgramma shows three of a kind, Sixes
royalgramma wins the pot ($10.90) with three of a kind, Sixes
Four Dogs is sitting out.

Of course I reloaded.
Here's the hand I have a question about. By this time I'm quite familiar with his habits and am just waiting for the right opportunity to get something back.

FullTiltPoker Game #1727745319: Table Tara - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:30:36 ET - 2007/02/03
Seat 1: bassmind ($9.60)
Seat 2: royalgramma ($35)
Seat 3: skinsfan76 ($6.45)
Seat 4: qaz60 ($13.30)
Seat 5: STEALHEAD2 ($7)
Seat 6: deionr ($16.70), is sitting out
Seat 7: Four Dogs ($15.80)
Seat 8: rottie99 ($17.50)
Seat 9: edthekat ($9.75)
Four Dogs posts the small blind of $0.05
rottie99 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Four Dogs [6s Qs]
edthekat folds
bassmind folds
royalgramma calls $0.10
skinsfan76 folds
qaz60 folds
STEALHEAD2 folds
Four Dogs calls $0.05
rottie99 checks
*** FLOP *** [9s Qc Jd]
Four Dogs checks
rottie99 checks
royalgramma checks
*** TURN *** [9s Qc Jd] [Ac]
Four Dogs checks
rottie99 checks
royalgramma bets $2
Four Dogs calls $2
rottie99 folds
*** RIVER *** [9s Qc Jd Ac] [Kc]
Four Dogs checks
royalgramma bets $32.90, and is all in
Four Dogs :confused:
 
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um, super easy fold, if hes bluffing in this spot you'll probably stack him soon anyway
 
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gotta fold this one ...might be bluffin but too much beats you ...wait for another chance
 
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Any ten, any ace, any king has you beat. Easy Fold to me.

i think youre wrong by focusing on getting something back from him.

Thats how these kinds of players make money a lot of times. Happens 2 me. Getting irritated by him will make you do foolish things and convince yourself that he just doesnt have anything and that will lead you 2 make bad decisions.

I mean that last hand is a pretty easy fold.

To his credit, the first hand you posted wasnt really a bad play by him per se.

Its not like hes raising and calling allins with nothing. he had a pp and prob put you on a high ace.

And with the board of 2nd hand, its very likely he has you beat. Just because he sucked out doesnt mean he cant get delt aces and tens
 
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To his credit, the first hand you posted wasnt really a bad play by him per se.

Its not like hes raising and calling allins with nothing. he had a pp and prob put you on a high ace.

And with the board of 2nd hand, its very likely he has you beat. Just because he sucked out doesnt mean he cant get delt aces and tens
Very funny:) Oh wait! You're serious?
 
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Gotta fold this IMO. His bet definitely doesn't look like it wants to get called, but there's just SOOO much out there that can beat you. Any king, ace, flush, ten, Q7+, two pair....

I just fold it and wait for a better spot.

And of course, yes, that first hand was terrible. Gotta love that limp, then reraise when someone 'challenges' you with a raise. Almost always middle/low pair :)
 
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royalgramma bets $2
Four Dogs calls $2

Here is where you should have folded, the pot is tiny... And the guy is a known donk, but donk's can get hands sometimes too don't forget.. Wait for a better hand to stack him.
 
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Very funny:) Oh wait! You're serious?

Yes.

how does going all in with a pocket pair in any way tell you or lead you to think hes such a maniac that you should call the 2nd hand?
 
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Yes.

how does going all in with a pocket pair in any way tell you or lead you to think hes such a maniac that you should call the 2nd hand?
Well, of course it doesn't. I'd have to be nuts to call. Especially considering that he MUST be well aware that everyone at the table is itching to take him to the bank, he would have to be the KING of donks to think he could get away with a bluff here. No way I'm paying this retard off.

Four Dogs folds
Uncalled bet of $32.90 returned to royalgramma
royalgramma shows [3d 4c] (Ace King high)
royalgramma wins the pot ($3.90)

I feel like such a tool, but keep my composure and manage to come back to $13.50.

FullTiltPoker Game #1727784887: Table Tara - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:37:06 ET - 2007/02/03
Seat 1: bassmind ($15.35)
Seat 2: royalgramma ($20.25)
Seat 3: skinsfan76 ($5.55)
Seat 4: qaz60 ($13.15)
Seat 5: STEALHEAD2 ($6.80)
Seat 6: deionr ($16.70), is sitting out
Seat 7: Four Dogs ($13.50)
Seat 8: rottie99 ($17.10)
Seat 9: edthekat ($18)
STEALHEAD2 posts the small blind of $0.05
Four Dogs posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Four Dogs [3d 3h]
rottie99 folds
edthekat calls $0.10
bassmind folds
royalgramma calls $0.10
skinsfan76 folds
qaz60 folds
STEALHEAD2 folds
Four Dogs checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 7h 2s]
Four Dogs checks
edthekat checks
royalgramma bets $2

Now what?
 
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4D - sounds like he's managed to get you on tilt to the point where you're making terrible decisions.

In the original post, bet the flop - although a check isn't terrible with no kicker - but easy fold to the overbet on the turn. And I don't know why you're even thinking about calling on the river. Why would you call all-in with 3rd pair, no kicker, 4 to a straight, and a flush on the board? You barely beat ATC.

In the last post above, you've got no hand at all - another easy fold. It looks like he's overbetting so much, all you need to do is to wait till you get a hand.

The way he has built up his stack is not by playing good poker, it's by playing badly and tilting people, turning them into calling stations, and you're just falling into his trap.
 
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4D - sounds like he's managed to get you on tilt to the point where you're making terrible decisions.

In the original post, bet the flop - although a check isn't terrible with no kicker - but easy fold to the overbet on the turn. And I don't know why you're even thinking about calling on the river. Why would you call all-in with 3rd pair, no kicker, 4 to a straight, and a flush on the board? You barely beat ATC.

In the last post above, you've got no hand at all - another easy fold. It looks like he's overbetting so much, all you need to do is to wait till you get a hand.

The way he has built up his stack is not by playing good poker, it's by playing badly and tilting people, turning them into calling stations, and you're just falling into his trap.
Well you're right Bombjack, I kinda am getting a little steamed, but up to this point, I don't think I've made a bad decision. In the first hand I got all my chips in with the best hand preflop, and lost to a set. In the second hand, I did in fact fold, to a rediculus bluff, for all the reasons you mentioned above. Now, the final hand. You have a pair. You're up against a donk that plays 100% of his hands and raises 100% of the time he's checked to, and his calling range indicates that he doesn't need anything more than 2 suited cards to call an all-in. Is folding really that easy a decision?
 
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It's a pretty easy decision, because you really don't have a hand, and you can easily wait until you do have one. You've invested nothing in this hand so far, and because he's playing ATC it's entirely possible he has a 7 or a 4 or a higher pocket pair. If you flopped top pair, you should check-raise him. If you really want to play this hand, re-raise pot (to about $7 total) - don't be a calling station - although the right play is to just bin it and wait till you get a real hand.

You also want to be playing pots with position against this guy. The blinds are the toughest places from which to play a pot, so just wait a couple of hands until you do have position, and it'll be a lot easier.
 
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