StraightFloooosh
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Other day played a live donkament at the local casino, and was able to triple my stack up early (Starting Stack: 8000). The chip leader ended up moving to my table super early in the tournament, and we have a little history. He thinks I play like a maniac (I don't even consider myself lag), and last tournament he was irate because I cracked his slowplayed aces with 78s. He is old and nitty and pretty bad, and he attaches to any hand he plays (i.e. very easy to value bet). Anyways he sits down with a stack that covers mine (roughly 31000) and an interesting hand ensues.
Blinds 100-200, No ante,
Action folds to me
Hero ($21,000): Button: Ah Qc
Raise to $600
SB: Fold, BB (Villain Stack: 31000): Calls, Pot: $1300
Flop: Ad 7c 8d
BB: Raise $400
Hero: Call, Pot: 2100
Turn: Qs
BB: Check
Hero: Raise $1100
BB: tanks forever.... calls (Pot: $4300)
River: 2s
BB: Shoves
Hero: ???
Hand Analysis:
Preflop: Both blinds are tight, didn't make a big raise because I wanted small blind to call/ ended up giving the villain an attractive price with his stack size.
Flop: Pretty good flop, plan on betting 1/3 pot if checked, but he bets 1/3 pot here. Now this is an interesting bet for a couple reasons, A7, A8 is in his range, and obviously pocket pairs are in his range as well. But he tends to super overbet when he hits monsters, so I doubt he's value betting a set or two pair. At this point my best guess is that he's on a flush draw (most likely KhQh).
Turn: He checks, and I'm sitting pretty. I bet $1100 as a value bet, but I probably should have bet more due to his tendencies to be hand-committed. His call seems to confirm to me that he is on a flush draw, and I cant fathom any straight draws with his nitty style (especially in the BB). Also, I just don't think he has the capability of playing a set this tricky, and now I'm indifferent to any two pair he might have had. I think he's putting me on a weak ace or a draw, because he tells me I'm too loose and reckless; so he probably thought I was trying to steal blinds initially in the preflop action.
River: Blank... He shoves. Now this is too weird. He just put $28900 into a $4300 pot, with a relatively dry board for most other hands. Part of me wants to say this shove is an silly attempt to outplay the youngster at the table, especially considering our history. The shove puts a few more thoughts into my head though.
Possible hands: KK, 78(see our history), 77, 88, A7, A8
I can't fathom a air bluff here, with 7+ hours with this guy, I have yet to see a outright bluff. I've seen him call all-in bets before with weak middle pairs, but I've never seen him shove without the best hand either.
End Result: I called
I'll tell you his hand once I get some input
Blinds 100-200, No ante,
Action folds to me
Hero ($21,000): Button: Ah Qc
Raise to $600
SB: Fold, BB (Villain Stack: 31000): Calls, Pot: $1300
Flop: Ad 7c 8d
BB: Raise $400
Hero: Call, Pot: 2100
Turn: Qs
BB: Check
Hero: Raise $1100
BB: tanks forever.... calls (Pot: $4300)
River: 2s
BB: Shoves
Hero: ???
Hand Analysis:
Preflop: Both blinds are tight, didn't make a big raise because I wanted small blind to call/ ended up giving the villain an attractive price with his stack size.
Flop: Pretty good flop, plan on betting 1/3 pot if checked, but he bets 1/3 pot here. Now this is an interesting bet for a couple reasons, A7, A8 is in his range, and obviously pocket pairs are in his range as well. But he tends to super overbet when he hits monsters, so I doubt he's value betting a set or two pair. At this point my best guess is that he's on a flush draw (most likely KhQh).
Turn: He checks, and I'm sitting pretty. I bet $1100 as a value bet, but I probably should have bet more due to his tendencies to be hand-committed. His call seems to confirm to me that he is on a flush draw, and I cant fathom any straight draws with his nitty style (especially in the BB). Also, I just don't think he has the capability of playing a set this tricky, and now I'm indifferent to any two pair he might have had. I think he's putting me on a weak ace or a draw, because he tells me I'm too loose and reckless; so he probably thought I was trying to steal blinds initially in the preflop action.
River: Blank... He shoves. Now this is too weird. He just put $28900 into a $4300 pot, with a relatively dry board for most other hands. Part of me wants to say this shove is an silly attempt to outplay the youngster at the table, especially considering our history. The shove puts a few more thoughts into my head though.
Possible hands: KK, 78(see our history), 77, 88, A7, A8
I can't fathom a air bluff here, with 7+ hours with this guy, I have yet to see a outright bluff. I've seen him call all-in bets before with weak middle pairs, but I've never seen him shove without the best hand either.
End Result: I called
I'll tell you his hand once I get some input
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