eRaS55
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hey there fellow hustlers.
Quick story I'd like to share with you all. In hopes that others may take a lesson as well as be vigilant so that collectively, we can fight the 'scum' I will allude to in this post.
So I was sat at a $3.30 9max SNG playing on ACR. Reaching ITM(Top 3) I was sitting pretty with the middle stack. To my left was big stack, but by only about 3000 chips. And to his left was the short stack who at that point had less than half of my chips.
So I'm BB and the big stack raises... SB folds... and I fold.
Next hand I'm SB... Button folds... and I fold.
Next hand I'm Button... I fold. Then the big stack on SB also folds. (Nothing too strange here)
After this.... Another 3 rounds of the exact same, and thats when I started to take note.
So hand 7 I'm BB and both SB and myself calls the raise. After the flop SB bets, I call and the Button(Big stack) folds. After the turn, SB checks and I shove. After some time he folds and I take the pot.
At this point short stack has suffered a massive dent and is on the Button next hand and folds. I fold too.
Next hand short stack is BB and I fold the Button thinking big stack will do something. He folds!!!
the next hand they played short stack raised. big stack called and when short stack bet again big stack folded. All the while on my BB big stack would raise me. Now I was sure these two were in cahoots and trying to play me off and to make matters worse I was now the short stack.
And so I write a comment and say: 'I think you 2 are homies playing together' ...and I shove with nothing. Theres a brief pause in play as they realise I'm onto them and both fold my shove. No response on the comment though. So I shove the next 3 hands and I'm called on 1 by the previous short stack and I take the pot. The next hand short stack shoves I call and win and his out.
So now myself and the other guy are pretty even in our stacks. He types 'gg wp'
So I say 'ty tell me tho... am I right?' ... And he doesn't reply and so I took that as a yes and because of that decided to play Push/Fold as his punishment lol
He could not handle it and I eventually won the $13.50 ... The whole experience turned out quite satisfactory knowing they thought they had me and I thwarted their plan.
So... the moral of this story is that this kind of thing happens more often than we probably think. They are probably also communicating their cards to each other. Be aware of what's happening on your table and notice the plays that just doesn't seem right and pick up on patterns. And when you notice something then mention it in the chat... You could be wrong but if you're right it could have a beneficial impact .... Then punish those monkeys!
Thanks for reading
Cheers
P.S - I have made a note on both these players but have decided not to name & shame them here. For all I know I could be wrong but felt it's a story worth sharing
Quick story I'd like to share with you all. In hopes that others may take a lesson as well as be vigilant so that collectively, we can fight the 'scum' I will allude to in this post.
So I was sat at a $3.30 9max SNG playing on ACR. Reaching ITM(Top 3) I was sitting pretty with the middle stack. To my left was big stack, but by only about 3000 chips. And to his left was the short stack who at that point had less than half of my chips.
So I'm BB and the big stack raises... SB folds... and I fold.
Next hand I'm SB... Button folds... and I fold.
Next hand I'm Button... I fold. Then the big stack on SB also folds. (Nothing too strange here)
After this.... Another 3 rounds of the exact same, and thats when I started to take note.
So hand 7 I'm BB and both SB and myself calls the raise. After the flop SB bets, I call and the Button(Big stack) folds. After the turn, SB checks and I shove. After some time he folds and I take the pot.
At this point short stack has suffered a massive dent and is on the Button next hand and folds. I fold too.
Next hand short stack is BB and I fold the Button thinking big stack will do something. He folds!!!
the next hand they played short stack raised. big stack called and when short stack bet again big stack folded. All the while on my BB big stack would raise me. Now I was sure these two were in cahoots and trying to play me off and to make matters worse I was now the short stack.
And so I write a comment and say: 'I think you 2 are homies playing together' ...and I shove with nothing. Theres a brief pause in play as they realise I'm onto them and both fold my shove. No response on the comment though. So I shove the next 3 hands and I'm called on 1 by the previous short stack and I take the pot. The next hand short stack shoves I call and win and his out.
So now myself and the other guy are pretty even in our stacks. He types 'gg wp'
So I say 'ty tell me tho... am I right?' ... And he doesn't reply and so I took that as a yes and because of that decided to play Push/Fold as his punishment lol
He could not handle it and I eventually won the $13.50 ... The whole experience turned out quite satisfactory knowing they thought they had me and I thwarted their plan.
So... the moral of this story is that this kind of thing happens more often than we probably think. They are probably also communicating their cards to each other. Be aware of what's happening on your table and notice the plays that just doesn't seem right and pick up on patterns. And when you notice something then mention it in the chat... You could be wrong but if you're right it could have a beneficial impact .... Then punish those monkeys!
Thanks for reading
Cheers
P.S - I have made a note on both these players but have decided not to name & shame them here. For all I know I could be wrong but felt it's a story worth sharing