DrStrange
4 of a Kind
Playing 1-2 live, nine handed. 7-2 prop bet is on for $10 per person to someone wining a pot with 72. We are about a third of the way through the session. This is been one of the most aggressive games I have ever sit in, there is a lot of blood on the floor and we are just getting started.
Cast of characters:
We start with Hero in MP3. Hero has $300 on a $600 buy in. Hero has been a one note symphony tonight when serious money goes into the pot - executing the same play over and over with more bad results than good. Hero has Crazy Jr to his left and has been limp raising his preflop aggression (and when Crazy Jr didn't raise preflop, someone else did) over and over. Hero's showdown range for this has been JJ+ and AK. Hero's KK hands, three out of four of them, ended up losing to ace-rag. The table must have seen this play seven times already. Hero hasn't always taken this line but no big conflicts emerged from those hands. Hero's biggest loss was JJ < A9o on a 9 7 3 flop vs Crazy Jr when the turn was an ace.
Crazy Jr sits in the CO with $1,300 - way ahead. Crazy Jr has been part of my smaller games for a decade but just lately has the money to play in this game. This is a wild man, not only crazy aggressive but bet sizes better than most of the LAGs at the table. How wild is he? Wild enough to drive our old friend, Crazy home to baby sit his kids after less than an hour at the table. Short story - Crazy Jr is on a religious mission to Africa, stops in an underground casino in South Africa run by the Russia mob (he claims), buys in to a poker tournament with his travel money and wins first place - sending on-going commentary to us here in Texas. Let's just say he induces action and doesn't mind getting his money in bad.
The button is a sad sack LAG who has been run over by Crazy JR. He is playing $200 and is a wounded duck just hoping to get lucky.
SB is our tricky trappy loose-passive on a remarkable heater. He is up to $900 on a $60 buy in and is playing very carefully now mostly trying to get home with a big win.
Big blinds is a second sad sack LAG who also has gotten run over. He has $150 and has switch to a semi-tight, passive fit-fold mode.
UTG is a hyper loose, passive calling station. He has $600, up from a $200 buy in. He would be most people's favorite villain. Calls with worse and bets with better, you are rarely at a loss for what to do.
UTG+1 is a regular who just hit the end of a six month long heater. Big loser last session, way down tonight. He learned bad habits on his hot run that he hasn't corrected. Hyper loose, aggressive with top hands but rarely otherwise. Has become passive tricky from fit/fold aggressive. He has $300 but is a big loser already.
MP1 is our old Crafty LAG. He has $1,200 and is on fire. Lucky and aggressive tonight. He gets even more fearless when playing with other people's money.
MP2 is a second tricky trappy loose/passive. But his night is going poorly. He is down $600 having just $100 left. He seems ready to spew his last $100 and then stomp off home or start an epic come back.
I'll note the interaction between all the LAGs and the 7-2 prop bet is combustible. There are many hands that start out 1-2-25-25-25-25 preflop. Which Hero loved until the flops crushed his balls . . . . on a lucky night any of us could have made $2,000 on the session.
The hand:
Three limps to Hero. Hero picks up
So, do we want Hero to raise, limp/raise or limp/call? {or fold if you are so inclined} I'd guess there is a 70% chance someone would raise if Hero limps, most often Crazy Jr. If Hero raises, expect a big multi-way pot. Don't expect a c-bet is going to win many pots.
DrStrange
Cast of characters:
We start with Hero in MP3. Hero has $300 on a $600 buy in. Hero has been a one note symphony tonight when serious money goes into the pot - executing the same play over and over with more bad results than good. Hero has Crazy Jr to his left and has been limp raising his preflop aggression (and when Crazy Jr didn't raise preflop, someone else did) over and over. Hero's showdown range for this has been JJ+ and AK. Hero's KK hands, three out of four of them, ended up losing to ace-rag. The table must have seen this play seven times already. Hero hasn't always taken this line but no big conflicts emerged from those hands. Hero's biggest loss was JJ < A9o on a 9 7 3 flop vs Crazy Jr when the turn was an ace.
Crazy Jr sits in the CO with $1,300 - way ahead. Crazy Jr has been part of my smaller games for a decade but just lately has the money to play in this game. This is a wild man, not only crazy aggressive but bet sizes better than most of the LAGs at the table. How wild is he? Wild enough to drive our old friend, Crazy home to baby sit his kids after less than an hour at the table. Short story - Crazy Jr is on a religious mission to Africa, stops in an underground casino in South Africa run by the Russia mob (he claims), buys in to a poker tournament with his travel money and wins first place - sending on-going commentary to us here in Texas. Let's just say he induces action and doesn't mind getting his money in bad.
The button is a sad sack LAG who has been run over by Crazy JR. He is playing $200 and is a wounded duck just hoping to get lucky.
SB is our tricky trappy loose-passive on a remarkable heater. He is up to $900 on a $60 buy in and is playing very carefully now mostly trying to get home with a big win.
Big blinds is a second sad sack LAG who also has gotten run over. He has $150 and has switch to a semi-tight, passive fit-fold mode.
UTG is a hyper loose, passive calling station. He has $600, up from a $200 buy in. He would be most people's favorite villain. Calls with worse and bets with better, you are rarely at a loss for what to do.
UTG+1 is a regular who just hit the end of a six month long heater. Big loser last session, way down tonight. He learned bad habits on his hot run that he hasn't corrected. Hyper loose, aggressive with top hands but rarely otherwise. Has become passive tricky from fit/fold aggressive. He has $300 but is a big loser already.
MP1 is our old Crafty LAG. He has $1,200 and is on fire. Lucky and aggressive tonight. He gets even more fearless when playing with other people's money.
MP2 is a second tricky trappy loose/passive. But his night is going poorly. He is down $600 having just $100 left. He seems ready to spew his last $100 and then stomp off home or start an epic come back.
I'll note the interaction between all the LAGs and the 7-2 prop bet is combustible. There are many hands that start out 1-2-25-25-25-25 preflop. Which Hero loved until the flops crushed his balls . . . . on a lucky night any of us could have made $2,000 on the session.
The hand:
Three limps to Hero. Hero picks up
So, do we want Hero to raise, limp/raise or limp/call? {or fold if you are so inclined} I'd guess there is a 70% chance someone would raise if Hero limps, most often Crazy Jr. If Hero raises, expect a big multi-way pot. Don't expect a c-bet is going to win many pots.DrStrange
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