DrStrange
4 of a Kind
We are playing $0.25/$0.50 live, ($20 max buy in) five handed. It is very late in the session, we started with nine players and half have gone home. What is left of the table is in the mood to gamble. Hero advocates for a "catch and release" philosophy for what to do when winning a straddled hand. Meaning if Hero wins your straddle, he puts it up as a new straddle next time he sits UTG. We are seeing about 50% of the hands getting straddled.
Cast of characters:
Button is playing $30 and is one of the losers for the night. She is one of the weirder players I ever known. Ultra loose, a mélange of calling station and LAGtard, her bet sizing when aggressing is more fixed limit than no limit. She is utterly indifferent to the pot size - could easily bet $5 holding the nuts looking at a $100 pot.
SB is playing $200 and is the big winner of the night. Normally this is an ABC fit-fold kind of TAG player but he loosens up and become more playful when ahead. He is a text book case of a player who's results affect his game. When he starts off bad, his game suffers and when ahead his game perks up.
BB is the ultimate calling station (UCS) playing $150. It has been a good night for him. As things ran his way, his aggression and stickiness increase.
UTG is playing $120. She has been on the roller coaster this session. For hours she spewed chips but the last couple of hours have gone her way. She is about even for the night. Her game is ABC TAG, but something is a little off and it makes her into a mildly losing player. Maybe she gets a little sticky post flop?
Hero is the CO playing $120. The first hours of the session were brutal. If it could go wrong it did. The table has see Hero with a lot of air and a little "run bad" at showdown. Hero has only won one significant hand, just a few minutes ago Hero almost quadrupled up when top set held off all the villains on a wet, wet board. If we were counting by hands, Hero has been curb stomped this session. If we go by chip totals, Hero is even for the night.
The hand:
UTG straddles for $1.25.
Hero holds
Action on Hero. Limp or bet? If betting how much?
Cast of characters:
Button is playing $30 and is one of the losers for the night. She is one of the weirder players I ever known. Ultra loose, a mélange of calling station and LAGtard, her bet sizing when aggressing is more fixed limit than no limit. She is utterly indifferent to the pot size - could easily bet $5 holding the nuts looking at a $100 pot.
SB is playing $200 and is the big winner of the night. Normally this is an ABC fit-fold kind of TAG player but he loosens up and become more playful when ahead. He is a text book case of a player who's results affect his game. When he starts off bad, his game suffers and when ahead his game perks up.
BB is the ultimate calling station (UCS) playing $150. It has been a good night for him. As things ran his way, his aggression and stickiness increase.
UTG is playing $120. She has been on the roller coaster this session. For hours she spewed chips but the last couple of hours have gone her way. She is about even for the night. Her game is ABC TAG, but something is a little off and it makes her into a mildly losing player. Maybe she gets a little sticky post flop?
Hero is the CO playing $120. The first hours of the session were brutal. If it could go wrong it did. The table has see Hero with a lot of air and a little "run bad" at showdown. Hero has only won one significant hand, just a few minutes ago Hero almost quadrupled up when top set held off all the villains on a wet, wet board. If we were counting by hands, Hero has been curb stomped this session. If we go by chip totals, Hero is even for the night.
The hand:
UTG straddles for $1.25.
Hero holds
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