I was invited to a cash game thursday night, some of the people there I had never seen before, including one girl.
The game was a 0.05/0.10 NLHE game with a buy-in anywhere from $5 to $20.
I figured 100xBB would do the trick and would allow a lot of play so that's why I bought in for $10 and also did the other 7 players.
The VERY FIRST HAND of play was quite a shocker to say the least.
- I raised in MP with KcQc and everyone seems to think I'm getting overly aggressive already lol.
- The player next to me calls and everyone folds
- The flop is a MAGICAL 6c8cAc so I bet PRAYING he has an Ace or a club, he calls.
- The turn is a 6 which pairs the board. I kind of hate but I still bet about half the pot and he calls fast.
- River is a Fucking Ace! And I absolutely PUKE because I know for sure he has an Ace at this point so I check.
- To my surprise he checked also and showed AJ for the nuts....weird.
The hand of the night happened maybe during the second orbit of play.
- Lots of limpers and I decide to see a flop for cheap with 34o and we are maybe 6 players in.
- Flop is 256 rainbow which of course gives me the nuts.
- EP bets half the pot, I raise and get 3 callers, included the EP raiser.
- Turn is the Ac which puts a second club on board and EP again bets big, maybe $2.
- I decide to wait no longer and push. Most likely in this loose game, most drawers and TPTK-holders would call to see the river; thus my push wouldn't be such +EV on the river.
- MP agonizes for a long time (so do I) and finally calls.
- LP thinks also but tells me he can't possibly fold and calls.
- EP resigns himself and folds.
- I show the nuts, MP shows Qc8c and LP shows Ac3c which is awesome for me. EP reveals he had 78 later.
- The river is a harmless King and I am sitting with a stack of $40 in front of me.
Honestly in that hand I don't think MP should have called, but maybe LP because he definitely had odds at this point.
I find that a lot of new players attach too much value to their hand and don't seem to worry about what the opponent might be holding.
This is probably good for me because in honesty, this is the kind of game you want to be sitting in, with people chasing every card.
But if they hit (cf next hand) that just sucks for me.
I honestly considered quitting at this point but I just decided it wouldn't be fair to everyone to bolt with $40 after just a half hour of play (or less).
Plus the two players I busted decided to rebuy for $5.
The only other big hand I had after that was....a crueler.
- KK in early position I raise and get a caller.
- Flop is 349 I bet $2, she calls.
- Turn is a 6 I bet $2 she calls.
- River was a crushing 7 and she checks. I am not sure what to do there but I put her on AT-AJ and decide well, she might think I was bluffing all the way and decide to call a bluff with Ace high.
So I bet (idiot! you're only gonna get called by a hand that can beat you!) $2 and she just flat calls (ORLY) with A5 for the straight.
My stack did take a big hit after that hand, and I didn't have much to play with either.
I tried to limp in with gapped connectors or suited cards and didn't hit much for the rest of the night. Plus a couple of short stackers were starting to shove it.
We finally ended the game at 10:15pm and I was the big winner with a $31 stack, which.....is kind of disappointing lool.
Dang, if only I had left.
ronee
2 comments:
You just discovered another advantage of online games : you can just quit whenever you want.
IMO, your decision to stay is acceptable, even though some may not look for such good etiquette from you since you didn't know many of the players.
Poker wise, my only comment is shove the turn on your flopped nut flush. Make them pay for whatever draw they have. You know these kind of player love to see rivers...
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