I had a good time at the Veteran-Owned business conference and did some actual networking. Being the president of your own corporation is strange. I ate out of course, but I was conscious of how much I was spending. I had legitimate expenses for meals, but I limited myself and wasn’t too extravagant. If I was working for someone else, I’d have gone crazy.
I got a chance to visit with Dr. Pauly and Otis. Both looked pretty haggard, but I still felt like they were both doing what they wanted (and kicking ass at it, too). I even got some much needed goatee advice from Otis. We could be twins!
Poker was profitable, which is also very strange. I had only two losing sessions. One was playing 2/5 NL and the other was playing short-handed 10/20
My money-maker was ½ NL. I made two horrible plays, but the rest was just patience. Here is one interesting hand.
I have a loose aggressive table image. It folds to me and I raise with 6-7 on the button. Only the big blind calls, and he’s a decent player.
The flop is
He checks and I decide I’m not going to slow play. I’ll represent big slick and see if I can get him to make a bad move. I bet $25. He min-raises me to $50. Sweet! I re-raise to $75. He just calls (?!).
The turn is a 9 (pairing the board). He checks. What do you do here?
As you know, I’m not one to be timid. I need information. I bet $75. He raises to $175. He has about $100 behind and I have him covered.
What do you do?
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Does he have bottom set and boat up on ya???
Or does he have Big pocket pair and trying to see if you have a 9?
Hmmm
Smells like a boat to me.
I'll bet you wish you would have raised more on the flop.
I push. I could honestly see A9 or even K9 here. I have seen that many times. Just my 2 cents.
-Grouse
Perfect analysis.
His possible holdings are A9, K9, 98 or Presto (5-5). I can beat two of those. What made my decision was not the fact that I really thought he boated up, but the fact that he only had $100 more behind. There was $350 in the pot at this point. Calling was not an option because he surely pushes on the river so the money is going in anyway. I either have to fold or go all-in.
Here's where it gets tricky. It's an extra $200 to me (the raise plus his $100 behind), so it will cost me $200 to possibly gain a pot that will have $650 in it (which meant I was getting a little better than 3:1) or I can walk away from the $175 I've already invested.
I pushed. he insta-called with his 5-5. I've been beating myself up about the hand because, despite the odds, I was nearly certain I was beat. I should be able to get away from the straight here, no?
-DrC
Thats tough, and you can make an argument for getting rid of it, but at 3 to one on your money you only need to be right 1 out of 3 times. As you said you were ahead of 2 out of the 4 hands. That makes it the right play to push. I know when I play there are a lot of times where I have the feeling I am beat but the math says you should continue. Thats a tough spot. I like your play though. Nice post.
-Grouse
Doubtful he has K9. Why couldn't he have 88?
Could be a tough laydown especially if 'he' thinks you have a loose aggressive image. REMEMBER: Just because you think you have that image doesn't mean they think that. Watch for 'their' adjustment to you to confirm that.
I wouldn't beat yourself up too bad over this. After all, you represented a big pair for the most part, not to mention it's a shorthanded blind steal situation. However, IF you really think you're beat, sometime you just have to trust that instinct.
Bernie
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