The cards even out.... And a very DUMB play
Well, it has been a rough couple of days at Ultimate Bet. I have dropped back down into the $140 range through a combination of bad beats and dumb plays. Now my top two pair are running into the sets, and my aces are cracked by ace-ten suited. Oh well, that's poker. I just wish I would stop paying these people off when I know I am beat. It all evens out in the end, I just need to lose less with my hands when I am beat, and milk my winners for everything I can.
I would like to talk about a hand I played a few days ago. I was dealt pocket aces in early position, and I raised to $.40. Everyone folded to the big blind who flat calls. The flop comes 7-8-jack with two diamonds. The big blind leads out with a pot sized bet, and I raise him back $1 to see where I am at. He comes over the top for another $1 and I put on the brakes and just flat call. I am not sure what he has but 9-10 for the straight is a big possibility. The turn is ugly, the king of diamonds, and the big blind bets $1. Hmmm, is he trying to get paid off, or is he afraid of the flush? I don't know, but this board is looking really bad for my aces. I decide to flat call and see what happens on the river. A six rolls off and then my opponent makes a very DUMB play. He bets $.10 into a pot of nearly $8.00! I think about it for a second, we each have over half our stacks in the pot, and he makes a minimum bet? I consider calling but I am afraid that my aces have been cracked by a small straight or a set, but I am pretty sure that my opponent doesn't like his hand much either. I move all in for my last $4 and change. My opponent folds his hand, and I take down a nice size pot.
What the hell was this guy thinking? I raised preflop, raised on the flop and called him down all the way to the river. Did he think a $.10 bet would scare me? Was he trying to make another $.10 on the end? It just didn't add up, I read him as being weak and I forced him to fold his hand. That $.10 cost him a chance at $8.00. Why would you even make this bet? It just tells your opponent that you are scared. Even a check would be better here. I might have just checked it behind him thinking he was setting me up for a check-raise. I read in one of the many poker magazines that when you make a bet, it needs to have a purpose. You need to consider what you are trying to do with that bet. Are you trying to get more money in the pot, trying to protect a made hand, or do you want you opponent to fold? This bet was none of these. You can't just make a dumb bet like this, a good player will see right through you and punish you for it. Where my aces good? I don't know, but I knew that my opponent didn't have the nuts either. I took a chance and made a bet with a purpose - I have a hand, if you want to see it, it will cost you the rest of your chips- and my opponent did what I wanted him to. Just think before you make a bet, what will my opponent think of this bet, and how do I make him do what I want?
I would like to talk about a hand I played a few days ago. I was dealt pocket aces in early position, and I raised to $.40. Everyone folded to the big blind who flat calls. The flop comes 7-8-jack with two diamonds. The big blind leads out with a pot sized bet, and I raise him back $1 to see where I am at. He comes over the top for another $1 and I put on the brakes and just flat call. I am not sure what he has but 9-10 for the straight is a big possibility. The turn is ugly, the king of diamonds, and the big blind bets $1. Hmmm, is he trying to get paid off, or is he afraid of the flush? I don't know, but this board is looking really bad for my aces. I decide to flat call and see what happens on the river. A six rolls off and then my opponent makes a very DUMB play. He bets $.10 into a pot of nearly $8.00! I think about it for a second, we each have over half our stacks in the pot, and he makes a minimum bet? I consider calling but I am afraid that my aces have been cracked by a small straight or a set, but I am pretty sure that my opponent doesn't like his hand much either. I move all in for my last $4 and change. My opponent folds his hand, and I take down a nice size pot.
What the hell was this guy thinking? I raised preflop, raised on the flop and called him down all the way to the river. Did he think a $.10 bet would scare me? Was he trying to make another $.10 on the end? It just didn't add up, I read him as being weak and I forced him to fold his hand. That $.10 cost him a chance at $8.00. Why would you even make this bet? It just tells your opponent that you are scared. Even a check would be better here. I might have just checked it behind him thinking he was setting me up for a check-raise. I read in one of the many poker magazines that when you make a bet, it needs to have a purpose. You need to consider what you are trying to do with that bet. Are you trying to get more money in the pot, trying to protect a made hand, or do you want you opponent to fold? This bet was none of these. You can't just make a dumb bet like this, a good player will see right through you and punish you for it. Where my aces good? I don't know, but I knew that my opponent didn't have the nuts either. I took a chance and made a bet with a purpose - I have a hand, if you want to see it, it will cost you the rest of your chips- and my opponent did what I wanted him to. Just think before you make a bet, what will my opponent think of this bet, and how do I make him do what I want?
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