Interesting hands I've played

[Coachguru]

I am going to post details about some of the biggest hands I play each week.  Ask questions and maybe we will all learn something.

Last night I was playing $1/$2 no limit at a live game.  I have about $525 in front of me.  I look down to see KcKs in the BB.  There are 10 players with stacks between $200 and $1000.  The 1st 2 call and the cutoff raises it to $15 which is the standard pre-flop raise for this game.  The dealer button thinks for a long time and folds then I raise it to $45.  1st caller thinks for a long time b/c he wants to bust me but finally folds.  Everyone else folds to the initial raiser who calls $30 more.  He has about $325 iin front of him.  I have never played with this guy before and the only hand I had seen him play all night was AA and he played them slow.

I'm already trying to put him on a hand b/c that is what you do.  I'm thinking most likely QQ b/c if he didn't reraise me, but he also had position on me so he could be slowplaying.  I wasn't sure yet.  Flop comes 10,6,3 all spades.  I bet $50 and he promply raises it to $100.  This minimum raise was suspicious to me b/c either he is really strong with AA and one of the aces being a spade or he is just hoping I'm bluffing and his raise will make me fold.  If he had AK with Ace of spades he would have either folded or went all-in.  If he had 10,10 he would have went all-in b/c of the spades so now I'm pretty certain he probably has QQ.  If I am correct I want to keep him around.  If I re-raise here he will most certainly fold and I get no more of his chips.

I really thought for a long time and just called.  The turn brought on the Ace of clubs.  I look at him and check.  He bets $100.  I then go through the hand again making sure I haven't missed anything.  I say to myself there is no way now he has AA b/c an Ace hit the board and 3 people took forever to fold preflop so surely one of those guys had an ace too.  I act like I am about to fold then this is a trick I use that works well for me.  I start stacking my chips like I'm about to call.  While I'm doing this I look to see what he is doing.  As soon as I start stacking my chips he looks at me.  This was the tell I was looking for.  If he wanted me to call he would have kept his head down.  This was not an act by him.  It was an involuntary move.  Once I saw this I knew my KK was good.  I stacked the rest of my chips and pushed them in.  He thought for about 10 seconds and decided to throw his last $100 in the pot.  He turned over JhJs.  He hoped the spade flush was an out for him and it was only $100 into a $775 dollar pot so he couldn't fold.

The river was a meaningless rag and I raked a nice pot.  I got a lot of oohs and aahs about how nice of a read that was.  Nice rush to end the night.

[gamedog]

There is a wanted picture of you in the White House Post Office for online gambling.

[The Dude]

What if an Ace had hit the flop and he bet big? Do you just trust your reading abilities? I mean the information would point to him having an Ace sine he called those bets preflop and it hit an Ace. Just asking to see how you play KK when an Ace hits the flop.

[Coachguru]

What if an Ace had hit the flop and he bet big? Do you just trust your reading abilities? I mean the information would point to him having an Ace sine he called those bets preflop and it hit an Ace. Just asking to see how you play KK when an Ace hits the flop.

There are two ways to look at it, but I have to go with my 1st instinct.  I put him on either AA or QQ preflop b/c he called such a big preflop raise.  Good players will fold AK in that situation and I knew he was a tight player.  He put no thought into calling my preflop raise either so if he had AA he most likely would have thought about re-raising.  Also, the fact that an ace hits makes it less likely he has AA.  I never put him on AK.

[The Dude]

Have you seen how bad some of the guys on the WSOP have been playing? I mean some of the people get so lucky to be at final tables. Did you see Dutch Boyd keep putting Joe Hachem all in with the worst of it and wondering why he couldnt win. He did it four times I believe and he was  a dog every time. The last one he got an amazing suckout, but I just cant believe how bad some people play that make it that far. They just go all in and hope for the best. How bad were some of the players at your table at the WSOP? How much did you watch other events after you were eliminated?

[Coachguru]

Have you seen how bad some of the guys on the WSOP have been playing? I mean some of the people get so lucky to be at final tables. Did you see Dutch Boyd keep putting Joe Hachem all in with the worst of it and wondering why he couldnt win. He did it four times I believe and he was  a dog every time. The last one he got an amazing suckout, but I just cant believe how bad some people play that make it that far. They just go all in and hope for the best. How bad were some of the players at your table at the WSOP? How much did you watch other events after you were eliminated?

I didn't watch any of the events.  I spent all my time making money in the cash games.

[Coachguru]

This should be fun. Tell me what you think he has and what should I do.

Hand #49036469-80451 at Bellingham (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 30/Jan/08 22:03:41

coachguru is at seat 0 with $23.
dennyhog is at seat 1 with $24.49.
CULATR is at seat 2 with $7.96.
thejuice03 is at seat 3 with $26.85.
reloadplease is at seat 5 with $11.55.
The button is at seat 1.

thejuice03 posts the small blind of $.10.
reloadplease posts the big blind of $.25.

coachguru:  Ac Js
dennyhog:  -- --
thejuice03:  -- --
reloadplease:  -- --

Pre-flop:

coachguru calls.   dennyhog folds.   thejuice03 raises
to $1.   reloadplease folds.   coachguru calls.

Flop (board: 5s 2s Jc):

thejuice03 bets $1.85.   coachguru raises to $3.70.
thejuice03 calls.

Turn (board: 5s 2s Jc 4c):

thejuice03 checks.   coachguru bets $6.   thejuice03
calls.

River (board: 5s 2s Jc 4c 8s):

thejuice03 goes all-in for $16.15.

Now what?

[no_tomorrow]

There's a few hands I'd think he has right now
As Ks , AK because of the preflop raise, spades because 2 fell on the flop
Next would either be AA, KK, or QQ because he just called your raise after the flop hoping to suck you in cause he thinks you have a Jack

or he may also have hit a set of deuces , but I doubt that with the all-in at the end with the flush draw on the board

I know for sure if I was playing he'd end up having  3 6 os

[Bill Dauterive]

since he raised preflop, that would eliminate him having 2 small spades, but might show that he has  a small pair, or an Ace
since he only called after the flop, that eliminates him having A 3, and hitting the straight
after going all in after the 8 turned up, I would think he had a pair of 8's in the hole.

since he is the chip leader, I would assume that he has played well up to this point.

It would be time for me to fold.

[The Dude]

Have you seen how bad some of the guys on the WSOP have been playing? I mean some of the people get so lucky to be at final tables. Did you see Dutch Boyd keep putting Joe Hachem all in with the worst of it and wondering why he couldnt win. He did it four times I believe and he was  a dog every time. The last one he got an amazing suckout, but I just cant believe how bad some people play that make it that far. They just go all in and hope for the best. How bad were some of the players at your table at the WSOP? How much did you watch other events after you were eliminated?

I didn't watch any of the events.  I spent all my time making money in the cash games.

Better late than never, man. I have been waiting on that answer for a year and a half, man.

[Coachguru]

Have you seen how bad some of the guys on the WSOP have been playing? I mean some of the people get so lucky to be at final tables. Did you see Dutch Boyd keep putting Joe Hachem all in with the worst of it and wondering why he couldnt win. He did it four times I believe and he was  a dog every time. The last one he got an amazing suckout, but I just cant believe how bad some people play that make it that far. They just go all in and hope for the best. How bad were some of the players at your table at the WSOP? How much did you watch other events after you were eliminated?

I didn't watch any of the events.  I spent all my time making money in the cash games.

Better late than never, man. I have been waiting on that answer for a year and a half, man.

sorry.

[Coachguru]

Here is the entire hand history:

Hand #49036469-80451 at Bellingham (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 30/Jan/08 22:03:41

coachguru is at seat 0 with $23.
dennyhog is at seat 1 with $24.49.
CULATR is at seat 2 with $7.96.
thejuice03 is at seat 3 with $26.85.
reloadplease is at seat 5 with $11.55.
The button is at seat 1.

thejuice03 posts the small blind of $.10.
reloadplease posts the big blind of $.25.

coachguru:  Ac Js
dennyhog:  -- --
thejuice03:  -- --
reloadplease:  -- --

Pre-flop:

coachguru calls.   dennyhog folds.   thejuice03 raises
to $1.   reloadplease folds.   coachguru calls.

Flop (board: 5s 2s Jc):

thejuice03 bets $1.85.   coachguru raises to $3.70.
thejuice03 calls.

Turn (board: 5s 2s Jc 4c):

thejuice03 checks.   coachguru bets $6.   thejuice03
calls.

River (board: 5s 2s Jc 4c 8s):

thejuice03 goes all-in for $16.15.   coachguru goes
all-in for $12.30.   thejuice03 is returned $3.85
(uncalled).



Showdown:

thejuice03 shows Jh Qh.
thejuice03 has Jh Qh 5s Jc 8s: a pair of jacks.
coachguru shows Ac Js.
coachguru has Ac Js 5s Jc 8s: a pair of jacks, ace/eight kickers.


Hand #49036469-80451 Summary:

$1.84 is raked from a pot of $46.25.
coachguru wins $44.41 with a pair of jacks.
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[Bill Dauterive]

That is what makes poker a great game.

I like that. Post more.

[Coachguru]

That is what makes poker a great game.

I like that. Post more.

It's why some people can make a living at if for sure.

[The Dude]

good stuff, man