Some Stack-Offs

Edit: The converter screwed up the results on two of these, showing me as the winner when in fact I got stacked. I’m fixing this now, sorry for the confusion.

For whatever reason, I decided during last night’s session that I was going to believe people a lot less than I usually do. It didn’t go so well. Here’s some hands:

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Button ($1074)
SB ($396)
BB ($400)
UTG ($544.60)
Hero ($835.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qc, Ah.
1 fold, Hero raises to $14, 1 fold, SB calls $12, 1 fold.

Flop: ($32) Qh, 8s, 2h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $21, SB calls $21.

Turn: ($74) 9d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $55, SB raises to $128, Hero raises to $800.75 (All-In), SB calls $233 (All-In).

River: ($1235.75) Qd (2 players, 2 all-in).

Final Pot: $1235.75

Results in white below:

SB has 9c 9s (full house, nines full of queens).

Hero has Qc Ah (three of a kind, queens).

Outcome: SB wins $796. Hero wins $439.75.

I’ve got a ton of hands with this guy, and he’s the most uncreative player ever. The only reason I had to disbelieve him is that he usually leads his sets on the flop. Although he turned it in this case, I don’t think that validates my play. This player just isn’t the sort to play QJ or something like this, and is definitely not the sort to do it as a bluff. The fact that he was willing to play for stacks matters more than the fact that he didn’t play it the way he usually plays his sets.

This one’s a little more defensible:

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CO ($528.80)
Button ($130.45)
SB ($376.50)
BB ($368)
UTG ($904.10)
Hero ($688.10)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Ah, Ks.
UTG calls $4, Hero raises to $18, 4 folds, UTG calls $14.

Flop: ($42) 9d, As, 9s (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $30, UTG raises to $60, Hero calls $30.

Turn: ($162) 4c (2 players)
UTG bets $108, Hero calls $108.

River: ($378) Kd (2 players)
UTG bets $304, Hero calls $304.

Final Pot: $986

Results in white below:

UTG had trip 9’s (I forget his exact hand).

Hero has Ah Ks (two pair, aces and kings).

Outcome: UTG wins $986.

I know, I know, he gave me the min-check-raise and everything. But you have to understand how hard I’d been whaling on him. I think this was the 4th hand in a row where I’d raised his limp and then hammered the flop. I wanted him to play back at me, but I still think the river ought to be a fold.

For what it’s worth, I did get him back a few hands later:

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SB ($540.30)
BB ($400)
UTG ($400)
MP ($385.60)
CO ($1367.10)
Hero ($400)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Kh, Ts.
2 folds, CO raises to $8, Hero raises to $30, 2 folds, CO calls $22.

Flop: ($66) Qh, 9h, Ks (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $45, CO calls $45.

Turn: ($156) 3d (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $120, CO calls $120.

River: ($396) 3h (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $205 (All-In), CO calls $205.

Final Pot: $806

Results in white below:

CO doesn’t show.

Hero has Kh Ts (two pair, kings and threes).

Outcome: Hero wins $806.

He called me down with AQ here and even told me he was beat on the river before calling.

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Hero ($715)
Button ($600.15)
SB ($770.15)
BB ($600)
UTG ($576.80)
MP ($235.80)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Ks, Tc.
UTG calls $6, 1 fold, Hero raises to $25, 3 folds, UTG calls $19.

Flop: ($59) As, 9h, Kc (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($59) Jc (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $40, UTG raises to $139, Hero calls $99.

River: ($337) 5h (2 players)
UTG bets $294, Hero calls $294.

Final Pot: $925

Results in white below:

UTG shows AA for top set.

Hero has Ks Tc (one pair, kings).

Outcome: Hero wins $925.

Once again, my image here was pretty bad. This isn’t a board that’s likely to hit an UTG limp-caller, unless he’s playing a big pair really slow. And my hand looks so weak when I check the flop and bet the turn that it’s a good time to make a move. I give these clowns too much credit for being able to make smart, aggressive, creative plays.

2 thoughts on “Some Stack-Offs”

  1. This post is schizophrenic. You say it didn’t go so well, but you only show 1 lost hand (with 3 victories). You start off saying that you didn’t give your opponents enough credit, and end by saying that you give those clowns too much.

    Get back on the meds. 😛

  2. Oh wow. The converter posts the hand results in white, and since I already knew the results, I didn’t look at them in the post. Guess I should have, because it screwed them up. I’m going to edit the original post, but in the AK hand I lost to trip 9’s, and in the hand where I called down with a pair of Kings on the AKxxx board, I was up against a set of Aces. Thanks for pointing this out.

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