I made a squeeze play with rags and ended up sucking out on some terrible player. He told me how awful I was to re-raise with J7 etc etc so I challenge him to 10/20 NL heads up and he accepts. It starts off alright, he is pretty tight, I run one big bluff and show him, he just says “good bet” and seems not to be tilting, which is unfortunate. Then I make it $60 with Q4s, he reraises to $150, I call. Flop Qxx, he bets $200, I call. Turn 4, he bets, I shove, his AA is no good. That pissed him off.
He reloads, I stack him again KQ vs K7 on KQJ5 board. He quit but wants to play again tomorrow for “higher stakes”. I’m not holding my breath, but would happily play him at 25/50.
This always presents a dilemma for me. Being an asshole in online games can be so profitable because you get into more of these situations. But you have to be an asshole.
Just to clarify…wasn’t saying you were acting like an a-hole, just that things like this happen more often when you do….
You should really play more heads up. At least look for short stacks at 5-10 and 10-20 from time to time. 99% they people who buy-in for >50bbs are terrible (from my experience at 1-2 and 2-4).
Also, I don’t really understand the q4s call, not that I haven’t made it many times out of spite heads up to “punish” a small reraise.
Darren,
I enjoy being an asshole when the other guy starts it, especially when the end result is as good as it was here.
Logan,
Yeah the thing is that I have trouble multi-tabling HU. With the Q4s, I’ve got position, good immediate odds, a good idea of what his hand is, and consequently good implied odds. I fold turn if I don’t improve, obviously. And yea, I do like to punish min-raisers.
Logan,
Weren’t you buying in HU for >50bbs just last night?
DONKEY!
Full Tilt Poker Game #2997368864: Table Guru (heads up) – $0.50/$1 – No Limit Hold’em – 19:22:09 ET – 2007/07/19
Seat 1: Anguish ($43.70)
Seat 2: Hairyju ($149.10)
Hairyju posts the small blind of $0.50
Anguish posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hairyju [Qs 9c]
Hairyju raises to $3
Anguish calls $2
*** FLOP *** [3s Js 9s]
Anguish checks
Hairyju bets $4
Anguish raises to $14
Hairyju raises to $82
Anguish has 15 seconds left to act
Anguish has requested TIME
Anguish calls $26.70, and is all in
Hairyju shows [Qs 9c]
Anguish shows [As 4d]
Uncalled bet of $41.30 returned to Hairyju
*** TURN *** [3s Js 9s] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [3s Js 9s Qd] [5d]
Hairyju shows two pair, Queens and Nines
Anguish shows Ace Queen high
Hairyju wins the pot ($86.90) with two pair, Queens and Nines
Anguish is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $87.40 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3s Js 9s Qd 5d]
Seat 1: Anguish (big blind) showed [As 4d] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 2: Hairyju (small blind) showed [Qs 9c] and won ($86.90) with two pair, Queens and Nines