This guy was min-raising every time he opened the pot, so I started min-check-raising him on the flop. Naturally that frustrated him, so more min-raising ensued.
Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
SB: $1,107
Hero (BB): $7,603
Pre-Flop: 8
K
dealt to Hero (BB)
SB raises to $20, Hero calls $10
Flop: ($40) 6
9
6 (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $27, Hero raises to $54, SB raises to $175, Hero raises to $296, SB folds
Results: $390 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero mucked 8 K and WON $389.50 (+$194.50 NET)
These aren’t quite min bets, but the objective was similar. In this case, I thought these small bets would frustrate the guy and get him to call down with a smaller pair. Even though it’s pretty obvious what I have, he would just feel like a tool folding 99 to these little bets, and it would be exploitable.
Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
SB: $2,102
Hero (BB): $2,000
UTG: $2,285.50
CO: $2,283
BTN: $3,721.50
Pre-Flop: Q Q dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG calls $10, CO raises to $45, 2 folds, Hero raises to $150, UTG folds, CO calls $105
Flop: ($315) 3 5 K (2 Players)
Hero bets $175, CO calls $175
Turn: ($665) K (2 Players)
Hero bets $375, CO calls $375
River: ($1,415) 6 (2 Players)
Hero bets $800, CO calls $800
Results: $3,015 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed Q Q (two pair, Kings and Queens) and WON $3,012 (+$1,512 NET)
CO mucked 9 9 (two pair, Kings and Nines) and LOST (-$1,500 NET)
This guy had been 3-betting me a ton. I like bluff-raising the flop with these stacks because it’s very hard for him to play back. If he calls, there are a ton of scare cards on the turn, and if he 3-bet bluffs, he has to fear that I’m going to shove on him with a lot of draws. There just isn’t much he can do.
Full Tilt Poker, $3/$6 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
CO: $744.30
BTN: $1,223.20
SB: $1,405.60
BB: $741.20
UTG: $1,153.10
Hero (MP): $1,611.40
Pre-Flop: A Q dealt to Hero (MP)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $21, 2 folds, SB raises to $72, BB folds, Hero calls $51
Flop: ($150) 7 T 4 (2 Players)
SB bets $100, Hero raises to $244, SB calls $144
Turn: ($638) 9 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $245, SB folds
Results: $638 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero mucked A Q and WON $635 (+$319 NET)
There was about $1000 left in the effective stacks on the turn. Here, the underbet was designed to look like I was trying to induce a check-raise.