Episode 66: Andre Coimbra Wraps Up the 100K Challenge

10 thoughts on “Episode 66: Andre Coimbra Wraps Up the 100K Challenge”

1. Here’s a visual representation of the strategy hand so that my friend Dana can re-live the nightmare.

   http://www.pelopoker.com/show_replayer.php?id=7477699810&hostid=1000

   • Thanks Carlos – the hand is immortalized!

2. You can tell that Andre really likes you guys a lot. I think this is the most out of his shell I’ve ever heard him. He’s a pretty funny guy.

3. One question I had about the strategy hand, and in particular the river, related to the reads we had about villain – that he’s a grumbly loser in the game, but that he recently won a biggish pot. How would those two facts influence our decision to bet/not bet?

4. Thanks guys for discussing my hand – I learned alot from it.
   I think part of my thinking on checking the flop was that the other players were expecting me to bet, so one of them could have been planning to check-raise (and the two other villains had probably $100 to $150). But a check-raise is less likely than them calling and even if they do check-raise then I probably have a call against anyone but the initial raiser.

   One thing you left out, probably due to time, was that villain told me he called my bet because it seem too calculated and that he would have insta-folded if I had immediately bet $100. I would be interested in your thoughts on that, in conjunction with what Ian asked.

   To add color to the mailbag question, when I was at the Borgata for the meetup, playing $1/$2, there was a player who was sick of my raising him (and I beat him in a couple pots), so he announced that he was going to raise me all-in if he had anything decent. A seat opened two to my left. I had first seat change button and I knew he would take it if I didn’t, but I chose not and let him have it, partly because I planned to go all-in w/him anyway if I felt I had a better hand. We ended up all-in pre w my QQ vs his A small suited, so my plan worked, but he hit on the river.

   I find that one way to judge the seriousness of a $1/$2 table is whether the seat change buttons are already out when you sit down.

   • You actually shouldn’t fold against a raise against the initial raiser. If he shoved and showed you AA, you have an easy call (you are a 51% favorite vs. AsAx and a 56% favorite against AA without the As, plus there’s dead money in the pot). In fact, the hands that have you in the worse shape are better draws like AsJs (35% equity) and are less likely to be in a 1/2 player’s check-raising range. Even if they are, you are never crushed here so you can play the flop super-aggressively – I would 3bet any check raise rather than call…

     Anyway, an interesting hand, I found Nate and Andrew’s comments on the sizing of the river bluff as played particularly interesting. Also enjoyed hearing from Andre again and kudos to him on making 70K for charity.

   • Also, you want the guys who checked to you to check/raise you wide. This way their range will be weak when you 3-bet the flop, after they already put a bunch of money in the pot and will have to either fold all the money they already put there with their check/raise, or to make a bad call vs your range.

5. Good stuff as always, and Andre is a very likeable guy – I’ll look forward to his book. And I can’t help wonder whether Andre’s girlfriend could make for an interesting future guest?

6. I’m inspired, think I’m gonna take most of my balance off of the 2 sites I play and see if I can grind it back up. BTW, nice work on the TPE podcast Mr. Brokos

7. Andre is a great guest – looking forward to his book.
   Speaking of unfinished books, Andrew – whatever happened to the book you were going to write?

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