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In this pure strategy episode, Nate and Andrew talk about home game strategy and meta-strategy (e.g. how to get invited back), as well what you can learn from “silly” games like Baseball and Follow the Queen. Plus a microstakes strategy hand!
Strategy
No Limit Hold’em $0.10/$0.20
Winamax Poker
3 players
Formatted by pokercopilot.com – Mac OS X hand history analysis and tracking
Stacks:
BTN – BTN ($20.72)
SB – Hero ($34.73)
BB – BB ($7.80)
Preflop: ($0.30, 3 players) Hero is SB with Q♥ A♦
BTN raises to $0.40, Hero raises to $1.60, 1 fold, BTN calls $1.20
Flop: J♥ 8♦ 5♥ ($3.40, 2 players – BTN: $19.12, Hero: $33.13)
Hero bets $1.80, BTN calls $1.80
Turn: T♠ ($7.00, 2 players – BTN: $17.32, Hero: $31.33)
Hero bets $3.80, BTN calls $3.80
River: 9♣ ($14.60, 2 players – BTN: $13.52, Hero: $27.53)
Hero bets $4.00, BTN calls $4.00
Total Pot: $22.60
BTN shows A♣ T♣ (One pair : Tens)
Hero shows Q♥ A♦ (Straight Queen high)
Hero wins $21.13
lmao pure strategy. don’t be a lameass and do something that requires real strategy. #lmaoatthisgenerationoffools
Thanks for the comment. I’m unsure how to parse it, though. Are you saying not to “be a lameass and do something that requires real strategy” (ie “doing something that requires real strategy” is your example of being a lameass)? Or are you saying “don’t be a lameass, do something requires real strategy!”, where the latter is a suggestion for how NOT to be a lameass? Please advise.
I would say that both the pre-flop call and flop call are atypical (at least for the micro-stakes games I play) unless Hero has been observed by the button 3-betting wide.
You guys should get Blackrain79 on the show to talk about micro-stakes and some of his strategies for tilting weak players and exploiting regs.
Was the small bet on the river a ploy to get A7 to call? If not, I don’t see what a bet on the river would accomplish … he shows up here too often with a pair of some variety.
For the listener who wanted a fun home game with interesting strategy, my new favorite is home game is one we call “Trash Omaha”. Plays like O/8, except each player is dealt 5 cards and must discard one. The discards are then shuffled, and the board is dealt from the discards. Pokerstars (or someone) should experiment with this one – it adds a whole new dimension to the game.