Overseer55
03-04-2006, 08:21 PM
> 7 handed late night 10/20 game at Winstar. Two players walking. Huge
> rake, $5 plus $1 jackpot.
Is $5+1 rake that unusual? That's what they take up in the casinos in
Ontario (minus the jackpot). In some casinos, they start taking a $5
session fee (every 1/2 hr) at the $10/20 game.
>
> I'm utg with a 9 7 and havn't played a hand in 30 seconds or so, so I
> open for 20.
30 seconds...you're not very patient, are you? :)
>
> A very aggresive player on my left folds, the button calls, both blinds
> call (the big blind doesn't play that many hands but he chases a lot).
>
>
> Flop is 3 3 7, rainbow and it's checked to me.
>
> I'm thinking, well, I got out of line, 3 of them looked me up, and I
> got lucky and hit a flop. I bet. Button calls. Small blind folds,
> big blind cold calls, I call.
I'm assuming the button raises.
>
> I think I'm probably beat here by an A7 on the button. I'm not real
> worried about the big blind. He might have a 3, but he's not very
> tricky. More likely either a gutshot or two overcards. He could well
> be chasing with that. In the recent past, the button has called
> preflop raises with weak aces when short handed. So, I'm pretty sure
> about my read.
>
> I call anyway because the pot's getting pretty big here and I just want
> to see what happens next.
>
> The turn gives me a 9. I can beat an A7 now. I think I'm far ahead
> unless one of them has a 3. I think about check raising. But, I decide
> the best way to find out if someone has a 3 is just bet.
You would be quite far behind TT, but I still like the bet. What would
you do if the button raised again?
>
> So I bet. The button stalls, unexpecting that bet. Finially he calls,
> the big blind calls.
>
> A king on the river, I bet, button calls, big blind folds. I show my
> hand and the button mucks.
>
> Now the part that puzzles me.
>
> As he mucked, he said, "I couldn't put you on that after the preflop
> raise".
>
> That's okay, except, What could he put me on that he could beat?
>
> I've been thinking about that for 3 hours and can't figure it out.
>
> Gary Carson
> www.garycarson.com
And this has already been answered...
- Mark
> rake, $5 plus $1 jackpot.
Is $5+1 rake that unusual? That's what they take up in the casinos in
Ontario (minus the jackpot). In some casinos, they start taking a $5
session fee (every 1/2 hr) at the $10/20 game.
>
> I'm utg with a 9 7 and havn't played a hand in 30 seconds or so, so I
> open for 20.
30 seconds...you're not very patient, are you? :)
>
> A very aggresive player on my left folds, the button calls, both blinds
> call (the big blind doesn't play that many hands but he chases a lot).
>
>
> Flop is 3 3 7, rainbow and it's checked to me.
>
> I'm thinking, well, I got out of line, 3 of them looked me up, and I
> got lucky and hit a flop. I bet. Button calls. Small blind folds,
> big blind cold calls, I call.
I'm assuming the button raises.
>
> I think I'm probably beat here by an A7 on the button. I'm not real
> worried about the big blind. He might have a 3, but he's not very
> tricky. More likely either a gutshot or two overcards. He could well
> be chasing with that. In the recent past, the button has called
> preflop raises with weak aces when short handed. So, I'm pretty sure
> about my read.
>
> I call anyway because the pot's getting pretty big here and I just want
> to see what happens next.
>
> The turn gives me a 9. I can beat an A7 now. I think I'm far ahead
> unless one of them has a 3. I think about check raising. But, I decide
> the best way to find out if someone has a 3 is just bet.
You would be quite far behind TT, but I still like the bet. What would
you do if the button raised again?
>
> So I bet. The button stalls, unexpecting that bet. Finially he calls,
> the big blind calls.
>
> A king on the river, I bet, button calls, big blind folds. I show my
> hand and the button mucks.
>
> Now the part that puzzles me.
>
> As he mucked, he said, "I couldn't put you on that after the preflop
> raise".
>
> That's okay, except, What could he put me on that he could beat?
>
> I've been thinking about that for 3 hours and can't figure it out.
>
> Gary Carson
> www.garycarson.com
And this has already been answered...
- Mark