Hey everyone,
Here's probably one of my most enjoyable moments playing poker so far. I am sure I'll have even more where I slowplay with a monster and eat all the other guys chips, but right now I don't like playing passive, ever, and just go for the throat
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Anywho, before I show you what happened, a little history. When I arrived at the table, this guy was pushing everyone around with his larger stack. He'd do big raises and scare everyone off...
Here's what happened.
PokerStars Game #448329092: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2004/05/22 -
23:47:09 (ET)
Table 'Beatrix' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: E$C0BAR ($0.98 in chips)
Seat 2: Joker772 ($1.95 in chips)
Seat 3: Mooseman78 ($3.20 in chips)
Seat 4: UzumkiNaruto ($1.97 in chips)
Seat 5: Bigmac37 ($3.23 in chips)
Seat 6: JdLewis ($3.07 in chips)
Seat 7: Kojak77 ($3.12 in chips)
Seat 8: DancnGMU ($1.72 in chips)
LoisPearl will be allowed to play after the button
E$C0BAR: posts small blind $0.01
Joker772: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to UzumkiNaruto [Kd Ad]
Mooseman78: folds
UzumkiNaruto: raises $0.08 to $0.10
Bigmac37: folds
JdLewis: calls $0.10
LoisPearl leaves the table
Kojak77: raises $0.40 to $0.50
DancnGMU: folds
E$C0BAR: folds
Joker772: calls $0.48
UzumkiNaruto: raises $1.12 to $1.62
JdLewis: folds
Kojak77: calls $1.12
bobfen joins the table at seat #9
Joker772: folds
*** FLOP *** [As 6h Qh]
UzumkiNaruto: bets $0.35 and is all-in
Kojak77: folds
UzumkiNaruto collected $3.70 from pot
UzumkiNaruto: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.85 | Rake $0.15
I was very happy with my raise. Of course I kinda knew I was behind when I did it, but I had had a very positive afternoon (after some help from 2 PF posters, thanks you 2!), and was interested in doing battle. It looks like his fold indicates that he had pocket Ks, but like I said, he pushed a lot of people around making it difficult to read whether he had good hands, or was just bluffing.
Why'd I only do a 10 cent raise with the AKs? Well, earlier on I picked up AA. And I bet 20 cents in early position hoping a few people would call. Unfortunately nobody did. I wanted a little action, so I reduced the amount. It's quite possible that this bully saw this as a sign of weakness, and raised the 40 cents.
Cheers,
Mike