Every Thursday I have a home game with a varying number of players and we play NLHE for $5 per buy in (we like lots of chips in play so we give everyone $1000 in chips per buy in), unlimited rebuys. This is a fun atmosphere as we are all friends and we're not playing for money, but we're mostly decent players. The blinds start at $5/$10 and we raise it to $5/$15 when once we have 10 buy ins. Last night I took a couple of tough beats and had to rebuy (one guy called my all in preflop with 8/5 os and beat my JJ by making trips, he was on a roll having just made boats in 2 straight hands, thats why he said called) . I was back up to about even when the following hand happened.

I was to the right of the button, 8 players at the table, blinds $5/$15. UTG folds, seat 4 calls, 5 and 6 fold to me. I look down to see . I raise $75 up to $90. People tend to make slightly loose calls preflop so I over bet, wanting to narrow the field a bit. The button (short stack) goes all in for about $180 more. SB calls, seat 4 goes all in over the top for abouit $1200 more. I have about $1700 left so I have all the players in this hand covered. Hes the best player at the table and I respect him. I know he loves to limp/re-raise with pocket q's but never does it with Aces. I am 90% sure SB will call if I call and will fold if I fold. I decide to lay it down. I want opinions to the play and here is my logic:

At least one of the other 3 players has a pocket pair meaning I am 50/50 to win. However, short stack could easily have an A or a K cause shes pretty tight and has been waiting to go all in. That takes outs away from me. And if 2 players have pocket pairs, thats 2 more cards I have to dodge even if I hit. I figured there would be a better spot to get my money in that night and I dont like to risk $6 in a pot at a fun game unless I have a made hand. I'll post results later. I'm also a better tournament player than I ring player and I think in a tournament this is a definite fold because there is no way its the best hand and after folding I'm still doing well.

i had a horrible night of poker last night with friends

lost 20$ after the first 5 minutes


i was holding AJ o/s.. called
flop was AJ5
i check raised and only 1 person stayed
turn was a five

bet and other guy called

river was a 5

giving me a full house

i bet like another 5$ and the guy called (pretty stupid) cuz he had the 5
fuckin quads on like the second hand played of that night

then i have 5$ left and get dealt pocket Aces
called the pre-flop,
flop was like 10 7 3 rainbow
perfect for me
i only have 5$ so i bet like 2-3 and eventually go all -in after reraises
the turn is whatever
the river is 10

my friend who called my all-in was holding pocket 10s..... another fuckin quad in like 5 minutes

that really killed the atmosphere for me last night ;(

Yeah Marm it was a cash game and it was a good laydown. Here is the situation again:

I was to the right of the button, 8 players at the table, blinds $5/$15. UTG folds, seat 4 calls, 5 and 6 fold to me. I look down to see . I raise $75 up to $90. People tend to make slightly loose calls preflop so I over bet, wanting to narrow the field a bit. The button (short stack) goes all in for about $180 more. SB calls, seat 4 goes all in over the top for abouit $1200 more. I have about $1700 left so I have all the players in this hand covered. Hes the best player at the table and I respect him. I know he loves to limp/re-raise with pocket q's but never does it with Aces. I am 90% sure SB will call if I call and will fold if I fold. I decide to lay it down.


The button/short stack had A,Q, the SB had 10,10 (but folded after I did) and the seat 4 had KK. Had the SB stayed in to see the flop, he would have made quads. It was a sucky night because SO many times I had a solid hand there was way too much aggression to play. I think I igured out how to beat that game. I just play ultra tight and I get a lot of action. Its just boring