RoQQ Exploits Retard Image
I played another WSOP sattelite last weekend. Didn't make it this time either. I don't remember what place I finished this time, but I know I never felt like I was on my way to the big dance. Of course, this tournament only took the top 4 instead of the top 139, so that makes it alot tougher.
I'm not sure how I finished on the day, but I'm pretty sure I was up (despite my tournament buy-in) and I know I won it all in two hands. Both took place on the same 2-4 NL table.
In the first, I was in the small blind with 54 offsuit. A short stacked guy in middle position raised to twenty-something, and a guy on the button raised it up to $81. I tried to fold, but since I had about 20 windows open, my mouse was a bit slow, and I called instead. Oops!
The flop contained a 5. Other than that, I don't remember what it held, other than there were no aces or kings. It was checked around. At this point I put the pre-flop re-raiser on ak. I just don't see what other hands he might've reraised preflop with, but checked with on the flop. Anyway, the turn was another 5. As I recall, I wasn't paying attention, and I checked, after which I noted that I probably had the best hand at this point. In any case, it was checked around, and I bet a bit less than 1/2 the pot on the river. The original pf raiser called, as he was short and basically priced in. The reraiser folded. Still sounds like he had ak to me--you too? The short stack had 88, and I won the pot.
After this 2 or three people at the table had some questions about my decision making (to say the least) although they were fairly congenial, considering the donkey suck-out they had just experienced. I figured I might as well try to exploit my image, so rather than explaining to them all that I'd hit the wrong button, I said things like, "well, I knew you were weak." The guy managed to avoid calling me an idiot, but I knew that he was having a hard time holding back. Meanwhile, I had another guy defending me with something flimsy along the lines of, "well, he's winning, so let him play how he wants. I could practically smell him salivating as he basically told the other guy not to tap the glass. Kudos for finding ways to say it without saying it. I mean, it was obvious to me, but their collective reticence could come in handy some time when they really have a flounder in the pool.
After this I proceeded to play more or less my normal game, though I was on the alert for opportunities to exploit my new image. I really expected to get more action then I got; perhaps I was raiseing when nobody had a hand.
Anyway, eventually I woke up with pocket queens, again in the small blind. The guy I put on ak before made a decent raise pfreflop. By this time I'd determined that his reraising standards were pretty loose, maybe as low as a medium pair, and almost definitely including ak, if not aq, aj, and perhaps at or kq. Alot of the time I would just call here, since even if I'm ahead, an ace or king will flop way more than it ought to.
With this guy, however, I figured that
a.) His style was too aggressive, at least preflop
b.) He might be steaming
c.) He almost certainly thought I was an idiot
so I raised to about 3 tomes his bet. As I hoped, he moved in on me. I called, he showed nines, and I won about $300 off him. I immediately needled him with, "what did you think I had, 45o?" and "I'm at least going to be suited there, and probably have more like 87s." He didn't answer, and he soon left rather than buy back in.
His style wasn't suited for cash games, being more approproate for a short stack in a tournament. He was doomed to lose his money. Looking back now, I suspect that he would've done the same thung even if he didn't think I was an idiot, just because he thought it was the right way to play.
I'm not sure how I finished on the day, but I'm pretty sure I was up (despite my tournament buy-in) and I know I won it all in two hands. Both took place on the same 2-4 NL table.
In the first, I was in the small blind with 54 offsuit. A short stacked guy in middle position raised to twenty-something, and a guy on the button raised it up to $81. I tried to fold, but since I had about 20 windows open, my mouse was a bit slow, and I called instead. Oops!
The flop contained a 5. Other than that, I don't remember what it held, other than there were no aces or kings. It was checked around. At this point I put the pre-flop re-raiser on ak. I just don't see what other hands he might've reraised preflop with, but checked with on the flop. Anyway, the turn was another 5. As I recall, I wasn't paying attention, and I checked, after which I noted that I probably had the best hand at this point. In any case, it was checked around, and I bet a bit less than 1/2 the pot on the river. The original pf raiser called, as he was short and basically priced in. The reraiser folded. Still sounds like he had ak to me--you too? The short stack had 88, and I won the pot.
After this 2 or three people at the table had some questions about my decision making (to say the least) although they were fairly congenial, considering the donkey suck-out they had just experienced. I figured I might as well try to exploit my image, so rather than explaining to them all that I'd hit the wrong button, I said things like, "well, I knew you were weak." The guy managed to avoid calling me an idiot, but I knew that he was having a hard time holding back. Meanwhile, I had another guy defending me with something flimsy along the lines of, "well, he's winning, so let him play how he wants. I could practically smell him salivating as he basically told the other guy not to tap the glass. Kudos for finding ways to say it without saying it. I mean, it was obvious to me, but their collective reticence could come in handy some time when they really have a flounder in the pool.
After this I proceeded to play more or less my normal game, though I was on the alert for opportunities to exploit my new image. I really expected to get more action then I got; perhaps I was raiseing when nobody had a hand.
Anyway, eventually I woke up with pocket queens, again in the small blind. The guy I put on ak before made a decent raise pfreflop. By this time I'd determined that his reraising standards were pretty loose, maybe as low as a medium pair, and almost definitely including ak, if not aq, aj, and perhaps at or kq. Alot of the time I would just call here, since even if I'm ahead, an ace or king will flop way more than it ought to.
With this guy, however, I figured that
a.) His style was too aggressive, at least preflop
b.) He might be steaming
c.) He almost certainly thought I was an idiot
so I raised to about 3 tomes his bet. As I hoped, he moved in on me. I called, he showed nines, and I won about $300 off him. I immediately needled him with, "what did you think I had, 45o?" and "I'm at least going to be suited there, and probably have more like 87s." He didn't answer, and he soon left rather than buy back in.
His style wasn't suited for cash games, being more approproate for a short stack in a tournament. He was doomed to lose his money. Looking back now, I suspect that he would've done the same thung even if he didn't think I was an idiot, just because he thought it was the right way to play.
posted by roQQ | 2:34 AM
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