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Texas Hold'em Hand Play-By-Play Example - Bad Slow Play
I'm still an amateur poker player. And you can tell on this hand. I'm not sure what I was thinking here, but I'll walk
you through how I screwed up a great hand. Slow-playing a hand can be a very profitable strategy
(check out some of the other play-by-play's where I use this). However, it can also be very dangerous:
Hand #X-X at X (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 01/Nov/03 22:28:31
Player7 posts the small blind of $.10.
Player8 posts the big blind of $.25.
Player0: -- --
Player1: -- --
Player2: -- --
Player3: -- --
Player4: -- --
Flop Turn River: Jc 9c
Player6: -- --
Player7: -- --
Player8: -- --
Player9: -- --
*I'm holding J9 suited, I limp in to see the flop.
Pre-flop:
Player9 folds. Player0 folds. Player1 calls.
Player2 folds. Player3 calls. Player4
folds. Flop Turn River calls. Player6 calls. Player7
calls. Player8 checks.
Flop (board: 2d 9s 9h):
*Wow!! I hit trip 9's with a J kicker. There are no two suited cards on the board, so I'm not worried about the
flush, and there is no possible straight either. My hand is very strong with little risk of getting beat at this point,
so I'm going to slow-play it so I can deceive my opponents into betting into me.
Player7 checks. Player8 checks. Player1 checks.
Player3 checks. Flop Turn River checks. Player6 bets
$.50. Player7 folds. Player8 folds. Player1 folds.
Player3 folds. Flop Turn River calls.
*I checked my turn, Player6 made a small bet behind me. Perfect. I just call, as if I'm chasing my hand.
Turn (board: 2d 9s 9h Qh):
*Turn card brings a Queen. Should not be a factor. Again I slow-play my turn:
Flop Turn River checks. Player6 bets $1. Flop Turn River
raises to $2. Player6 calls.
*Player6 bets more now, he ups his bet to $1. Hmm... ok, maybe now he hit a pair of Queens. That's fine, I will re-raise
him something that is callable. I raise him back $1 and he calls. (This is where I screwed up big time.)
River (board: 2d 9s 9h Qh 5h):
*River brings a 5 of hearts. Should not be a factor also. There is a possible back-door flush, but I don't believe he has that.
I can't wait any longer, I bet $2.
Flop Turn River bets $2. Player6 goes all-in for $21.30.
Flop Turn River goes all-in for $5.70. Player6 is
returned $15.60 (uncalled).
*Player6 goes over the top on me, he's ALL-IN! Uh-oh, I think I might have lost this one... I call with my last $5.70.
(The pot is over $10 at this point, so I think it's worth the call.)
Showdown:
Player6 shows Jh Th.
Player6 has Jh Th 9h Qh 5h: flush, queen high.
Flop Turn River shows Jc 9c.
Flop Turn River has Jc 9c 9s 9h Qh: three nines.
*Player6 hits two running hearts (turn and river cards) to make his backdoor flush... and I let him.
My trips lose. Yup, I messed this one up. Looking back on this play, I should have raised larger on the turn card.
The turn card brought the Q of hearts, so there were now two hearts on the board. The Q and 9 also reach on the straight.
One more card could possibly have completed his flush or straight, and so I should have ended it right then and there.
I should have raised big on the turn and made it very difficult for Player6 to call the bet. He may still have stayed
in the hand and won, but that doesn't matter. What does matter is that I play the hand the best possible way, that I
make the right decisions regardless if my opponent makes the right or wrong decision.
Hand #526419-22180 Summary:
$.85 is raked from a pot of $17.90.
Player6 wins $17.05 with flush, queen high.
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