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Posted: Thu, 29 Oct 2009, 8:47pm Post subject: To donk on purpose early?
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Flush
Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 358
WPP: 138
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Just finished a set of hands and had an interesting thing happen. Early on about ten hands into the table I got dealt A10 and I ended up heads up with a guy who was 100% VPIP over those 10 hands.
I tried to bet him off of the hand and he won with middle pair. No big deal because it was a small pot. However, what this seemed to mean is that he thought I was a retard for bluffing and I managed to win three much bigger pots from him because he was calling me down with crappy hands after that when I had better quality.
It made me think about (at small limits) throwing a couple of obvious bluffs out early so that your table image - if there is such a thing at micro limits - is that you are a bit more fishy than you actually are. However, this is also throwing away money so kind of stupid.
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Posted: Thu, 29 Oct 2009, 10:35pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
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| With ace high on the river after betting twice, really all you are ahead of against a station is busted draws. So if you bet, you will really only get called by better hands for the most part. Calling stations won't fold for one more bet after getting to the river with a pair, so trying to bluff them is mostly just throwing money away. |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Oct 2009, 10:39am Post subject:
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Flush
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| KoRnholio wrote: | | With ace high on the river after betting twice, really all you are ahead of against a station is busted draws. So if you bet, you will really only get called by better hands for the most part. Calling stations won't fold for one more bet after getting to the river with a pair, so trying to bluff them is mostly just throwing money away. |
Agreed. And even with a busted draw they usually have bottom or middle pair, which they will call with anyway.
Sometimes with these guys I wonder if they just put a piece of tape over their monitor where the fold button is. |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Oct 2009, 11:24am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Posts: 4209
WPP: 150
Location: St. Louis, MO
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dont bluff those guys without some outs.....ever. but, bet any 2nd, or even 3rd, pair hand all the way until they raise you.
88 on a TJ4 board, i am betting into him all day long.
TJ on a KT4 board, same thing.
44 on a flushy board, same thing.
AJ on a Q63 board, i am maybe 2barreling with a note that he folds turns, but if he calls turn, i am done w/o catching river.
KQ on a K78 two tone board, i will barrel away and when the flush card hits, i b/c river usually.
doing the "image" thing against stations isnt going to help. they are calling you anyway. typically, save "image" plays for players that think they can run you over. |
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Posted: Sun, 01 Nov 2009, 9:19pm Post subject: Re: To donk on purpose early?
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One Pair
Joined: 12 Jul 2009
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| ponyboy wrote: | It made me think about (at small limits) throwing a couple of obvious bluffs out early so that your table image - if there is such a thing at micro limits - is that you are a bit more fishy than you actually are. However, this is also throwing away money so kind of stupid.
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I'd say no, because that assumes your opponents are paying attention. And especially at lower limits, this is unlikely to be the case -- even more so online, when they might well be multitabling, surfing porn, etc. all.
It's not exciting or creative, but I believe ABC poker is really the most profitable way to go at these limits. Anything fancier just costs your money. |
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Posted: Sun, 01 Nov 2009, 9:42pm Post subject:
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Season VIII
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
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Location: Im opedipus bitch, the original balla.
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| You don't need to bluff in bad spots to 'dirty' your table image against villains whose leak is to call too often anyways. Especially since the overwhelming majority of players aren't going to focus on anything other than their cards. |
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