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CavemanWins

10-31-2005, 05:28 AM Post subject: Risky Play with Low PP

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I think I had watched too much Poker on ESPN. The play payed off, but was it a bit too risky? I was really hoping for a fold preflop. Is this just a bad habit to get into long term?

***** Hand History for Game 2957292749 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, October 30, 23:17:36 EDT 2005
Table Table 65652 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 4: Bob681 ( $28.80 )
Seat 6: CavemanWins ( $13.40 )
Seat 2: kempner ( $67.17 )
Seat 3: zukawi ( $9.20 )
CavemanWins posts small blind [$0.10].
kempner posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CavemanWins [ 7h 7s ]
zukawi folds.
Bob681 folds.
CavemanWins raises [$0.40].
kempner raises [$1.75].
CavemanWins raises [$12.50].
kempner calls [$11].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Tc, Qs ]
CavemanWins is all-In.
kempner calls [$0.40].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
CavemanWins shows [ 7h, 7s ] two pairs, tens and sevens.
kempner shows [ As, Jd ] a pair of tens.
CavemanWins wins $25.50 from the main pot with two pairs, tens and sevens.

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dalecooper

10-31-2005, 01:53 PM

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You got a sucker on the hook this time but this is generally a losing play. No reason to flirt with danger like this in a low stakes cash game. Better pocket pairs - probably all of them, 88+ - will call you here in a $25 6 max game. The best you can hope for is that he is calling with overcards and misses. You have to remember that these games are filled with a lot of loose calling station types, and a lot of LAggs; any plays that rely on fold equity to be profitable are probably not profitable at this level.

Miffed22001

10-31-2005, 02:15 PM

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agree with the above. No need to play like this, just call wait for set value and bam unstack him. Too many opps at 25nl think unmade premiums/good unmade hands are the nuts and are prepared to call anything with them. Wiat until you have monsters before doing this, most often they still call.

CavemanWins

10-31-2005, 03:17 PM

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Definitly agreed. It was a little less then 50-50 if he had overcards. If I had a full stack, I definitly would have just folded.

It paid off but knew it was too risky. I am comfortable with that; Definitly won't get happy with hands like these in the future.

Cavemann

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