I couldnt believe it

[poskid_1982]

Ryppy's right about 1 thing...You sure as hell will get a crap load of action playing some unconventional shit
This saved a major slump I was going through.

Sorry...couple quick reads
jungybungy - semi tight liked PP and thought everyone else was making horrible plays...He liked to tell you about it too...Not real aggresive but I knew he wouldnt lay down if he hit.
Phoenix22 - just sat down but had shown down 2 questionable hands already. Had decided to try to see what his balls were made of when this happened.

PokerStars Game #1623727702: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2005/05/02 - 06:25:41 (ET)
Table 'Pamina' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: jungybungy ($49 in chips)
Seat 3: Quan Loi ($61.30 in chips)
Seat 4: phoenix22 ($26.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Tobekewl ($42 in chips)
Seat 6: mrtguy ($58.10 in chips)
mrtguy: posts small blind $0.25
jungybungy: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mrtguy [7c 9h]
jungybungy said, "not until after i take your money"
Quan Loi: folds
phoenix22: calls $0.50
Tobekewl: calls $0.50
mrtguy: raises $1.50 to $2
jungybungy: calls $1.50
phoenix22: raises $2 to $4
Tobekewl: folds
mrtguy: calls $2
jungybungy: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [8c 6s 5d]
mrtguy: checks
jungybungy: bets $30.50
phoenix22: calls $22.90 and is all-in
mrtguy: raises $23.60 to $54.10 and is all-in
jungybungy: calls $14.50 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8c 6s 5d] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [8c 6s 5d 3s] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mrtguy: shows [7c 9h] (a straight, Five to Nine)
jungybungy: shows [5s 5h] (three of a kind, Fives)
mrtguy collected $44.20 from side pot
phoenix22: mucks hand
jungybungy said, "wow"
mrtguy collected $79.20 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $125.40 Main pot $79.20. Side pot $44.20. | Rake $2
Board [8c 6s 5d 3s Js]
Seat 1: jungybungy (big blind) showed [5s 5h] and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 3: Quan Loi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: phoenix22 mucked [4d Ad]
Seat 5: Tobekewl (button) folded before Flop
Seat 6: mrtguy (small blind) showed [7c 9h] and won ($123.40) with a straight, Five to Nine

[Rondavu]

I can't believe that douche called off his whole stack with an [A 4] gutshot prayer. I can forgive the set of 5's. Very nice pot.

[homerdash]

Hey come on now, he had three diamonds! That's almost as good as a flush draw.

[studboyjoe]

Your PF raise disguised your 7/9 perfectly. 555, hard to fault him, although I guess he had to think about whether you had 6/6 or 8/8. Third guy's an idiot.

[evman150]

Playing loose and aggressive is one thing, raising with trash in the small blind is just stupid.

I wouldn't play that hand for the half price discount in the SB, let alone raise with it.

I think you've gone a bit far with things. Raising with trash in a trash position is just dumb.

[Staple Gun]

I wouldn't play that hand for the half price discount in the SB, let alone raise with it.

I'm definetly gonna play that hand at half price. Mid connectors and gappers pay off so good when they hit. I dont know about raising with it though.

[ekillian]

Playing loose and aggressive is one thing, raising with trash in the small blind is just stupid.

I wouldn't play that hand for the half price discount in the SB, let alone raise with it.

I think you've gone a bit far with things. Raising with trash in a trash position is just dumb.

If you can get away cheap when you miss or still win on a bluff it's OK. I like it better than a raise with KJ in a lot of ways because it's so easy to be dominated, and think you have a good flop when you don't.
How do you not at least limp with this from the SB? It's a great draw hand. Most hands are draw hands. This hand has some great potential to win a big pot. Not very often, but when it does it can be huge. And when it doesn't win, it's usually gonna be a small loss if played right.

[poskid_1982]

I understand what you mean by out of position...I had been folding a lot and my raises werent getting called. I knew that the only way to squeeze some money was to show crap cheap once or twice. Just didnt think it was gonna work this well.

[BobbySalami]

Playing loose and aggressive is one thing, raising with trash in the small blind is just stupid.

I wouldn't play that hand for the half price discount in the SB, let alone raise with it.

I think you've gone a bit far with things. Raising with trash in a trash position is just dumb.

If you can get away cheap when you miss or still win on a bluff it's OK. I like it better than a raise with KJ in a lot of ways because it's so easy to be dominated, and think you have a good flop when you don't.
How do you not at least limp with this from the SB? It's a great draw hand. Most hands are draw hands. This hand has some great potential to win a big pot. Not very often, but when it does it can be huge. And when it doesn't win, it's usually gonna be a small loss if played right.

Another post I will never read due to my eyes being drawn to the left

[metaxy6]

I understand what you mean by out of position...I had been folding a lot and my raises werent getting called. I knew that the only way to squeeze some money was to show crap cheap once or twice. Just didnt think it was gonna work this well.

Hey, nice play man. Nice payoff. I definitely would have limped - or folded to a raise, thinking that I wouldn't get the pot odds. That's just the kind of hand that would drive me NUTS if I were at your table. You must have really spun the table for a loop. I wonder how you played afterwards - did you continue to mix it up, or just settle back into a more conservative game?

[ville18]

I love playing craphands sometimes too.. my weakness is to start playing them too often though and i get beaten. But they're gr8 to mix up your game. And to piss off other players, i love when they go "YOU FUCKING FISH WTF R U RAISING WITH 63 OFFSUITED?!"

[Greedo017]

maybe i'm missing something because i don't usually play 6maxish type games, but in a full ring game that's a fine raise. Ya he's out of position but who cares, bet the flop and you get folds 9/10 anyway, and raising utg on the flop looks strong. I don't know about you, most of the time i don't really play 79os looking for a monster, I play it looking to win a small uncontested pot, if a monster happens, hey I'm not complaining.