Assani Fisher
Footballguy
I suppose you're talking about this hand...***** Hand History for Game 4446025215 *****
$100/$200 Texas Hold'em - Sunday, June 04, 07:10:32 ET 2006
Table Table 107592 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: k888v ( $3792.50 )
Seat 3: O_V_C_A_13 ( $5835 )
Seat 4: igot2_outs ( $13495 )
Seat 5: amitsvc ( $9108 )
Seat 7: toadpie ( $6515.35 )
Seat 9: CaptainRimJob ( $7680 )
Seat 10: estabo3 ( $13768 )
Seat 8: IcyPots ( $10100 )
Seat 2: Hentai_party ( $4900 )
Seat 6: MILOCHINO ( $6270.03 )
toadpie posts small blind [$50].
IcyPots posts big blind [$100].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to IcyPots [ Kh As ]
CaptainRimJob folds.
estabo3 folds.
k888v folds.
Hentai_party folds.
O_V_C_A_13 folds.
igot2_outs folds.
amitsvc folds.
MILOCHINO folds.
toadpie raises [$150].
IcyPots raises [$200].
toadpie raises [$200].
IcyPots calls [$100].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, Ad, 9c ]
toadpie bets [$100].
IcyPots raises [$200].
toadpie calls [$100].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
toadpie checks.
IcyPots checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
toadpie bets [$200].
IcyPots calls [$200].
toadpie shows [ Kc, Kd ] two pairs, kings and nines.
IcyPots shows [ Kh, As ] two pairs, aces and nines.
IcyPots wins $1595 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and nines
Folded to the sb and it goes 4 bets preflop. This is not low limit holdem so we can correctly put him on a range of AA,KK,QQ,JJ,TT,99,AK,AQ,Aj, and at very worst, KQ,QJ. Although most of those hands will flat call your 3rd bet and not pop it to 4 bets IMO since I'm a relative unknown at these limits.
Considering those thoughts, let's examine the flop.-
A,q,9
It makes AQ two pair, it makes a set of 9s, a set of queens, and set of aces. He bets and I raise. Standard. He calls, again standard. The call does nothing to narrow down his range. He still could have any of the hands previously mentioned although we can kick out tt and jj I think.
The turn jack is the worst possible card in the deck IMO considering his range. He makes many of his hands two pair. So by checking behind we a)save ourselves a bet considering he may raise and we most likely have to go to show down and b)earn ourselves a bet if he has KQ and KK.
The only issue in my opinion that can be made with my play is the river. I have a very thin value raise when the 9 pairs cause it gives two pair with the best kicker but given his range it could clearly make us a worse two pair which is hence why I didn't raise. That is why I played the hand the way I did. Given all that information, IMO I played the hand correctly. Given his two hole cards, we can clearly see I played the hand perfectly and got maximum value.
IMO the difference between low limit players and high limit players is they don't just see their hand and think raise, they take the time to recognize what the other player may have, and what he may think you have and you make a decision considering all information. Just because I have TPTK in sb vs bb confrontation, clearly doesn't mean I have the best hand when you consider the preflop information. Just my two cents....as I said, I'm relatively new to the game of limit so feel free to prove me wrong.
Congrats man. That takes special talent, I hope you continue to do well.
Fantastic.