Archive for January 12th, 2009

Until recently, I didn’t play HSNL very often on Poker Stars and consequently did not remember anything about this player. However, I had a note on him indicating that I had previously observed him fail to make a thin value bet. Thus, I felt comfortable calling him down here:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $20.00 BB (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($2613)
MP ($5724)
Button ($3810)
SB ($1980)
Hero (BB) ($2506)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 4
3 folds, SB raises to $70, Hero calls $50

Flop: ($140) 4, 8, 8 (2 players)
SB bets $80, Hero calls $80

Turn: ($300) 6 (2 players)
SB bets $230, Hero calls $230

River: ($760) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $560, Hero calls $560

Total pot: $1880 | Rake: $2

Whereas a better, or at least more tricky, player might try to get multiple streets of value from hands as weak as A6, that would definitely fall into the thin category. It’s almost past the point of value to range merging, or trying to nullify the value of my position by playing as much of his range as possible in an identical fashion so that I couldn’t get a read on him.  Read the complete post...