Of course I couldn’t actually see my opponent’s hold cards, but it sure looks like I could when you see the results:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG ($3706.55)
MP ($1875)
Hero (CO) ($3852)
Button ($4474)
SB ($1325)
BB ($2872.95)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 10
, J
1 fold, MP raises to $35, Hero calls $35, Button raises to $140, 3 folds, Hero calls $105
Flop: ($330) K, 2
, 4
(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $225, Hero raises to $777, Button calls $552
Turn: ($1884) 10 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks
River: ($1884) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks
Total pot: $1884 | Rake: $3
Results:
Button had 8, 10
(one pair, tens).
Hero had 10, J (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero won $1881
This is the sort of hand that I think just looks crazy to people who aren’t very adept at reading poker situations. I’ll try to translate. First off, we’re really deep. It’s a decent spot for the Button to squeeze pre-flop, and I make a light call with a big implied odds/semi-bluffing hand given how much money is still behind.
Villain’s pre-flop range is fairly wide, and I think he bets nearly all of it (excluding some of his good but not great hands, which is actually good for me because it means more air in his range) on this flop. I check-raise, knowing that he probably has nothing.
I’m also aware that my line doesn’t make a lot of sense, but I’ve got a plan for that. He may well call me light, both with a lot of marginal hands that he thinks are best and also, as here, with air hoping to take it away on a later street. But there are a lot of ways for me to turn a draw. I’m going to fire another barrel at most turns, and if I do pick up a draw, we’re going to get the money in.
As it happens, I turned a pair. That changed my plans completely, and I checked. To be honest, I’m not sure what I was going to do if he bet, but I do think we’ll often check it through. Whether he has a better or a worse hand, I don’t expect him to bet many hands that have showdown value since I represented either a monster or air on the flop.
Thankfully, the turn card not only made my hand but also convinced my opponent to give up on his bluff. We checked it down, and I looked like a psychic when the hands were revealed. Sweet value check-raise on the flop huh? A river value bet would have really been sick….
nice …