Case the Joint

Posted by wynn on May 22, 2010 in Donkeys, Laydowns, Table Talk | 4 comments

“Great read!” says the player in seat 8 to the very lucky lady in seat 7.

I folded K-K from seat 9 to the lucky lady who raised pre-flop to a measily $15. From her tells, I knew she had A-A.

Like many players, she played the bullets badly pre-flop and could not get away from them after the flop.

Just because you have the best starting hand, pocket Aces become damn near worthless many times after the flop. It is just a pair.

The flop comes 9h-9s-6s.

Three players are in the hand. Seat 5 bets out $50. Seat 6 calls. Seat 7 calls.

That is a disaster flop for A-A. You can’t beat trips or quads. You can’t beat a full house. And if one of your opponents is holding a straight draw and flush draw, you are a 2-to-1 dog to win the hand.

If it was me, I would have folded the Aces right there. But then again, I would have bet $45 pre-flop to get the A-9, K-9, and 9-6 type hands out of the pot.

The turn card is a King.

Seat 5 bets out $100. Seat 6 raises to $300. Seat 7 calls, followed by a call by Seat 5.

The river is an Ace. Very interesting card here.

Seat 5 goes all-in for another $300. Seat 6 knows he is now beat but feels pot committed and calls. Seat 7, of course, calls.

Seat 5 turns over A-9 for a rivered boat to beat seat 6 who flopped 9s full of 6s.

That’s right. The flop brought the case 9. See that all the time. A case card coming on the flop.

The lucky lady in seat survived being a 50-to-1 by catching the case Ace on the river for Aces full of 9s.

At that point, I shake my head. Another poorly played hand that got rewarded. This is when seat 8 starts treating the lucky lady like a pro.

I never judge or criticize the play of others at the table. It is their money. What do I care? But, if someone is wrong in their commentary, I will speak up and set it straight.

“That was pure luck. No read involved there. Hell, I am the one with the great read. I laid down Kings pre-flop and would have had Kings full on the turn and a total disaster on the river,” I say.

Seat 8 says, “What do you mean it was pure luck?”

“If she really had a good read, she would have folded on the flop knowing one player had trip 9s and the other one had a boat. Even if they only had a straight draw and flush draw, she is still behind in the hand. She caught the case Ace to win when she as a 50-to-1 dog to pull it out. That was luck not a read, bro.”

The lucky lady then says, “Sammy is right. I am not getting away from Aces. I got lucky. But here is the thing. I am here to have fun. I walked in with $200 and I expect to walk out with nothing.”

And 98 times out of 100, she walks out scratching her broke ass all the way home.

Alltop. Bribes work.

4 comments

  1. pete
    June 2, 2010

    You lay down KK to a small preflop raise? What a joke.

    Even more hilarious is that doing so EVEN IF SHE SHOWED YOU the AA face up would be a stupid mistake. This lady has a deep stack and you say she can’t get away from AA, not to mention the implied money of the other morons.

    So you wouldn’t try to spike a set with KK? Or 22, for that matter? Huh??? Your ‘blog’ is a joke and so are you. Please post a better pic of yourself so we know who to laugh at when we see you.

  2. Wynn
    June 2, 2010

    Yeah, I laid it down and it was the right move.

    Anytime anywhere you want to go heads-up freezout, let me know. Winner gets to taze the loser.

    Thanks for the love, bro.

  3. Leo Blesofsky
    June 17, 2010

    I would like to say “wow” what a inspiring post. This is really great. Keep doing what you’re doing!!

  4. LOL Pokerrrzzz
    June 25, 2010

    Sam I have played with you a few times at Motor City and although I don’t have “reg status” as you do I must say you are one of the most naturally skilled and talented poker players I have ever seen, definitely the best at Motor City. Someone told me about your poker blog the other day and I have already probably tripled my poker IQ. The fact that this “Pete” character does not understand things why folding KK preflop to a single raise, or ever better folding KK UTG like youmentioned in your other blog is good…then i think we have just found the table sucker. Thanks Pete you pay for my good times!

    The difference between players like you and Pete is that Pete does not understand things like “i had a feeling he would hit” or why raising 25x or 50x the big blind is profitable. Raising 50x in a 200NL game is probably one of the best things you can do with a big hand. If you keep raising 50x all the time they will get tired and frustrated with you and eventually shove allin SUPER LIGHT. This is when us good players (like sam) will fold our KK to 100 big blind shove. say the following hand plays out

    Sam is UTG and raises 50x the big blind
    young punk kid has been talking shit about your raises and is fed up with it. he shoves allin for 100x and then “dares you to call” and exposes the jack of spades”
    It comes back around to Sam and he folds, this is what separates winners from losers. Right here his range is probably alot of Jx hands. The top of his range is probably KJ or AJ given his frustration level.
    Sam folds. Now pete you may ask “why?” well pete, thats the difference between people like you who play for fun, and people liek sam who play for keeps. if he has a bad feeling that a straight or something is coming it is a mandatory laydown. Why put your money in when you know you are ahead, but also KNOW you are going to be sucked out on?

    sorry so long sam but i just had to put this guy in his place. i will commenting on your other hands as they look very impressive and i love your insight, almost like you always know what IS coming and what other people have.

    PS pete…hitting a set is like 1 in 7.5, not 1 in 8. LOL poker newbs.

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