I got knocked out of a live tournament by a friend last night. It was really frustrating. In brief the hand went down like this.
I raised 3xbb in late position with JJ. SB calls and everyone else folds. Flop came down 7s3s2x. SB checks and I lead for 60% of pot. SB check raises me. I ship it in for a pot-sized four-bet and he pretty instantly calls me for most of his stack. I'm thinking I'd walked in to a set but he turned over AQ. The turn was another spade, killing two of his outs but he binked the red queen on the river.
I asked him after the game why he thought he had the best hand with Ace high and his answer was 'I thought I had a reasonable hand'.
This is someone who plays several times a week and has down for more than two years. Yet it seems he doesn't understand pretty much anything about the game.
Poker can be the most irritating of games.
Sick. I feel the majority of home game players/pub game players think like this. I played a home game in a golf club for 2 years when I was 17-19 and the game was full of people like this. They don't or have never studied the game at all, all they know is the hand rankings and how to raise and fold.
ReplyDeleteWow, my very first comment - cheers Fez :D
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me that people who play the game regularly dont understand that your hand changes in strength depending on what is on the board.
In another example from a while ago - I bluffed a river and got called by someone who had the nut low hand. I asked why he would call there and he said 'I thought you were bluffing'. He hadn't thought that he would still need a hand that could beat mine at showdown. This is a guy who'd played twice a week for a couple of years.
See i "have" called in spots similar if i think my opp is capable of shoving with air there, and im happy i may have the best hand.
ReplyDeleteBut for the addmittance (without him knowing) that he is a fish.........well that just sucks
He check raised me which is itself a strong move. By me coming over the top of his check raise... well, it doesnt get much stronger than that.
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