Poker's Not Good Anymore?
Some people will tell you that poker, specifically online poker, isn't good anymore. I offer the following as a rebuttal:
Me: 2h 9c 5d 4c 9h
First Round:
Button raises to $60. Me calls. BB calls.
Me takes 2 cards. BB takes 2 cards. Button takes 2 cards.
Me: 2h 5d 4c 4d 7h
Second Round:
Me bets $30. BB raises to $60.
Button calls. Me re-raises to $90.
BB folds. Button folds.
Anyway I'm back to playing when I feel like it. I'm playing well and running good. It's nice.
I'm thinking about my World Series plans. I'm definitely going to for the triple draw event and the main event at the end. I'll probably make another trip in the middle somewhere. I don't know where I'm going to stay so if you rented some obscene mansion somewhere and have a spare coat closet for me to sleep in, let me know. But you know, only if you know me in real life. Otherwise that's sort of weird.
Now I'm off to do one of the many things I enjoy more than poker, hit some golf balls.
Me: 2h 9c 5d 4c 9h
First Round:
Button raises to $60. Me calls. BB calls.
Me takes 2 cards. BB takes 2 cards. Button takes 2 cards.
Me: 2h 5d 4c 4d 7h
Second Round:
Me bets $30. BB raises to $60.
Button calls. Me re-raises to $90.
BB folds. Button folds.
Anyway I'm back to playing when I feel like it. I'm playing well and running good. It's nice.
I'm thinking about my World Series plans. I'm definitely going to for the triple draw event and the main event at the end. I'll probably make another trip in the middle somewhere. I don't know where I'm going to stay so if you rented some obscene mansion somewhere and have a spare coat closet for me to sleep in, let me know. But you know, only if you know me in real life. Otherwise that's sort of weird.
Now I'm off to do one of the many things I enjoy more than poker, hit some golf balls.
posted by Chris Fargis at 7:29 PM
2 Comments:
I'm very skeptical of reraising here in EP, but I guess if you ever get this result, it's a lot better.
It's good to be skeptical!
You're right that it's bad to raise out of position in triple draw unless you have good reason to think you're drawing fewer than your opponent(s).
The BB was playing a lot of trashy hands and trying to get to the river and show them down. The button is likely to be drawing two given the action. I thought this was a good spot to pop it. Sometimes the BB will four-bet it and make the button fold or call two more to draw two cards.
I don't think I've ever seen it go fold/fold here after this action, so that was not my intent. If you have a chance of getting the Button out if the BB makes it four bets, I think three-betting with a wheel draw is a good play. You can overcome the positional disadvantage by having the better draw and by having fewer opponents.
The BB obviously had some trashy T9873 or something and was trying to isolate me, stay pat with that cheese, and show it down. When I three-bet, he assumed I was pat and gave it up. The more confusing play to me is the Button, who can call two bets cold when it goes bet/raise, but then after I three-bet can't call one more closing the action getting the old 13-1.
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