1. 2007-12-22 20:44:19

   Cash Game: a Tale of Two Hands

   Thank you for coming

   I want to start out thanking everyone for coming, It turned out to be a very solid cash game. We started at 6:30pm and ended at 10pm. I bought in for 40. From all of the hands I received, I would like to share two hands in particular.

   First hand

   I pick up in the big blind for a 5-way pot. The flop comes out the small blind checks, I bet out $2.50. Justin calls me so I will have to see what he does on the turn, because with limping in there is a small chance that the flop helped him.

   Turn is a small card so I bet out $10 and he decides for a small amount of time and calls. At this point, this a puzzling call - he could have K10 and really wants to bust me. Maybe KJ or QJ (trapping me) and just wants to see what I am going to do when the river comes. Or he could just be busting my balls with Ace high - who knows? The river is a , which doesn't really affect the hand. I highly doubt he would have AK in this situation the way the betting was going. I checked the river to show down and he bets out 15 dollars.

   I sit back and my thought process was. I really put him on 3 Queens and or KJ so I wanted to see it just in case he was pulling off a bluff, but I also didn't want to call and see what I was thinking due to the good chance he would have the hands I was putting him on. I decided to fold. He told me after the game that he bluffed me. Do I believe him? (sort of) But it was a excellent play on his part if it was. Hats off to you on a good hand.

   Second hand

   The second hand that I want to discuss is a very crazy hand that I am still shocked about. I started the hand with around 68 dollars and pick up under the gun and make it $3.00. Four callers! The flop is that is a good board to see if you have Queens, because it is a very low chance that the players would have a Jack and if someone has a 9 you should get paid off accordingly. Someone could have Q10 but I think here you have to think your good here. Two people check to me and I bet out $6.00, there was one caller and the turn is an 8. With a 10 on the river, I would make my straight. So I ended up betting out $10.00 again to apply pressure. He thinks about it and calls. Now I am baffled on this call - if he had a jack here why wouldn't he raise me all in or if he had Q10 he would have made his hand and would try and get me all in.

   The river comes out a 3rd Jack on the board now I have a full house with only 3 hands that could beat me KK, AA, or any Jack. He goes all in, I immediately call, and he has JACK 6!!!!!! He called a pre-flop raise with that hand and just got super lucky. Maybe my problem was I might have pushed too hard but with that river card it is nearly impossible to fold that hand unless your name is Daniel Negreanu. Then you would maybe think about pitching it away but I just can't see I could of gotten away from it.

   Well thanks for checking out the entry, stay tuned for more soon, and again, thanks to everyone that made the cash game a fun night overall.

   Posted by Nick L at 2007-12-22 20:44:19

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