Cake 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with J♦, J♠. CO posts a blind of $3.
UTG raises, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO (poster) calls, 1 fold,
This pot is already is an aberration by the time it gets to me - most raised pots at this table so far are played with a raiser, maybe one cold-caller, and a blind. In no other hand so far have I seen this much cold-calling - this is not your typical cold-calling-with-crap table. I just call with JJ in the SB - with that many decent players and an A, K, or Q coming on flop 50% of the time I decide to play it like a small pair for set value. I'm sure I miss some value by failing to 3-bet, but having the worst absolute and relative position to the raiser really hurts this hand. I would probably get murdered by 2+2 on this decision, but I'm confortable with this.
Hero calls, 1 fold.
Flop: (10 SB) J♣, 5♦, 2♠ (5 players)
Well, that would be the way to flop, right? So what is my plan? Check raise the field, LDO.
Hero checks, UTG bets, UTG+2 calls, MP3 calls, CO raises,
Whoa - now hold on just a sec. On that dry a board, what can the CO possibly have that he cold-called 2 preflop with and can raise that flop? Pretty much a set, or a highly discounted AJs (discounted primarily because I have most of the J's). So, change in plan - I don't want to blow the field away with a 3-bet here. New plan - call this raise, and donk the turn to trap the field (as c/r-ing the turn blows away the field too).
Hero calls, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP3 calls.
Turn: (10 BB) 4♠ (5 players)
Hero bets, UTG folds, UTG+2 calls, MP3 folds, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, UTG+2 calls, CO caps all-in, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls.
That went according to plan, although as pointed out to me in the meantime, this weird flop/turn transition depends on my opponents to be smart enough to fold for 2 more bets on the flop yet dumb enough to not see through the cold-call/donk line. Evidently only one of the three opponents I was trying to trap had this particular mental affliction.
River: (20.50 BB) 3♥ (3 players)
I'd love to say that I checked-to-induce a bluff or that since there was no money in the side pot it wasn't worth betting (as there is no way I can b/f this river), but the truth is, the fact that now any bare ace beats me scared the crap out of me.
Hero checks, UTG+2 checks.
Final Pot: 20.50 BB ($123)
I panic-checked and it got checked behind me. MHIG vs. button's 55. I didn't see what the other guy had, and the HH doesn't show. I now think this river was a bet/call, and I missed out on value by not betting it, because the answer to “what will UTG+2 call me with that I beat?” is quite obviously “whatever the hell he has been calling all these bets with so far.”
Now, a few of the pots further down the list.
Cake 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A♥, 9♥
2 folds, Hero raises, 4 folds, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (8 SB) A♣, A♠, 7♣ (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls.
Turn: (5 BB) 9♣ (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.
When he donked, I figured him for at least a slowplayed A. When he 3-bet, I figured him for at least a flush. But I’ve got the nuts. Wheeeeee.
River: (13 BB) T♠ (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.
Final Pot: 16.5 BB ($99)
When he bets the river after my turn cap, I am sure he’s on another boat. Unless he has exactly AT, I’m gold. He turned over A7 for the flopped boat, and I 3-outered him on the turn. This was my biggest pot until the $123 one.
Cake 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K♥, Q♥.
5 folds, MP3 calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, BB calls, MP3 calls.
Flop: (6 SB) Q♠, Q♦, 6♠ (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, MP3 calls.
Turn: (4.50 BB) T♥ (4 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, MP3 raises, Hero 3-bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.
River: (12.50 BB) 7♦ (3 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, MP3 calls.
Final Pot: 16.50 BB ($96)
I include this one only for my rockin’ river c/r. Guy was a maniac, and at no point did I think I was behind. He actually turned over Q-crap, which was a better hand than I expected him to have, frankly.
Cake 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 9♣, 9♥.
5 folds, MP3 raises, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, MP3 caps, Hero calls, BB calls.
Flop: (12.50 SB) Q♦, 9♦, 5♠ (3 players)
BB checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, BB calls, MP3 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls, MP3 calls.
Turn: (12.25 BB) 5♥ (3 players)
BB checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, BB calls, MP3 3-bets, Hero calls, BB calls.
River: (21.25 BB) 7♦ (3 players)
BB checks, MP3 bets, Hero calls, BB folds.
Final Pot: 22.5 BB ($90)
I include this one to show I can screw-the-pooch on these too. Between his preflop cap, his turn donk after my flop cap, and him 3-betting the turn I evidently put him on exactly QQ. Wrong - he flipped KK and MHIG. If I wasn't such a pansy (this should have been capped on the turn and at least 2 bets on river), this pot would have been my first $100 pot, and at $2/$4 to boot!
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