I guess I better try a 9 then... *smug look*

Is henceforth verbally binding as "all-in."

Okay, that's good to hear. All that threw me off was his decision to leave that much behind. I shoved, and he tank folded?! AT maybe?! Whatevs, as long as sticking it in here isn't tez.

Live 50p/£1 cash game at Gala. Villain and I were all-in earlier in the night on , where he 3bet shoved 80BB with . Villain was winning a lot until a hand or two ago, where he lost 200BB all-in pre, and has raised every hand since, so suspecting tiltspew.

Folded to villain who opens £7 from mid position, I flat the button with , blinds fold.

Flop , and he c-bets £16. I choose to raise here to £56. He 3bets to £126 with £99 behind.

What do you do here?

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Mitch took his first shot at 2/5 when his roll hit the quarter milly but that was to compensate for food variance too.

Food variance? Are you suggesting that food is not simply a linear function of time? (Granted with mitch the coefficient is much larger than you're average human)

Definitely the correct grammar, here (and to think you bluffed the entire forum into thinking you were posh.)

Thanks for the reply Andy.

Villain and I have not played many pots together at these stakes. But I have muchos hand histories on him having dealt to him for a while.

I was asking myself a couple of these questions when I woke up today and was refreshed. Possibly at a 5BI stack, had maybe thrown in the towel and didn't fancy losing a bit pot that late in procedings. Obv terrible reason, and should have probably been sitting out at this point. Possibly wasn't thinking as clearly as I would have been earlier in the night.

Did strongly consider betting river to induce spaz checkraise.

And in hindsight, not sure why I chose to isolate the pot. I guess my selective memory won't allow me to flat and lose a small pot with one pair versus fish's T3 two pair combo.

Conclusion is I pure levelled myself in a pretty obvious value spot. Any thoughts on the flop or turn play?

TY for your post.

sigh...

Hi, I'm pretty new to these boards, so let me know if it's bad etiquette to jump straight into the hand analysis without introducing myself properly around here.

Okay, so live 50p/£1 cash game at Gala with table split pretty evenly between absolute fish, and the good regs cleaning them out.

Villain has seen me showdown once or twice during the session, and I'm playing pretty tight. Villain here is imo a very good player, £1/£2 winning reg at Dusk, and if I'm honest I'd tightened up to avoid this player specifically, but I have immediate position on him if we do tangle.

I started this hand with £500 or so, and villain with £350 ish.

Folded to villain in hijack, raises to £5. I find in the cutoff and make it £17. The blinds fold, and villain calls.

Flop and he donks into me for £21. I feel like his donk betting range is 44/66-TT, flush draws, and airballs. I elect to flat here?

Turn so bink flush, but not gin. Villain leads for £55. Considered clicking it back for value and to help assign range, but flat called again so as to not bloat the pot.

River , effectively a brick. Villain checks. Have seen villain c/r rivers with moderate frequency, feel like my hand might be face up and don't want to tangle with a stack of his size w/out confidence, and make the nittiest check behind ever. Should I be doing anything different here? Are my reasons for playing the hand this way valid, or have I just turned into a massive nit?

I showdown the hand, and get a bunch of rubdowns, so if you could all take it easy when berating me for my obv scared line pls...

Loved the read Alex. Even to someone who confessess(?) to be a close friend, its a pretty insightful read.

*confessessessessessesses

=)

Really good read Alex. Excellent way to vent the repressed thoughts of a posh boy stuck in a city where poker players rarely enunciate. Plus this totally means I can stop stealing your journal; something that has become increasingly tricky with all your trips to the Vic, and your ever-changing sleep roster.

Bookmarked.

PS. I look forward to dealing a bunch of hands that will end up on this thread!