Title: Suckered by Speech Play Post by: tikay on June 20, 2006, 12:38:20 PM Deep in the $250 Freeze on Laddies yesterday, I am 2nd or 3rd chip, & I find Aspades Kh
Plenty of good-natured banter on the table. We had been chatting about riffling chips, & the joke was that tikay never had enough chips to riffle - it's tough to riffle 3 chips. By an oddity, I had plenty at this moment, 15k or more, with blinds at 200-400. I am on the Button, 4 limpers, I have AK. "STEP ASIDE, I NEED CHIPS TO RIFFLE WITH" I type in the Chat-Box, as I Raise. 1 Oppo smooth calls my Raise, "TiltT" from "Borders". The flop comes a lovely..... Ahrt 7c 3d TiltT checks, I bet, he calls. Hmmm.... Turn is a blank. Tilt T checks, I bet. He Re-Raises all-in! Set? 2 pair? AQ? Strange this, I put a hefty bet in pre-flop, what could he have? I'm trying to get my head round this, do I NEED to take him on for my entire large stack? - I only have one pair, after all, & I have a mountain of chips. The slider bar is ticking towards "10 seconds" & I am wobbling here, what shall I do.....? At that VERY moment, TiltT types in the chat box - "I don't believe you have anything at all, you are bluffing". Dammit, I am in 2 minds, 2 seconds left, I call. he flips over Ac Ad.....! Truth is, I may well have called anyway, I'm just not sure, I only had 1 pair, I had plenty of chips, & had no need to gamble recklessly in slow structure comp. But his message in the text box caught me at exactly the moment I was dithering "shall I, shan't I?". Nice play Mr TiltT, you sure suckered me in. I think I fell for the oldest speech play trick in the book. Damn! Title: Re: Suckered by Speech Play Post by: ACE2M on June 20, 2006, 12:59:38 PM you were done good and proper there.
I had one yesterday when i made a nut flush on the river playing cash and he asked if he had been rivered while deciding wether to call my bet, i type in 'yes' and he moved all in, god bless him. Title: Re: Suckered by Speech Play Post by: thetank on June 20, 2006, 01:03:10 PM :D
Nothing like good old fashioned honesty. I'm of the opinion that little can be gained from the chat box. I only keep it open for blonde tournaments and when I'm showing off. |