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« Reply #3420 on: February 16, 2008, 05:49:48 PM »

solid pass in that spot infact pretty standard
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« Reply #3421 on: February 16, 2008, 06:26:33 PM »

yep don't mind the pass there at all.
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« Reply #3422 on: February 16, 2008, 06:56:38 PM »


But in case you don't think I'm capable of Hero Calls, how about this for a call. (Same Tourney, this was the 3xup).

I'd Button-Raised with ......

 

...and got action in 2 spots.

The flop came.....

 three clubs

First to act bets big, next to act re-pops it, & it gets to me. Do I Pass? Do I call? I know, I know, I know what you are thinking - they could flush it, or runner-runner quad it, or have 8-9 & get perfect-perfect. But you gotta gamble in these one-dayers, & I got all my money in. This, I remind you, was for my Tourney.

Eat your heart out Thewy & Flushy, cometh the hand, cometh the call.
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« Reply #3423 on: February 16, 2008, 07:26:04 PM »


But in case you don't think I'm capable of Hero Calls, how about this for a call. (Same Tourney, this was the 3xup).

I'd Button-Raised with ......

 

...and got action in 2 spots.

The flop came.....

 three clubs

First to act bets big, next to act re-pops it, & it gets to me. Do I Pass? Do I call? I know, I know, I know what you are thinking - they could flush it, or runner-runner quad it, or have 8-9 & get perfect-perfect. But you gotta gamble in these one-dayers, & I got all my money in. This, I remind you, was for my Tourney.

Eat your heart out Thewy & Flushy, cometh the hand, cometh the call.

Very gutsy call there boss, not many folks that brave.

Incidently i made the exact same call in the £500 at walsall a while back and the board paired on the river losing me the pot and the tourny, second hand lol
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« Reply #3424 on: February 16, 2008, 08:13:10 PM »



OK, that's the scene set, & now, here's the hand.

End of Level 4, 100-200, I have 14k, Rainbow-Man has 8k. "Rainbow-Man" is an oldie, slightly younger than me, maybe, but he was wearing a "Rainbow Casino" top - an original one, from the Rainbow's heyday, when it was the first UK Venue to hold proper Tourneys. I have not met him before, but I put him in a box straight away - old-school, solid, been round the block a few times, knows exactly what he's doing, not prone to daft plays. Nice man, too.

He limps UTG, I make it 900 with J-J, all Pass back to Rainbow, & he goes..err...ALL-IN. for 8k.

Wow. WTF?

I need to think about this, but I pretty soon suss what the coup is. He has A-K. I'm as sure as sure can be, as sure as one can be. It's definitely probably A-K. So I'm ahead, & even if I lose, I still have 6k, which is about average.

And, of course - well you know what I do in this spot. And I did. And he showed me his A-K.

And therein lies my whole game, really. It ain't gonna change, either. "Fit for purpose" as they say.

Why did you think rainbow man had AK, he could just as easily have AA in that situation?
I pass JJ in the same situation against that player.
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« Reply #3425 on: February 17, 2008, 01:02:37 AM »

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« Reply #3426 on: February 17, 2008, 02:44:55 PM »


But in case you don't think I'm capable of Hero Calls, how about this for a call. (Same Tourney, this was the 3xup).

I'd Button-Raised with ......

 

...and got action in 2 spots.

The flop came.....

 three clubs

First to act bets big, next to act re-pops it, & it gets to me. Do I Pass? Do I call? I know, I know, I know what you are thinking - they could flush it, or runner-runner quad it, or have 8-9 & get perfect-perfect. But you gotta gamble in these one-dayers, & I got all my money in. This, I remind you, was for my Tourney.

Eat your heart out Thewy & Flushy, cometh the hand, cometh the call.

i do hoe this was very tongue in cheek grandad surely not even you can think about folding the nuts here lol
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« Reply #3427 on: February 17, 2008, 04:23:23 PM »



OK, that's the scene set, & now, here's the hand.

End of Level 4, 100-200, I have 14k, Rainbow-Man has 8k. "Rainbow-Man" is an oldie, slightly younger than me, maybe, but he was wearing a "Rainbow Casino" top - an original one, from the Rainbow's heyday, when it was the first UK Venue to hold proper Tourneys. I have not met him before, but I put him in a box straight away - old-school, solid, been round the block a few times, knows exactly what he's doing, not prone to daft plays. Nice man, too.

He limps UTG, I make it 900 with J-J, all Pass back to Rainbow, & he goes..err...ALL-IN. for 8k.

Wow. WTF?

I need to think about this, but I pretty soon suss what the coup is. He has A-K. I'm as sure as sure can be, as sure as one can be. It's definitely probably A-K. So I'm ahead, & even if I lose, I still have 6k, which is about average.

And, of course - well you know what I do in this spot. And I did. And he showed me his A-K.

And therein lies my whole game, really. It ain't gonna change, either. "Fit for purpose" as they say.

Why did you think rainbow man had AK, he could just as easily have AA in that situation?
I pass JJ in the same situation against that player.


He had a wooly on. Wooly-wearers NEVER pay AA that way, it's a well-known tell.
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« Reply #3428 on: February 17, 2008, 04:25:11 PM »


But in case you don't think I'm capable of Hero Calls, how about this for a call. (Same Tourney, this was the 3xup).

I'd Button-Raised with ......

 

...and got action in 2 spots.

The flop came.....

 three clubs

First to act bets big, next to act re-pops it, & it gets to me. Do I Pass? Do I call? I know, I know, I know what you are thinking - they could flush it, or runner-runner quad it, or have 8-9 & get perfect-perfect. But you gotta gamble in these one-dayers, & I got all my money in. This, I remind you, was for my Tourney.

Eat your heart out Thewy & Flushy, cometh the hand, cometh the call.

i do hoe this was very tongue in cheek grandad surely not even you can think about folding the nuts here lol

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« Reply #3429 on: February 17, 2008, 04:30:50 PM »



OK, that's the scene set, & now, here's the hand.

End of Level 4, 100-200, I have 14k, Rainbow-Man has 8k. "Rainbow-Man" is an oldie, slightly younger than me, maybe, but he was wearing a "Rainbow Casino" top - an original one, from the Rainbow's heyday, when it was the first UK Venue to hold proper Tourneys. I have not met him before, but I put him in a box straight away - old-school, solid, been round the block a few times, knows exactly what he's doing, not prone to daft plays. Nice man, too.

He limps UTG, I make it 900 with J-J, all Pass back to Rainbow, & he goes..err...ALL-IN. for 8k.

Wow. WTF?

I need to think about this, but I pretty soon suss what the coup is. He has A-K. I'm as sure as sure can be, as sure as one can be. It's definitely probably A-K. So I'm ahead, & even if I lose, I still have 6k, which is about average.

And, of course - well you know what I do in this spot. And I did. And he showed me his A-K.

And therein lies my whole game, really. It ain't gonna change, either. "Fit for purpose" as they say.

Why did you think rainbow man had AK, he could just as easily have AA in that situation?
I pass JJ in the same situation against that player.


He had a wooly on. Wooly-wearers NEVER pay AA that way, it's a well-known tell.

Oi.
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« Reply #3430 on: February 17, 2008, 04:37:21 PM »


Just out of bed here - nearly 4.30pm! - after a really hectic, but thoroughly enjoyable week, my busiest week since the WSOP-E I think.

I'm off to DTD, for the £100, shortly, but I keep meaning to tell the story about SlowMo, referred to elsewhere, so I'm gonna try & do that first.

But I don't have time tonight to Post a lot more stuff I need to mention, so I'm putting a note here to remind myself.

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OK, SlowMo.
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« Reply #3431 on: February 18, 2008, 09:03:20 AM »



OK, that's the scene set, & now, here's the hand.

End of Level 4, 100-200, I have 14k, Rainbow-Man has 8k. "Rainbow-Man" is an oldie, slightly younger than me, maybe, but he was wearing a "Rainbow Casino" top - an original one, from the Rainbow's heyday, when it was the first UK Venue to hold proper Tourneys. I have not met him before, but I put him in a box straight away - old-school, solid, been round the block a few times, knows exactly what he's doing, not prone to daft plays. Nice man, too.

He limps UTG, I make it 900 with J-J, all Pass back to Rainbow, & he goes..err...ALL-IN. for 8k.

Wow. WTF?

I need to think about this, but I pretty soon suss what the coup is. He has A-K. I'm as sure as sure can be, as sure as one can be. It's definitely probably A-K. So I'm ahead, & even if I lose, I still have 6k, which is about average.

And, of course - well you know what I do in this spot. And I did. And he showed me his A-K.

And therein lies my whole game, really. It ain't gonna change, either. "Fit for purpose" as they say.

Why did you think rainbow man had AK, he could just as easily have AA in that situation?
I pass JJ in the same situation against that player.


He had a wooly on. Wooly-wearers NEVER pay AA that way, it's a well-known tell.

Just for future reference, was it a jumper or cardigan?......LOL
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« Reply #3432 on: February 18, 2008, 04:32:10 PM »




OK, SlowMo.

Is this another one of your terrible jokes, Tikay?
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« Reply #3433 on: February 19, 2008, 06:06:25 PM »

 
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« Reply #3434 on: February 19, 2008, 06:26:43 PM »




OK, SlowMo.

Is this another one of your terrible jokes, Tikay?

No, I just fell in a heap. My internet failed at home, I've been mega-busy, & afterwards, I sort of fell asleep for two days, but I'm better now, full of the joys of spring, frisky, & raring to go. So I'll post the Slow-Mo story tonight. Oh no - I'm doing the Show. Tomorrow then - nope, in the Studio from 10am until 4pm. Thursday then. Before I go to the Broadway for the £500.

SlowMo cashed in tghe DTD £100 on Sunday night, by the way, & I was so pleased for him, as did, & ditto, bookiebasher. What a nice comp that is, with enough chips & time to mess about a bit.

My "crippling-hand" in that was quite interesting, a real difficult call, which I eventually made. World-Class, as Thewy would describe it. Like, World-Class bad.

I played the cash later, & was fortunate to get out of trouble after being £700 down, in a £2,200 Pot, which fell my way, but not before I'd done some serious sphincter aerobics. I flopped a beauty, but it was oh-so-vulnerable, & Matey Boy put me to the test big-time. Afterwards, he wondered why I'd taken so long to call - that's easy - £2.2k is a serious amount of mullah for a working lad. And, in truth, many will say it was an easy-auto-call - but it was actually a bad call I think.

We were playing 5 card Hi-Lo, & I'd been dealt    . Some lively pre-action followed, & three of us saw this flop.......

    two spades

So, Top Set. But after I bet out, Matey Boy came over the top for £500 more...... I called (yes, shoulda pushed) & it got worse/better on the turn, as I picked up a flush draw, the money all went in, quickly this time, but I got it home safe & sound, lucky boy.

Amazingly, astonishingly, Matey Boy mucked on the end, so my A-6 Low was good, too, which I'd assumed was dead. (Though I lost a relatively small side-pot to a better low).

Never mind what Matey Boy had - maybe nothing, just trying to bully me off, never difficult that - but in hindsight, I think it was a bad call, even with top set. I'm pulling to half only really - or thought I was - & it's gotta be assumed he had some sort of low straight wrap. (Turn & River were both paint). I'm curious as to whether a good Omaha player woulda had to think so long & hard before Calling - or even Passing. I know it really exercised me.
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