Sunday, December 21, 2008

The Set up

Ok so I jumped on around 1:30am, played a $5 2 table sng, and a .10/.25 NL table sat with 25. Real quick on the tourney cause there was nothing special, I sucked out 2nd. But the cash game I totally set a guy up. 1st the set up hand and a little background. I normally search for a table with 4 to 6 people so I can sit and the table will flush out behind. I do this so there is only a few established players at the table, IE less people for me to have to figure out and wonder what kind of image they have in their minds for how they have played this table before I showed up. The new people still have to set their images up so its easier for me to have people come in after me. Anyhow I chose a table with a guy sitting with $57 and 3 other players with mid stacks, I sat with the max of $25. The big stack had been raising alot with hands like 84 suited in late pos and j9 off early, not little bets either $1.75 preflop kind of bets, early I had AK against him he had the j9, flopped jack turned King river jack... he got me for like $10. I kept playn got my $ back and more from other people when this guy has raised again, I am in the BB, he makes it $1.50 to go preflop, 3 callers in front and I have 5c 3c, I decide to call with all the action flop comes, 2c 9s 4s, so I have OESD, against a flush draw on board. I check, better bets $2.50, everyone folds I call. turn is a jc. So I now have oesd and flush draw, I decided he cant call me so I push my stack in of $16, he folds I show. Then this guy goes on a raising tear, gets his $ back, I go back to playn tight and not paying attention to his little tilt streak. Till later I get 44 in the BB and he is raising again. I call of course, 2 j 4 on board rainbow, I check he fires $4.75 I smooth call, 10 on turn I check he fires $8 I call, river is another 2 I push for about $16 he insta calls... so of course I have the boat and rake a $60 pot. He had k10 off... so that was the end of my set up. The 53 hand had him convinced I was a moron chaser and he fell into the he cant have a hand/ he is bluffing mindset against me and I made him pay... feels good to take down $57 profit last night in about 1.5 hours

1 comment:

Steve said...

It's players like that that make poker worthwhile ...