Well here is the first interactive fun thing I'm going to try and do at the site. I will take you through a hand in the eyes of someone sitting at a NL Hold Em table, showing their cards to you and showing you what their thought process is. We will go through the play and then about a few days later I will post the results to this quiz.
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You are sitting on the button at a $5/10 NL Hold Em cash game and have a healthy stack of about $1,000.
It folds around to a loosey goosey sitting directly to your right who raises it $40.
(This player has been raising almost every other hand and playing incredibly loose, he can have any two cards at this point.)
You look down at your cards and wake up to pocket Kings. (Woohoo what a hand to wake up to!)
1. ** What do you do? (Fold, Call, Raise?) (Pot size of $55, $40 to call)
You end up calling and the Blinds fold. You think he has a poor hand and would like to trap him with your premium pair.
The flop comes down (2)(3)(Q) rainbow. A wonderful flop for you. And you lick your chops when Sir Loose raises it up another $100.
2. ** What do you do? (Pot size of $195, $100 to call)
You decide to just call again, hoping to sink that hook in as far as possible before setting it.
The turn comes and it is an (8) of hearts giving the board no possible flush draw. Now you think you are in great shape, you feel he has paired the Queen or something like that. He again comes out betting with $300.
3. ** What do you do? (Pot size of $595, $300 to call)
Once again you just call.
The river comes (7). Now there are no straights or flushes possible and you feel you have the best hand. Now he comes in and raises you all-in for an additional $560. You have him pinned on a hand like A-Q or something like that.
4. ** What do you do? (Pot size of $2000, $560 all-in to call)
You end up calling and showing down.
What hand do you believe he has? And what would you have done differently all throughout this hand?
Please post your comments and stay tuned as I will post the results on Sunday August 13.
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2 comments:
He probably tripped on the flop. I'm guessing he has pocket pair 2's.
My Analysis:
With a hand like this, you want to take control and make the other player react to you, not the other way around. Since K-K never raised he never got any information about how strong the other hand was.
A pre-flop raise might have won the 5 ½ bets in the pot uncontested. If he pushed back you might be able to put him on a big hand (big pair or A with a big kicker). If he calls, you might assume a medium pair, two pints cards, or he is just being his wild and crazy self.
A raise on the flop might give you a clue whether or not he can beat a pair of Q’s and again might have won the pot right there.
Every card that falls gives your opponent a chance to make 2 pair or trips and beat you. Since there is no flush draw or straight draw you have to assume that he either holds a pair or made a pair on the flop.
So what was his hand? My guess is either 7-7, 8-8, or 8-7 suited. K-K loses to 2 pair or trips because he played the pre-flop bet and the flop bet like a nincompoop!
AJ
(the red dragon guards my treasure)
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