gotta know when to fold them
i have raised from early position to 19 dollars in an one-two no limit game and am called by the player to my left and every one else folds. the flop comes Q-5-2 rainbow. pot contains 41 dollars so i bet 45 dollars and he calls. the turn is another 5. i know he did not call a big bet with a 5 in his hand, he is not that kind of player so i bet 90 dollars leaving me with about 150 dollars and he calls. the river is a 7 and i go all in. he folds and shows me a pair of kings. i had aces. he was that good of player that he was able to reason it through. it was one of the best lay-downs i have seen in quite a while.
i have cold called from first position with AK off suit and there are 4 other players all with just 2 dollars in for a pot of ten dollars. flop comes A-8-7. i bet 20 dollars into a ten dollar pot and am called in two places. the next card is another ace. i check, player 1 bets 15 dollars and is called by player 2; i call. the last card is another ace.(WHOOPS...IT WAS A BLANK..THANKS TO YOU WHO CAUGHT THAT...SOMETIMES I AM AN IDIOT.) i check. player 1 bets 50 dollars and player 2 goes all in. i fold. player 1 had 7's full of aces and #2 had aces full of 8's.
bob and tom are in a hand and bob raises to ten dollars and tom reraises to 20 dollars and everyone else folds. flop comes K-8-5. both check. hmmm. turn is a J. bob bets 40 dollars and tom calls. river brings another 5. bob checks and tom bets 50 dollars and bob calls. bob had a full house 8's full of 5's and almost knew for sure he was beat....which he was; tom had kings full. how did bob know? he picked up the most common of tells. when the last 5 hits, tom says, "i'm not liking this at all." at that point, bob knows that tom has a monster. he has to call with his full house but he knew not to raise.
each one of these hands could be figured out, the question is could you do it...especially the one with kings? or the ak.
the difference between really good players and average to poor players is that good players know how to lay down good hands. any fool can lay down a bad hand or a hand that is obviously beat but the fool cannot lay down the hand that looks just great......but is beat.
off to sacramento tomorrow, see you on down the road.
oh, and by the way, rudy...don't write any more. go away. your posts will be deleted each and every time. don't bother changing your name again, you are the only one out there who hates me and you will always give yourself away. and, by the way, your friend, george in nyc is looking for you. maybe he will loan you some money. you've gone through everybody else here in vegas so you might give him a shot.
i have cold called from first position with AK off suit and there are 4 other players all with just 2 dollars in for a pot of ten dollars. flop comes A-8-7. i bet 20 dollars into a ten dollar pot and am called in two places. the next card is another ace. i check, player 1 bets 15 dollars and is called by player 2; i call. the last card is another ace.(WHOOPS...IT WAS A BLANK..THANKS TO YOU WHO CAUGHT THAT...SOMETIMES I AM AN IDIOT.) i check. player 1 bets 50 dollars and player 2 goes all in. i fold. player 1 had 7's full of aces and #2 had aces full of 8's.
bob and tom are in a hand and bob raises to ten dollars and tom reraises to 20 dollars and everyone else folds. flop comes K-8-5. both check. hmmm. turn is a J. bob bets 40 dollars and tom calls. river brings another 5. bob checks and tom bets 50 dollars and bob calls. bob had a full house 8's full of 5's and almost knew for sure he was beat....which he was; tom had kings full. how did bob know? he picked up the most common of tells. when the last 5 hits, tom says, "i'm not liking this at all." at that point, bob knows that tom has a monster. he has to call with his full house but he knew not to raise.
each one of these hands could be figured out, the question is could you do it...especially the one with kings? or the ak.
the difference between really good players and average to poor players is that good players know how to lay down good hands. any fool can lay down a bad hand or a hand that is obviously beat but the fool cannot lay down the hand that looks just great......but is beat.
off to sacramento tomorrow, see you on down the road.
oh, and by the way, rudy...don't write any more. go away. your posts will be deleted each and every time. don't bother changing your name again, you are the only one out there who hates me and you will always give yourself away. and, by the way, your friend, george in nyc is looking for you. maybe he will loan you some money. you've gone through everybody else here in vegas so you might give him a shot.
posted by Ron Shock | 10:15 PM
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I'm confused. In the hand where you had AK, one ace came in the flop, turn was an ace and river was an ace. Didn't that give you 4 aces? Wouldn't that have beat the two full houses?
Glad I wasn't the only one. That AK scenario really had me confused. I'm pretty sure Quad A's is what we call the NUTS!!
Matt in Denver
P.S. Ron, do you have any plans to ever come to Denver? I would love to see your act in person.
You never hear of people from Kansas complaining about lack of opportunities for harbor masters.
thanks for pointing out that incredibly stupid mistake on my part...yes i would have called with 4 aces.
the remark about harbor masters is very funny on several different levels.
oh, and no, i don't play denver. i spoke to the club manager a couple of years ago and after listening to him go on about the kind of material they don't want i knew that this wasn't going to be a club for me. censorship and comedy just don't belong together but apparently he believes that everyone in denver has very thin skin so no material about religion, politics, sex or anything else that might offend someone.
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