I observed some spewy moves from a lot of opponent these last few days. I wonder if there isn't a poker show where some pros made some fancy plays, and then the donkeys try to do it.
PokerStars Game #20099024811: Tournament #105868840, $11.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/09/02 17:40:47 ET
Table '105868840 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: babaorumi (1520 in chips)
Seat 2: allurchips1 (1480 in chips)
babaorumi: posts small blind 10
allurchips1: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to babaorumi [4c Qs]
babaorumi: raises 20 to 40
allurchips1: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [9d 2s 3s]
allurchips1: checks
babaorumi: bets 60
allurchips1: calls 60
*** TURN *** [9d 2s 3s] [Qc]
allurchips1: checks
babaorumi: bets 140
allurchips1: raises 160 to 300
babaorumi: calls 160
*** RIVER *** [9d 2s 3s Qc] [5h]
allurchips1: bets 460
allurchips1 said, "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
babaorumi: calls 460
*** SHOW DOWN ***
allurchips1: shows [Ah Th] (high card Ace)
babaorumi: shows [4c Qs] (a pair of Queens)
babaorumi collected 1720 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1720 | Rake 0
Board [9d 2s 3s Qc 5h]
Seat 1: babaorumi (button) (small blind) showed [4c Qs] and won (1720) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: allurchips1 (big blind) showed [Ah Th] and lost with high card Ace
Early on the match, villain c/r the turn, which does make any sense. After he calls my flop bet he most likely have a spade draw. He seems like the queen has helped him, but with which kind of queen does he call the flop with ? The Qsxs call the turn as well, he could have Q3, Q2, but thoses are unlikely hands preflop. A few months ago, I would have folded because there were always two pair or better, maybe something like Qs9d. But this last few days I very often see this kind of weird bluffs. Sometimes it is pur bluffs, sometimes they are for example 98 which get exited a street to late. I don't know if it is because I have changed my game in some ways or if poker is changing. Anyway, nowadays I'm more inclined to call any moves like that.
Commentaires
Le call au flop avec 2 overcards est hyper-fréquent à ces limites, et permet de faire pas mal de value en checkant le turn et en attrapant les bluffs à la river.
Par contre son bluff en relance est vraiment très étrange, surtout que sa relance est presque minimale, et tu sais comme généralement c'est un mauvais signe.
Et au final sans read j'aurais vraiment du mal à caller la river, car pas mal de morons vont prendre cette ligne bien trop forte avec leur Qx qu'ils sont tout fiers d'avoir touché et vont te battre au kicker (tu as la pire Q).