Good hand, bad hand
Its amazing how little of a difference there is between a well played hand and a terribly played hand. Its like the difference between a genius and an insane person. Here are two hands that can illustrate this point:
Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
Hero (UTG): $440.50
BTN: $246.50
SB: $374
BB: $1,913
Pre-Flop: T
K dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $14, BTN folds, SB calls $12, BB folds
Flop: ($32) A 6
7
(2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $22, SB raises to $64, Hero calls $42
Turn: ($160) 4 (2 Players)
SB bets $104, Hero raises to $362.50 and is All-In, SB calls $192 and is All-In
River: ($752) 4
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: $752 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero showed T K (a pair of Fours) and LOST (-$374 NET)
SB showed 6 6 (a full house, Sixes full of Fours) and WON $750 (+$376 NET)
Now, from almost any perspective, this hand looks insane. And it is. But imagine just for a second that my opponent here folded. Now whos insane? Now of course that is a results oriented way of looking at the hand, but it does illustrate the minute differences between brilliance and idiocy nicely.
Anyone interested in why I played it like this? Well clearly I'm an idiot. Lets just get that out of the way. In no universe is this hand genius. Even if he folded this play is -EV because his range is highly polarized between extremely strong hands and air. And most of the time you will see the nuts with this line. However, in this case I thought there was a very good chance that my opponent had air. He is a tight multitabler who I had just taken three pots in a row off him. The situation is just ripe for him to run a bluff as he feels he is "owed" at least one in four pots. At least that was my perspective.
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
Hero (CO): $808.70
BTN: $1,043.50
SB: $339.56
BB: $1,353.61
UTG: $246.22
Pre-Flop: 6 5 dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $14, BTN raises to $48, SB folds, BB calls $44, Hero calls $34
Flop: ($146) 8 2 5 (3 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: ($146) 3 (3 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $100, BTN folds, BB calls $100
River: ($346) 2 (2 Players)
BB bets $300, Hero calls $300
Results: $946 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero showed 6 5 (two pairs, Fives and Twos) and WON $944 (+$496 NET)
BB showed 6 9 (a pair of Twos) and LOST (-$448 NET)
And here is the genius play. Well, obviously its genius because I won right? Well in this case it is more true, regardless of the outcome. To the untrained eye, this hand looks borderline insane. Its hard for me to even describe the table dynamics here, but lets just say that this player who I called was very very bad. I had been playing with him for about 3 hours and had noticed that every single time he had caught any piece of any flop he would bet out regardless of who the preflop raiser was. He would bet out with bottom pair, and he would bet out with the nut straight. The fact that didn't bet the flop or turn made this river call very easy.
He left immediately after.
Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
Hero (UTG): $440.50
BTN: $246.50
SB: $374
BB: $1,913
Pre-Flop: T
K dealt to Hero (UTG)Hero raises to $14, BTN folds, SB calls $12, BB folds
Flop: ($32) A
6 7 (2 Players)SB checks, Hero bets $22, SB raises to $64, Hero calls $42
Turn: ($160) 4
(2 Players)SB bets $104, Hero raises to $362.50 and is All-In, SB calls $192 and is All-In
River: ($752) 4
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)Results: $752 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero showed T
K (a pair of Fours) and LOST (-$374 NET)SB showed 6
6 (a full house, Sixes full of Fours) and WON $750 (+$376 NET)Now, from almost any perspective, this hand looks insane. And it is. But imagine just for a second that my opponent here folded. Now whos insane? Now of course that is a results oriented way of looking at the hand, but it does illustrate the minute differences between brilliance and idiocy nicely.
Anyone interested in why I played it like this? Well clearly I'm an idiot. Lets just get that out of the way. In no universe is this hand genius. Even if he folded this play is -EV because his range is highly polarized between extremely strong hands and air. And most of the time you will see the nuts with this line. However, in this case I thought there was a very good chance that my opponent had air. He is a tight multitabler who I had just taken three pots in a row off him. The situation is just ripe for him to run a bluff as he feels he is "owed" at least one in four pots. At least that was my perspective.
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
Hero (CO): $808.70
BTN: $1,043.50
SB: $339.56
BB: $1,353.61
UTG: $246.22
Pre-Flop: 6
5 dealt to Hero (CO)UTG folds, Hero raises to $14, BTN raises to $48, SB folds, BB calls $44, Hero calls $34
Flop: ($146) 8
2 5 (3 Players)BB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: ($146) 3
(3 Players)BB checks, Hero bets $100, BTN folds, BB calls $100
River: ($346) 2
(2 Players)BB bets $300, Hero calls $300
Results: $946 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero showed 6
5 (two pairs, Fives and Twos) and WON $944 (+$496 NET)BB showed 6
9 (a pair of Twos) and LOST (-$448 NET)And here is the genius play. Well, obviously its genius because I won right? Well in this case it is more true, regardless of the outcome. To the untrained eye, this hand looks borderline insane. Its hard for me to even describe the table dynamics here, but lets just say that this player who I called was very very bad. I had been playing with him for about 3 hours and had noticed that every single time he had caught any piece of any flop he would bet out regardless of who the preflop raiser was. He would bet out with bottom pair, and he would bet out with the nut straight. The fact that didn't bet the flop or turn made this river call very easy.
He left immediately after.
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