Okay, so last night, a local poker attraction named...ummm...we'll call him Stan in case anyone knows this gentleman...showed up at the game. My buddy and I had been playing poker since midnight the night before and needed some sleep, but this guy is super rich and super wild. He's also an ******* and a crybaby. These are some of my favorite things. We showed up and the first hand we saw went like this:
Stan and player to his left have a prop bet on the color of the flop at 50 dollars per hand. Folds around to Stan. Stan pushes all in for 3000 into a 7 dollar pot. BB calls with AA. Stan flips over 7-3, black. He was trying to protect his prop bet since he was killing two of his color. Fun fun.
I played something ridiculous like ten hands all night. Twice I flopped sets. Once, I flopped a set of sixes on a Q-6-2 board. A gentleman went all in for 80. Stan said he didn't want to be pushed around (he raised preflop) and called. I was pretty certain he had AK. I minraised. My reasoning was I thought he'd float with AK unless I put in a big raise. He folded. The turn was an ace. Obviously, if I know the turn is an ace, I smooth call, but I thought I'd make an extra 80 bucks this way. Oh well. Raising cost me a double up.
I flopped another set on an all heart board. I got one caller. The turn was a fourth heart. He checked to me. I checked behind. River was a blank. He bet at me. I thought about it for a while and called. He flipped over two pair.
Stan made an oversized raise preflop and I had JJ. My buddy nearly stuck it all in on him with A5 here. I just called. He bet huge a few times trying to protect his prop bet, so I thought there was a chance he had complete junk here. The flop was 2-6-7. He bet 100. The way he bet, I thought he had a real hand preflop...AT-AK or so. I was certain I was ahead. I called. The turn was an 8. He bet 150. I called. The river was a 2. He bet 200. I called. He mucked.
I wish I had played my set as passively. I know that was a scary way to play the hand if I thought he might have nothing preflop, but
I was the BB with 56. The flop was 4-7-7. I checked. A really bad player that will fold big hands pretty easily made it 40. Everyone folded. I called. The turn was a 6. I was pretty sure he'd fold an overpair here, so I went for the check-raise. He checked behind. The river was a Q. I bet out 80, thinking I might be ahead (he'd play A4 like this, for instance), but knowing he'd lay down 88 or 99. He folded.
I doubled through Stan a little bit later when he called my all in (I had QJ) on a board of Q-Q-8-9-9, three spades. He had 10-J and turned the straight.
Stan likes to fold his cards face up with all the players still left to act. He knows it's against the rules and doesn't care. He also knows he's the reason many people were there. The guy who runs the game told him, "Don't show your cards with action still behind you." He immediately said, "I'm leaving. Cash me out." He made it clear he was leaving because he was being told what to do. To the host's credit, he stood his ground. The guy left. I cashed out a few hands later. My buddy did the same, +2000 between us.
So, there you have it. I played a few pocket pairs for set value. I saw a couple flops from late position with suited aces. I made only one (1!!!!!) bluff in a prime situation. Playing tight is extremely boring.
