Just got a call from John from NC. He threatens me and he makes no excuses about making these threats, which he scatters throughout our conversation.
He's coming to town the 29th of December, and he says he will take my title. Every time we play no limit at the Aladdin we make sidebets on busting players. I got off to an early lead during his first trip here, but last time he was in town he tied the score.
He's very loose and passive preflop, and when he smooth calls a raise you don't know if he has KK or 75. He plays really well after the flop and seems to hit more hands and get paid off more than normal humans, so much so that during the times he's in town no one has won more than him in Aladdin games.
I'll definitely be posting about my results while he's in town and most importantly on the sidebet title.
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Played a 5-hour session at Paris LV. 1-2 NL 300 cap. I bought in for 300. When I got there at 3 am the game was 5-handed and a Tunisian dude had a grand in front of him. I sat down to his left. Turns out he is in town for the WPT tourney at Bellagio, where he finished 144th out of 580-something.
I took it easy for the most part, as I kind of feel like I have been forcing things too much lately. I missed a lot of draws the first couple hours and lost chips calling raises with pocket pairs that missed. Was down a hundred, then I saw a cheap flop with 5-3 in position and flopped bottom two and got paid off by top pair. Flopped a set on a suited board heads-up against a loose-aggressive player (did prison time in Arizona, informs us that you call pocket queens "two bitches face down"). Just called on the flop and raised big on the turn. In these spots, and especially against guys who like to gamble, I am starting to want to see at least a turn card before committing a lot of chips, as a raise on the flop will often provoke an all-in from a top pair and flush draw type hand, which is what he had. Overall won $125 for the session.
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Well, don't you want to get re-raised all-in by top pair and flush draw when you have a set? You're still 70-30 there. If you had bottom two pair, then sure, wait until the turn.
I suppose if you're confident you're facing a player that will remain aggressive with a drawing hand on the turn, then you may as well play passively on the flop, so that you can get you money in when your opponent is really crushed. Even bottom two pair is a big favorite on the turn.
it's not like being raised all-in on the flop would be bad here, it's plus EV...it's just that getting the money in on the turn is even better if you can manage it
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