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So I’m a rec 2-5 NLH player in Orlando. I play 3-4 times a month. And frequent the Tampa Hard Rock and Orange City kennel club. I recently played a session in Orange City where I planned to stick with my normal 2-5 game but was limited to a maximum 4 hour session because of a personal commitment I had already made. About an hour and a half into the session I was down $500 from a few non eventful second place hands. I decided to take an empty seat at the one 5-5 table stakes games that had been running for most of the day. The smallest stack was about $1200 and the largest was a little over $11k. There were at least four local pros that I’ve played with at previous 2-5 games while they were waiting on seats at the bigger games. This would be only the third time that I’ve played higher than 2-5.
I bought in for $1800 and sat in the 1 seat. Within a few minutes I noticed what everyone else at the table had in their sights. A literal cowboy (hat and all) that had about $2k in front of him and played virtually every single hand. The guy to his right called one $200 river bet by the cowboy with most likely Ace high on a fairly connected board only to be shown bottom pair of treys for the win.
Here is my hand. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
From under the gun I’m dealt Ks10s and make the table standard raise to $20. MP calls and cowboy on the button calls. Blinds fold. Pot is $70. At this point cowboy has an additional $1440 behind, MP has a little over $1500 and I have them barely covered at about $1700.
Flop comes 8s Js Qh. With an open ender and the second nut flush draw I c-bet $35. MP raises to $100. Cowboy thinks for just a minute and raises to $500. I never considered a fold, but wondered if flatting or jamming was the better play. I put MP on a set or better and thought the cowboy could be making the raise with almost anything. I decided on a call somewhat hoping MP would call, but never considering folding to a raise. MP shoves. Cowboy starts talking about how much money was in the pot and he couldn’t fold now. He shoves. I call.
Board runs out 3s 2d. My flush scoops both pots. MP shows 9h10h for the flopped straight and back door heart flush draw. Cowboy shows Ad Qh for top pair top kicker.
Thoughts on the hand. Would you have played it any differently? Thanks.
I think you played it just fine, congrats on a great pot.
I thought about villains possible holdings and ran some numbers of what I thought they could have in an odds calculator.
Ranging middle position is pretty easy. Only set that should be possible is 88. He should be 3-betting JJ and QQ here, so I rule that out. I also think QJ is in his range (suited and not), and of course T9 (probably only suited). I don’t think he’s raising a nut flush draw here with cowboy behind. So his range is pretty much those 3 hands and their variants.
Cowboy is a different story. Him 3-betting AQ with the backdoor nut flush draw, which is crazy. I honestly put him on something like top pair plus gutter or maybe 2 pair before I read what his actual had was. If he’s going to be 3-betting that hand, I suppose AX suited isn’t beyond a player like this.
The only way you’re not getting ~40% equity is if you’re up against a straight and a nut flush draw, which is pretty unlikely. I like the raise pre-flop. Like the flop bet. You have to call the 3-bet and the jams. There’s only one scenario that you aren’t getting the right price.
John, thanks for the comment. I really appreciate your thoughts. It was even worse for Cowboy. He held AQo. Not backdoor flush. He was a maniac.
Also I forgot to mention that they were running a substantial high hand promo that paid between $500-$1500 for the top three hands each hour. So suited connectors preflop to a small raise was pretty standard. Increasing the likelyhood that MP held 9 10 or QJ suited.
Thanks again.
I like how you played it Chris. The only real decision here is whether or not the flat the re-raise on the flop. Keeping MP involved allows you to make a lot more money if you do hit your hand, assuming he doesn’t have the Ace-high flush draw. Well played, nice win!
Your turn to come visit. I’ll buy the steak dinner.
I like how you played it Chris. The only real decision here is whether or not the flat the re-raise on the flop. Keeping MP involved allows you to make a lot more money if you do hit your hand, assuming he doesn’t have the Ace-high flush draw. Well played, nice win!
Your turn to come visit. I’ll buy the steak dinner.
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