I had posted recently about how dangerous it can be to slowplay and how I rarely do it. Well, here is an example of a hand that I slowplayed, and it allowed me to completely felt my opponent.
This was a $2/$5 no-limit table. I had not been at the table very long, so I didn’t have good reads on very many folks. But when you are dealt pocket Kings on the button like I was, reading your opponent isn’t necessarily a critical skill. My opponent was two off the big blind and called the $5. It was folded all the way to me, so I raised to $20. The blinds folded and my opponent called.
The flop could not have been more perfect. It was King, Eight, Eight rainbow. So I had flopped the (second) nuts. The only hand my opponent could have that beat me was a pair of eights. But there are hardly any hands he could have that could stand any bet from me! So when he checked, I checked behind.
The turn was a Seven. Still nothing I could bet at, so when my opponent checked, I checked behind again. (Obviously I was going to be the river, regardless of what came off.)
When the river came deuce, my opponent put out $30. I raised to $80, and he quickly went all-in (around $300). I had him covered and called. He proudly turned over his pocket deuces for a rivered full house, and was sad to see my Kings filled a bigger boat. I took in a pot of over $300, and my opponent hit the rail.
Barely a few hands later, same table, even the same seat, new player.
I was third from the blinds and the first into the pot with pocket Jacks, so I raised to $15. My only caller was the small blind.
The flop was three low cards – Six, Five, Deuce rainbow. He checked, I bet $30, and he raised to $60. This made me a bit cautious … I was ready to toss my hand but decided to pay for the turn and called.
The turn was a third Jack! My opponent bet $50. I didn’t know whether he was on a straight draw or something, so I raised it to $200 (he only had about $150 left). My opponent thought for a long time, and spent a lot of time looking at me. Finally he said, “So, do you have pocket Jacks?” What am I supposed to say?? I’m sure that if I had said “yes” he would have folded. I also knew at that point that I had an unbeatable hand. Anyhow, I just said “No” and looked away.
He must have believed me, because he called the all-in. The river was a Queen, and he showed his pocket Tens. I showed my trip Jacks and took the $500+ pot.
He expressed his disappointment with the fact that I had mis-remembered my hand. I would have offered him my heartfelt condolences, but I was too busy stacking up my chips.
3 comments:
actually you flopped 2nd nuts... 88 would be the nuts
So i had to slow play a hand the other night... I had 77 early in a tourney, I called a preflop raise along with 2 other guys, board was 774, 1 club, came runner runner clubs, I had to check it all the way down till a guy bet on the river, I was messaging Kim saying PLEASE LET HIM HAVE A FLUSH... I reraised he pushed... I called... he had flush... so patient but it payed off
Well you are right again, I changed the entry to say second nuts. I should just let you proofread my entries.
As far as your quads goes, yeah there's nothing you can do but just wait for the other guy to catch up, like you did. Although once I actually lost with four queens! I had QQ in my hand and my opponent had KK. The flop came QQK. I checked, he went all-in with Kings full, I of course call (I had him covered), K on the turn and I was drawing dead with four Queens! Oh well, it happens.
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