Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP2 ($26.67) MP3 ($10.74) CO ($25) Button ($9.06) SB ($15.53) BB ($18.65) UTG ($26.02) UTG+1 ($11.10) Hero (MP1) ($25)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A
, J 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, Hero bets $1.25, 3 folds, Button calls $1.25, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $1
, J 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, Hero bets $1.25, 3 folds, Button calls $1.25, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $1 Flop: ($4.10) 9, 4, Q (3 players) UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, Button bets $1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.25
, 4, Q (3 players) UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, Button bets $1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.25Turn: ($6.60) 4
(2 players) Hero checks, Button bets $6.56 (All-In), Hero calls $6.56
(2 players) Hero checks, Button bets $6.56 (All-In), Hero calls $6.56 River: ($19.72) Q
(2 players, 1 all-in)
(2 players, 1 all-in) Total pot: $19.72 | Rake: $0.98
Results: Button had Q
, K (full house, Queens over fours). Hero had A, J (flush, Ace high).
, K (full house, Queens over fours). Hero had A, J (flush, Ace high).Outcome: Button won $18.74
By slow playing this hand, I essentially let the villain see cheap cards and hit his boat. The lesson is to bet when you think you're ahead, and fold (or at least slow down) when you think you're behind. I violated a fundamental rule of ABC poker in this hand by slow playing. Of course, the villain may not have gone away on the flop when he hit his top pair, good kicker.... but I sure should have been the one firing the gun on this one and not the one letting the opp see cheap streets. Sigh.
Okay, now here's when you should slow play:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP3 ($37.91) CO ($32.35) Hero (Button) ($31.53) SB ($25) BB ($34.99) UTG ($31.54) UTG+1 ($28) MP1 ($32.30) MP2 ($25)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, J 6 folds, Hero bets $0.75, SB raises to $2.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75
, J 6 folds, Hero bets $0.75, SB raises to $2.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75 Flop: ($5.25) 9, 10, 10 (2 players) SB bets $3, Hero calls $3
, 10, 10 (2 players) SB bets $3, Hero calls $3 Turn: ($11.25) J (2 players) SB bets $7, Hero calls $7
(2 players) SB bets $7, Hero calls $7 River: ($25.25) 3 (2 players) SB bets $12.50 (All-In), Hero calls $12.50
(2 players) SB bets $12.50 (All-In), Hero calls $12.50 Total pot: $50.25 | Rake: $2.51
Results: Hero had 10, J (full house, tens over Jacks). SB had K, K (two pair, Kings and tens).
, J (full house, tens over Jacks). SB had K, K (two pair, Kings and tens).Outcome: Hero won $47.74
This hand happened about five minutes after the previous hand, and boy was I hyper-aware that I may be doing the same stupid thing all over again. After some serious deliberation, though, I realized that slow playing was actually called for. Why? For starters, the stats I had on the opp had him as a 3-betting, c-betting LAG. Secondly, I had position and was willing to get off the hand if things got ugly. Thirdly, and most importantly, I turned the virtual nuts and had an aggro player doing all the betting for me. Life doesn't get much better than that.
Okay, so what's my point? Simple: in cash games don't EVER slow play unless you have a really, really good reason to do so*. Just bet for value and give the opp the wrong odds to draw. If they chase with the wrong odds and get there, so be it. You've done your job and they haven't done theirs. In the long run, this is the way you make money at poker.**
All-in for now...
-Bug
*Note that I said "cash games." In tournaments, there may be more situations where slow playing is OK. In cash, however, the name of the game is charge them to get there.
**This is just Sklansky's Fundamental Theorem of Poker writ simple.
**This is just Sklansky's Fundamental Theorem of Poker writ simple.
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