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Deep stack. Guess the hands.
Ok guys quick little one for you. I will take you through a hand that was played recently and you have to guess the hands that were being played.
The situation is this, very first hand of the deep stack blinds at 10/20 everyone has 5000 chips.
There are 2 limpers in middle position everyone else folds to the big blind who raises it up to 100, 1 limper calls the other folds. Pot size 230
Flop comes down Jc 8d 7d
Big blind bets pot and other player calls pot now 690
Turn comes 4d
Big blind bets pot again and the other player calls pot now 2070
River comes 5d
Big blind goes all in and the other player calls
Now guess what hands were being played
The situation is this, very first hand of the deep stack blinds at 10/20 everyone has 5000 chips.
There are 2 limpers in middle position everyone else folds to the big blind who raises it up to 100, 1 limper calls the other folds. Pot size 230
Flop comes down Jc 8d 7d
Big blind bets pot and other player calls pot now 690
Turn comes 4d
Big blind bets pot again and the other player calls pot now 2070
River comes 5d
Big blind goes all in and the other player calls
Now guess what hands were being played
Comments
AJd Kd Jh
The hand wouldn't be posted on here if it was a cooler like AdAh v 6d6h or something.
AK no diamond v JT no diamond calling.
27 o/s from the raiser with 2d v AA no diamond.
The big blind was holding 67o no diamonds
The other player was holding 910o no diamonds
Now if someone could explain to me the mentality of the betting all down the streets on the very first hand of a deep stack then i will be glad, because to me it made no sense given what they were holding.
DOHH
Well the big blind appears to be one of these 'donks' you were referring to in the other discussion. And the fella has limped in, got to see a flop for cheap, flopped the nuts, and milked it for every penny.
This is an example of the type of player people seem to hate playing against (the BB), and also the way to play against it! Its so easy. Admittedly if the BB had rivered the flush. thats just unlucky, but in the first hand, with little or no time invested, it wouldn't be a disaster.
If the flop comes A K Q, the limper throws his hand away having lost 100 chips, 2% of the starting stack. Have no problems with his play.
With the deepstack structure, theres ample time and opportunity to get in and see cheap flops against this type of super aggro player. After investing 100 pre, the limp-caller ended the hand with 10,000 chips, I cnt even begin to figure out how many BB's that is.
You wouldnt see me raising 5 x BB in the BB, out of position, in the first hand of a tournament. Lol But I know what you mean. Maybe if the blinds are 100/200 I make the move and the bloke snap folds. Amazingly I notice the loose, weak passive players (limpers) actually tighten up as the blinds get bigger. Maybe coz theyre so surprised to still be there and wanna make the most of it. Lol.
But in the other thread, I think started by Borobabe....People are saying over n over again how they hate playing against this sort of player (the BB). But surely this hand illustrates how simple it is. Top pair is often good enough to stack em.
They wud do well to read this and look at the play of the OOP limp-caller. He/She has got it sussed.
DOHH