Played Live Again or The Mighty Resuck

I played live again Saturday night. Pretty much the same bunch of guys plus a few more. They all are horribly inexperienced. I almost felt bad about taking their money. Almost. It was actually kind’a aggravating having to tell everyone over and over who’s in the blinds and who won the pot. I had to explain that it is the best 5 cards over and over. Once 2 people went allin with the 4-flush on the board. 1 guy had the T and the other guy had the 6 plus an Ace of a different suit. They both thought that they were tied because they both had flushes and the guy with the Ace kicker was the winner. Not only was that sad but also that they both went allin with suckass small flushes. I once won a nice pot due to this on another 4-flush board. I had the Q and after seeing this first hand I had to raise the river. 2 guys called. 1 had and smaller flush and the other had a straight. They always say either that they had to see or that they had to keep everyone honest. Like I said, I almost felt bad about taking their money.

I also don’t teach too much at the table and give out too many tips. I figured that I will let them pay to learn. (What a friend, aye.) I once had to re-divide the chips. I didn’t see what was done until the hand was over. Phil asked his wife, who won the hand, to give her back the chips that he had loaned her for the river bet. I explained that the rest went in a side pot for the other 2 players that still had more money at the time of the bet. They didn’t gripe or anything and said that they now understood.

There were a few more things I noticed about the majority of these new players. One was that they would likely go all the way to the river with a hole Ace, just to see if it hit. (This you would have to watch out for if an Ace hit the board at any point during the hand.) And they would usually go to showdown with any pocket pair. Especially with the PP. They for some reason just figured that they are entitled to that hand because they likely started with the best hand. The other thing was that every once in a while these 2 certain players would throw out a huge raise, sometimes even pushing, with 2 paint or small pockets. I didn’t quite figure out why, only noticed that it was a pattern. Other times that they did this it was a total bluff. One more thing that they do is bet the same amount on every street. If they bet 4xBB PF they usually bet 2 again on the turn. Sometimes they raise it up on the river. Often they give me the odds to out-draw them.

Fast forward to the last hand of the night. It was down to 4 of us. It limps to me UTG+1 and I raise it up with my TT. SB pushes allin for 20xBB. BB folds. UTG waits for a while pondering, then calls. I figure by the reads I have on these 2 that I currently have the best hand. I figured that they both likely had overs or 1 might have A-rag suited. I truly believed that neither had me beat. I call. SB flips over 44 and UTG has KQ. All I could ask for really. I would have guessed 12 outs but in the end I only needed to dodge 8. But wouldn’t you know it, the flop came down with both a K and a Q. I audibly start lamenting my luck when the turn brings the resuck T. River is nice to me and I scoop in a huge pot.

It was late, so we called it a night instead of those guys rebuying. We divvy up the chips and I put $100 worth of bills in my pocket. Only real mistake that I made during the game was to try to bluff a whole hand with nothing. Every street I was called and lost a big pot to a boat. Once again no raise. They weren’t being tricky; just being passive.

As an aside, I plan on taking my $200 live bankroll to the casino my first day off and see what I can do with it. I will be playing $1/$2 NL holdem. I am willing to lose it all for the night’s entertainment. Hopefully that’s not how it goes, but so be it if it does. I have only played live a few times at a casino and am expecting to have fun.