pork bbq

today feels like a swing day.  if i can keep my focus enough to get in a workout before work, despite the fact that the house is filled with the wife and kids, i’ll be on track for the week.  i also feel like i should have an absolute TON of stuff to do, but all of it seems to escape me at the moment.  heh, the power of a to-do list, eh?

been playing cards over the weekend, and it was wild.  a couple of things seemed to jump out at me. 

SPAZZING OUT – for instance.  i’m sitting at a table with a player who had stats that made him look like a regular tight conservative player.  but, once we get past the flop, he’s getting in a stack with Ace high.  surprised me.  one of the things that CW was talking about in the last vid i caught (part of at least) is getting people to spaz out.  i wasn’t getting anyone to do anything, i guess he just got tired of folding. 

makes me wonder if there are signs of spaz out potential?  i just know that i’m a little more determined not to be the one who does the spazzing! lol.

saturday i sat at a couple of tables with players playing 80/40/inf. and caught no cards.  sunday the same thing, but i caught all the cards.  last night, i eeked out a profit that was eaten into by this hand. 

 

villan with chips is 25/16/1.5, so he’s not too aggro.  when he gets in the c/r on the turn i couldn’t find a fold button, and was simply hoping for a split.  it didn’t make me feel good.  is there any theory behind hands where you’re at best hoping for a split?

ok – i’m off to do something, anything.  did a pork roast yesterday, tonight i’m auditioning bbq sauces for pulled pork bbq sandwiches at the tavern.  that should be a mix of fun and tasty :)

July 21, 2009   Posted in: Cards

One Response

  1. malfaire - August 11, 2009

    well, the theory is that you’re behind and often just hoping to chop that it’s best to fold. rough math wise, you’re simply not recouping a great deal of money from the times you lose enough to offset the times which you win. also, if you consider the hand combinatorics, you have blockers to the guy having your hand, thus reducing the amount of times you’d be chopping even more so.

    given the hand, i’m not entirely sure if it’s best to be folding to the checkraise as your sizing is a bit small — i’d bet something like $13 and if he check/jams on you….you know you’re beat. also you’ll get good value from weaker hands.

    given how thing played out, i’d consider folding the river. your hand looks a bit face up (he might not be the best hand reader, but still) and he’s a relatively passive guy who shouldn’t be doing this with a lot of worse hands at all.

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