Feather In My Cap (30/60)

[CobaltBlue 662]

Background:Haven't been at the table long. Default buy-in for the game is $3k. Made a point to sit to the direct left of the guy with over $6k. Didn't play a hand the first orbit until...raise 88 UTG, CO poster calls, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls. Flop . 2 checks, I bet, 3 folds, BB raises, I 3-bet, BB calls. Turn . BB checks, I bet, he raises, I fold. Little spewy perhaps, but I decided to go strong. Several hands later...Bodog 30/60 LHE (7-handed)Cobalt is SB w/ . Button was BB in the background story. He seems fairly aggro. CO has also been open-raising very frequently.Pre-flop:3 folds, CO raises, Button 3-bets, Cobalt caps, 1 fold, CO calls, Button callsFlop (13 SB): (3 players)Cobalt bets, CO calls, Button callsTurn (8 BB): (3 players)Cobalt bets, CO calls, Button callsRiver (11 BB): (3 players)Cobalt checks, CO checks, Button bets, Cobalt callsThoughts?

[whatgreatis 0]

I think button has a jack and the river bet is rarely a worse hand than 1010. Still, you're getting 11-1 on the river and calling isn't a big mistake.I couldn't figure out button had the jack until the river when I think he realizes you don't have an overpair. The board is so draw heavy that you have to fire the flop and turn.

[Zach6668 513]

I'd bet that 99 is a huge part of button's range.Cobalt, why did you try to get position on the guy with $6k? Are you assuming he's a strong player? I think that's backwards. I tend to not worry about the other strong players, and try to get position on the fishies.

[whatgreatis 0]

You know, 99 makes sense. With button being aggro, he should be raising this flop with J10/QJ/KJ. If he's betting 99 he would be betting A7 too, since it's has the same value.I'm not very familiar with higher limit lhe games.

[looshle 6]

I'm v-betting the river for sure.Screennames would help as I know most of the players in that game.

[Sheiky 0]

Can i ask your reasoning behind the 88 hand?

[mattb5 0]

I'm bettin the river for value. Might get looked up by AK after the 88 hand earlier.

[checkymcfold 0]

told you this on IM already, but i think you played the hand ok, but i could be talked into a valuebet. at first thought, i think the likelihood of a busted draw "bluffing" after you might have missed a draw of your own is about equal to the likelihood of a worse hand calling. but i could be convinced otherwise.also, i don't really like the 88 hand, since not many people are willing to c/r an ace high flop after a preflop raise without the intention of showing down their hand (i don't think a draw would semibluff into an ace high flop vs. a pfr). and anything that would show down beats you.whatgreatis, the button doesn't have a jack unless he's really, really bad. i'm with zach, i pretty much put him on 99 or overs + a busted draw almost exclusively here.

[CobaltBlue 662]

Cobalt, why did you try to get position on the guy with $6k? Are you assuming he's a strong player? I think that's backwards. I tend to not worry about the other strong players, and try to get position on the fishies.

I'm not assuming he's a strong player necessarily, but I am assuming that he's aggressive and/or that he's running well. Also, I believe I prefer to be to the left of the good players. Yeah, it's handy having the tight-predictables on your left, but the tricky-aggressives are better on your right, I think...unless they're maniacs. I don't worry about having position on the fishies so much...I figure they're easier to play OOP than the good players. I'm not saying this is correct...just how I rationalize it in my head.

Screennames would help as I know most of the players in that game.

CO was sexy4ever. Button was griffin1000.

Can i ask your reasoning behind the 88 hand?

When the rest of the field folds to him, I figure a tricky player is going to think, "Well, this is a big pot, but I can put some real pressure on him if he doesn't have the ace." If he'd made that raise with more players to act, I would've given it more respect. I really thought he could be c/r semi-bluffing with a draw. I decided that a 3-bet on my part would look quite strong. As it was early in the session, I was also attempting to set up a strong/aggressive image. Bet/folding the flop there seemed like it could lead to significant trouble in future hands. I'm not sure that bet/folding the turn after bet/3betting the flop really helped in that department...but I did feel it looked more like a fight.