PAHWM: 1,200 BB deep
1/3 NLH in TX. Game is uncapped. 9 handed.
Hero: 30s WG, running like god this session, in for $1k, at $3.8k after 4 hours
V1 ($1k): 20's HG, clean cut and fit. Hero stacked him his first hand 20 minutes ago with KQs vs his Q10s on a KQ3 flop, single raised pot, all in on the flop $500 effective. He bought back in for $1k and hasn't played a hand since.
V2 ($650): 30's WG, down about $1k this session. Playing ok but running horrible.
V3 ($3.4k) 30's HG, has played maybe 4 hands in 3 hours. Keeps adding onto his stack to cover the table. Ultra tight and played passive in the few hands he played so far. He sat in the game waiting for a PLO seat but didn't take is after it came available multiple times.
OTTH:
I'm just going to skip the open bet sizing part:
Hero ($3.8k) raises K♦ K♠ UTG $25 (standard sizing)
V1 ($1k) raises to $60 +1
V2 ($650) flats CO
V3 ($3.4k) flats BTN
Hero?
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Update: Was in fact a stacked deck. These two got caught a couple weeks ago in another room in town doing the same thing. Forced to give the money back, kicked out and banned. Haven't been seen in town since.
Wow! So sorry they got you :(
I would have gone a little nuts (as in to management, etc.) when the other player told me about the dealer, but that's me.
Grunch - we want to 4B to a size that's large enough to discourage loose calls, and large enough to pot commit V1 with the $1k stack if he calls, but small enough to re-open the betting if V2 jams for $650.
I'd think $325 is the correct number. That's more than 5x the $60 3B from V1, 32.5% of his $1k stack, and half of V2's $650 stack. It's enough to let everyone know we're not f**king around, and will make the pot over $770 if anyone calls.
The SPR is going to the flop will be less than 1SPR for V1 and V2, and V3 should be thinking about whether or not he wants to put ~10% of his stack in with whatever speculative BS he has that wasn't worth 4B'ing. If he's thinking on this level, he should realize we're not deep enough for him to set-mine.
V1 shouldn't flat call. He should jam or fold. V2 definitely shouldn't flat call, he should absolutely jam or fold. If either V1 or V2 jam, V3 shouldn't be flatting, if he has an ounce of sense, because he should realize that we're most likely going to be re-jamming, and he'd just be torching $325 if he plans to fold in that scenario.
