1/3 Ac3c in the cutoff
Game was pretty loose passive pre-flop. I had 300 and villain had me covered.
1/3 9 handed. Three limpers to me with Ac3c, I limp, Button makes it 15, sb and BB call, as do the limpers, 7 to the flop.
Flop Qc Tc 8x
Pot $105
Checked to me, I bet $50, all fold to MP player who calls.
Turn 7x
Pot $205
I bet $100, MP player calls.
River Jx
Pot $405
MP player shoves
I'm new to live NL and am trying to learn the lessons of Miller's The Course which says that should I raise my Ac3c, but with three limpers and a hand that wants multiway action, I figured a limp was correct.
On the flop, I bet my draw hoping to possibly fold middle or bottom pairs, though at this table I could see people calling with a T or an 8, though now realizing that at this table someone might call with a gutshot. I now think I didn't bet enough.
On the turn, headsup, I hoped my half pot bet would fold a weak pair. I also considered shoving for the same reason, since I only had around $135 left after the bet. When villain called, I was more confident of his middling pair with a remote chance that he might be on a lesser flush draw.
On the river, I was flummoxed and was scared by the board and mucked.
I'd be grateful for thoughts on each street.
If that's right, it sounds like all we're doing is trying to cooler our opponents by flopping or otherwise making a big hand, or bluff-catch with marginal hands. It sounds more like Bingo than Poker, inasmuch as it doesn't seem to leverage the leaks which exist within the player pool.
You're not the first to describe this method as Bingo poker, but the thing is that we're much better than the majority of our opponents at Bingo poker, so we're perfectly fine engaging in it. Preflop we're playing far less hands from far less positions for far less money than our opponents are, and postflop we're winning more with the best of it and losing less with the worst of it (i.e. it actually does take advantage of player pool leaks). It is by no means a "bad" method (although you can certainly argue whether it is the best method).
A crapload of players at this level are *so* very very bad. So attempting to simply see a cheap flop with all of them with a speculative hand, especially with a nut making one, especially in position, especially for the minimum 1bb when many bbs deep (i.e. IO thru the roof), can simply never be "bad". Optimal (whatever that really means)? Who knows... but good luck proving either way.
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When we have a baby suited ace in a 7 way pot, yes we definitely are playing bingo! We're tryna make a NF to felt everyone (just like when we limp or flat with a small or med PP while setmining - is setmining playing bingo too then?). And sometimes we'll even flop top two or even a FH as an unexpected bonus, not a bad investment for a weak dog crap of a hand.
You're not the first to describe this method as Bingo poker, but the thing is that we're much better than the majority of our opponents at Bingo poker, so we're perfectly fine engaging in it. Preflop we're playing far less hands from far less positions for far less money than our opponents are, and postflop we're winning more with the best of it and losing less with the worst of it (i.e. it actually does take advantage of player pool leaks). It is by no means a "bad" method (although you can c
I have to admit your arguments are starting to sound persuasive.
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