Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Overbets that don't work

Full Tilt Poker Game #4235484182: Table Nolan - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:07:04 ET - 2007/11/20
Seat 1: jamyhawk ($166.60)
Seat 3: bb4242 ($86.50)
Seat 4: drunkfreshman ($88.95)
Seat 5: Rostamthegreat ($45.05)
Seat 7: Phideauxe ($111.60), is sitting out
Seat 8: Cmak1013 ($101.60)
Seat 9: supercute11 ($115.50)
Cmak1013 posts the small blind of $0.50
supercute11 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [7s 7d]
jamyhawk raises to $2<--UTG with pocket pair sucks in a cash game!
bb4242 has 15 seconds left to act
bb4242 calls $2<--someone's coming for the ride.
drunkfreshman folds
Rostamthegreat folds
Cmak1013 folds
supercute11 folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 2h Ks]<--swing and a miss.
jamyhawk bets $4<--Can I buy this pot?
bb4242 calls $4<--Uh oh.
*** TURN *** [Js 2h Ks] [7c]<--anyone for GIN?
jamyhawk bets $13.50<--stick with the aggression
bb4242 calls $13.50<--I like it!
*** RIVER *** [Js 2h Ks 7c] [Jc]<--If he has a Jack I cash big here. If not I don't think he is calling much. A king still has to fold. No matter what my bet. Let's go for the home run and hope has a Jack...
jamyhawk bets $147.10, and is all in
bb4242 has 15 seconds left to act
bb4242 folds
Uncalled bet of $147.10 returned to jamyhawk
jamyhawk shows [7s 7d] a full house, Sevens full of Jacks
jamyhawk wins the pot ($38.50)

Oh well.....

Stay patient...

3 comments:

lj said...

i am BY NO MEANS any sort of cash baller, but i think overbetting works better on the turn. several solid cash players have explained to me that by the river a lot of people are letting go of hands and it can be harder to get paid off. for all you know he had a flush draw that didn't complete. there is also a decent chance he has a K, and may think it is good on the turn. in this case i think the river kinda sucked for you, b/c he probably is putting you on a J w/ that bet.

jamyhawk said...

lj, you are right. I guess I didn't bet enough on the turn. I wanted to try to keep him in. Then after the river, I figured a Jack and only a Jack in his hand would call any bet and then he would call the overbet.

Matt said...

Jamy,

Thanks for the comment earlier. I posted a response if you're interested. I also put up a couple of other posts about a hand I played earlier, I'd love to hear your feedback.

In regards to this post, I agree with LJ on this one. I just don't think there's very many hands that will call such a large overbet - a value bet here's probably a better payoff.

And that'll be the last time I share my thoughts on a cash game hand because I am certainly no expert!

Matt