So, I'm out on the open Caribbean, immersed in a 2-5 no limit hold em game during our cruise, and two hands in, get dealt 10-7 off. The know-it-all "brain" of the table raises to twenty, and I lay my out of position rags down, only to see a flop come out 8-9-j, essentially would have taken all his $200 buy-in that hand, as he reveals his aces after betting fifty on the flop to blow out some other donk at the table.
Several hands later, LaDonque is dealt the worst starting hand in poker, 7-2, though it is suited in spades (7s2s). Feeling lucky and channeling the "inner bitemeusadoj", I limp into the hand only to see the brain of the table, who plays with his stack like a true expert, shuffling chips between fingers like a magician, and espousing all the rules to help our barely-able-to-speak-english green dealer deal the game, raises to $25 from the button, either representing a real hand or just trying to wash out the numerous limpers.....
Another very loose player, a big soul brother who played anything -- "I like to gamble" is how he put it just before this hand -- who was on the big blind calls the $25 raise, adding $20 to his big blind already on the table, and is now in the hand as well.........
while most fold the suited beer hand at that point, I was still dreaming about what could have been in the earlier 10-7 hand and stacking the bigmouth, so decided it was time to get into this hand, knowing the "brain" was bound to be on a big pair or ace big at a minimum, or was simply trying to steal from the button, and dump another $20 into the pot like a true donk (did you not read my f'n SBR handle???)
flop comes down: 7 5s 4s
Soul brother checks, I fire $20 at it, knowing the brain is going to blast it if I don't. He blasts it anyway, making it $100. The Soul brother goes all in for his remaining $180 or so, putting me all in if I call the raise.
first interactive question: what do you do, call off your entire stack (at the start of the hand you had around $180 of your $200 buyin on the table) with 14 essential outs -- 9 spades, 5 remaining non- spade sevens and duces (and possible runner runner outs for the straight); or do you fold?
Several hands later, LaDonque is dealt the worst starting hand in poker, 7-2, though it is suited in spades (7s2s). Feeling lucky and channeling the "inner bitemeusadoj", I limp into the hand only to see the brain of the table, who plays with his stack like a true expert, shuffling chips between fingers like a magician, and espousing all the rules to help our barely-able-to-speak-english green dealer deal the game, raises to $25 from the button, either representing a real hand or just trying to wash out the numerous limpers.....
Another very loose player, a big soul brother who played anything -- "I like to gamble" is how he put it just before this hand -- who was on the big blind calls the $25 raise, adding $20 to his big blind already on the table, and is now in the hand as well.........
while most fold the suited beer hand at that point, I was still dreaming about what could have been in the earlier 10-7 hand and stacking the bigmouth, so decided it was time to get into this hand, knowing the "brain" was bound to be on a big pair or ace big at a minimum, or was simply trying to steal from the button, and dump another $20 into the pot like a true donk (did you not read my f'n SBR handle???)
flop comes down: 7 5s 4s
Soul brother checks, I fire $20 at it, knowing the brain is going to blast it if I don't. He blasts it anyway, making it $100. The Soul brother goes all in for his remaining $180 or so, putting me all in if I call the raise.
first interactive question: what do you do, call off your entire stack (at the start of the hand you had around $180 of your $200 buyin on the table) with 14 essential outs -- 9 spades, 5 remaining non- spade sevens and duces (and possible runner runner outs for the straight); or do you fold?