You should never be surprised in live poker
I’ve mentioned in a previous blog that online poker players are much stronger than live ones. This is not debatable. Most anyone who has played extensively at both will tell you this. There are of course individual exceptions, but the basic premise holds true.
I was playing in a live local game the other night and the following hand came up. The game was 1/2 NL and most players at the table had pretty big stacks.
There were five limpers ahead of me and I’m in the big blind with Ah Qc. I raised it to $15 total and got three callers. The UTG player is very loose and is a big time calling station. The MP player seems to be pretty tight and has shown down only good hands so far. The button is a young kid who just sat down and has only played a few hands so far.
Flop: Qd 5d 9h
This seemed like a good flop for me and I lead for $40. All three players called and obviously I wasn’t feeling great about my one pair hand at this point. I didn’t think that anyone was really strong here(two pair or better) because I would expect them to raise here. It’s live poker though, so you never know.
The turn is the 8h.
I thought that this was a pretty big blank as I put at least one of the people on a flush draw, another on a weaker queen, and I wasn’t really sure what the third person had. The only hand I can think that this helps is 67 and would a person really call a $40 flop bet with just a gutshot straight draw. I don’t think so. I thought that I really needed to bet in this pot to protect my hand but I got a little nervous playing against three opponents and decided to check. I didn’t really feel good about it but that’s what I did. Everyone checked to the button who bet $140. I decided to go ahead and fold here. I wasn’t too sure about it but I definitely felt better after the other two players called. There was absolutely no way that my hand could have been good at the present time.
River is the 9d.
UTG moved in for his last $120, the MP player folded(must have been on a flush draw that missed) and the button called but didn’t look happy doing it. UTG proudly flipped over 2d 3d for a rivered flush and the button then showed 67 for the turned straight.
Wow, there was just some horrible play in this hand but that’s typical of many live poker games. In live poker, you can never be shocked with the hand that an opponent turns up. Never.
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