Same MGM game.

#1) Crazy German limps, another limper and I raise to $40 with [Ks] in the SB. Crazy German calls. Effective stacks about $550. There is a German soccer team in town and they are all maniacs. If I told you some of the things this guy has done, you wouldnt believe me, but he actually might be winning over the past 4 days.

Pot $90. Flop [6d][4c]. I check. He bets $190 Not only is $190 a monster bet for this pot, but remember that this is live and theres no pot size on your monitor. In these lives games I notice that the actual amount of the bet matters more to these guys that the size of the bet in relation to the pot size. I dont think most peopel no how much is in the pot. A $190 bet is very rare unless a guy goes all in of course. Anything over $100 is a serious bet no matter what the pot size.

Im 100% sure Im ahead here.

A) Do you flat call and hope he bluffs off the rest of his stack?
B) Flat call and let him "value bet" the rest of his stack......same as A because he will think hes value betting QJ here.
C) CRAI because hes at least 50/50 to call with QJ

#2) 4 limpers and I check with [6h] in the BB.

Pot $25. Flop [7s][6c]. I lead $20. UTG ($600) calls. Hes a pretty good young english guy. Mediocre guy in MP ( $325) raises to $75 and it folds back to me. I call as does UTG who is pretty obviously drawing now that he calls.

Pot $250. Turn . How do you play this? I cover both of them.

#3) UTG limps, I limp in UTG+1 with [Ad]. Crazy German guy ($500ish) from hand #1 raises to $35. Button ($400) calls.

This guy has cold called a raise and reraise to $100 with KQ. Hes reraised a raiser to $100 with AK...bet $100 on a 653 flop and called a $400 all in.....ect......This is why I limped......how much do you reraise? If you would never limp reraise here, tell me why. Saying the pot might not get raised behind me doesnt count as an answer.

1) Calling is so so so so so much better than CRAI here it's not funny. You basically laid out the reasons for this in points A and B.

2) I would push the flop when the action gets back to you.

3) I would make it about $150.

Ice, I love the continued hand postings. Keeps me feeling like I'm somewhat in Vegas with ya! Keep 'em coming. By the way... who are you there with? For how much longer? edit: just noticed this was your last session, and saw you posted a couple minutes before I posted this that your plane was leaving.

Anyways, for once I decided to respond to this thread before reading any of the replys. Let's see how close I come.

1) I really love a call here, after about 3 or 4 seconds of hesitation. The only card I'm worried about on the turn is an A, K, or Q, as I put him on AQ/KQ, and I suppose QJ is a possibility. You do give yourself a tough decision on the turn if one of those cards falls, esp if the A falls, and he has KQ and he slows down then. You might have to re-evaluate and make a decision depending on what falls if you are going to check again. The pot will be $470 and he will have ~$300 left or so... maybe a nice smooth call on the flop and push any turn?


2) I would have considered re-raising hard on the flop... it's very draw heavy and I wouldn't mind taking it down right there or playing for $325 stack if he's hunting for his hand. I don't think he has a made hand as if he did have a set, his raise probably would of been more in the range of $100. I think he is on a draw too, or maybe two pair w/ a draw. As played, considering the turn is kind of a blank, I'm not too worried about it. I think now your either wa or wb, and I'm leaning towards you being ahead of both opponents on this turn. I'd lead close to pot, maybe $200-$225 on the turn, that will almost put flop raiser all in anyways, and UTG will probably drop since no draws really hit with that 5[c] turncard.

3) I definately like the limp reraise here considering the aggressive nature of the table. My first instinct was a reraise to $135, make it look like you are actually saying something directly to the German (i.e. it's $100 more to you pal) versus reraising the value that your holecards are worth. Btw, did UTG fold? If he called the raise to $35, then $135 might not be enough. What we know is that the German is most likely calling the $100 raise with any holdings that he can raise with himself, and the BB might come along and play too with any pp.

High Wired,

I went to Vegas by myself this time but I did meet up with Cactus Jack a couple times. Hes a really nice guy and helped me out alot while I was there. Im back now already though.

In hand #3) UTG did not call the $35