Uncharacteristic of me

I don't remember the last time I tried a bluff like this.



Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (5 handed)

Villain (BB) ($1052.59)

UTG ($390)

MP ($769.12)

Hero (Button) ($902.10)

SB ($263.20)



Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, 9

2 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB calls $6, Villain calls $4



Flop: ($24) 3, 6, J (3 players)

SB checks, Villain checks, Hero bets $12, 1 fold, Villain raises to $36, Hero raises to $100, Villain calls $64



Turn: ($224) 8 (2 players)

Villain checks, Hero checks



River: ($224) J (2 players)

Villain bets $120, Hero raises to $584, 1 fold



Total pot: $464 | Rake: $2





I just kept thinking after the flop. Oh crap, I just represented a set. Just stick with the story, stick with the story... This could work unless of course he's the one with the set. But if he did have one, how is not going to raise with a suited board and me representing a hand that will pay him off?

Turn card makes a flush, so I would check (plus take a free card now that I have possible straight and flush outs). River card pairs the board so I should be gunning the pot. Flush board has the possibility of scaring away a jack (his most likely hand).

Man, that felt good.

Good fold?

One of my poker weaknesses is that I have a hard time folding good hands. Many times, I don't even go in the tank and I insta-call only to lose to a monster. So I was very surprised that I folded this. Is this a good or bad fold?


MERCY_PERCY! is a solid player who also thrives in cash heads up. This is from limited observation; haven't really played against him.

Baccarat Man is very loose and aggressive. He will call virtually any normal preflop raise when he has money invested in the pot, either through a blind or limp. He gets big stacks by bluffing at a lot of pots with pot-sized bets. Sometimes he leaves with chips intact, but often he gives it all back. He has improved his game recently by playing less predictably, enabling to avoid the traps that other players have learned to set against him. Baccarat Man never multi-tables.

Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (6 handed)


MP ($258.25)

Baccarat Man (CO) ($2980.60)

Button ($1404)

SB ($732.50)

MERCY_PERCY! (BB) ($1587.50)

Hero (UTG) ($1338.75)



Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, K

Hero raises to $50, 1 fold, Baccarat Man calls $50, 2 folds, MERCY_PERCY! calls $40



Flop: ($155) 9, 5, K (3 players)

MERCY_PERCY! checks, Hero bets $80, Baccarat Man calls $80, MERCY_PERCY! calls $80



Turn: ($395) 4 (3 players)

MERCY_PERCY! checks, Hero bets $300, Baccarat Man calls $300, MERCY_PERCY! raises to $750, Hero folds, Baccarat Man calls $450



River: ($2195) K (2 players)

MERCY_PERCY! raises to $707.50 (All-In), 1 fold



Total pot: $2195



Results:

MERCY_PERCY! didn't show

Outcome: MERCY_PERCY! won $2197

Black Gold Deal

I just filled up my entire gas tank for less than $20. Gas is $1.79 a gallon!