The Biggest Bet I've Ever Called: $452

[shipitfish]

Back at River Street once, I called a bet that was somewhere between $300 and $400. Until last week, that was the biggest single bet I'd ever called (or made, for that matter) in a poker cash game. Thursday night, I made that new amount $452, which yielded the largest pot I've ever played as well: $1,012.

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Comments

[swolfe]

he couldn't have played the hand worse.

[shipitfish]

Did I make a mistake preflop, or the implied odds there reasonable given my read on his tendency to overplay one pair?

[swolfe]

$25 is only slightly more than 5% of the effective stack sizes, so this is an autocall for me, especially given that it's pretty obvious where he stands and your read that he overplays big pairs. if you had only the starting stack of $300 and/or you thought he was good enough to get away from AA if you out flop him, then it would become a more marginal PF call.

[brettbrettbrett]

$25 is only slightly more than 5% of the effective stack sizes, so this is an autocall for me, especially given that it's pretty obvious where he stands and your read that he overplays big pairs.
Agreed.

[brettbrettbrett]

yeah, I was walking by the table when you and he had your hands face-up. I didn't see the pre-flop action, but figured you'd gotten long odds and position to play your hand. Once the flop comes, its easy. (Calling a big bet with the nuts? I sort of expected more from tthis post:))

I sort of hate that guy so, on a personal note, I was glad to see the pot being shipped your way. Guys who play predictibly like him, who I also don't like, are the reason I'm considering sitting in that game. The fact that I'm running bad at limit contributes too:)

nh.

So, if you're him, what's your flop play? I think I'd bet about 75% or so of the pot, see what's what. When a good player calls me though, it gets tricky. You havenm't ditinguished your hand from any PP his/my/our aces beat. But if the board is 5575 I guess checking the turn isn't horrible. Being out of position sucks.

so the deck hit you

[anonymous]

It's your blog, so you cetainly have every right to post a new high water mark

Re: so the deck hit you

[shipitfish]

Yes, I agree that saying nothing might have been the best. However, I
realize that likely I said what I did to encourage him to continue
overplaying one pair. The point is that this guy's standard mistake
is that he overvalues “top pair, strong kicker” and
overpairs. That's where his money is getting dumped into the game. I
want him to continue to feel that overbetting big pairs is the best
play.

Yeah, I got lucky, but he didn't need to lose so much there. As
someone asked elsewhere in the thread, what's the right play for him,
in my opinion? I think the right play is to bet out half the pot
($50) and if he gets called by anyone but the calling station, tread
very carefully on the turn. There is no way the other two of

Ooops, no jackpot possible

[shipitfish]

I just realized that the 7 from my hand couldn't play against the board
if he hit aces full, because the ace on the board would have to play
against the quad fives. Since it's a two cards must play jackpot, I
realize now that it impossible for there to be jackpot outs with the
aces full rule. I need A5 in my hand to make it even possible, with
the case ace falling on the board.

Re: Ooops, no jackpot possible

[patty_bush]

I'm sorry, I'm not real familiar with bad beat jackpots, do all four cards from both players have to play?

[patty_bush]

My only justification is that he knew anything short of an all-in bet would most likely not chash our any straigt or flush draws.

His thinking probably was, I know even if I don't give these donkeys the correct odds, they'll chase their flushes.