A Player You Can’t Play
So, at my most visited local game, there’s one particular player, who I’ll call DAVE, who no matter what I do I can’t seem to take down.
In the past 3 weeks, there have been 5 different big hands where we got it all in with me as a huge favorite, and DAVE drawing to 2-4 outs each time. And each time, like a magic charm, DAVE hit one of those outs and killed huge pots.
DAVE and I are cool. Most every time it’s been a matter of big hand vs big hand and most any of the other players we play with would have been in in the same spot. DAVE also pays more attention to patterns that a lot of the other players, and his moves work against the loose/aggressive folks that attend the game.
I’ve told DAVE that in the future I’m going to fold most anything I have to play all my money for him against. Unless I have KK or AA and he’s all in, I’m not going for it (not that KK has turned up good against him either: we did my KK against his JJ earlier a couple weeks ago preflop and he killed the flop with a J). I’ve also flopped boats on him where he flops trips and then goes on to fill up better against me.
It’s funny how some players you just can’t kill. At certain points in certain time periods there will be players like DAVE who no matter how the cards come they always seem to favor the other. Likewise, I’ve been that players to others.
Poker is partially voodoo, I’m sure.
DAVE, one of these days I’m going to ‘meet you in the middle’ and survive. ;)
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2 opinions for A Player You Can’t Play
jereme
Dec 10, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I’m not criticizing here, but I think it a mistake to tell him your gameplan when going in a pot with him.
I would use that knowledge to bully you off of pots and probably frustrate you into making a bad call.
I’ve been thinking of an experiment where I would fold any and all hands preflop to another person’s all in. Even if I have aces. But I always seem to forget during the thick of battle and end up calling with pockets.
I would like to see how well I do purely post-flop compared to preflop. Maybe the numbers will show that going in preflop is just as lucrative/detrimental as playing postflop play (chip count wise).
Annette_15 fan
Dec 13, 2007 at 3:31 pm
I’ve been learning alot not just from Annette’s blog but also reading about what other people are saying about her game.
She tends to back down to virtually every raise when not in position and although she plays at a certain level I think there is a lesson there for everyone.
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