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Originally Posted by tomb1 Raise with a 7-2 offsuit, huh?
That's one way to make your own luck!  |
OK I see that posting a hand where I push w/ the numerically worst pocket, hammer to the river w/ the weakest concievable draw, and luck out to catch the miracle str8 draw of the day makes me look like a piss-poor player. Truth is, I don't have a ton of experience w/ poker. However, I'm not an idiot. (so much anyway) My intention here was to push this guy off the pot - he was putting thought into making his calls - I figured him for pairing w/ one of the flop cards - or having a med. pocket pair - I was bluffing (only time ever BTW) I was betting he wouldn't improve, and I could bet him off the pot (I didn't get a raise from him) He obviously wasn't laying down his Q's though so, as it happened the str8 was actually the only thing that got it for me - essentially by the river I was putting him on slow-playing As (he did raise pre-flop) Of course, by then I had him - I would have raised then, but his bet more than made my all-in. Obviously, no flush, no paired board, barring a higher str8, I had the absolute nuts at this point.
Essentially, it was the "true" hammer -both off suit and off color- AND it just happened to pay off... in the procession of a veeerrry long losing streak...
oddly, I got "true" hammer a few hands later, and laid it down. (not numerically due to win) Maybe I should have bet the trend though, I think I would have caught that one too. (it didn't actually get to showdown)
I put this 2 7 off story here to illustrate the irony of my post
