Seat: 1 havokrulez
Seat: 2 murphysteph
Seat: 3 Mozice
Seat: 4 kemila
Seat: 5 anderspoker
Seat: 6 floydinspace
Seat: 7 Stoneburg (Dealer)
Seat: 8 htommer
Seat: 9 1stvan
Seat: 10 mikewizz

Pretty normal loose game at Prima. The only one I am worried about is havokrulez who I tend to lose against, most others are LP's.

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OpeningBetRound
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1stvan : Posts small blind 0.10
mikewizz : Posts big blind 0.20
anderspoker : Posts 0.20
havokrulez : Folds
murphysteph : Calls for 0.20
Mozice : Folds
htommer : Sits down 0.08
anderspoker : Checks
floydinspace : Calls for 0.20
Stoneburg : Raises for 1.20 [Ah]
1stvan : Folds
mikewizz : Calls for 1.00
murphysteph : Calls for 1.00
kemila : Sits down 0.04
anderspoker : Folds
floydinspace : Folds
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Weeeell... Ok, maybe AJo isn't the most solid raising hand but I'm on the button and I'm just hoping everyone folds either here or when I make my continuation bet on the flop. At least I only get 2 callers.

Flop $4.10 [5c]
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mikewizz : Checks
murphysteph : Checks
Stoneburg : Bets 2.00
mikewizz : Calls for 2.00
murphysteph : Calls for 2.00
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Normally I bet the pot or close to it, but here I'm a bit embarrased that I raised in the first place and decide I don't want to put too much money in the pot. When I get callers I figure either someone hit the 8, has a low PP or the flush draw. 76 is of course an option... Ah well, I'm done with the hand... or so I think.

Turn $10.10 [Ks]
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mikewizz : Checks
murphysteph : Checks
Stoneburg : Bets 2.00
mikewizz : Folds
murphysteph : Calls for 2.00
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Weeeell... if someone called the flop bet with a low PP that K has got to scare them. How about I just pretend that I raised with AK and bet it. If I really had AK I would of course bet the pot here but... they don't know that. Also, even though I am sure that one of them are on the flush draw I don't care if I give them odds to draw, since I am not protecting anything. If I bet $2 he gets an easy call, and nobody has to get pot committed.

River $14.10 [9c]
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murphysteph : Checks
Stoneburg : Bets 4.00

Well if he has 76 he'd probably bet out now, but if he has the flush draw he won't call any bet. I better make it realistic so he doesn't get curious if he's hit the 9 or has some other piece of the flop. $4 should be enough and he only has to fold like 25% of the time for it to be profitable.



I dunno. Good play or am I auditioning for the muppet show? The idea was to make everyone happy here. He gets to chase his draw without getting over charged and I get to bluff and hopefully win a decent pot without risking too much. It made sense at the time.

Actually I was thinking the other way around. Against a normal low-level internet player, ie: a passive chaser, it could work (and it did). I'm not surprised that you all think it was a bad play but you haven't really proven it logically.

When I review the play it actually makes sense if you assume that the opponents are straight forward and not observant, or oblivious rather. Which is often the case. What I am looking for are concrete reasons why the play is wrong on each street under these circumstances.

well, turns out you were bluffing with the best hand. you shouldn't confuse this with outplaying your opponent. if he has anything, the avg loose/passive internet player calls $4 to win $14.

if you're going to bluff into a pot, you might as well bet enough so that they can fold.