I did this move in a
casino recently.
It was a $100 minimum buyin (no maximum) NL ring table with blinds of 2-2-5 (and I had built my
stack up to about $1.8k after buying in for $400). A very
loose aggressive, not so good (in my opinion) player that had bought in for at least $3k and had pissed away at least $1k of that before this hand, and seemed like he was kind of tiltish.
I picked up
JJ in the SB, and the guy raised it to like $20 in semi-
early position (which meant nothing with this guy). I reraised to $80, everyone else folded, and he called. The
flop came JT3
rainbow, and I checked. He bet $100, and I raised it to $300 and he called. A 9 came on the
turn (also putting two of a suit on the board), and now I was a bit worried that he could have a
straight (KQ would probably play the hand identically to how he had up to this point). Not wanting to lose my entire
deep stack if he did have one, I checked the
turn to him, planning on just calling if he bet big, and hoping for the
river to
pair so I could
double up on the
river if he did have a
straight.
He then only bets $200, and I was almost positive with this guy's style that he'd bet a lot more with a
straight here, as he wasn't the type to slowplay (he's the type to bet huge with the
nuts and try to get my entire
stack after I've shown strength). So again, I
check raise him, making it $800 this time. He calls.
The
river comes a
rag, and I know I have him now. I put in $300 thinking he'll have to
call that with anything, with such a big pot, and he does indeed
call. He flips over his J8s (did pickup a
flush draw on the
turn), and I
turn over my
top set and
scoop in a
monster pot.
Normally I
don't try and
check raise a guy twice in one hand, but in this one it made sense to me, largely because I wanted to pick up on if he had caught a
straight on the
turn.
Originally Posted by michael1123
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