Strategy

Setting Traps and Falling into Them

It’s always fun when you flop or turn a big hand and your opponent has no idea what he’s getting himself into. It’s like recreational crab fishing, at least what I’ve heard of it, where you have bait at the end of a small, light string and you have to carefully pull the crab in without the crab letting go with his claws. You have to make sure the crab is fully committed until he gets to shore and is in your bucket.

It’s fun… except when you are the crab.

That’s basically what happened last night in my daily Full Tilt Poker no limit hold’em freeroll tournament. I was on a great roll and was 107/324 with $14,295 and then 29/297 with $27,545. Things were looking goood, until…

(Really, I should have been more cautious on the turn considering what he called me on after the flop and I definitely should have folded after he re-raised my bet on the turn)

Full Tilt Poker Game #8382691602: $100 Freeroll (63670061), Table 42 – 150/300 Ante 25 – No Limit Hold’em – 1:31:40 ET – 2008/10/07
Seat 1: nutsssbr (8,515)
Seat 2: 59Hecker (16,433), is sitting out
Seat 3: MartinMoore (4,672)
Seat 4: Rivvaa (11,702)
Seat 5: candyken (72,170)
Seat 6: ThePaperClip (34,868)
Seat 7: Toghet (210), is sitting out
Seat 8: girish133 (30,495)
Seat 9: zdennka (11,438)
nutsssbr antes 25
59Hecker antes 25
MartinMoore antes 25
Rivvaa antes 25
candyken antes 25
ThePaperClip antes 25
Toghet antes 25
girish133 antes 25
zdennka antes 25
Rivvaa posts the small blind of 150
candyken posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to girish133 [Jc Jd]
ThePaperClip folds
Toghet folds
girish133 raises to 1,275
zdennka folds
nutsssbr folds
59Hecker folds
MartinMoore folds
Rivvaa folds
candyken calls 975
*** FLOP *** [3d 4h 5h]
candyken checks
girish133 bets 2,925
candyken calls 2,925
*** TURN *** [3d 4h 5h] [7d]
candyken checks
girish133 bets 8,775
candyken raises to 17,550
girish133 calls 8,775
*** RIVER *** [3d 4h 5h 7d] [Jh]
candyken bets 50,395, and is all in
girish133 calls 8,720, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 41,675 returned to candyken
*** SHOW DOWN ***
candyken shows [5c 6s] a straight, Seven high
girish133 mucks
candyken wins the pot (61,315) with a straight, Seven high
girish133 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 61,315 | Rake 0
Board: [3d 4h 5h 7d Jh]
Seat 1: nutsssbr folded before the Flop
Seat 2: 59Hecker folded before the Flop
Seat 3: MartinMoore (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Rivvaa (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: candyken (big blind) showed [5c 6s] and won (61,315) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 6: ThePaperClip folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Toghet folded before the Flop
Seat 8: girish133 mucked [Jc Jd] – three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 9: zdennka folded before the Flop

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