Sick calls thread

[beaston]

I guess I'll start this one off....the hand speaks for itself

....don't ya just love it when you're right? By no means was it an insta-call, though.

PokerStars Game #26643756125: Tournament #150908212, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/04/02 13:45:46 ET
Table '150908212 306' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: homer464 (1910 in chips)
Seat 2: The puchis (2860 in chips)
Seat 3: pokerfox24 (1850 in chips)
Seat 4: jimbon25 (1900 in chips)
Seat 5: funkrock1 (1420 in chips)
Seat 7: Jozefina80 (2220 in chips)
Seat 8: meatwad_72 (1840 in chips)
Seat 9: luciano4646 (2000 in chips)
The puchis: posts small blind 15
pokerfox24: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to meatwad_72 [7c As]
jimbon25: folds
funkrock1: folds
Jozefina80: folds
meatwad_72: raises 90 to 120
luciano4646: folds
homer464: calls 120
The puchis: raises 90 to 210
pokerfox24: folds
meatwad_72: calls 90
homer464: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [4h Th Jd]
The puchis: bets 90
meatwad_72: raises 180 to 270
homer464: calls 270
The puchis: calls 180
*** TURN *** [4h Th Jd] [2d]
The puchis: checks
meatwad_72: bets 300
homer464: calls 300
The puchis: folds
*** RIVER *** [4h Th Jd 2d] [8c]
meatwad_72: checks
homer464: bets 1130 and is all-in
meatwad_72: calls 1060 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (70) returned to homer464
*** SHOW DOWN ***
homer464: shows [Kc Qc] (high card King)
meatwad_72: shows [7c As] (high card Ace)
meatwad_72 collected 4190 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4190 | Rake 0
Board [4h Th Jd 2d 8c]
Seat 1: homer464 (button) showed [Kc Qc] and lost with high card King
Seat 2: The puchis (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: pokerfox24 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: jimbon25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: funkrock1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Jozefina80 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: meatwad_72 showed [7c As] and won (4190) with high card Ace
Seat 9: luciano4646 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[beaston]

lol....when are people going to learn you can't bluff a bluffer?

Dealer: Dealing River: [Jd]
Dealer: meatwad_72 checks
Dealer: matsb bets 1620
meatwad_72: y so much?
Dealer: meatwad_72, it's your turn. You have 14 seconds to act
Dealer: meatwad_72 calls 1620
Dealer: matsb has high card King
Dealer: meatwad_72 has a pair of Fives
Dealer: Game #26645605806: meatwad_72 wins pot (4960) with a pair of Fives
meatwad_72: that's why

[Dyno_Don]

That's pretty good, or they're pretty bad.

Maybe I should get into these tourneys.

Nah, knowing my luck these guys won't be bluffing when I make the call.

That was good where homer464 only had a K high. The way he was betting you would think he'd have at least a J for a pair.

[beaston]

Originally Posted by Dyno_Don

That was good where homer464 only had a K high. The way he was betting you would think he'd have at least a J for a pair.

He was playing ABC poker before that hand, so when he flatcalled my raise on the flop and my bet on the turn, then moved all in on the river, I knew he had missed

If he had bet lower, I would actually have to throw it away....maybe..

[Dyno_Don]

Originally Posted by beaston

He was playing ABC poker before that hand, so when he flatcalled my raise on the flop and my bet on the turn, then moved all in on the river, I knew he had missed

If he had bet lower, I would actually have to throw it away....maybe..

I guess the ABC poker is sorta like poker plays 101, right?

That's nuts. Before I'd call, I'd have to have a pair on the board.

With the way you were playing, matching for a pair of 4's I would have folded, but with a pair of 10's I would've stayed.

[catwoman]

What does "sick calls" mean?

And i agree with don, i would of stayed with 10's or higher to, but anything lower, i would of not pushed my luck. I wish i knew how to bluff "good" , any suggestions?

[Dyno_Don]

Sick Call: When a player makes an all-in call with nothing, and wins the pot.

Is that close enough beaston?

I could be backwards on this, but when someone has done something "sick" in poker, that usually means he/she got lucky in a game.

[beaston]

Originally Posted by Dyno_Don

Sick Call: When a player makes an all-in call with nothing, and wins the pot.

Is that close enough beaston?

I could be backwards on this, but when someone has done something "sick" in poker, that usually means he/she got lucky in a game.

Yes, and no...you could have more than nothing, but not top pair, straight, flush, etc that the board may be showing. And it doesn't have to always be for all of your chips.

I've called people down with as low as a pair of deuces before...the thing of it is, you look like a genius when you've got the correct read, but look like an idiot if you were wrong.

To break it down, when you're calling with hands like that, usually the only thing you could beat is a bluff...

[catwoman]

Thanks Guys, geez i have so much to learn, and this is why i am afraid to signup to any touranments, as much as i love to play cards, any kind, i don't want to **** off anyone when playing by not knowing the rules, the stategy, etc...

Thanks for helping me out with all these terms and stuff, i am leaning more and more from participating here, and someday i wil feel confident enough to try a round somewhere!

[Dyno_Don]

I think it would be best to learn how the game is played by reading about it first, and then play the free games to experience the game.

After you've played several rounds and get use to how the game is played, then you can try for the cash games.

I've noticed in the lower buy-in games though, there are still many players who will play crazy with the all-in or pot raises.

They will try to buy the pot so to speak, or just love the thrill of seeing others fold, when they have nothing and get away with it.

Other times they will get lucky, like when you call them and then they take the pot anyway with their decent hand. That's what I call sick.