Doylespoker – Paying Attention to the Actions of Individual Players
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www.doylespoker.com – This is one of the reasons why I always feel that it is better to play one or two tables rather than multi table 12 or more.
In this MTT I had watched a player make a huge all in bet for 10,000 just to pick up the blinds. Two hands later, he made another all in preflop move forcing me after some thought, to fold (7,7).
On this occasion he showed his hand of (6c,4s) which immediately got me thinking that he probably didn’t have much better the last time he moved all in.
Another few hands passed before I picked up (A,J) in middle position. Our villain who had smugly shown his (6,4) previously was in the big blind, and this immediately made my mind up on how to play my hand. In normal circumstances I would probably have put in a raise considering it had been folded around to me, but I decided to take a calculated risk and flat called. My only concern was that a player between me and the big blind would raise the pot and spoil my plan, but if they didn’t, I knew exactly what our big blind player was planning to do.
With my seemingly weak flat call and the subsequent folds, the small blind flat called, and then the big blind shoved all in just as I felt he would. I quickly shoved my 12,000 in over the top, and the small blind folded. He turned over (J,3) and it was fortunate I was that far in front, but I had still managed to get all my chips in as a strong favourite, even if he had been holding a hand such as (6,4) again. Needless to say my (A,J) held up and I increased my chipstack considerably.
The choice words of one player at the table demonstrated my point beautifully… "You just insta-called for almost all your stack there with A,J off ????". If you hadn’t been paying attention to what this player had been doing on the last orbit of play, my call would have looked pretty reckless, but in fact, it was judged to perfection. doylespoker.com
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