I was analyzing from the LAG players perspective.

I wouldn’t put you on a set because a set might choose to slowplay that board, even with a flush draw. Same goes for a flopped wheel.

I guess I’d be putting you on a smallish overpair like 55-88, maybe 99 and 10-10 as well.

I think the bet was pretty good because unless LAGgy has the club draw or an overpair, he/she is going to fold in most cases.

Plus, it establishes your image as someone who defends their blinds to anyone paying attention.

Sitting at a table with a LAG… nice.

Getting a good read on said LAG… very nice.

Acting on that read and bluff check raising… priceless.

nh sir.

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Actually, that’s one big reason why the LAG style works. In that particular hand, the LAG invested very little and would play a big hand the same way, while Jordan invested a lot with nothing.

I suppose there are many ways to look at it.

Personally, I like making moves like this one in the early stages because if I lose chips I have time to get them back before the blinds start crimping my style.

You had a read, you went with it, and it worked. Even if it didn’t work, you’d still have enough of a stack to be effective based on the size of the blinds.

In general, my table image was definitely solid, and probably tighter than usual, at least as far as Alexe was concerned. Other players might have thought me looser because of past experience, but Alexe and I never played together before, and I was mostly folding away.

Let me throw out a little hint at one of the things that bothered me about this hand. Check out the level of the game we were in. Was this too early for a move like this?

Getting a good read on said LAG… very nice.

Acting on that read and bluff check raising… priceless.

nh sir.

In general, though, she seems like a player who will try to make a play for a pot at aIt folds to me in the BB, and I decide to flat call, hoping that I hit and get paid off.

If you’re going to keep these posts around, then fix that sentence!

*Takes off Grammar Nazi hat*

Well, let’s see:

You have the player tagged as a LAG, You have a decent read that puts the player on bluff-raise steals and I’m guessing you have a pretty strong table image (you didn’t say so and you might want to add that info to the post). I don’t mind the call with JTo, especially when the blinds are low. That also puts the idea that you have a strong hand in the LAG’s mind. The pot is 315 when the action hits us.

Personally, I’d come over the top of her(?) myself to see where I was at as well as to take down the pot. A min-re-raise doesn’t show enough stregnth, so I’d go with an overbet as well, somewhere in the realm of 400-420. The re-raise to 450 screams “I think you’re full of shit and I have a big hand. Bring it, bitch!” which is exactly what I’d want to do in that situation too. It’s a great move, because of the scary board and the pre-flop action. Nice job.

Here’s a question that you can put in another post or just answer in the comments:

What would you have done if she(?) called? I’m guessing you would have folded, but is there any reason to continue the hand after that action? I don’t see any, but maybe someone else will.