Yeah, it's amazing to me that checking the turn is such an obvious play
to me now. Yet, right after it happened, I remember telling W.D. that I
just couldn't figure out what I could have done differently. I am
actually somewhat surprised, but a bit relieved, that my game has
obviously improved since then.
At the time, I believed that the impetus was, given my certainty that
he held at the A, and since he might have me
beat, I had to bet to (a) “see” if I had the best
hand and (b) charge him.
My thinking at the time was clearly wrong-headed, because I don't have a
plan when he does check-raise. Yet, the plan on playing the river is
quite clear once we've gone check-check on the turn.
I like how you categorized it as the “unintentional bluff”.
I clearly had misread this fellow, because of his tight play, as a
much stronger player than he was.
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Date: 2006-12-07 03:12 (UTC)Yeah, it's amazing to me that checking the turn is such an obvious play to me now. Yet, right after it happened, I remember telling W.D. that I just couldn't figure out what I could have done differently. I am actually somewhat surprised, but a bit relieved, that my game has obviously improved since then.
At the time, I believed that the impetus was, given my certainty that he held at the A
, and since he might have me
beat, I had to bet to (a) “see” if I had the best
hand and (b) charge him.
My thinking at the time was clearly wrong-headed, because I don't have a plan when he does check-raise. Yet, the plan on playing the river is quite clear once we've gone check-check on the turn.
I like how you categorized it as the “unintentional bluff”. I clearly had misread this fellow, because of his tight play, as a much stronger player than he was.