Fish=Money

Fish=Money

md261 on 20th January 2011


$46+$4 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20)
Seat 1: hero (2020 in chips)
Seat 2: Villain (2110 in chips)
Seat 3: Seat 3 (1320 in chips)
Seat 4: seat 4 (1400 in chips)
Seat 5: seat 5(840 in chips)
Seat 6: seat 6(1310 in chips)
hero: posts small blind 10
Villain: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [Ad Ac]
Seat 3: folds
seat 4: folds
seat 5: folds
seat 6: folds
hero: raises 80 to 100
Villain: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [Qc Qh Js]
hero: bets 120
Villain: calls 120
*** TURN *** [Qc Qh Js] [6d]
hero: bets 300
Villain: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [Qc Qh Js 6d] [Ks]
hero: bets 800
Villain: calls 800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [Ad Ac] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Villain: mucks hand
hero collected 2640 from pot


Pretty straightforward Hand with a straightforward message. The money you make comes from fish, if there were no fish, there would be no online poker professionals. It is best to tailor your play whenever possible to exploit the fish to the maximum, even if this means giving away equity to a reg that is involved in the hand. The table this hand was taken from was full of good professionals, but was still +EV because the Villain was such an enormous fishbowl.

The 5x raise from the SB is an unusual move, but hero wants to try to steal as many fishchips as he can in only 4 rounds of betting. The Villain's calling range for a 5x bet wil likely include a good 30% of his range.

The flop is a mixed bag, there is no reason to suspect Villainhas a Q, but there are not too many hands which have connected, so a 2/3 c-bet is required.

Now that the Villain has shown strength enough to call the flop, it is worth considering his range of hands, J9-JA, KA-K9, any pocket pair and any Ace. Most of those are behind the Hero's pocket Aces, and will likely call a largish bet on the turn.

On the river some of the Villain's range is now ahead of the Hero's Aces, but the majority of it is still behind, and the Villain is very likely to call a large river bet, thinking it may be a bluff (he is an enormous fishbowl). 4/5 Pot goes in on the river, and Villain reveals A4o for A high, a terrible bit of play on his part, but totally predictable.

md261