Sometimes A Bit Of Tilt Isn`t A Bad Thing

DangerMouse · Sometimes A Bit Of Tilt Isn`t A Bad Thing

I`d just finished a tourney where I`d been in second place and stacked off against the chip leader. It wasn`t a bad beat, just stupidity on my part.

Then this hand popped up. The guy who makes the initial raise has been playing pretty tight and I`m well aware that my Q-Ts is probably well behind. But as I said I was a little tilty and decided to see the flop.

Stage #1606907887 Tourney ID 4247256 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit 100 - 2009-04-20 22:04:14 (ET)
Table: 2 (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 1 - _WAYLANDER_ (1720 in chips)
Seat 2 - WSLUIGI (2500 in chips)
Seat 3 - DARKSTAR420M (3552 in chips)
Seat 6 - MER_SOCAL (1338 in chips)
Seat 8 - MTGPLAYER (2890 in chips)
DARKSTAR420M - Posts small blind 50
MER_SOCAL - Posts big blind 100
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to _WAYLANDER_ [10h Qh]
MTGPLAYER - Raises 200 to 200
_WAYLANDER_ - Calls 200
WSLUIGI - Folds
DARKSTAR420M - Folds
MER_SOCAL - Folds
*** FLOP *** [5d As 3c]
MTGPLAYER - Bets 100

So this bet just screamed weakness to me. It looked like he was very unsure of his hand. In other words a feeler bet. The other possibility was he had a monster and was trying to induce a steal from me. Well if that was the case he was about to get paid off.

_WAYLANDER_ - Raises 425 to 425

He thought for a short while then

MTGPLAYER - Folds (Fold & Show [Kc Kd])

_WAYLANDER_ - returned (325) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
_WAYLANDER_ - Does not show
_WAYLANDER_ Collects 750 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot(750)
Board [5d As 3c]
Seat 1: _WAYLANDER_ collected Total (750) HI:(750) [Does not show]
Seat 2: WSLUIGI (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: DARKSTAR420M (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: MER_SOCAL (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 8: MTGPLAYER Folded on the FLOP

This is the kind of hand I love to win. Not because it`s a complete bluff (although that`s definitely part of it) but because I knew I was behind but I read the situation well and took down a nice pot. Definitely a little tilt induced but a nice result.

Arjonius

A fine example of playing and using position. Weakly played by the opponent both pre- and post-flop, but that's not your concern; the goal is to take advantage, which you did.