May 15, 2010
Should have been an easy fold...
Here is one for the “know when you’re beat†series.
Remember the villain who I posted about making a great read that I had his 6 low badugi beat?
Same villain here in this hand.
I know this guy, he’s very tight and had I taken even two seconds to stop and ask myself what his raise meant I’d have tossed the hand. Soon as he flipped it over I realized WHO it was and thought “you schmuckâ€.
Moooooooooooraaawwwr.
PokerStars Limit Badugi t50/t100 – 7 players
UTG+1: t720
HJ: t120
CO: t1,600
Button: t3,055
SB: t1,120
BB: t2,940 (Hero)
UTG: t2,445
Dealing Hands: (t0)
(7 players)
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, 2 folds, Button calls t50, SB calls t25, Hero checks
First Draw: (t75) (3 players)
SB discards 2, Hero discards 3, Button discards 2,
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SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks
Second Draw: (t75) (3 players)
SB discards 2, Hero discards 1, Button discards 1,
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SB checks, Hero bets t100, Button raises to t200, SB folds, Hero calls t100
Third Draw: (t475) (2 players)
Hero stands, Button stands,

Hero checks, Button bets t100, Hero calls t100
Button showed
, a Badugi: 4,3,2,A
Hero showed
, a Badugi: 9,6,4,3
Button won t750
This villain is a good player and a nice guy so I don’t mind loosing to him specially when I’m learning something in the process! ;)

3 Comments:
Plutoman posted on May 27, 2010 at 20:54 PM
Reads are huge, especially in a game like badugi where the player pool is small. It's hard to fold a goodish nine in limit for one bet heads up on the end without a read.
Out of interest, what's the best hand you've ever folded in (a) limit, (b) pot limit?
You've almost convinced me I stuffed up that hand I posted before! Here are some more from the SCOOP (that I was lucky to still be involved in):
*Hand 1*
On the CO with 92Ax (which I think is a MUCH better hand than that 875x). Draw one or two (I think it's close - I drew one because I was HU)? I'd been showing down some good hands in the past 45 mins, so do you think the bluff on the end was a sensible one?
PokerStars Game #43571722912: Tournament #2010050041, $15.00+$1.50 USD
Badugi Limit - Level XV (600/1200) - 2010/05/03 21:15:22 ET
Table '2010050041 39' 8-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Mr. Sparco (9495 in chips)
Seat 2: goulgoul666 (11830 in chips)
Seat 3: Icallyou333 (28730 in chips)
Seat 4: Asto66 (35965 in chips)
Seat 5: falco_vienna (28755 in chips)
Seat 6: plutoman20 (30250 in chips)
Seat 7: babscabs (17320 in chips)
Seat 8: SePPuKi (10560 in chips)
SePPuKi: posts small blind 300
Mr. Sparco: posts big blind 600
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9d Ah 7s 2s]
goulgoul666: folds
Icallyou333: folds
Asto66: folds
falco_vienna: folds
plutoman20: raises 600 to 1200
babscabs: folds
SePPuKi: folds
Mr. Sparco: calls 600
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Mr. Sparco: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [7s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [9d Ah 2s] [3h]
Mr. Sparco: checks
plutoman20: checks
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Mr. Sparco: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [3h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [9d Ah 2s] [8d]
Mr. Sparco: checks
plutoman20: checks
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Mr. Sparco: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ah 2s 8d] [8h]
Mr. Sparco: checks
plutoman20: bets 1200
*Hand 2*
Eleven hours played, eleven players left. I'm seriously short here. What do you think of Kinderboy's play here?! I didn't like my hand very much when he raised, but I was basically pot-committed by that stage.
PokerStars Game #43581782409: Tournament #2010050041, $15.00+$1.50 USD Badugi Limit - Level XL (60000/120000) - 2010/05/04 4:17:45 ETTable '2010050041 149' 8-max
Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: qwertz012345 (825043 in chips)
Seat 2: how_now59 (227840 in chips)
Seat 3: Fyodor (3138129 in chips)
Seat 4: Kinderboy (870785 in chips)
Seat 7: hellhound (2090188 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 (364565 in chips)
hellhound: posts small blind 30000
plutoman20: posts big blind 60000
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ac 4h Qh]
qwertz012345: folds
how_now59: folds
Fyodor: folds
Kinderboy: raises 60000 to 120000
hellhound: folds
Fyodor said, "i think ive turned into a donkey card rack"
plutoman20: raises 60000 to 180000
Kinderboy: calls 60000
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ac 4h] [Kh]
Kinderboy: discards 1 card
felipe-ps [observer] said, "lol"
plutoman20: bets 60000
Kinderboy: raises 60000 to 120000
plutoman20: calls 60000
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Kh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ac 4h] [5h]
Kinderboy: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets 64565 and is all-in
Kinderboy: calls 64565
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [5h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ac 4h] [Qc]
Kinderboy: discards 1 card
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [3s Ac 4h Qc] (3-card: 4,3,A)Kinderboy: shows [3c 3d Ad 4c] (2-card: 3,A)
plutoman20 collected 759130 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 759130 | Rake 0
Seat 1: qwertz012345 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: how_now59 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Fyodor folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Kinderboy (button) showed [3c 3d Ad 4c] and lost with a 2-card: 3,A
Seat 7: hellhound (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 8: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [3s Ac 4h Qc] and won (759130) with a 3-card: 4,3,A
*Hand 3*
Down to four. Good fold here (I think I might even be drawing dead)?
PokerStars Game #43583133490: Tournament #2010050041, $15.00+$1.50 USD Badugi Limit - Level XLIV (140000/280000) - 2010/05/04 5:30:37 ET
Table '2010050041 149' 8-max
Seat #7 is the button
Seat 3: Fyodor (816722 in chips)
Seat 4: Kinderboy (3989072 in chips)
Seat 7: hellhound (2863280 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 (4370926 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind 70000
Fyodor: posts big blind 140000
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 3c 8d 9d]
Kinderboy: folds
hellhound: raises 140000 to 280000
plutoman20: calls 210000
Fyodor: raises 140000 to 420000
hellhound: calls 140000
plutoman20: calls 140000
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 3c 8d] [Td]
Fyodor: discards 1 card
hellhound: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: checks
Fyodor: bets 140000
hellhound: raises 140000 to 280000
plutoman20: folds
kKut posted on June 17, 2010 at 12:00 PM
nice blog u have here, helped me a lot to start playing badugi :) would like that you continue it.
Plutoman posted on July 10, 2010 at 02:56 AM
Yes, are you still out there? I'm in the mood for some badugi discussion.
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