tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36880087.post7420904442534881661..comments2024-03-05T08:25:01.029-05:00Comments on Poker Grump: Folding the Mighty Deuce-FourRakewellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15873391354585352712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36880087.post-34102130456450806062010-09-16T06:46:04.834-04:002010-09-16T06:46:04.834-04:00I'm a big fan of your blog and your fondness f...I'm a big fan of your blog and your fondness for deuce-four has definitely rubbed off on me. So it was with some confidence that I woke up with this monster in the big blind last night during my regular poker game (i live in Dubai so this is all very much behind closed doors..) and decided to check the unraised pot (my first real error, probably). The flop landed deuce, 3, 6 rainbow, furnishing me with the formidable combo of bottom pair and inside straight draw. Clearly i was going nowhere in this hand. Check. Under the gun bet 100 dirhams (about $22) and got a caller, so i decided to stick around and see what the turn would bring. A four. With four cards to a straight on the board I was in a bit of a sticky situation with my two-pair and out of position, checked once again (you must do a post some time on how to play deuce-four out of position). UTG overbet 500 dirhams (over $100) into a pot of about 400 and yer man behind him quickly called. Clearly both of these jokers had a five. Now statistically i had absolutely no right to even contemplate a call, but my interest in your blog (and subsequent appreciation for the might of deuce-four) somehow made this a very hard lay down. You know how occasionally you just get this bizarre premonition that your card is coming, despite odds calculations telling you to run for the hills? I counted out the necessary chips, stacked and unstacked them a few times, and got to the point where i had lifted them off the table and was about to toss them into the middle. And then i thought, what the hell am i doing calling that bet? So i folded.<br />Out pops a deuce. <br />UTG shows 6/5, as does the caller, splitting what would have been a pretty good pot had i called. <br />I want you to know that i don't think i'll ever be able to fold deuce-four again.<br />Keep up the great blog!Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36880087.post-60587358340696766992010-09-11T16:24:44.796-04:002010-09-11T16:24:44.796-04:00Hmmmmm . . . so you folded the mighty deuce-four t...Hmmmmm . . . so you folded the mighty deuce-four to what was likely an open-ended straight flush draw in crubs . . .<br /><br />I think you made the wise choice :-)BWoPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934781459474787598noreply@blogger.com