Thought I caught him

[madjek]

Just curious if anyone else sometimes picks a certain player at the table and feels like they can double up through him. This happened twice to me in last 2 nights. First, last night in bodog 500 fr, I'm doing really well early, get QQ in bb and guy to my left limps, folds around to sb, limps, so I raise 5X, about half first guts stack, who pushes, sb folds, I call of course, he has A Ko and hits (A and K on flop). He then proceeds to bad mouth me in chat box (for the next hour, non stop, along with couple others). I watch him play terribly for the most part but get lucky and becomes chip ldr. I slowly build my stack back up (somewhat), boiling inside just waiting to knock him down a peg. Finally I get KK , I raise He pushes allin, has A Q and of course flops an A. Very disappointing.

Now to tonight, in a 10 big stack on FT (~2000 players) I do very well up to the bubble. I have a little above average stack when it pops. Problem I have with MTT's is at this pt. average stack only has 10-12 blinds left, so a lot of shove or folding, so if you don't get any cards, your SS'ed in no time. I've been watching and Italian limping , then shoving when he suspects weakness, and he's been doing it a lot, out of position. I messed up one hand with him, had KK in early pos., raised 3X, he called, flop all under, I bet too much, he folded, should of let him bet, but before bubble and I didn't whant to take any chances. Anyway, to the hand, I'm in middle position, he is first to act, limps. I have 4 5 hearts. My thinking is if I can get in cheap and hit flop, he'll bluff, I can steal. One other guy limps, SB folds, BB checks. Flop is 6 3 6. Italian puts out pretty low bet. I figure I'm in push or fold after this hand anyway, so I call. Turn, the miracle 7, I figure I'm good now, Italian pushes, I call, pot will put me in top 10 with 180 left. Oh yeah, other limper was still in pot also, he called shove also, had pocket 3's, knocked us both out. ( Italian had A rag btw). Just amazing how these cards come, me str, him fh. You don't need to tell me how I shouldn't of been in hands anyway, I know.
At least I cashed in this one. Just seems like once bubble pops, you have to get lucky during next hour to build up a decent stack to finish with.

[beanfacekilla]

Just curious if anyone else sometimes picks a certain player at the table and feels like they can double up through him. This happened twice to me in last 2 nights. First, last night in bodog 500 fr, I'm doing really well early, get QQ in bb and guy to my left limps, folds around to sb, limps, so I raise 5X, about half first guts stack, who pushes, sb folds, I call of course, he has A Ko and hits (A and K on flop). He then proceeds to bad mouth me in chat box (for the next hour, non stop, along with couple others). I watch him play terribly for the most part but get lucky and becomes chip ldr. I slowly build my stack back up (somewhat), boiling inside just waiting to knock him down a peg. Finally I get KK , I raise He pushes allin, has A Q and of course flops an A. Very disappointing.

Now to tonight, in a 10 big stack on FT (~2000 players) I do very well up to the bubble. I have a little above average stack when it pops. Problem I have with MTT's is at this pt. average stack only has 10-12 blinds left, so a lot of shove or folding, so if you don't get any cards, your SS'ed in no time. I've been watching and Italian limping , then shoving when he suspects weakness, and he's been doing it a lot, out of position. I messed up one hand with him, had KK in early pos., raised 3X, he called, flop all under, I bet too much, he folded, should of let him bet, but before bubble and I didn't whant to take any chances. Anyway, to the hand, I'm in middle position, he is first to act, limps. I have 4 5 hearts. My thinking is if I can get in cheap and hit flop, he'll bluff, I can steal. One other guy limps, SB folds, BB checks. Flop is 6 3 6. Italian puts out pretty low bet. I figure I'm in push or fold after this hand anyway, so I call. Turn, the miracle 7, I figure I'm good now, Italian pushes, I call, pot will put me in top 10 with 180 left. Oh yeah, other limper was still in pot also, he called shove also, had pocket 3's, knocked us both out. ( Italian had A rag btw). Just amazing how these cards come, me str, him fh. You don't need to tell me how I shouldn't of been in hands anyway, I know.
At least I cashed in this one. Just seems like once bubble pops, you have to get lucky during next hour to build up a decent stack to finish with.

Yes sometimes I think a player is loose, and will pay everyone off. But I don't try to catch the player. If I get a hand, I will play against him and hope for the best. But I would never deliberately try to crack someone. That is how I lose chips. I just wait for good cards, like always, and play them when I get them, regardless of who is in the hand. peace.