DOMINATING people in cash games...

[kingsnthahole]

getting someone all-in and reading them for domination on their end is what cash tables is all about, i look for bad players and take advantage of them...and for some reason they keep coming back for more...

This morning at carbon poker, i sit down at the micro table, and the first hand i watch this donkey shove preflop to a raise and the guy snap calls with JJ, the donkey flips up Q2 offsuit...i say to myself, YESS bc i know that this is where i wanna be...unfortunately for the gentleman with JJ, the donkey flopped a Q and rivers a duece...UGLY! haha...my big blind i get KQ offsuit, the shmuck instashoves off the cuff AGAIN, no raises nothing...i say to myself, welp hes either got AA, KK, or my ANUS for cards...i call, he flips up KT...haha YESSS...NOOOO when the flop comes T 4 3...turn Q!!!!! yesss...river K...
what makes this sooo funny is that i got called a terrible player for calling an all in with KQ BY THE DONKEY!!!?!?! haha i laughed and i said please explain?
he proceeded to tell me how KQ is not a profitable play all in, in the long run, and how its dominated by so many hands, and i just responded with "Q2"
thats all i said to him, he kept talking, "Q2"...finally he goes allin off the cuff AGAIN...luckily i pick up AJ suited and i figured i was probably good, so i called the small .85 all in...JT...flop AAT, turn T, river king...and he typed the little donkey icon thing for carbon chat and i just typed "Q2" again, at this point everyone at the table is hysterical, and laughing at this guy, and he rebuys AGAIN!...im saying to myself i hope this guy plays for the next 24 hours at this table because he'll pay off my college at the micro stakes...haha

the point of the story is look for players like this and if you have a marginal hand, don't give them the opportunity to bluff, if you have a decent hand like JJ or QQ, and they shove, take that all day they probably dont have much, and thought it may not be profitable in the long run to do this ALL THE TIME, against these type of players i feel its very profitable all the time, even if they hit that 3 outer on you...

another type of player i prey on is the emotional baggage player, a player who just took about 2-3+ bad beats, and doesn't know when to quit...this guy last night got runner runnered twice, once for a flush, and once for a set...both times he had AA and KK...the problem was, he was short stacking himself when everyone else has 3x the amount in cash at the table than he did, people saw flops when he shoved, and one after another a person ended up with a flush...with AK, so its hard to not call an all in at the micros with AK, i dont blame the person for calling...the other person however!!! haha A4??? oh well, thats poker...ANYWAYS

this person rebuys AGAIN...this time for the full amount, well almost...3.92, (4$ max) i guessed that this was the remaining amount of his bankroll so i decided that it needed to be in good hands...and i told him not to worry and that i'd take good care of his money. He proceeded to raise every hand, i waited until i had a good hand(kk) in this situation, i reraised, he shoved...SNAP CALL...he turns up KJ offsuit...this is the MEANING of true domination...flop was A46, turn A...and thats all she wrote...he's drawing dead...i just love taking down a big pot and seeing that 0% sign over their cards on carbon, it really adds to my winning their money, and its even sweeter when it happens on the turn and not the river...

KEY POINTS-don't just get in there and play your cards, even online, look for weak players, emotional player, wussy players, players that shove with KJ, players that shove with Q2...and exploit them...this is how you need to be making more money, not by hoping to get AA and double up...

[esmordan]

well put mike i know exactly what you re talking about ...another type of person you might wanna look for is those mouses.....who play very little amount of hands....if the blinds are descent enought you can steal their blinds more often then any other players....just another profitable move you might add to your game

well gl on those micro stakes...see you this weekend