I tried an experiment yesterday to confirm what I already know.
What the hell, I was bored.
Brunson’s Super System says you cannot put a play on a weak player. You must showdown the best hand.
This, I already know from playing with weak players.
Sometimes, I need validation.
I am in a hand with a guy that raises to $20 pre-flop.
I call.
A player behind makes it $40 to go.
The original raiser and I both call.
The flop is As-Ks-9h.
The original raiser checks.
I bet hoping to represent an Ace or a King.
Both players call.
The turn is a Queen. The Queen of spades.
The original raiser gets excited and bets the pot.
Ok, there is a straight, a flush, and a royal flush on board.
I re-raise him all-in.
The player behind folds J-J.
The original raiser looks confused.
“You have a set of Queens, huh?”
“Yeah. I don’t think I can get away from this hand.”
I started laughing.
“Dude, there is a straight, flush, and royal flush on board. What is there to think about?”
He calls.
The river is a blank.
He shows me the Q-Q.
I laughed again and threw away my hand: J-2.
“I thought you had a straight or a flush. Whew! I thought I was beat,” this guy says.
“Then why did you call?”
Typical.
