The Drunk man at the poker table
by Cajun
We have all played this
guy before; some of us occasionally have been this guy. The one who is in
every pot catching hand after hand. He is the suckout king and he is
wasted. He thinks he is playing great poker but he has been a luckbox.
He has been drinking beer, hard liquor, or frozen concoctions all night and it
has affected his play. These people can be difficult to match up against
because they seem to win every pot they enter. Some players tighten up,
some loosen up but either way you know any hand against this guy could be for
all your chips.
What do we know about
the drunk man, other than he is obnoxious, stubborn and an assclown? For
starters we know he is not going to lay down a hand very easily. He will
likely call or reraise your bets so don’t try to bluff the obliterated
guy. Now don’t get me wrong -- you
can bluff the drunk guy but only if you have a good read on him. There is
really only one bet that can get the drunk guy to fold; the all-in move.
Its not that the drink guy really respects the all-in; he doesn’t, he’s drunk,
it’s just that he knows he can’t bluff at the pot anymore. Also he knows
if he calls he has to show his crap hand and he will most likely lose.
You can almost see his brain start working again when this happens and he
realizes; damn I need to fold here. If you pull off a bluff then
considering showing it to him because, lets face it there it nothing better
than seeing a drunk man on tilt.
Don’t try to do any
crazy setup plays against this guy; he’s drunk so he probably won’t remember or
even have noticed how you played a hand 10 minutes ago.
Slow play more often
against the drunk guy; this really baffles him. He’s betting the entire
hand then when you check raise him on the river he has to look at his
cards. He’s not looking to verify what he has; he’s looking because he
forgot what they were; he’s hammered.
Let him make the all-in
move. Many drunks think the all-in is this great move that they can use
to get someone off a hand. They always see the reraise or the all-in as
their “big move.” Well let them make the big move. If you have a
great hand never bet more than 1/3 of your stack. You still have enough
chips that the drink man will think he can force you off the hand. The firstthought that goes through the drunk guys mind is “if I go all-in he will
fold”. As with most drunks there is not much thinking after that initial
thought. Plus it is much more satisfying to be calling an all-in with the
nuts.
So are you up to the
challenge, if you would like to play against the drunk man, or even if you want
to be the drunk man we can help. A frozen margarita machine
rental from MoJo Margaritas at
your next poker event will insure a drunk at the table. If you are lucky
that man may be you, if not you now know how to beat him.
Cajun
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