The Top Pair/Ace Fish table

In my lifelong quest to identify all fish and bring to you the stories and description of them I have found a new species. This fish is the top pair/Ace fish. This fish is willing to call ANY bet on the flop if they have top pair, no matter the kicker. They are also willing to call ANY raise before the flop if they have an ace.

Last night these fish were VERY tasty. They are willing to pay off anyone who flops a better top pair/set/two pair/straight/flush.   It was not uncommon for these little fish to flop top pair then move all in.

Now to the stories! The first and probably strangest deals with three people getting it all in before the flop. It must be said that everyone had stacks that were larger then they started with. They were all at about 35-40BB.  The action was quite strange.

UTG – Raise 4bb

folds to button

Button – Raise all in for 40 bb

Blind – re-raise all in

UTG – Call

Hands:

UTG – A5s

CO – Q10o

Blind – 9Jo

Blind takes the hand by spiking a 9 on the river. Unreal. It gets better when someone asks them about the hand. Each of them SWORE they had the best hand before the flop or at least thought they did.  One of them even went on to say that he ONLY plays hands like 9Jo is because hands like AK/KK/AA/QQ/JJ NEVER hold up for him. he believes that 9Jo and their ilk are SUPERIOR hands.  By the end of the night this guy was in about 400 bucks…hmm yep SUPERIOR hands.

The only hand that has any comedic value that I was invovled in dealt with a fish who is absolutely obvlious to pot size/odds/poker in general.  Hand went down like this:

UTG: fold

Ep: fold

Ep2: fold

MP (fish): raise 5 bb

Mp 2 fold

Co: Fold

Button (HERO): Call w/ AQs

BB: fold

Flop comes:

As Qc 5s

Fish: checks

Hero: Pot bet

Fish: All in for another 20bb

Hero: calls (DERR)

Fish shows: 35o

Immediately wonders how I could call. Why didn’t I think he had a set or straight.  Compared to an all in, there is NO WAY my top 2 is can NEVER be good!

Never mind a straight is not possible. Fish…so funny.