Playing Down to the Level of the Table

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Early in my session last night I had this hand....

10 9 in BB

3 calls, LP raises, I call, all call.

A 10 3 (2 clubs) I check, all check to LP who raises.

I call (I had been watching and LP had been showing down garbage, so I figured I would see the turn,if I dont improve, I'm out), all call.

turn is the J clubs putting the straight and flush on the board. All check to the LP who bets, I fold, someone raises, LP re-raises, raiser calls, others fold.

capped on the river, which was a 9.

LP turns over 66 and other turns over A7os, PAIR OF ACES WINS???? I would have won with 2 PAIR?????

You just never know what these players have. They would bet with any pair (regardless of what is on board) and they will bet it down to the river, and turn over garbage.

I might have saved 1 BB by not calling the pre-flop raise or the bet on the flop, but similar to low limit omaha games where lots of players stay in drawing I like to see the turn with anything, then I am out if I don't improve. And I ONLY do this against the players at the table who would bet anything but top pair consistantly. Still not a good play, probably, but if you do improve, you get paid off enough to more than make up for a few SB's lost seeing a few turns IMO.

"buy low, sell high"