Passive tables suck lol

[liladypokerpro]

*Meh* I guess I got about all I could out of this hand... it just sucks because on any other table it would have paid dividends, but this table was UBER passive, so I had to tip toe so as not to scare out any flush fish... they were over-respecting any bet I made and folding super easily, which is why #1 I was able to play damn near ATC and #2 I felt I had to check it down to the river, otherwise they'd all have folded and not had a chance to hit anything and pay me off... I was honestly hoping for a bet on the turn, thinking surely someone had hit... and someone did as you'll see below... but the weirdo never bet, raised or anything lol *i'll never understand why they hit their flushes and just sat on them lol * It's times like this I really hate passive tables... (I should add that I eventually went on to win this match)

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.1 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (10 handed) - Poker-Stars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Button (t1630)
Hero (SB) (t1775)
BB (t1470)
UTG (t1420)
UTG+1 (t2050)
UTG+2 (t1460)
MP1 (t690)
MP2 (t1550)
MP3 (t1490)
CO (t1465)

Hero's M: 39.44

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, 8
2 folds, UTG+2 calls t30, MP1 calls t30, 4 folds, Hero calls t15, BB checks

Flop: (t120) Q, J, Q (4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks

Turn: (t120) 8 (4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks

River: (t120) 6 (4 players)
Hero bets t90, BB calls t90, UTG+2 calls t90, 1 fold

Total pot: t390

Results:
Hero had Q, 8 (full house, Queens over eights).
BB mucked 7, K (flush, King high).
UTG+2 mucked 9, A (flush, Queen high).
Outcome: Hero won t390

[travz21]

Stars is 10 handed now? When did this happen? Bet turn, bet river. Passive players won't bet for you. Probably bet flop too.

[liladypokerpro]

Nah Travz trust me I was min-betting them off anything and everything prior to this, so I literally HAD to wait til I was SURE someone hit something prior to putting anything out there, otherwise they'd have all folded off...

This is a 10 handed double or nothing SNG. They have 10 handed in this format.

[travz21]

Well obv they don't bet even when they do hit lol. Is there any betting ever going on? Limp/check/check/check every hand? I hate tables like that. There might be an occasional min-bet or even a min-raise with middle pair or something when they get out of line.

[ballboy75]

Stars is 10 handed now? When did this happen? Bet turn, bet river. Passive players won't bet for you. Probably bet flop too.

excellent point, passive players can be bums at times and need to be pushed off a cliff.

[liladypokerpro]

Well obv they don't bet even when they do hit lol. Is there any betting ever going on? Limp/check/check/check every hand? I hate tables like that. There might be an occasional min-bet or even a min-raise with middle pair or something when they get out of line.

Yes hence why I said I hate tables like this... it was like a friggin kindergarten go fish game the majority it was checking and calling or checking and folding... the only other move was donk shove and there was only one guy doing that and well, you see what it got him on my other thread lol: http://www.rakeback.com/poker-forum/...-suckout-8328/

[Brooklynbum]

Damn that's a real passive tight table.

I mean look at the villain with a King high flush and he/she won't bet out?

Jeez I stay away from tables like that.

[liladypokerpro]

Yeah If I'd have had a choice to leave I would have, but it was an SnG so I was kinda stuck LOL

[CallifyouDare]

This was a Double or Nothing ? Then it's not really surprising. I've played a fair share of DoN (although it wasn't on PStars) and either :
- 1) Table was super passive until the higher blind levels
- 2) or one or two players were going to play ATC, raise PF then bet every street to shake you off

This is pretty common table behaviour on DoN which should be renamed to "Who's gonna fire first and/or last". It's not really poker as a skill game since it quickly turns into a shove fest (lol donkaments) but it's somehow good to play in order to make your bankroll grow (played the turbo ones).