Just got pwned by a high stakes player at 25NL!

The first clue was that he was Supernova VIP on Pokerstars. I think it must be impossible to be a Supernova VIP and play no higher than 25NL. With the new labelling system on Pokerstars you can configure the client to show  your VIP status. You occasionally see a Platinum Star player, but until now I had not seen a Supernova.

The second clue were his stats: VPIP 28, PFR 27, 3BetPreflop 18%!, Attempt to Steal 38%.

He was sitting two to my right..not ideal, but I noticed how he was playing. Despite usually trying to avoid good players, I stayed at the table and hoped to hit a good hand to trap him. His post-flop play is what I aspire to….Over 59 hands he was up 3/4 of a buyin and only had one showdown where he lost a small pot. That means his winnings were all from aggressive pre and post flop play resulting in his opponents folding.

This is my tangle with him when I finally picked up a hand. He is Villain 2 and he plays by the name B Buddy.

Seat 1: Villain 1 ($18.05 in chips)

Seat 2: Villain 2 ($33.70 in chips)

Seat 3: Villain 3 ($16.30 in chips) –

Seat 4: Villain 4 ($22.35 in chips) –

Seat 6: Hero ($25 in chips) –

PRE-FLOP:

Villain 4 posts small blind $0.10

Hero posts BIG blind $0.25

Dealt To: Hero

FOLD Villain 1

RAISE Villain 2 ($0.75)

CALL Villain 3 ($0.75)

FOLD Villain 4

RAISE Hero ($2.25)

CALL Villain 2 ($1.50)

FOLD Villain 3

FLOP:

Pot: $5.6

BET Hero ($3.50)

CALL Villain 2 ($3.50)

TURN:

Pot: $12.6

CHECK Hero

CHECK Villain 2

RIVER:

Pot: $12.6

CHECK Hero

BET Villain 2 ($11)

FOLD Hero

Villain 2 collected $11.75 from main pot

So he floated me on the flop, then when I timidly checked on the river, he bet pot. I was so tempted to call here. The river is a great scare card. His style of play has me ahead many times here imho, but I elected to fold with two overcards and a flush on the board. Any comments? This is all about playing the player. Of course against a tight nitty player this is an easy fold.

Here is a hand I found on 2+2 where B Buddy is playing slightly higher stakes!!!!

Seat 1: B Buddy ($4162.40 in chips)

Seat 2: mMagic_cards ($4372 in chips)

Seat 3: Telefonkiosk ($6238 in chips) –

Seat 4: J-FRANK ($5547 in chips) –

Seat 7: bet2win ($8432 in chips) –

Seat 8: strassa2 ($8672 in chips)

Seat 9: thebruiser ($4925 in chips)

PRE-FLOP:

J-FRANK posts small blind $25

bet2win posts big blind $50

CALL strassa2 ($50)

FOLD thebruiser

RAISE B Buddy ($4162.40) – All in

FOLD mMagic_cards

FOLD Telefonkiosk

FOLD J-FRANK

FOLD bet2win

CALL strassa2 ($4112.40)

FLOP:

Pot: $8399.8

TURN:

Pot: $8399.8

RIVER:

Pot: $8399.8

SHOWDOWN:

strassa2:

B Buddy:

B Buddy collected $8396.8 from main pot