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RIP Blogspot
Although I <3 the plain black background, links on right side, and awesome title, I've found a new home for a poker blog in Cardrunners. When it comes down to it, I'm an attention whore, and far better shot at getting feedback there then on here. I won't delete this or anything, and I may occasionally cross-post something, so don't punch out your bookmarks yet boys and girls.
Here's the link to the new Cardunners blog: http://www.cardrunners.com/members/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=29&task=show&action=user&id=35311
You might have to sign up for membership to read it, I don't think you have to though, so comment if you have any problems with it.
-Burda
P.S. It's ridiculously disappointing to see all but 2 people from my blog class with dead blogs, especially Leslie :( Keep the faith guys!
Here's the link to the new Cardunners blog: http://www.cardrunners.com/members/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=29&task=show&action=user&id=35311
You might have to sign up for membership to read it, I don't think you have to though, so comment if you have any problems with it.
-Burda
P.S. It's ridiculously disappointing to see all but 2 people from my blog class with dead blogs, especially Leslie :( Keep the faith guys!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
12/10-12/11 Late night PLO
HU PLO 1/2
Some pretty interesting hands, first some against a decent Swedish aggressive player. We have a good amount of history, and my notes on him say he almost always pots when checked to IP, check-minraise monsters, call pot bets on flop with top pair no kickers/no draw, and will double-barrel turn/river hard with blockers. Again, the HH's are awful on the site I play on, so bear with me as I type these out. Assume I have $200 or more at all times, and Villain has around the same as well.
Flop nuts, awful turn:
Villain completes, I check A223 with small diamonds in BB. Flop A45 two hearts, I pot for $4, he re-pots quickly to $16, I call. Turn is an ugly 6h, I check/call a $36 bet, then check/fold to a $74 river bet. I should have check-raised the flop, as I probably wouldn't feel as bad sticking it in (but still wouldn't love it) if he 3-bet pot. He ususally wasn't ultra-aggressive with draws, but I can't see what he bets so hard that doesn't at least tie if not beat me. He's not going to fire pot with a set on turn then value-town river, and hard for me to believe he fires two barrels hard with the same straight as well. Not a situation that comes up too much but it's still gross.
2nd nut boat, not sure about river raise:
I complete in SB with 8836 with spades, Villain checks. Flop J87 one diamond, Villain check/calls my $4 bet. Turn is 7d, Villain checks, I bet $8, Villain quickly check-raises to $20 and I call. River is a 6d, and Villain leads for $36. I tank and make it $88, and he times out/folds. He later said in chat he didn't have enough time to think it over and was leaning towards a call (sigh, why can't all poker sites have time banks). He said he had A7xx and rivered the nut flush. I was pretty sure he had a 7, and was hoping he had a flush but I'm not sure if I priced him out or not on river. Maybe a minraise would have been better, but I thought it was a small enough raise to call getting over 3:1. I might have extracted more being OOP here.
Oops, overplayed big-time:
Villain pots, I call with QT69 with Q-high clubs. Flop JT3 with the Jc. I check/call an $8 bet. Turn is 9c giving me an OESFD, middle two and an inside straight draw. I check, Villain bets $20, I raise to $53 and call his shove for $68 more, and he shows total gin with KQJJ. I whiff my 8 outs on river and double him through. Should have just called turn.
Top set good to me too:
Villain pots in SB, I re-pot with AJJ3 with nut hearts, Villain calls $12 more. Flop JT7 two clubs, one heart and I bet $28, Villain calls. Turn is 3h giving me a NFD, I pot for $92, Villain shoves, I call for my last $64 and he shows AKK2 no clubs, and I hold river to double through.
Finish him, dun-dun-dun:
He doesn't rebuy when down, which is annoying but w/e, I'm not going to be an ass to regulars I usually beat and demand he re-load, so he has $75 here. I pot AK47 with nut diamonds, Villain re-pots, I call $12 more. Flop AA3 rainbow, he checks, I pot and call his shove of $23 more, and he tables AQJ9 no suits. Turn/river are blanks and he's done.
Finished a little up, maybe $40-$50 or so over the two tables we played.
Anddd not so good HU with a SSer who bought in for $40, and I sat until he bought in for $80, which I'm not even thrilled about. I usually say at least 50BBs (especially that night since a bunch of idiot SSer's kept sitting in, would leave when I steal their blind and sit out, then come back and keep sitting in. You know when they say it's their case money that they're just going to hit and run you if they double.
Overplayed Aces, gross spot:
Villain raises to $5 OTB, I make it $13 with AAT2 with clubs, Villain calls $8 more. Flop K69 two spades, I bet $16 and he calls. Turn offsuit 7 I bet $56 and call his shove of $7 more drawing stone dead to KT98. He can have lots of draws on that flop like QJTx, flush draws, AKxx, but it's a lousy spot against an SSer. If he had $100 or more behind I probably check/call or check/fold here.
Mostly he ground me down in small/medium-sized pots where I just would have nothing, and a few coolers where I thankfully lost nothing when he got there, i.e. I pot bottom two and an OESD, flush comes on the turn, I check/fold and he shows flopped top two and a turned nut flush, or I pot the nut straight on the flop, turn pairs the board and the flush gets there, check/check and I check/fold river when he shows bottom set filling up on turn. -180 or so to him. He was fairly predictable and got really lucky on a few hands, as there were other pots he'd call a PSB on flop with something like 4482 on a 662 two-flush board or middle pair no re-draw.
Some pretty interesting hands, first some against a decent Swedish aggressive player. We have a good amount of history, and my notes on him say he almost always pots when checked to IP, check-minraise monsters, call pot bets on flop with top pair no kickers/no draw, and will double-barrel turn/river hard with blockers. Again, the HH's are awful on the site I play on, so bear with me as I type these out. Assume I have $200 or more at all times, and Villain has around the same as well.
Flop nuts, awful turn:
Villain completes, I check A223 with small diamonds in BB. Flop A45 two hearts, I pot for $4, he re-pots quickly to $16, I call. Turn is an ugly 6h, I check/call a $36 bet, then check/fold to a $74 river bet. I should have check-raised the flop, as I probably wouldn't feel as bad sticking it in (but still wouldn't love it) if he 3-bet pot. He ususally wasn't ultra-aggressive with draws, but I can't see what he bets so hard that doesn't at least tie if not beat me. He's not going to fire pot with a set on turn then value-town river, and hard for me to believe he fires two barrels hard with the same straight as well. Not a situation that comes up too much but it's still gross.
2nd nut boat, not sure about river raise:
I complete in SB with 8836 with spades, Villain checks. Flop J87 one diamond, Villain check/calls my $4 bet. Turn is 7d, Villain checks, I bet $8, Villain quickly check-raises to $20 and I call. River is a 6d, and Villain leads for $36. I tank and make it $88, and he times out/folds. He later said in chat he didn't have enough time to think it over and was leaning towards a call (sigh, why can't all poker sites have time banks). He said he had A7xx and rivered the nut flush. I was pretty sure he had a 7, and was hoping he had a flush but I'm not sure if I priced him out or not on river. Maybe a minraise would have been better, but I thought it was a small enough raise to call getting over 3:1. I might have extracted more being OOP here.
Oops, overplayed big-time:
Villain pots, I call with QT69 with Q-high clubs. Flop JT3 with the Jc. I check/call an $8 bet. Turn is 9c giving me an OESFD, middle two and an inside straight draw. I check, Villain bets $20, I raise to $53 and call his shove for $68 more, and he shows total gin with KQJJ. I whiff my 8 outs on river and double him through. Should have just called turn.
Top set good to me too:
Villain pots in SB, I re-pot with AJJ3 with nut hearts, Villain calls $12 more. Flop JT7 two clubs, one heart and I bet $28, Villain calls. Turn is 3h giving me a NFD, I pot for $92, Villain shoves, I call for my last $64 and he shows AKK2 no clubs, and I hold river to double through.
Finish him, dun-dun-dun:
He doesn't rebuy when down, which is annoying but w/e, I'm not going to be an ass to regulars I usually beat and demand he re-load, so he has $75 here. I pot AK47 with nut diamonds, Villain re-pots, I call $12 more. Flop AA3 rainbow, he checks, I pot and call his shove of $23 more, and he tables AQJ9 no suits. Turn/river are blanks and he's done.
Finished a little up, maybe $40-$50 or so over the two tables we played.
Anddd not so good HU with a SSer who bought in for $40, and I sat until he bought in for $80, which I'm not even thrilled about. I usually say at least 50BBs (especially that night since a bunch of idiot SSer's kept sitting in, would leave when I steal their blind and sit out, then come back and keep sitting in. You know when they say it's their case money that they're just going to hit and run you if they double.
Overplayed Aces, gross spot:
Villain raises to $5 OTB, I make it $13 with AAT2 with clubs, Villain calls $8 more. Flop K69 two spades, I bet $16 and he calls. Turn offsuit 7 I bet $56 and call his shove of $7 more drawing stone dead to KT98. He can have lots of draws on that flop like QJTx, flush draws, AKxx, but it's a lousy spot against an SSer. If he had $100 or more behind I probably check/call or check/fold here.
Mostly he ground me down in small/medium-sized pots where I just would have nothing, and a few coolers where I thankfully lost nothing when he got there, i.e. I pot bottom two and an OESD, flush comes on the turn, I check/fold and he shows flopped top two and a turned nut flush, or I pot the nut straight on the flop, turn pairs the board and the flush gets there, check/check and I check/fold river when he shows bottom set filling up on turn. -180 or so to him. He was fairly predictable and got really lucky on a few hands, as there were other pots he'd call a PSB on flop with something like 4482 on a 662 two-flush board or middle pair no re-draw.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
12/10 Short PLO HU Session
NLHE games weren't hot or were full, so waited for someone to sit down at 1/2 PLO and got a Villain who is a regular at 2/4 through 5/10 NL. He makes loose calls preflop, thin river calls, and isn't all that spectacular. I'd seen him play PLO once, so wasn't too worried. I have a few HH's I can copy/paste, rest are memory.
Starting Hand #10316858-1127
Hero is the Dealer
Shuffling Cards
Hero Posted Small Blind $1.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (8h, 7c, Kh, 7d)
Hero Raised to $6.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $4.00
Dealing Flop (Qc,3h,6s)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $10.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $10.00
Dealing Turn (9d)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $22.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $22.00
Dealing River (9s)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
HeroBets $42.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Folds
Hero Wins $117.00 from Pot 1
Preflop standard button raise. Flop I c-bet a rather drawless flop and get called. He'd probably raise 2 pair or better, so I imagine he has either a Queen with some decent kickers or 45. Turn gives me an OESD so I decide to fire again on a semi-bluff, and feel he folds top pair here most of the time, but I get called again. River is a 9, he checks it again and I fire the third barrel pretty sure he folds AQ/KQ and Q3/Q6 if he was passive with two pair, and small overpairs to my 77 that he might have had a draw with. Pot was about $76 on the river and I tanked it for a bit, so I think it looked like a value bet. IMO I'd bet full houses and AA/KK like this, too.
Starting Hand #10316858-1129
Shuffling Cards
Hero Posted Small Blind $1.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Jc, 8c, Qh, 9s)
Hero Raised to $6.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Raised to $18.00
Hero Calls $12.00
Dealing Flop (5d,Jd,Jh)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $19.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $19.00
Dealing Turn (Qs)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $56.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $56.00
Dealing River (7d)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $186.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Folds
Hero Wins $371.00 from Pot 1
Villain was beginning to steam and was 3-betting a good deal more in the BB along with most of his Buttons. If I was double-suited I might just 4-bet, but calling here is standard. He might have learned his lesson after he 4-bet preflop/potted and called a CRAI from me with AAT8 no suits on a Q28 two spade board when I had KQQT when he checked this flop. In retrospect I should have full-potted to make it look like a bluff, but unlikely he c/r AI with just Aces anyway, so I want a call here if he has naked Aces or an overpair/flush draw. Turn is near-gin for me, I again probably should have full-potted though I want Jxxx with smaller kickers to call again as well. River I just decide to shove, I suppose I could bet some weird amount like $20 and might get looked up but he has less than a PSB left with $111 and he might just call off with AJ there.
Starting Hand #10316858-1147
Hero is the Dealer
Shuffling Cards
Hero Posted Small Blind $1.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (5s, As, Ac, 5c)
Hero Raised to $6.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $4.00
Dealing Flop (4s,Js,5h)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $12.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Raised to $48.00
HeroRaised to $156.00
xFLiPZMoDEx All In
xFLiPZMoDEx has (Ah, 6s, 3s, Qc)
Hero has (5s, As, Ac, 5c)
Dealing Turn (Ts)
Dealing River (9c)
Hero Wins $237.40 from Pot 1 with : Flush Ace High
Hero Wins $42.80 from Pot 2 with : Flush Ace High
xFLiPZMoDEx Leaves
Great flop for me with middle set and the NFD, and he gets coolered a bit with his FD being no good in addition to me having a set as well. That hand is a fold pre-flop kids!
A somewhat big hand I didn't win:
I pot AKQ5 with 3 diamonds OTB, Villain calls. Flop comes T24 two diamonds, check, I pot for $12, he c/r to $36, I call. We both have around $250 at this point. If he was shorter with maybe $150 or less, I'd just take the variance and re-pot/call shove, but I felt by calling I'd still make money on the turn since I hadn't been betting draws and making them, and I'd most certainly break him if a 3 hit unless he had something like a set and higher straight draw. Turn was a offsuit 7, he insta-potted for $84 and I threw my hand away a probable 4-1 dog. I had been beating him in smaller pots and got myself into very good or the best spots in bigger pots, so I didn't really feel like gambling here, though it's probably a poor/nitty excuse.
Confused big-time:
Villain pots OTB, I call with 9753 with hearts in BB. Flop comes 568 rainbow, I check and he checks behind, ugh. Turn is 6 of hearts, giving me an OESFD, I lead $8 and he calls. River is a 3, I block bet $11 into a $28 pot and he thinks and raises to $61, ahhhhhhhh so gross. I'm really sure he doesn't check a flopped set behind, and I don't think he does that with total air, a straight, or trip 6s. Could be 63xx, 33xx with a heart draw, I'm not sure, it's such a nasty spot though. I decided to hero-fold, I probably let him get there :(
200BB pot:
Villain pots OTB, I re-pot KQQT with hearts and clubs, he 4-bets to $52 and I call. Flop is gin for me with Q28 two spades, I check, he pots for $108, I shove for $38 more and he calls with AAT8 no spades. Turn/river are blanks and yay suckouts, though he's committed to the hand after his 4-bet, so nothing he can really do there, just unlucky.
One pair good?:
I pot OTB with KQT9 with diamonds, Villain re-pots, I call. Flop 937 one diamond, Villain bets $16 into a $36 pot which is kinda weak, so I pot it to $84, and he thinks/folds. Very unlikely to have a set there, and he probably doesn't 3-bet me with a run there since he's not really a PLO player, so in all likelihood I'm a flip against naked Aces, and at worst 3:2 dog against AA with two backdoor flush draws. It's not a flop where he can just put me on a draw or complete air and shove me in, it's going to look like a set, two pair, or a big wrap/pair combo. My kickers are probably live unless he has KKxx instead of Aces, which is what was important along with a BDFD and a BDSD.
Not sure if I was bluffing or just got unlucky on river:
I pot A667 with nut diamonds OTB, Villain calls. Flop T28, it goes check/bet $9/call. Turn is As putting two spades out, Villain checks again, I fire $21, he calls. I wanted him to muck a straight draw but to no avail. River is Js, he bets $30 and I fold.
+$300 and change, wouldn't it be nice if that was my hourly rate :)
Starting Hand #10316858-1127
Hero is the Dealer
Shuffling Cards
Hero Posted Small Blind $1.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (8h, 7c, Kh, 7d)
Hero Raised to $6.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $4.00
Dealing Flop (Qc,3h,6s)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $10.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $10.00
Dealing Turn (9d)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $22.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $22.00
Dealing River (9s)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
HeroBets $42.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Folds
Hero Wins $117.00 from Pot 1
Preflop standard button raise. Flop I c-bet a rather drawless flop and get called. He'd probably raise 2 pair or better, so I imagine he has either a Queen with some decent kickers or 45. Turn gives me an OESD so I decide to fire again on a semi-bluff, and feel he folds top pair here most of the time, but I get called again. River is a 9, he checks it again and I fire the third barrel pretty sure he folds AQ/KQ and Q3/Q6 if he was passive with two pair, and small overpairs to my 77 that he might have had a draw with. Pot was about $76 on the river and I tanked it for a bit, so I think it looked like a value bet. IMO I'd bet full houses and AA/KK like this, too.
Starting Hand #10316858-1129
Shuffling Cards
Hero Posted Small Blind $1.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Jc, 8c, Qh, 9s)
Hero Raised to $6.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Raised to $18.00
Hero Calls $12.00
Dealing Flop (5d,Jd,Jh)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $19.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $19.00
Dealing Turn (Qs)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $56.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $56.00
Dealing River (7d)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $186.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Folds
Hero Wins $371.00 from Pot 1
Villain was beginning to steam and was 3-betting a good deal more in the BB along with most of his Buttons. If I was double-suited I might just 4-bet, but calling here is standard. He might have learned his lesson after he 4-bet preflop/potted and called a CRAI from me with AAT8 no suits on a Q28 two spade board when I had KQQT when he checked this flop. In retrospect I should have full-potted to make it look like a bluff, but unlikely he c/r AI with just Aces anyway, so I want a call here if he has naked Aces or an overpair/flush draw. Turn is near-gin for me, I again probably should have full-potted though I want Jxxx with smaller kickers to call again as well. River I just decide to shove, I suppose I could bet some weird amount like $20 and might get looked up but he has less than a PSB left with $111 and he might just call off with AJ there.
Starting Hand #10316858-1147
Hero is the Dealer
Shuffling Cards
Hero Posted Small Blind $1.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (5s, As, Ac, 5c)
Hero Raised to $6.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Calls $4.00
Dealing Flop (4s,Js,5h)
xFLiPZMoDEx Checks
Hero Bets $12.00
xFLiPZMoDEx Raised to $48.00
HeroRaised to $156.00
xFLiPZMoDEx All In
xFLiPZMoDEx has (Ah, 6s, 3s, Qc)
Hero has (5s, As, Ac, 5c)
Dealing Turn (Ts)
Dealing River (9c)
Hero Wins $237.40 from Pot 1 with : Flush Ace High
Hero Wins $42.80 from Pot 2 with : Flush Ace High
xFLiPZMoDEx Leaves
Great flop for me with middle set and the NFD, and he gets coolered a bit with his FD being no good in addition to me having a set as well. That hand is a fold pre-flop kids!
A somewhat big hand I didn't win:
I pot AKQ5 with 3 diamonds OTB, Villain calls. Flop comes T24 two diamonds, check, I pot for $12, he c/r to $36, I call. We both have around $250 at this point. If he was shorter with maybe $150 or less, I'd just take the variance and re-pot/call shove, but I felt by calling I'd still make money on the turn since I hadn't been betting draws and making them, and I'd most certainly break him if a 3 hit unless he had something like a set and higher straight draw. Turn was a offsuit 7, he insta-potted for $84 and I threw my hand away a probable 4-1 dog. I had been beating him in smaller pots and got myself into very good or the best spots in bigger pots, so I didn't really feel like gambling here, though it's probably a poor/nitty excuse.
Confused big-time:
Villain pots OTB, I call with 9753 with hearts in BB. Flop comes 568 rainbow, I check and he checks behind, ugh. Turn is 6 of hearts, giving me an OESFD, I lead $8 and he calls. River is a 3, I block bet $11 into a $28 pot and he thinks and raises to $61, ahhhhhhhh so gross. I'm really sure he doesn't check a flopped set behind, and I don't think he does that with total air, a straight, or trip 6s. Could be 63xx, 33xx with a heart draw, I'm not sure, it's such a nasty spot though. I decided to hero-fold, I probably let him get there :(
200BB pot:
Villain pots OTB, I re-pot KQQT with hearts and clubs, he 4-bets to $52 and I call. Flop is gin for me with Q28 two spades, I check, he pots for $108, I shove for $38 more and he calls with AAT8 no spades. Turn/river are blanks and yay suckouts, though he's committed to the hand after his 4-bet, so nothing he can really do there, just unlucky.
One pair good?:
I pot OTB with KQT9 with diamonds, Villain re-pots, I call. Flop 937 one diamond, Villain bets $16 into a $36 pot which is kinda weak, so I pot it to $84, and he thinks/folds. Very unlikely to have a set there, and he probably doesn't 3-bet me with a run there since he's not really a PLO player, so in all likelihood I'm a flip against naked Aces, and at worst 3:2 dog against AA with two backdoor flush draws. It's not a flop where he can just put me on a draw or complete air and shove me in, it's going to look like a set, two pair, or a big wrap/pair combo. My kickers are probably live unless he has KKxx instead of Aces, which is what was important along with a BDFD and a BDSD.
Not sure if I was bluffing or just got unlucky on river:
I pot A667 with nut diamonds OTB, Villain calls. Flop T28, it goes check/bet $9/call. Turn is As putting two spades out, Villain checks again, I fire $21, he calls. I wanted him to muck a straight draw but to no avail. River is Js, he bets $30 and I fold.
+$300 and change, wouldn't it be nice if that was my hourly rate :)
Monday, December 10, 2007
12/8 PLO and NLHE (long)
HU 1/2 PLO
Villain was very passive, only bought in for $100 (50bbs), and only potted with near-nut or nut hands, though I had caught him bluffing a few times with complete air (or got shown the nuts). He called PSB with bottom pair no redraw or TP no kicker in raised pots, so that would be annoying when he'd slam two-pair, but he usually didn't bet/raise it big unless he bet preflop. He didn't fold naked Aces either. I did manage to get good value bets on the river versus him with big hands as well, which is how I got most of his $$. I'll talk about mostly hands that were over 30-40BBs. The HH's don't list stacks which is quite annoying but assume Villain has $80-$150 each hand and I have a full stack.
I pot AA62dd OTB, Shorty SB folds, Villain calls. Flop comes A36 one diamond, V checks, I bet $10, he calls. Turn Th putting a heart draw out there, he check/calls a $35 bet. River is another Ten, and he check/folds to my $45 bet. He probably had some 45xx combo, though he should have mucked turn unless he got a heart draw to go with it.
Button folds, V completes, I check K994 in BB. Flop comes Q75 rainbow, V check/calls my $3 bet. I generally had success with betting when he checked a somewhat drawless flop, so I fired there, but he called. Turn 9c putting a two-flush out, V check/calls my $7 bet. Turn a set, 86 gets there but he'd have potted if he had it. River 5, V check/calls my $15 bet and mucks Q364 with 6-high clubs. His hand was pretty big on the flop, def. worthy of a check-raise. He turns a BDFD albeit a bad one and peels, but calling river with two pair six-kicker is terrible, he only beats a busted club draw.
I pot AA62dd OTB/SB, V calls from BB. flop J53 two diamonds, V check/calls a $9 bet from me. I mixed my c-bets up from $7-$11, and he generally folded more often when I bet $10 or more as opposed to $7-$9. I should probably just pot this good a hand in the future. Turn is a Q which I don't like, but V check/calls a $21 bet from me. River is a Ten, it goes check/check, and he turns over AQJ5 no suits for the winner. Crappy hand that should be folded preflop. He missed an easy c/r on flop, though he's only going to get more money from me when I have him beat or have the hand that I had with Aces/NFD/gutter, in which I'd be 54% on the flop to win anyway. I could have checked behind on turn, but I didn't want to let a Broadway draw get there or get bluffed. River is easy check-behind with one pair.
I complete SB with A429 hearts and spades, V checks. Flop 256 two hearts, V pots for $4, I call. This is an easy re-pot here with the NFD and steel wheel draw. Turn is J, he pots for $12 and I make a bad/tilty call. I know he has a set or the nut straight. I get somewhat lucky with a 6h on the river giving me the NF and he checks, I bet $12 and he calls/mucks 3344. Would have gotten his entire stack if I re-potted flop and got it all-in, albeit a 3:2 dog since he had the 3h. If he had just 34xx, it's an ok laydown if he 3-bets and I 4-bet/shove since I could have him drawing dead with something like the same straight and two pair/FD/set/higher straight redraw, but HU it's an easy shove.
I pot AQJ5 with nut diamonds OTB, V calls in BB. Flop A27 rainbow, and V check/calls $9. Turn 2, check/check, river Qc and he pots for $30. I was confused at the time, since no draw got there, and he would have fired a flopped set. A2xx would be the only hand I could think of that beats me, so it looked like a bluff. I called and he showed 8892 for turned trips, just really gross. Call a 3/4 PSB on flop with 88 and backdoor 8-high spades. Blah.
I complete with AJT5 with nut hearts, V checks. Flop KQ4 two hearts, V check/calls a pot bet. Turn offsuit Jack, V check/calls a $9 bet from me. River is a offsuit 5 and V fires a PSB for $30, I just call because I know he has the same hand as me, and he flips over AT33cc for the chop. Again, had him crushed on the flop, leaving him with a 5% win and 12% to win/chop. I have him drawing dead on the turn albeit with the current nuts and I don't flush out. Calling a PSB with a gutshot and backdoor wheel draw on a two-flush board is bad, but it's a limped pot so peeling isn't the worst crime. It's just that if he check-raises or leads pot on flop, he'll get it in stone dead pretty often if he meets resistance.
V completes, I pot KKTT with hearts in the BB, V calls. Flop K78 two diamonds and one heart, I bet $9 and V calls. Turn 3h, I fire $29 and V calls again. River is uggo Ad, I check and V checks behind after hesitating. I probably could have made a block bet there so I don't get bluffed. He mucked KQ89 with 89 hearts. So gross he doesn't raise top two on the flop and lose more money, nor that river doesn't bring a heart that he'd pay off :(
I pot KQJ2 with diamonds in SB, V calls. Flop T97, V checks, I bet $8, V check-minraises to $16, I call. Turn is Qh, V shoves for his last $33.50 and I make the easy call with the nuts, and hold. He wouldn't reload before and then left.
FR 1/2 NL was pretty gross. It started short, and one unknown just tooled on me hard. A few hands:
- I raise A2hh OTB, she calls in SB. Flop T64 two hearts, she c/c $12, turn 2, she c/c $27, river check/check, she wins with A6o.
- I raise Aces in MP2, loose SB calls. Flop KTT two hearts, he checks, I bet $12, check-minraise to $24, I shove and he insta-calls/holds with T8cc. Blah, I can probably just call/re-eval turn but I'm probably not folding anyway, and I stack AK/KQ/KJ here along with seeing flush draws as well.
- Two limps and I limp 89ss OTB, A6 wench completes in SB, BB checks. Flop TJ3 one spade, and it checks around. Turn 6s, checks to me and I fire $6, only wench calls. River 2, I barrel $17 and wench just calls with AA, sigh.
- UTG posts and minraises, Button calls, I make it $19 with AKo, both call. Flop TT8 rainbow, I sort of give-up here since Button is captain any-middle-connected-suited cards and check, checked around. Turn 6h putting two hearts out, I check, UTG fires $50, Button insta-shoves for $80, I muck and UTG calls with 55 and loses to 97s.
- Folded to deep SB who completes, I make it $9 with 44, SB calls. Flop 732 rainbow and SB insta-donks $19, I make it $53 and he folds. I'd shutdown if called, but overpairs/sets are just going to lead a dry flop like that, it's a bluff most of the time.
- Connector guy open-limps, I make it $10 in CO with Kings, he calls. Flop A68 two clubs, action goes check/bet $20/call. Gross gross gross flop. Turn is offsuit K, check, I bet $60, he folds. I figured he'd call a big bet with a flush or combo draw, but also wanted to give him bad odds as well.
- UTG raises to $5, one call and I call in MP with sevens, SB calls as well. Flop 697 rainbow, checked to UTG who pots for $22, one fold and I make it $81 to go, folds around. I should have smoothed here since UTG probably has big cards or an overpair, but lots of middle cards make straights and/or kill the action, so in retrospect I probably should have made a smaller raise to $59 or something.
- 1 limp and I limp in MP with 86ss, SB completes, BB checks. Flop 375 one spade, SB checks, BB donks $4, UTG limper and I call, SB folds. Turn 5, BB bets $10, UTG and I both call. River 9, checked to me and I bet half-pot for $25, only BB calls and mucks 65dd. If it was HU I'd consider just overbetting the pot since notes said he would stack off with top pair post-flop. I just wanted to make sure I got called.
1/2NL 6-max
I made some really sick value bets on one table.
- I pop it to $7 OTB, get called by SB, and action goes check/bet $13/call on Q34 flop. Checked turn on 4, river 8, check I bet $25 and get called by AKo. I felt QJ+ would c/r that flop, so why not bet and see if TT/99/77 call (or just Ace-high ha)? -Busted my stack a few hands later getting KK AIPF against a nit's AKs and Ace flopped, so that sucked since he was soooo weak-passive and got the best of me in a huge pot when I had just been destroying him in BvB and him always folding to my flop c-bets.
- I raise A7dd in CO and make it $7, SB calls. Flop AQT one diamond, SB check/calls a $12 bet. Turn T, check/check, river 3, SB insta-pots for $37, I call and he shows AQ, ugh. I figure any Ace makes this play along with some bluffs.
- CO and Button limp, SB completes and I check KJhh in BB (could raise big but table had been limp/calling raises a lot so not a fun spot to be in OOP). Flop comes KQJ two diamonds, SB checks, I bet $6, only Button calls. Turn 2, I bet $15 and Button calls again. River 5d, check check, I beat his QJ (again, how does he not go broke or raise at any point, sigh).
- UTG limps (QJ guy), I make it $10 in CO with AKo, only UTG calls. Flop KQ2 rainbow, check/I bet $16/call. Turn 6c putting two clubs out, check and I check behind. River offsuit 5, UTG fires $30, I snap-call, and he mucks JTdd. I suppose it's same result if I just bet turn, but he might just fold turn with weak Queens/Kings and bluffs, so might as well give him a chance to fire at it.
- 3-handed now, I raise AKo OTB to $7, both blinds call, both loose. Flop 753 rainbow, checked to me, I bet $14, both call. Turn is Jh putting two hearts out, checked around. River Ah, bad SB leads for $14, BB calls, and I overcall which in retrospect I'm not too happy about, and SB turns over A3 but BB has 86hh for the flush haha.
- 6-handed UTG and Button limp, SB completes and I make it $14 with Jacks, only Button calls. Flop A72 rainbow, I bet $23 and get called. I check/fold a 5 turn for an $85 shove from Button.
- I raise Jacks to $8 in MP, CO, Button and BB all call. Flop 345 rainbow, checked to me I bet $21 and Button insta-minraises to $42, folded back and I just call. Turn Q I check and Button stalls then shoves for $95, ugh. I actually timed out/folded, should have just set him in on flop.
- CO limps, SB completes, I check 82o in BB. Flop Q82 two hearts, SB fires $16, I make it $46, CO folds and SB calls. Turn offsuit 6, SB check/folds to a $77 bet. Again, not sure I should have popped the flop, but rather smooth and let him hang himself with top pair on the turn. I figure a big draw would just shove flop which is ok, AQ too. Bah.
- CO limps, I complete ATcc in SB, BB checks. Should have raised this pf, but CO had been limp/calling me quite a bit IP. Flop comes 558 two clubs, I check, BB donks $4, CO folds, I make it $15, BB calls. Turn offsuit 6, I fire $21 and BB quickly calls again. River is a red deuce, and I don't have the heart to triple-barrel, and it checks around as he wins with 84dd, ugh. You'd think he'd fold to a PSB on river but who knows.
Ended down about $20 but I feel I played most of the small pots very well, and got unlucky in a few spots.
Villain was very passive, only bought in for $100 (50bbs), and only potted with near-nut or nut hands, though I had caught him bluffing a few times with complete air (or got shown the nuts). He called PSB with bottom pair no redraw or TP no kicker in raised pots, so that would be annoying when he'd slam two-pair, but he usually didn't bet/raise it big unless he bet preflop. He didn't fold naked Aces either. I did manage to get good value bets on the river versus him with big hands as well, which is how I got most of his $$. I'll talk about mostly hands that were over 30-40BBs. The HH's don't list stacks which is quite annoying but assume Villain has $80-$150 each hand and I have a full stack.
I pot AA62dd OTB, Shorty SB folds, Villain calls. Flop comes A36 one diamond, V checks, I bet $10, he calls. Turn Th putting a heart draw out there, he check/calls a $35 bet. River is another Ten, and he check/folds to my $45 bet. He probably had some 45xx combo, though he should have mucked turn unless he got a heart draw to go with it.
Button folds, V completes, I check K994 in BB. Flop comes Q75 rainbow, V check/calls my $3 bet. I generally had success with betting when he checked a somewhat drawless flop, so I fired there, but he called. Turn 9c putting a two-flush out, V check/calls my $7 bet. Turn a set, 86 gets there but he'd have potted if he had it. River 5, V check/calls my $15 bet and mucks Q364 with 6-high clubs. His hand was pretty big on the flop, def. worthy of a check-raise. He turns a BDFD albeit a bad one and peels, but calling river with two pair six-kicker is terrible, he only beats a busted club draw.
I pot AA62dd OTB/SB, V calls from BB. flop J53 two diamonds, V check/calls a $9 bet from me. I mixed my c-bets up from $7-$11, and he generally folded more often when I bet $10 or more as opposed to $7-$9. I should probably just pot this good a hand in the future. Turn is a Q which I don't like, but V check/calls a $21 bet from me. River is a Ten, it goes check/check, and he turns over AQJ5 no suits for the winner. Crappy hand that should be folded preflop. He missed an easy c/r on flop, though he's only going to get more money from me when I have him beat or have the hand that I had with Aces/NFD/gutter, in which I'd be 54% on the flop to win anyway. I could have checked behind on turn, but I didn't want to let a Broadway draw get there or get bluffed. River is easy check-behind with one pair.
I complete SB with A429 hearts and spades, V checks. Flop 256 two hearts, V pots for $4, I call. This is an easy re-pot here with the NFD and steel wheel draw. Turn is J, he pots for $12 and I make a bad/tilty call. I know he has a set or the nut straight. I get somewhat lucky with a 6h on the river giving me the NF and he checks, I bet $12 and he calls/mucks 3344. Would have gotten his entire stack if I re-potted flop and got it all-in, albeit a 3:2 dog since he had the 3h. If he had just 34xx, it's an ok laydown if he 3-bets and I 4-bet/shove since I could have him drawing dead with something like the same straight and two pair/FD/set/higher straight redraw, but HU it's an easy shove.
I pot AQJ5 with nut diamonds OTB, V calls in BB. Flop A27 rainbow, and V check/calls $9. Turn 2, check/check, river Qc and he pots for $30. I was confused at the time, since no draw got there, and he would have fired a flopped set. A2xx would be the only hand I could think of that beats me, so it looked like a bluff. I called and he showed 8892 for turned trips, just really gross. Call a 3/4 PSB on flop with 88 and backdoor 8-high spades. Blah.
I complete with AJT5 with nut hearts, V checks. Flop KQ4 two hearts, V check/calls a pot bet. Turn offsuit Jack, V check/calls a $9 bet from me. River is a offsuit 5 and V fires a PSB for $30, I just call because I know he has the same hand as me, and he flips over AT33cc for the chop. Again, had him crushed on the flop, leaving him with a 5% win and 12% to win/chop. I have him drawing dead on the turn albeit with the current nuts and I don't flush out. Calling a PSB with a gutshot and backdoor wheel draw on a two-flush board is bad, but it's a limped pot so peeling isn't the worst crime. It's just that if he check-raises or leads pot on flop, he'll get it in stone dead pretty often if he meets resistance.
V completes, I pot KKTT with hearts in the BB, V calls. Flop K78 two diamonds and one heart, I bet $9 and V calls. Turn 3h, I fire $29 and V calls again. River is uggo Ad, I check and V checks behind after hesitating. I probably could have made a block bet there so I don't get bluffed. He mucked KQ89 with 89 hearts. So gross he doesn't raise top two on the flop and lose more money, nor that river doesn't bring a heart that he'd pay off :(
I pot KQJ2 with diamonds in SB, V calls. Flop T97, V checks, I bet $8, V check-minraises to $16, I call. Turn is Qh, V shoves for his last $33.50 and I make the easy call with the nuts, and hold. He wouldn't reload before and then left.
FR 1/2 NL was pretty gross. It started short, and one unknown just tooled on me hard. A few hands:
- I raise A2hh OTB, she calls in SB. Flop T64 two hearts, she c/c $12, turn 2, she c/c $27, river check/check, she wins with A6o.
- I raise Aces in MP2, loose SB calls. Flop KTT two hearts, he checks, I bet $12, check-minraise to $24, I shove and he insta-calls/holds with T8cc. Blah, I can probably just call/re-eval turn but I'm probably not folding anyway, and I stack AK/KQ/KJ here along with seeing flush draws as well.
- Two limps and I limp 89ss OTB, A6 wench completes in SB, BB checks. Flop TJ3 one spade, and it checks around. Turn 6s, checks to me and I fire $6, only wench calls. River 2, I barrel $17 and wench just calls with AA, sigh.
- UTG posts and minraises, Button calls, I make it $19 with AKo, both call. Flop TT8 rainbow, I sort of give-up here since Button is captain any-middle-connected-suited cards and check, checked around. Turn 6h putting two hearts out, I check, UTG fires $50, Button insta-shoves for $80, I muck and UTG calls with 55 and loses to 97s.
- Folded to deep SB who completes, I make it $9 with 44, SB calls. Flop 732 rainbow and SB insta-donks $19, I make it $53 and he folds. I'd shutdown if called, but overpairs/sets are just going to lead a dry flop like that, it's a bluff most of the time.
- Connector guy open-limps, I make it $10 in CO with Kings, he calls. Flop A68 two clubs, action goes check/bet $20/call. Gross gross gross flop. Turn is offsuit K, check, I bet $60, he folds. I figured he'd call a big bet with a flush or combo draw, but also wanted to give him bad odds as well.
- UTG raises to $5, one call and I call in MP with sevens, SB calls as well. Flop 697 rainbow, checked to UTG who pots for $22, one fold and I make it $81 to go, folds around. I should have smoothed here since UTG probably has big cards or an overpair, but lots of middle cards make straights and/or kill the action, so in retrospect I probably should have made a smaller raise to $59 or something.
- 1 limp and I limp in MP with 86ss, SB completes, BB checks. Flop 375 one spade, SB checks, BB donks $4, UTG limper and I call, SB folds. Turn 5, BB bets $10, UTG and I both call. River 9, checked to me and I bet half-pot for $25, only BB calls and mucks 65dd. If it was HU I'd consider just overbetting the pot since notes said he would stack off with top pair post-flop. I just wanted to make sure I got called.
1/2NL 6-max
I made some really sick value bets on one table.
- I pop it to $7 OTB, get called by SB, and action goes check/bet $13/call on Q34 flop. Checked turn on 4, river 8, check I bet $25 and get called by AKo. I felt QJ+ would c/r that flop, so why not bet and see if TT/99/77 call (or just Ace-high ha)? -Busted my stack a few hands later getting KK AIPF against a nit's AKs and Ace flopped, so that sucked since he was soooo weak-passive and got the best of me in a huge pot when I had just been destroying him in BvB and him always folding to my flop c-bets.
- I raise A7dd in CO and make it $7, SB calls. Flop AQT one diamond, SB check/calls a $12 bet. Turn T, check/check, river 3, SB insta-pots for $37, I call and he shows AQ, ugh. I figure any Ace makes this play along with some bluffs.
- CO and Button limp, SB completes and I check KJhh in BB (could raise big but table had been limp/calling raises a lot so not a fun spot to be in OOP). Flop comes KQJ two diamonds, SB checks, I bet $6, only Button calls. Turn 2, I bet $15 and Button calls again. River 5d, check check, I beat his QJ (again, how does he not go broke or raise at any point, sigh).
- UTG limps (QJ guy), I make it $10 in CO with AKo, only UTG calls. Flop KQ2 rainbow, check/I bet $16/call. Turn 6c putting two clubs out, check and I check behind. River offsuit 5, UTG fires $30, I snap-call, and he mucks JTdd. I suppose it's same result if I just bet turn, but he might just fold turn with weak Queens/Kings and bluffs, so might as well give him a chance to fire at it.
- 3-handed now, I raise AKo OTB to $7, both blinds call, both loose. Flop 753 rainbow, checked to me, I bet $14, both call. Turn is Jh putting two hearts out, checked around. River Ah, bad SB leads for $14, BB calls, and I overcall which in retrospect I'm not too happy about, and SB turns over A3 but BB has 86hh for the flush haha.
- 6-handed UTG and Button limp, SB completes and I make it $14 with Jacks, only Button calls. Flop A72 rainbow, I bet $23 and get called. I check/fold a 5 turn for an $85 shove from Button.
- I raise Jacks to $8 in MP, CO, Button and BB all call. Flop 345 rainbow, checked to me I bet $21 and Button insta-minraises to $42, folded back and I just call. Turn Q I check and Button stalls then shoves for $95, ugh. I actually timed out/folded, should have just set him in on flop.
- CO limps, SB completes, I check 82o in BB. Flop Q82 two hearts, SB fires $16, I make it $46, CO folds and SB calls. Turn offsuit 6, SB check/folds to a $77 bet. Again, not sure I should have popped the flop, but rather smooth and let him hang himself with top pair on the turn. I figure a big draw would just shove flop which is ok, AQ too. Bah.
- CO limps, I complete ATcc in SB, BB checks. Should have raised this pf, but CO had been limp/calling me quite a bit IP. Flop comes 558 two clubs, I check, BB donks $4, CO folds, I make it $15, BB calls. Turn offsuit 6, I fire $21 and BB quickly calls again. River is a red deuce, and I don't have the heart to triple-barrel, and it checks around as he wins with 84dd, ugh. You'd think he'd fold to a PSB on river but who knows.
Ended down about $20 but I feel I played most of the small pots very well, and got unlucky in a few spots.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Some 2-7 and PLO
The NL games were pretty awful yesterday afternoon (avg. pot for some of the 6max tables topped out at $10 and $18, which is awful!). I skimmed the other games lobbies to see if there was anyone around for a change of pace and found a guy sitting at .50/1 2-7. We played a bit HU and got him to go to 1/2. Got pretty much destroyed for 15BB's at 1/2, though mostly it was him raising every button when I'd have AAT9K or garbage. He was very aggressive and played very well, and although I got beat down, it's only 1/2, it's different, it's no pressure (as opposed to last year when I ran hot at 1/2 6-max 2-7 TD on Stars when it first was introduced only to shot-take at 2/4 and get hammered by variance).
Jumped into 3-handed 1/2 PLO with my Omaha enemy and immediately donked off $60 or so after I re-potted his pot bet with J4xx (and a BDFD) on a J46 two diamond flop, only to get called, then he called a 65% pot-bet on a offsuit three turn, river was some blank under that didn't flush or make a higher card and he lead for full pot, I had to fold (though I'm not sure if I fold a set there, it'd be tough). Everytime I'd get slightly up, I'd get knocked back down again. One hand Villain potted pf/flop/turn when I called flop with a T-high FD and small overpair, hit the flush on the turn and called a PSB, then checked back the river when board paired and he happened to have top of his range in top boat :( Was HU on another table against a SSer who used to be very loose-aggro but has gotten tight/predictable for the most part. We swapped blinds for most of the time, then I kept getting top pair good kicker and weak draw hands and he'd check-raise pot on flop/turn, and I couldn't get paid with my monsters. Eventually he got shorter and we got it AI on a Q83 rainbow flop for about 120BB's, I had Q867 and he had KJQ8 with a BDFD (backdoor flush draw), and unfortunately it came two of his suit on turn/river to scoop the pot. Luckily, I tilted him later when I slowplayed 2nd set on the flop, I check/called turn when he potted with his obvious turned gutshot Broadway straight, and I weak-led river when top card paired and got paid off with an underboat. Next hand I had AAKT and potted, he 3-bet for the first timeto $18, I re-potted to $54, and he insta-shoved KKQJss, a good hand for me to see. Flop came 753 rainbow and none of his suit, so he was drawing near dead on the flop/turn, and I ended up holding and busting him.
All in all was down roughly $40 after a few hours but was happy with how I played. I'll get to last night's session later.
Jumped into 3-handed 1/2 PLO with my Omaha enemy and immediately donked off $60 or so after I re-potted his pot bet with J4xx (and a BDFD) on a J46 two diamond flop, only to get called, then he called a 65% pot-bet on a offsuit three turn, river was some blank under that didn't flush or make a higher card and he lead for full pot, I had to fold (though I'm not sure if I fold a set there, it'd be tough). Everytime I'd get slightly up, I'd get knocked back down again. One hand Villain potted pf/flop/turn when I called flop with a T-high FD and small overpair, hit the flush on the turn and called a PSB, then checked back the river when board paired and he happened to have top of his range in top boat :( Was HU on another table against a SSer who used to be very loose-aggro but has gotten tight/predictable for the most part. We swapped blinds for most of the time, then I kept getting top pair good kicker and weak draw hands and he'd check-raise pot on flop/turn, and I couldn't get paid with my monsters. Eventually he got shorter and we got it AI on a Q83 rainbow flop for about 120BB's, I had Q867 and he had KJQ8 with a BDFD (backdoor flush draw), and unfortunately it came two of his suit on turn/river to scoop the pot. Luckily, I tilted him later when I slowplayed 2nd set on the flop, I check/called turn when he potted with his obvious turned gutshot Broadway straight, and I weak-led river when top card paired and got paid off with an underboat. Next hand I had AAKT and potted, he 3-bet for the first timeto $18, I re-potted to $54, and he insta-shoved KKQJss, a good hand for me to see. Flop came 753 rainbow and none of his suit, so he was drawing near dead on the flop/turn, and I ended up holding and busting him.
All in all was down roughly $40 after a few hours but was happy with how I played. I'll get to last night's session later.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Bragging about beats?
Well, not something I do too often but I'm happy to say I lost about the minimum on hand 1 and not as much as I could have on hand 2. In both spots I have $300 and Villain covers each time (different Villains). No reads either. Both are 1/2 NL 6-max hands.
Hand 1:
UTG limps, Hero raises to $10 with AA, bad shortstacker in CO calls, Villain calls in SB, BB and UTG fold.
Flop J28 rainbow
Villain checks, Hero bets $24, Shorty folds, Villain calls.
Turn Q
Villain checks, Hero checks
River 3
Villain checks, Hero checks.
Villain shows T9 for the straight and takes it down.
Hand 2:
Starting Hand #10371461-1988
jbecks81 is the Dealer
Shuffling Cards
Mainer222 Posted Small Blind $1.00
Hero Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Qh, Td)
olddude1947 Folds
preflop77725 Folds
jbecks81 Folds
Mainer222 Calls $1.00
Hero Raised to $9.00
Mainer222 Calls $7.00
Dealing Flop (8c,9s,Qc)
Mainer222 Bets $2.00
Hero Raised to $13.00
Mainer222 Calls $11.00
Dealing Turn (6d)
Mainer222 Checks
Hero Checks
Dealing River (4c)
Mainer222 Checks
Hero Checks
Mainer222 Shows (Kc, Ks)
Mainer222 Wins $42.00 from Pot 1 with : Pair of Kings
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Hand 1 I think was more the case of "what is he check/calling flop then checking turn/river that he pays off?" I'd have expected a check-raise from KJ or AJ on the flop. QJ would have tried for a c/r on the turn, and would subsequently bet out on the river when I checked behind flop. Pretty sure sets are just going to fire turn with a scary straight card comes off. The guy ended up being ultra-passive the rest of the pots I saw him in, playing a lot of pots OOP with marginal/garbage hands.
Hand 2 I wasn't sure what to make of the limp/call/donkbet line. A guy was doing this to me quite a bit two nights ago, then would follow it up with PSB's on the turn/river. I think of it usually as air or a monster, in this case it looked like a draw trying to see a cheap turn. Probably should have made it $10, but whatever, they're not going to muck a draw, it's more to get them to muck overs/prevent being bluffed in future/folding their SBs to me. Turn is a good card for me, as it's not likely they have T7 here, and gives me an OESD, but I decide to reverse direction and not bloat the pot with top pair ten kicker (should have started that on the flop probably ha). River completes the flush, and he paused in his check, which either means he has a FD that got there and is going for a c/r, or is worried his hand isn't good. I don't think my hand is good enough to value-bet, as I don't beat any Queens he can realistically have, but it's too good to turn into a bluff as I don't believe I'm folding out two pair+ against an unknown. Surprised he turned up KK, nice to see him get poor value out of it :)
Also made a probably good laydown when I opened for $8 UTG with AKo, Button called, and a passive, play-every-pot BB insta-3-bet to $52 when he hadn't been even raising preflop. I could have jammed there but Button's calling range was pretty tight too so doubtful my hand was all that live. Was fortunate to put some big reverse-coolers on for once:
- 1/2 FR 1 limp in EP and I raise Kings in MP with $240 behind, super-loose/bad SB with $500 calls as does the limper. Flop comes JJ2 rainbow, checked to me I bet $20, only SB calls. Turn is a K and he insta-shoves, I snapper and hold vs. his JTo. He started open-shoving preflop and on the flop a few times when I had TPGK but wasn't in the mood to make any 200BB Hero calls with one pair on the flop.
- 1/2 3-handed Shorty limps Button, I complete SB with J4hh and $410 behind, BB checks with $170 behind. Flop JJ4, checks around. Turn T I lead $6, BB raises to $12, Shorty cold-calls, I think and make it $63, BB calls, Shorty folds. River is a 3, I shove, and he calls/mucks J6s. I was a bit nerved that he could have JT, but 3-handed I'm just gonna have to pay it off. His hand is a pretty easy muck to my 3-bet IMO.
RB has been delayed two days which sucks but hopefully won't get effed over on that.
Finished 4th in the Turkey Jackpot Semi-final SNG, meh. Supposed to pick up $175 for that but haven't seen any indication that anyone has gotten paid yet. Ran A7hh into a nit's 88 with 7bb's left, nothing I could do really.
I have a # in mind for a hands goal this month (fell way short of 50k last month due to tilt/laziness/lack of games), but I won't say what it is. I will say I'm gunning for 160 hours total this month, though, which really shouldn't be impossible to do.
Hand 1:
UTG limps, Hero raises to $10 with AA, bad shortstacker in CO calls, Villain calls in SB, BB and UTG fold.
Flop J28 rainbow
Villain checks, Hero bets $24, Shorty folds, Villain calls.
Turn Q
Villain checks, Hero checks
River 3
Villain checks, Hero checks.
Villain shows T9 for the straight and takes it down.
Hand 2:
Starting Hand #10371461-1988
jbecks81 is the Dealer
Shuffling Cards
Mainer222 Posted Small Blind $1.00
Hero Posted Big Blind $2.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Qh, Td)
olddude1947 Folds
preflop77725 Folds
jbecks81 Folds
Mainer222 Calls $1.00
Hero Raised to $9.00
Mainer222 Calls $7.00
Dealing Flop (8c,9s,Qc)
Mainer222 Bets $2.00
Hero Raised to $13.00
Mainer222 Calls $11.00
Dealing Turn (6d)
Mainer222 Checks
Hero Checks
Dealing River (4c)
Mainer222 Checks
Hero Checks
Mainer222 Shows (Kc, Ks)
Mainer222 Wins $42.00 from Pot 1 with : Pair of Kings
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Hand 1 I think was more the case of "what is he check/calling flop then checking turn/river that he pays off?" I'd have expected a check-raise from KJ or AJ on the flop. QJ would have tried for a c/r on the turn, and would subsequently bet out on the river when I checked behind flop. Pretty sure sets are just going to fire turn with a scary straight card comes off. The guy ended up being ultra-passive the rest of the pots I saw him in, playing a lot of pots OOP with marginal/garbage hands.
Hand 2 I wasn't sure what to make of the limp/call/donkbet line. A guy was doing this to me quite a bit two nights ago, then would follow it up with PSB's on the turn/river. I think of it usually as air or a monster, in this case it looked like a draw trying to see a cheap turn. Probably should have made it $10, but whatever, they're not going to muck a draw, it's more to get them to muck overs/prevent being bluffed in future/folding their SBs to me. Turn is a good card for me, as it's not likely they have T7 here, and gives me an OESD, but I decide to reverse direction and not bloat the pot with top pair ten kicker (should have started that on the flop probably ha). River completes the flush, and he paused in his check, which either means he has a FD that got there and is going for a c/r, or is worried his hand isn't good. I don't think my hand is good enough to value-bet, as I don't beat any Queens he can realistically have, but it's too good to turn into a bluff as I don't believe I'm folding out two pair+ against an unknown. Surprised he turned up KK, nice to see him get poor value out of it :)
Also made a probably good laydown when I opened for $8 UTG with AKo, Button called, and a passive, play-every-pot BB insta-3-bet to $52 when he hadn't been even raising preflop. I could have jammed there but Button's calling range was pretty tight too so doubtful my hand was all that live. Was fortunate to put some big reverse-coolers on for once:
- 1/2 FR 1 limp in EP and I raise Kings in MP with $240 behind, super-loose/bad SB with $500 calls as does the limper. Flop comes JJ2 rainbow, checked to me I bet $20, only SB calls. Turn is a K and he insta-shoves, I snapper and hold vs. his JTo. He started open-shoving preflop and on the flop a few times when I had TPGK but wasn't in the mood to make any 200BB Hero calls with one pair on the flop.
- 1/2 3-handed Shorty limps Button, I complete SB with J4hh and $410 behind, BB checks with $170 behind. Flop JJ4, checks around. Turn T I lead $6, BB raises to $12, Shorty cold-calls, I think and make it $63, BB calls, Shorty folds. River is a 3, I shove, and he calls/mucks J6s. I was a bit nerved that he could have JT, but 3-handed I'm just gonna have to pay it off. His hand is a pretty easy muck to my 3-bet IMO.
RB has been delayed two days which sucks but hopefully won't get effed over on that.
Finished 4th in the Turkey Jackpot Semi-final SNG, meh. Supposed to pick up $175 for that but haven't seen any indication that anyone has gotten paid yet. Ran A7hh into a nit's 88 with 7bb's left, nothing I could do really.
I have a # in mind for a hands goal this month (fell way short of 50k last month due to tilt/laziness/lack of games), but I won't say what it is. I will say I'm gunning for 160 hours total this month, though, which really shouldn't be impossible to do.
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