Why?

Why havent I been posting in here more? I just noticed that August was the month I posted the most and coincidentally that was my best month ever. With that said I will try and review every session the morning after and post my big winners and losers. Mostly the losers unless I feel I really played a winner unorthodoxed. With that said I am currently having another rocky month with a graph that is insane. I will try and post it at the end of the month. Hopefully it will end with a sharp upward slope.

1: Villain was a mega fish and the reason I am on the table. This was actually the last hand of my session as I had to quit after this one. I had been check min raised by him before and he showed a bluff. Then this hand.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History converter, Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Button ($483.45)SB ($15.15)BB ($451.24)UTG ($662.34)Hero ($269.55)
Preflop: Hero is MP with As, Ah. UTG posts a blind of $2. Hero raises to $10, 2 folds, UTG (poster) calls $8.
Flop: ($21) 8c, Qh, 8h (3 players)UTG checks, Hero bets $16, UTG calls $16.

Standard up to this point and I felt villain could have a Q here alot maybe an 8.

Turn: ($53) 8d (3 players)UTG checks, Hero bets $46, UTG raises to $92, Hero calls $46.

Now I think an 8 is almost impossible and I am hoping to get it in. I felt his line might be a bluff and I didnt want to blow him off it with what I felt was the nuts.

River: ($237) Ks (3 players)UTG bets $112, Hero raises to $151.55 (All-In), UTG calls $39.55.
Final Pot: $540.10
Results below: UTG has 9s 8s (four of a kind, eights). Hero has As Ah (full house, eights full of aces). Outcome: UTG wins $540.10.

Guess he had the 8.

2: Villain was something like 28/8/5. I hate calling a raise OOP here but it is min. I felt his range wasnt that wide so if I could hit a flop hard I would be able to stack him.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History converter, Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Button ($344.10)SB ($702.85)BB ($326.35)UTG ($139.08)Hero ($231.05)
Preflop: Hero is MP with Jd, Qh. 1 fold, Hero raises to $8, Button raises to $16, 2 folds, Hero calls $8.
Flop: ($35) Td, 9c, 3c (2 players)Hero checks, Button bets $24, Hero raises to $80, Button raises to $272, Hero calls $135.05 (All-In).

Ok so I pretty much hate this line here. I felt villain had an over pair here like JJ+ and with that said I made this play thinking I really had no fold equity. In retrospect I like a C/F here. Honestly when I put in my raise I said to myself is this a good play if I have no FE?

Turn: ($522.05) 2s (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($522.05) 5c (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $522.05
Results below: Button has Jc Ac (flush, ace high). Hero has Jd Qh (high card, queen). Outcome: Button wins $522.04.

WOW I was shocked to see his hand.

3: Same villain as the last hand on a different table. Basically I felt he was capable of playing draws fast.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter, Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Button ($433.95)SB ($76)BB ($321)UTG ($102.45)Hero ($222.90)CO ($531.25)
Preflop: Hero is MP with Ks, Kd. 1 fold, Hero raises to $8, CO calls $8, 1 fold, SB calls $7, 1 fold.
Flop: ($26) 7d, Jd, 6d (3 players)SB checks, Hero bets $20, CO raises to $48, SB folds, Hero calls $28.

With the K of diamonds in my hand I dont hate calling the flop but seeing that I thinik he playsd his draws fast isnt that more reason to eithert jam or fold? I basically at the time called to reeval the turn looking for a blank.

Turn: ($122) 7s (2 players)Hero checks, CO bets $45, Hero raises to $166.9 (All-In), CO calls $121.90.

Is this a blank? Whats with his bet size? Is that weakness? Or is he trying to suck me in? I jammed here against my gut knowing I was going to be shown better.

River: ($455.80) 3h (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $455.80
Results below: Hero has Ks Kd (two pair, kings and sevens). CO has 6c 6s (full house, sixes full of sevens). Outcome: CO wins $455.80.

It was him trying to suck me in. It worked.

4: So this guy is like a 40/20/3 Honestly I think some of these guys can be winners if they use good pot control. There stats and style allow them to get payed off by all types of players.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter, Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Hero ($215.45)SB ($160.50)BB ($140.70)UTG ($249.05)MP ($649)CO ($355.55)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Jc, Js. UTG raises to $8, 2 folds, Hero raises to $30, 2 folds, UTG raises to $60, Hero calls $30.

Min 4 bet? Are you serious? I think this is a huge hand or a complete bluff. Witht that said I think my line is horrible.

Flop: ($123) 2d, 8d, 7d (2 players)UTG checks, Hero calls $155.45 (All-In), UTG calls $155.45.

I think I should probably try and just check this hand down at this point. Shoving allows better to call and worse to fold. I dont know though.

Turn: ($433.90) 9c (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($433.90) Ah (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $433.90
Results below: Hero has Jc Js (one pair, jacks). UTG has Qc Qs (one pair, queens). Outcome: UTG wins $433.90.

Pretty sick!

5: Villain is a CR memeber running at 23/15/2 Honestly I think this p0lay is never made if I dont know that.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter, Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Hero ($200)SB ($255.55)BB ($234.30)UTG ($113.05)MP ($172.85)CO ($366)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Qh, As. 3 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB calls $7, BB raises to $38, Hero raises to $200 (All-In), SB folds, BB calls $162.

I felt villain could be squeezing here often. The only thing is I dont think that is the case as much as I would like to believe. It can be very frustrating though when you havent been running good and hands like AQ keep getting 3 bet. This was actually the start of my session and this was the 1st time I had been 3 bet. This shove is stupid though. If you think about the range that calls a 4 bet shove AQ has shit equity against it.
Flop: ($408) 7c, 5d, 8s (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: ($408) 2d (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($408) Ks (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $408
Results below: Hero has Qh As (high card, ace). BB has Ad Kh (one pair, kings). Outcome: BB wins $408.

To sum it all up I played pretty bad in big pots. This isnt how we win money at poker. Hopefully in the following days there will be less losers to post and some nifty winners to show off. Stay tuned.