Monday, October 6, 2008

I have been owning myself.

My hugest leak, I imagine I am not alone here, is tangling with good regs and making huge bluffs that aren't necessary. Once I plug this leak and simply focus on making slid reads and owning donks life will be good at the tables. I know you want to see my spews so let me get to it.


Villain is a self proclaimed AP crusher who runs at 25/21/3 and is 3bet happy. To be honest he hasnt been too out of line vs me. I knew before I opened in this hand he was going to 3bet me and the solution is to simply fold preflop. Instead I decided to 4bet because of my read. He snap calls my 4bet and I hit a favorable flop vs his range to cbet. The turn is where I make a huge spew as I froze up and didnt think about villains range at all. This is an easy c/f imo as he should never be betting worse, you could argue a crai or c/c but I dont like either of those options. The only thing to take away from the hand I guess is that he isnt 3betting that light but my 4bet was +EV imo as AJ is a fold vs a 4bet.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
UTG ($141.42)
Hero ($399.70)
BTN ($870.25)
SB ($188.70)
BB ($285.90)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is CO

1 fold, Hero raises to $7, BTN raises to $24, 2 folds, Hero raises to $72, BTN calls $48

Flop: ($147, 2 players)
Hero bets $74, BTN calls $74

Turn: ($295, 2 players)
Hero bets $253.70, BTN calls $253.70

River: ($802.40, 2 players)

Final Pot: $802.40
BTN shows:
Hero shows:

BTN wins $798.90 ( won +$399.20 )
Hero lost -$399.70


Villain is 21/15/2 I couldnt resist a sqz here but I should have. I played the hand perfect except for my bet sizing and I think this play works alot if I set the turn bet up right.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
UTG ($425.70)
UTG+1 ($803.25)
CO ($236.10)
BTN ($468.95)
Hero ($227.35)
BB ($429.45)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is SB

UTG raises to $8, 1 fold, CO calls $8, 1 fold, Hero raises to $34, 1 fold, UTG calls $26, CO folds

Flop: ($78, 2 players)
Hero bets $36, UTG calls $36

Turn: ($150, 2 players)
Hero bets $157.35, UTG calls $157.35

River: ($464.70, 2 players)

Final Pot: $464.70
Hero shows:
UTG shows:

UTG wins $461.20 ( won +$233.85 )
Hero lost -$227.35
CO lost -$8.00



I still own souls now and again.

Villain is 24/18/2.6 I have been c/f these flops alot and I decided I needed to get a c/r in. He should fire here alot imo. When the turn Q comes he calls real quick which leads me to believe he has a Q as his 1p hands are betting the flop imo I could lead the river and hope he raises but crai is so sexy and he is going to have a hell of a time folding.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
Hero ($225.80)
UTG+1 ($329.75)
CO ($215.25)
BTN ($397.00)
SB ($401.00)
BB ($673.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is UTG

Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, CO calls $7, 3 folds

Flop: ($17, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($17, 2 players)
Hero bets $13, CO calls $13

River: ($43, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $43, Hero raises to $205.80, CO calls $152.25

Final Pot: $444.05
Hero shows:
CO shows:

Hero wins $440.55 ( won +$214.75 )
CO lost -$215.25

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

An idea

So everyone always post their monthly results which is cool but I saw someone suggest treating our results as quarters. I truly think this is a better way to rate opur play especially if we are self employed. That being said this is my quarter to shine. I will try my hardest to not check results except for every other week and instead focus solely on making correct decisions at the table. One thing I have stressed over and over which always slips away is villains hand ranges. Hopefully working through HH's here will help me put it into effect more often. I will be posting two hands a day. One I soul owned in and the other where I went WTF.

WTF-Villain is 18/8/1.5, I imagine his limp call range is alot of small PP/SC's when he c/c the flop I put him on pair+draws 78,JT,J9,J8,97. I feel like betting the turn is best to extract from these hands. When he c/r the turn he could still have these hands but I imagine his range is weighted more towards a made straight/2p/set. Easy fold?
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
UTG ($271.93)
CO ($486.20)
BTN ($47.42)
SB ($207.45)
Hero ($393.99)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is BB

3 folds, SB calls $1, Hero raises to $8, SB calls $6

Flop: ($16, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $10, SB calls $10

Turn: ($36, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $26, SB raises to $114, $88 to Hero ($349.99)?




Soul read-Villain is 45/11/2. I go for three streets of value here as I feel villains range is mainly worse Kx hands gut shots and other one pair hands he doesnt want to fold. He min raises the river and I know he got there. I know I shouldnt but I had to type in chat "KJ is good NH" and fold.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
Hero ($204.55)
UTG+1 ($187.15)
CO ($629.70)
BTN ($446.80)
SB ($268.15)
BB ($432.35)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is UTG

Hero raises to $8, UTG+1 calls $8, 4 folds

Flop: ($19, 2 players)
Hero bets $14, UTG+1 calls $14

Turn: ($47, 2 players)
Hero bets $28, UTG+1 calls $28

River: ($103, 2 players)
Hero bets $62, UTG+1 raises to $124, Hero folds

Final Pot: $289
UTG+1 shows:

UTG+1 wins $285.50 ( won +$111.50 )
Hero lost -$112.00


My goal for the quarter is to play no less then 30 hours a week. My main focus will be 6-max on AP with some HU mixed in on FTP. I am currently in the process of getting my roll back on AP. I am not sad to say that I am glad to be back. This is why.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
UTG ($428.65)
UTG+1 ($334.15)
CO ($352.30)
BTN ($435.50)
SB ($82.50)
Hero ($210.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is BB

1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 2 folds, SB calls $1, Hero raises to $12, UTG+1 folds, SB calls $10

Flop: ($26, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $18, SB raises to $70.50, Hero calls $52.50

Turn: ($167, 2 players)

River: ($167, 2 players)

Final Pot: $167
SB shows:
Hero shows:

SB wins $164 ( won +$81.50 )
Hero lost -$82.50
UTG+1 lost -$2.00