Thursday, July 30, 2009

Day 2: Grinding

Finally found a groove as a grinder I feel. I mean grind isnt a great word for it. I finally feel able to play alot of poker in a day and enjoy it. 90 min sessions seem to work well for me though I will quit earlier if I feel I am off. Think I will get close to 2k hands in a day playing 4 sessions. Today I played 1.9k and incredibly enough I have played over 30K hands in a month since like forever. Anyways if you read this a comment would RULE. Now for some hands since I am dead tired.

RUN GOOT: My EV skyrocketed on this one. Not sure I like my turn play as I really never do this with anythign but a set except this villain and I have some history in chat and I felt like he was doing something weird strong but could be bluffing/semi-bluffing. Obviously I should have jammed.



$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
UTG ($229.75)
UTG+1 ($156.55)
CO ($160.25)
Hero (BTN) ($109.50)
SB ($51.05)
BB ($131.45)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is BTN

UTG calls $1, UTG+1 raises to $4.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $4.50, SB calls $4, 1 fold, UTG calls $3.50

Flop: ($19, 4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 bets $8, Hero calls $8, SB folds, UTG folds

Turn: ($35, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $27.50, Hero raises to $55, UTG+1 raises to $144.05, Hero calls $42

River: ($276.05, 2 players)

Final Pot: $276.05
Hero shows:
UTG+1 shows:

Hero wins $226 ( won +$116.50 )
UTG+1 wins $47.05 ( lost -$109.50 )
SB lost -$4.50
UTG lost -$4.50



WTF? Think I played this optimal and cant even explain wtf this guy thinks when he plays poker. Apparently he thinks I am a super aggro donk who will just spew when checked to or he didnt want to scare off my TT-QQ? Either way nothing I can imo.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
UTG ($194.25)
UTG+1 ($100.13)
CO ($148.00)
Hero (BTN) ($114.30)
SB ($549.07)
BB ($150.95)

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

UTG raises to $3, 1 fold, CO raises to $10, Hero calls $10, 1 fold, BB calls $9, UTG folds

Flop: ($36.50, 3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $17.50, BB folds, CO calls $17.50

Turn: ($71.50, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $28, CO calls $28

River: ($127.50, 2 players)
CO bets $60, Hero calls $58.55

Final Pot: $246.05
Hero shows:
CO shows:

CO wins $241.05 ( won +$125.55 )
Hero lost -$114.05
BB lost -$10
UTG lost -$3

I too can do cool shit! Villain is on the nittier side and I consider a turn fold except i feel like he may barrel FD's w/Overs and TT here a good bit of the time therefore i peel again. River looks wack but the fact is he never has an 8 and I can in his eyes. He tank bet and I told myself if this blocker bets I am shipping. So I did and he folded rather fast. Not sure if he had air or an OP given the speed of his fold but I think my thought process was spot on. Anyone agree?

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:
UTG ($195.75)
UTG+1 ($100.95)
Hero (CO) ($120.30)
BTN ($28.75)
SB ($198.60)
BB ($198.50)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is CO

UTG raises to $3.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $3.50, 3 folds

Flop: ($8.50, 2 players)
UTG bets $5.25, Hero calls $5.25

Turn: ($19, 2 players)
UTG bets $15, Hero calls $15

River: ($49, 2 players)
UTG bets $26, Hero raises to $96.55, UTG folds

Final Pot: $171.55

Hero wins $168.05 ( won +$47.75 )
UTG lost -$49.75

1 comment:

Ian Little said...

I think limiting your session times is essential if you want to up the quality level & play your A game more often.