Saturday, August 22, 2009

40

So I played quite terrible yesterday and was overall just not pleased with play from my 1st session which lead to me not playing anymore. This is something I know Taylor used to do and I just felt like regrouping and starting fresh today was the best idea. Unfortunately I decided to make some less then par decisions today to start my session and was near quitting because of my play but decided to play through and turned it around with some sweet hands. I posted one hand on DC

Biggest BB pot?
I was playing insane on this table just pounding on the donk limper and I think preflop is an easy call. Flop is standard I think. WOW!

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


Stacks:
UTG ($218.37)
Hero (UTG+1) ($180.95)
CO ($100.00)
BTN ($230.65)
SB ($199.00)
BB ($311.25)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1

UTG calls $1, Hero raises to $4.50, CO raises to $14.75, 3 folds, UTG calls $13.75, Hero calls $10.25

Flop: ($45.75, 3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, CO bets $29.50, UTG calls $29.50, Hero raises to $100, CO calls $55.75, UTG calls $70.50

Turn: ($331, 3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $66.20, UTG calls $66.20

River: ($463.40, 3 players)

Final Pot: $463.40
UTG shows:
Hero shows:
CO shows:

Hero wins $460.40 ( won +$279.45 )
UTG lost -$180.95
CO lost -$100


3bet potsky.
~Villain is a light 3better with a polarized range and he likes to pound on my LP iso's. I flat OOP which is a bit fresh for me and I am not to sure of it in general. Flop I excpect him to play straightforward given he knows I fold a ton to 3bets and when he chxs I know he is weak. Turn is a perfect bluff card for villain and I do actually consider leading it to take that option away. I decide to c/c instead with the idea of c/c the river. River is air though it does give me the nuts vs his semi bluffs+P and I decided if he jammed I was calling because this guy is super aggro and will try and make me fold TT/QQ and other weak 1p hands here a ton. I really wish he folded for his last quarter. (This may have been terrible poker but I was thinking)

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


Stacks:
UTG ($182.40)
UTG+1 ($324.80)
Hero (CO) ($149.50)
BTN ($104.75)
SB ($133.45)
BB ($139.96)

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

UTG calls $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4.50, BTN raises to $15, 2 folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $10.50

Flop: ($32.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($32.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $19, Hero calls $19

River: ($70.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $70.50, Hero raises to $115.50, BTN calls $0.25

Final Pot: $256.75
BTN shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $253.25 ( won +$103.75 )
BTN lost -$104.75
UTG lost -$1

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I think that quitting will shows very good discipline, so take some pride in that imo. I know you are trying to increase volume, and that is important too, but increased volume when it is poor play is not a good idea, so well done sir.

As far as calling the 3bet OOP w/ AJs, I am really torn on this idea. On one hand, if you 4bet, it sucks to get it in, but giving him control and calling sucks too. It just is not a fun spot overall. I do know one player - Baluga Whale - that based on his website forums posts (in particular a HH submitted by RiverRock55), advocates never ever calling OOP. He says if it is good enough to call, it is good enough to get in.

grog said...

I love the way he calls the extra 0.25