Thursday, August 13, 2009

51

AHHHHHHH I am behind by a shit ton. Things have been going great but I am lacking in the productivity department. Only thing I can say is I am making good choices as to when to play and when not to which has helped reduce tilt/spew and increase my win rate. Ony thing is the hand volume isnt exactly where I want it to be. roughly 13k hands in 13 days. Not terrible but given that I am off for the next three days I will have some major ground to make up come Monday.

On a high note I am nearing a shot at 200NL which I am determined to make a successful one. My plan is to play mainly at night to begin with when the games are at there softest and mainly 3 table.

Now for some hands.

Theme of these posts, villain mashes pot!

I has 2 per
~Villain had just min donk called turn when I pc a TP on a wet board then chx the 4 straight riv with the btm end. Here he leads pot which probably means strength, how strong though? Flop is an easy call the turn is where it gets sticky. He has a 9 here sometimes or a set but I also believe he can have 76/87/OP. My plan was to call turn and evaluate on the riv. His bet sizing leads me to calling though I am not insanely thrilled. Thing is it looks alot like a blocker and not like a VB from a 9. Ship it! Thoughts are welcomed.

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


Stacks:
UTG ($63.75)
CO ($291.27)
BTN ($106.70)
SB ($194.95)
Hero (BB) ($97.50)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 5 players) Hero is BB

3 folds, SB calls $0.50, Hero raises to $4, SB calls $3

Flop: ($8, 2 players)
SB bets $8, Hero calls $8

Turn: ($24, 2 players)
SB bets $24, Hero calls $24

River: ($72, 2 players)
SB bets $15, Hero calls $15

Final Pot: $102
SB shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $98.50 ( won +$47.50 )
SB lost -$51


I flop top per.
~Villain is different then 1st hand but another monkey. Flop again seems pretty standard. Turn is another of those spots where I am good a decent % have equity and dont expect this guy to fire a third without having it ever. My read was right.

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


Stacks:
UTG ($161.68)
CO ($227.60)
BTN ($223.17)
SB ($248.35)
Hero (BB) ($196.97)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 5 players) Hero is BB

2 folds, BTN raises to $3.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $7.50, Hero calls $7.50

Turn: ($22.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $22.50, Hero calls $22.50

River: ($67.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Final Pot: $67.50
BTN shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $64.50 ( won +$31 )
BTN lost -$33.50


I has top per take 2.
~Same guy as the last hand except this time we have a read. Well we have 2 reads actually. I saw him pot lead a weak A and go broke vs another donk for 45BB so he can do this with a worse Ax hand imo. 2nd read was that he fires twice and gives up. Question is does he follow that pattern with a weak TP hand? TBH I think I can find a river fold except one problem occured I was chatting. Villain had started berating me in chat after the last hand and I was typing away not focusing on the game and my reads. I have blocked chat again. Truth is chat is not productive for me period.

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


Stacks:
UTG ($242.85)
Hero (UTG+1) ($214.62)
CO ($161.08)
BTN ($93.00)
SB ($233.00)
BB ($154.72)

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

1 fold, Hero raises to $3.50, 3 folds, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50, 2 players)
BB bets $7.50, Hero calls $7.50

Turn: ($22.50, 2 players)
BB bets $22.50, Hero calls $22.50

River: ($67.50, 2 players)
BB bets $67.50, Hero calls $67.50

Final Pot: $202.50
BB shows:
Hero shows:

BB wins $199.50 ( won +$98.50 )
Hero lost -$101


My biggest hand this month.
~Treet bet pots can be fun. Villain had been tree betting a ton and our stacks make preflop an easy call. TBH this hand seems really fucking standard though I think in times past I would call river rather then ship.

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


Stacks:
UTG ($201.35)
UTG+1 ($143.05)
Hero (CO) ($179.75)
BTN ($43.55)
SB ($230.95)
BB ($17.70)

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

2 folds, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, SB raises to $11, 1 fold, Hero calls $8

Flop: ($23, 2 players)
SB bets $15, Hero calls $15

Turn: ($53, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($53, 2 players)
SB bets $45, Hero raises to $153.75, SB calls $108.75

Final Pot: $360.50
SB shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $357 ( won +$177.25 )
SB lost -$179.75


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4 comments:

grog said...

Hand 1: Yeah I don't know what he's doing on the turn, I'd play it the same

Hand 2: If I were him I would have shoved river, albeit I may not have bet the turn (but if I did then have to shove river). Would you call?

grog said...

Hand 3: Yeh you have to call down with reads, especially cos the J is total blank. I actually emailed support to take away my chat rights! ( > u turning them on and off yourself imo) (but I was really really susceptible to bad regs typing TY after winning a pot and sending me crazy).

Hand 4: Tell villain he's stupid for checking the turn, really really stupid. But ya NH

Dan

Unknown said...

Hand 1: Fine.

Hand 2: I would fold the turn, because I think calling here on the turn and he folding to a river bet is spewing money away. Do we think he is checking back the river here often? If so, yo can call, if not better to fold.

Hand 3: I fold the river here, because you beat so few aces, and I don't think he plays a weaker one pair ace that way. You mention your read was for a 45 BB stack, not a 150 BB stack, big difference imo. I'd feel differently I think if you had a better kicker, because you can still be outkicked or lose to an ace rag with two pair, and if you have AK or AQ, it changes that distribution.

Hand 4: vnh sir

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