Overall: +$60.20 in 1803 table minutes
Meh. 6-max is a fun game. I might actually do better if I stuck to one table instead of going with two. I just can't seem to pay enough attention to get what I feel are adaquate reads, so I end up making plays that are far more marginal, and get myself into situations that I don't particularly like. I think I'll go back to one table next time, just to see how it feels.
I feel like I folded a lot of hands on the flop and turn tonight. More than I should have. But I don't feel like I played poorly. I did notice that I was a little hesitant to donk-bluff into 3-handed pots, which is something I did playing full ring quite often. I think it's not as valuable at 6-max because players call with weaker hands, and sometimes it requires a turn bet follow-up to get them out. I'm not usre if the investment is worth the reward, so I tend to just check-fold.
Hand 1: Standard A9s hand. I raise preflop UTG (4-handed) and get called by both blinds. The flop is 965 monotone (not my suit), checked to me, I bet, called twice. Turn is an offsuit queen with the same action. The river is an ace, I bet and get no callers.
Hand 2: I raise KQo from the small blind and get called by a player who has a note on him: "Very aggro". The flop is J96 with a heart draw (no heart for me). I bet and he calls. The turn is another jack and I bet. I think this bet was a mistake. Very aggro player will likely raise a lot of hands here. I've got enough outs to draw against him if I just check-call, but that puts me in an ugly spot on the river, because he's going to bet it again very often. Do I want to call with K-high to snap a bluff? If I bet-call, I definitely cannot call UI. But maybe if I check-call the turn... I don't know. It's an incredibly marginal spot. But back to the real hand, I bet, he raises, and I call. The river is a queen, saving me the agony of folding. I thought about check-raising, but I decided to just check-call, possibly because I'm weak.
Hand 3: I complete 96s in the small blind against 3 limpers. The flop is 662 and I get FPS and check my hand. Stupid! It gets checked around. I lead the turn and river and get one caller on each street. My hand beats a limped QQ.
Hand 4: The table just broke and I'm heads up with an aggro player. I really don't want to play heads up, but I didn't get up right away. So I'm dealt a hand. I limp T9o expecting him to raise. I don't mind him having the lead because I'm already in showdown mode, and since I'm in position I have the ability to value bet/raise a lot. He checks behind. The flop is KQ3 all clubs (I hold the T of clubs). I donk and he calls. I know he's very aggro, so he's either got a weak club draw or is slowplaying a monster. Either way, I don't like my hand or my draw. The turn is a K and I check. Surprisingly, he checks behind. I guess he's suspicious of something. Or has a boat. Anyway, the river is a Q and I check again. Now he bets. I probably should have folded to this bet, but I was curious and suspicious and called. He turned over 95 with 9 club and I win.
Hand 5: Same villain, next hand. I have QTo on the button and call his raise. The flop is K43 and he bets into me. I expect he's fuming. I decide that Q-high is probably ahead of his hand range and call down blind. Turn 7, river 2, and I beat Q8o. Then I get up and leave that table.
Hand 6: I have red QQ and open-raise from the button, getting called by both blinds. The flop is J97 with a diamond flush draw. SB bets, BB calls, I raise, SB 3-bets, BB calls, I cap, and we all see the turn in a nice big pot. I notice that SB is running short, so might be stacking off, but that's a lot of bets to be putting in. I don't like my hand enough to keep pounding, so I decide to slow down if he leads. The turn is a 4 of spades. SB leads again, BB calls, and I just call. The river is a T of spades, and SB puts in his last $.50. BB wakes up and raises. After debating with myself for a while, I note that BB has been a very loose-passive customer, and that my overpair is no good. I muck my QQ for one bet in a monster pot on the river. SB shows T9o and loses to BB's 86s OESD.
Meh. 6-max is a fun game. I might actually do better if I stuck to one table instead of going with two. I just can't seem to pay enough attention to get what I feel are adaquate reads, so I end up making plays that are far more marginal, and get myself into situations that I don't particularly like. I think I'll go back to one table next time, just to see how it feels.
I feel like I folded a lot of hands on the flop and turn tonight. More than I should have. But I don't feel like I played poorly. I did notice that I was a little hesitant to donk-bluff into 3-handed pots, which is something I did playing full ring quite often. I think it's not as valuable at 6-max because players call with weaker hands, and sometimes it requires a turn bet follow-up to get them out. I'm not usre if the investment is worth the reward, so I tend to just check-fold.
Hand 1: Standard A9s hand. I raise preflop UTG (4-handed) and get called by both blinds. The flop is 965 monotone (not my suit), checked to me, I bet, called twice. Turn is an offsuit queen with the same action. The river is an ace, I bet and get no callers.
Hand 2: I raise KQo from the small blind and get called by a player who has a note on him: "Very aggro". The flop is J96 with a heart draw (no heart for me). I bet and he calls. The turn is another jack and I bet. I think this bet was a mistake. Very aggro player will likely raise a lot of hands here. I've got enough outs to draw against him if I just check-call, but that puts me in an ugly spot on the river, because he's going to bet it again very often. Do I want to call with K-high to snap a bluff? If I bet-call, I definitely cannot call UI. But maybe if I check-call the turn... I don't know. It's an incredibly marginal spot. But back to the real hand, I bet, he raises, and I call. The river is a queen, saving me the agony of folding. I thought about check-raising, but I decided to just check-call, possibly because I'm weak.
Hand 3: I complete 96s in the small blind against 3 limpers. The flop is 662 and I get FPS and check my hand. Stupid! It gets checked around. I lead the turn and river and get one caller on each street. My hand beats a limped QQ.
Hand 4: The table just broke and I'm heads up with an aggro player. I really don't want to play heads up, but I didn't get up right away. So I'm dealt a hand. I limp T9o expecting him to raise. I don't mind him having the lead because I'm already in showdown mode, and since I'm in position I have the ability to value bet/raise a lot. He checks behind. The flop is KQ3 all clubs (I hold the T of clubs). I donk and he calls. I know he's very aggro, so he's either got a weak club draw or is slowplaying a monster. Either way, I don't like my hand or my draw. The turn is a K and I check. Surprisingly, he checks behind. I guess he's suspicious of something. Or has a boat. Anyway, the river is a Q and I check again. Now he bets. I probably should have folded to this bet, but I was curious and suspicious and called. He turned over 95 with 9 club and I win.
Hand 5: Same villain, next hand. I have QTo on the button and call his raise. The flop is K43 and he bets into me. I expect he's fuming. I decide that Q-high is probably ahead of his hand range and call down blind. Turn 7, river 2, and I beat Q8o. Then I get up and leave that table.
Hand 6: I have red QQ and open-raise from the button, getting called by both blinds. The flop is J97 with a diamond flush draw. SB bets, BB calls, I raise, SB 3-bets, BB calls, I cap, and we all see the turn in a nice big pot. I notice that SB is running short, so might be stacking off, but that's a lot of bets to be putting in. I don't like my hand enough to keep pounding, so I decide to slow down if he leads. The turn is a 4 of spades. SB leads again, BB calls, and I just call. The river is a T of spades, and SB puts in his last $.50. BB wakes up and raises. After debating with myself for a while, I note that BB has been a very loose-passive customer, and that my overpair is no good. I muck my QQ for one bet in a monster pot on the river. SB shows T9o and loses to BB's 86s OESD.
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