Saturday, May 19, 2007

Day 77-10: -$3.50 (-2 BB at $1/2)

Level: -$25.25 in 26.72 table hours (-13 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$247.40 in 165.68 table hours

I'm surprised I broke even today. I made some really bad plays, but wound up playing against a couple terrible LAGs who donated enough to bring me back. I should trust my instincts more. I should call preflop more often and fold postflop more often. I'm just getting too much into a general showdown mentality instead of being selective.

Hand 1: Flop donker has been donking a lot, but hasn't been to showdown. I decided to call the flop and raise any turn card to see if I could snap off his bluff (since I don't really want to do a full call-down with K-high). As soon as he called the turn, his hand range consisted of a lot of aces and pocket pairs. Therefore, checking behind on the river is easy. I'm still not sure if the plan is good because I don't have an accurate perception of his flop/turn betting range.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8d, Ks.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) 2d, 3d, 2c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) Ac (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (7.50 BB) Jd (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has 5s Ah (two pair, aces and twos).
Hero has 8d Ks (one pair, twos).

Hand 2: Here's a dumb spot. I should really have check-folded the turn.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qc, Qh. CO posts a blind of $1.
1 fold, MP raises, 1 fold, Button calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP calls, Button calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 3d, Kc, Ah (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, Button folds.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 2c (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

River: (8.25 BB) 5c (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

Results:
Hero has Qc Qh (one pair, queens).
MP has Ad 7c (one pair, aces).

Hand 3: This is one of those instinctive calldowns that felt right.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Th, 8d.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 6c, Ts, Kc (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero calls, SB folds.

Turn: (4 BB) 4d (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (6 BB) 2s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has Ac 6d (one pair, sixes).
Hero has Th 8d (one pair, tens).

Hand 4: Here's one of the calls where my instincts told me to fold, but I called anyway.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ah, Jd.
2 folds, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, BB calls, CO calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 8d, 2s, 9d (3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Button bets, BB calls, CO calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 2c (3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks.

River: (6.25 BB) 2h (3 players)
BB bets, CO folds, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has 7s 7c (full house, twos full of sevens).
Hero has Ah Jd (three of a kind, twos).

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