Day 81-15: +$92.50 (+46 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$99.50 in 39.24 table hours (+50 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$372.15 in 178.20 table hours

After a bit of a dry spell, I hit a good run of cards. I also ran into one of the players on whom I have a very very solid read and took quite a bit of his money with a combination of good bluffs and some lucky cards.

Hand 1: The flop raise was a bluff attempt as villain has 3-bet lots of pair hands and will often fold to a raise. It was important to see it get heads up before trying the bluff raise. It's also important to know that if he 3-bets the flop that he has KQ at the worst and that he will lead on all streets. I would have folded the turn if I had not improved to a flush draw, and the river was just dumb luck taking my side for a change.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ah, Th.
1 fold, MP calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, MP calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Kd, Jh, 4s (3 players)
SB bets, MP folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (8 BB) 2h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (10 BB) 7h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

Results:
SB has Kc Ks (three of a kind, kings).
Hero has Ah Th (flush, ace high).

Hand 2: Here is a check-raise for value against the same villain. He probably c-bets the turn 95% of the time heads up. I expect him to fold most of the time, which is fine. He might fold a hand like 66 here and will incorrectly fold KQ with his 6 outs. Also, if he calls, I know that he has an overpair, and I can check-fold the river UI without losing any sleep.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ad, 3d.
3 folds, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 3c, 2s, 7h (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 7c (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero raises, BB folds.

Hand 3: This was an interesting hand. The flop is pretty terrible for me because a lot of his 3-betting range contains broadway cards. The turn is even worse because a lot of his hands contain aces. But at the same time, I've never seen him call down with second or third pair after getting check-raised on the turn. The pot is fairly large because he 3-bet preflop, o I decided to take a stab at it and see what would happen.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6d, 6h.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) Qh, 3h, Td (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) Ad (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB folds.

Hand 4: Here's a hand that I slowplayed against the villain because I didn't want him to fold a worse hand. I'd rather let him c-bet the turn and get that extra bet than shut him down. It turns out that I probably would have won more by fast-playing it this time, but given how effective bluffing is, I think it's still better to slowplay this one.

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6d, 6h.
Hero raises, 4 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 7d, Qc, 6c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 8c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.

River: (7.25 BB) 2s (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls.

Results:
Hero has 6d 6h (three of a kind, sixes).
UTG has Ac Qs (one pair, queens).

Hand 5: Here's another hand where I just let him take the lead on all the streets. Fortunately, I'm in position, which gives me the river value betting option (BTW - if he bets the river, I'm very likely beat, but I'm still not able to fold.) Something that I find fascinating about this guy is that he calls on the end with A-high a lot, which means he's extremely suspicious of river bluffs... yet he folds so often to turn raises...

Preflop: Hero is Button with Td, Kh.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) Ks, 6d, 4c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 8h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.50 BB) 7h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Results:
SB has As Ts (high card, ace).
Hero has Td Kh (one pair, kings).

Hand 6: Here's a hand where I goofed. I should have bet out and hoped to get in a 3-bet. But in my multi-tabling, my brain went into insta-check-raise mode instead. Oh well.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Kh, Jd.
1 fold, MP calls, CO calls, Button raises, Hero calls, BB calls, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Kc, 4d, Jc (5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, CO checks, Button checks.

Turn: (5 BB) 7h (5 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, MP calls, CO calls, Button folds.

River: (8 BB) 5h (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, CO folds.

Results:
Hero has Kh Jd (two pair, kings and jacks).
MP has 7d Ac (one pair, sevens).

Hand 7: Is this a value bet against two passive villains? I felt like it was, and it turned out to be this time, but I am not sure.

Preflop: Hero is CO with 2c, 2h.
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, BB 3-bets, Hero calls, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) Jh, 3d, Ts (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 4s (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB calls.


River: (7.50 BB) 5s (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has As 9c (high card, ace).
BB has Kc Ac (high card, ace).
Hero has 2c 2h (one pair, twos).

Hand 8: Villain in this hand bluffed every single river that was checked to him. I didn't like this board, especially given his coldcall, but there's no value bet here, and the pot was big enough, especially given his lack of a flop and turn raise (which means an ace and queen are highly unlikely).

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7s, 7h.
Hero raises, MP calls, 3 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) Ac, Qh, Ks (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP calls, BB folds.

Turn: (4.25 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

River: (6.25 BB) 2d (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has 7s 7h (two pair, kings and sevens).
MP has Jc 9d (one pair, kings).

Hand 9: I goofed here, too. I should have called the flop and raised the turn.

Preflop: Hero is MP with 9c, 9d.
1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) Jd, Tc, 9h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 7h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 8d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has Ah Jh (straight, jack high).
Hero has 9c 9d (straight, jack high).

Hand 10: Another hand against the hyper-bluffer. I almost walked away from this one, but the double flush draw gave me enough of a pause to rethink it. I would have folded if he had bet the river.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Th, 9d.
UTG raises, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 4s, 9s, 5c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) Ac (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

River: (8.25 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Results:
Hero has Th 9d (one pair, nines).
UTG has 7h 7d (one pair, sevens).

Hand 11: Here's a missed bet-fold opportunity.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Jh, Js.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, UTG calls, Button caps, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (13 SB) 8h, 8d, Kd (3 players)

Hero checks, UTG checks, Button bets, Hero raises, UTG folds, Button calls.

Turn: (8.50 BB) 6c (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

River: (10.50 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Results:
Button has Tc Td (two pair, kings and tens).
Hero has Jh Js (two pair, kings and jacks).

Hand 12: Oddly enough, it's another JJ hand where I failed to bet-fold the river.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Jh, Jd.
Hero raises, 3 folds, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) 3c, 7s, Jc (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 9c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

River: (5.50 BB) Kc (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has Qs Qd (one pair, queens).
Hero has Jh Jd (three of a kind, jacks).