Overall: +$63.25 in 3503 table minutes
Even though it was an up day, it was a furstrating one. There was a very loose, very aggressive player at one of the tables, and I patiently waiting for strong hands that never came. It was unfortunate. Everything else rolled along quite smoothly, so I won't complain much.
Hand 1: The turn raiser in this hand is a known loose-aggressive player. In fact, when he called the flop, I was anticipating a turn raise and was already thinking ahead to how I would handle it. I was intending to 3-bet him, but the coldcall from the last player froze me up a little bit. I couldn't convince myself to pull the trigger and 3-bet it anyway.
Preflop: Hero is UTG with Ah, Qh.
Hero raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.
Flop: (8.50 SB) 7c, 5s, Ad (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls, BB folds.
Turn: (5.75 BB) 3h (3 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Button calls, Hero calls.
River: (11.75 BB) 5h (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button bets, Hero calls, CO calls.
Results:
Hero has Ah Qh (two pair, aces and fives).
CO has 7d 8d (two pair, sevens and fives).
Button has 9c Ac (two pair, aces and fives).
Hand 2: This is another aggressive villain. I suspected him capable of flop raises with overcards, followed by a turn bet UI. My hope was that he could find a fold to the turn check-raise. I think the added wheel outs made him hang around to chop it up with me. Looking back, I should have check-called the turn instead of getting aggressive. The turn check-raise should be saved for hands like KJs where I might fold an ace on the river (here, I only really benefit from folding AK).
Preflop: Hero is UTG with As, Qc.
UTGA raises, 1 fold, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.
Flop: (6.50 SB) 5d, 7c, 2d (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, Button raises, BB folds, Hero calls.
Turn: (5.25 BB) 3s (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero raises, Button calls.
River: (9.25 BB) 4h (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has As Qc (straight, five high).
Button has Td Ah (straight, five high).
Hand 3: Sometimes my desire to get to showdown is a little to large and I miss value out of hands like this one. Because of all the draws, I should have 3-bet the flop and bet out on the turn. I gave him too much of an opportunity to take a free card to draw out on me, and I'm lucky that he had a hand.
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ah, 8d. UTG posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG (poster) checks, 2 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (3 SB) 8h, 4d, 4h (3 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, UTG raises, Hero calls.
Turn: (3.50 BB) 5d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.
River: (5.50 BB) 9d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.
Results:
UTG has 8s 3h (two pair, eights and fours).
Hero has Ah 8d (two pair, eights and fours).
Hand 4: Here's another hand with trips. I'm torn between 3-betting and calling down because of the flush that got completed. With the extra player in the pot, I probably could have gotten away with a 3-bet.
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7c, Ac.
Hero raises, MP calls, Button calls, 2 folds.
Flop: (7.50 SB) 7s, 4d, 7d (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, Button calls.
Turn: (5.25 BB) Qd (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, Button raises, Hero calls, MP calls.
River: (11.25 BB) Kc (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, Button checks.
Results:
Hero has 7c Ac (three of a kind, sevens).
MP has Th Ad (one pair, sevens).
Button has Qc Ts (two pair, queens and sevens).
Hand 5: This could have been one of those spots to bluff K-high on the river.
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ks, Qs.
UTG calls, 2 folds, Button calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, UTG calls, Button calls.
Flop: (7 SB) 6d, 2h, 2s (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls, Button folds.
Turn: (4.50 BB) 3s (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls.
River: (6.50 BB) 7d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.
Results:
Hero has Ks Qs (one pair, twos).
UTG has 4s Ac (one pair, twos).
Hand 6: Villain in this hand seems to be stealing somewhat often, but his postflop play seemed a little weak. The decision to just call preflop was to try to take advantage of this weak tendency postflop.
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qh, Kc.
2 folds, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero calls.
Flop: (4.50 SB) As, Td, 6h (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero raises, Button calls.
Turn: (4.25 BB) 4h (2 players)
BB bets, Button folds.
Hand 7: Against a limp-cap, I'm ready to showdown my pocket pair UI as long as it's heads up and there are no aces or kings on the board. I might still call down against a king or an ace alone, but with both I'm too often sunk.
Preflop: Hero is Button with 7d, 7h.
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, BB caps, UTG folds, Hero calls.
Flop: (10.50 SB) 3c, Jd, Jh (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.
Turn: (6.25 BB) 8h (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.
River: (8.25 BB) 6s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.
Results:
BB has Ac Kc (one pair, jacks).
Hero has 7d 7h (two pair, jacks and sevens).
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Day 22: -$3.50 (-4 BB at $.50/1)
Overall: +$47.20 in 3282 table minutes
This was a truncated session, so there's not a whole lot that happened. There were 108 hands played in the session, and there are a few spots that are interesting, but I'll post them to the forums first for some feedback.
This was a truncated session, so there's not a whole lot that happened. There were 108 hands played in the session, and there are a few spots that are interesting, but I'll post them to the forums first for some feedback.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Day 21: -$23.25 (-23 BB at $.50/1)
Overall: +$50.70 in 3214 table minutes
I probably crossed the +$100 mark at some point during this crazy variance session. Things were up for a while, then it just came tumbling down quickly. Today will just be a collection of hands where bad luck got the better of me. I should be glad, as there are many situations where I could have lost a lot more than what I did. Horray for passive players and FPS. These six hands cost me $32.
Hand 1:
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ah, Kh.
2 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, CO folds, Hero calls.
Flop: (7 SB) 9h, Tc, As (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.
Turn: (3.50 BB) 6h (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.
River: (5.50 BB) 4s (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Ah Kh (one pair, aces).
BB has Ts Td (three of a kind, tens).
Hand 2:
Preflop: Hero is BB with Kc, Ad.
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, UTG calls.
Flop: (4.50 SB) Qs, Ac, Jh (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls.
Turn: (3.25 BB) 5d (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.
River: (7.25 BB) 8h (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Kc Ad (one pair, aces).
UTG has Qh Qc (three of a kind, queens).
Hand 3:
Preflop: Hero is BB with As, Kc.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, UTG folds, MP folds, CO calls, Button calls.
Flop: (11.50 SB) Ah, Qs, 6d (3 players)
Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls.
Turn: (7.25 BB) 8s (3 players)
Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls.
River: (10.25 BB) 5h (3 players)
Hero bets, CO folds, Button calls.
Results:
Hero has As Kc (one pair, aces).
Button has Qc Ad (two pair, aces and queens).
Hand 4:
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Qh.
UTG calls, MP calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG folds, MP calls.
Flop: (7 SB) 4h, 5c, Ts (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, MP folds.
Turn: (4.50 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.
River: (6.50 BB) Ah (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Ac Qh (one pair, aces).
BB has 2h 6h (flush, ace high).
Hand 5:
Preflop: Hero is BB with As, 3d.
UTG calls, MP calls, 2 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: (4 SB) 5h, 3s, 3c (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, MP folds, SB calls.
Turn: (3 BB) 4d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, Hero calls.
River: (11 BB) 5s (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.
Results:
SB has 4s 4h (full house, fours full of fives).
Hero has As 3d (full house, threes full of fives).
Hand 6:
Preflop: Hero is CO with Td, Th.
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls.
Flop: (10 SB) Qc, Tc, Ks (3 players)
SB bets, UTG raises, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, UTG calls, Hero calls.
Turn: (10 BB) 5d (3 players)
SB bets, UTG raises, Hero calls, SB 3-bets, UTG caps, Hero calls, SB calls.
River: (22 BB) 8h (3 players)
SB bets, UTG calls $1 (All-In), Hero calls.
Results:
SB has Js Ah (straight, ace high).
UTG has Jd Ac (straight, ace high).
Hero has Td Th (three of a kind, tens).
I probably crossed the +$100 mark at some point during this crazy variance session. Things were up for a while, then it just came tumbling down quickly. Today will just be a collection of hands where bad luck got the better of me. I should be glad, as there are many situations where I could have lost a lot more than what I did. Horray for passive players and FPS. These six hands cost me $32.
Hand 1:
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ah, Kh.
2 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, CO folds, Hero calls.
Flop: (7 SB) 9h, Tc, As (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.
Turn: (3.50 BB) 6h (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.
River: (5.50 BB) 4s (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Ah Kh (one pair, aces).
BB has Ts Td (three of a kind, tens).
Hand 2:
Preflop: Hero is BB with Kc, Ad.
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, UTG calls.
Flop: (4.50 SB) Qs, Ac, Jh (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls.
Turn: (3.25 BB) 5d (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.
River: (7.25 BB) 8h (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Kc Ad (one pair, aces).
UTG has Qh Qc (three of a kind, queens).
Hand 3:
Preflop: Hero is BB with As, Kc.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, UTG folds, MP folds, CO calls, Button calls.
Flop: (11.50 SB) Ah, Qs, 6d (3 players)
Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls.
Turn: (7.25 BB) 8s (3 players)
Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls.
River: (10.25 BB) 5h (3 players)
Hero bets, CO folds, Button calls.
Results:
Hero has As Kc (one pair, aces).
Button has Qc Ad (two pair, aces and queens).
Hand 4:
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Qh.
UTG calls, MP calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG folds, MP calls.
Flop: (7 SB) 4h, 5c, Ts (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, MP folds.
Turn: (4.50 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.
River: (6.50 BB) Ah (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Ac Qh (one pair, aces).
BB has 2h 6h (flush, ace high).
Hand 5:
Preflop: Hero is BB with As, 3d.
UTG calls, MP calls, 2 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: (4 SB) 5h, 3s, 3c (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, MP folds, SB calls.
Turn: (3 BB) 4d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, Hero calls.
River: (11 BB) 5s (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.
Results:
SB has 4s 4h (full house, fours full of fives).
Hero has As 3d (full house, threes full of fives).
Hand 6:
Preflop: Hero is CO with Td, Th.
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls.
Flop: (10 SB) Qc, Tc, Ks (3 players)
SB bets, UTG raises, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, UTG calls, Hero calls.
Turn: (10 BB) 5d (3 players)
SB bets, UTG raises, Hero calls, SB 3-bets, UTG caps, Hero calls, SB calls.
River: (22 BB) 8h (3 players)
SB bets, UTG calls $1 (All-In), Hero calls.
Results:
SB has Js Ah (straight, ace high).
UTG has Jd Ac (straight, ace high).
Hero has Td Th (three of a kind, tens).
Monday, December 11, 2006
Day 20: +$36.50 (+37 BB at $.50/1)
Overall: +$73.95 in 3002 table minutes
This was a good upswing day for me. Lots of hands were simply value bets with good hands, and the other players paid them off. There were only a couple hands that I felt were interesting.
Hand 1: I pumped a pair plus flush draw OOP by checking and waiting to evaluate the action. It worked out well, except for the draw not coming in for me. The turn card also killed my hand two pair/trips outs.
Preflop: Hero is SB with 3d, 4d.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (6 SB) Qd, 9d, 4h (6 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets, MP calls, CO folds, Button calls, Hero raises, BB folds, UTG calls, MP calls, Button calls.
Turn: (7 BB) Qh (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Button checks.
River: (7 BB) 3h (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Button bets, Hero folds, UTG folds, MP calls.
Hand 2: I feel as if I should have pumped this on the flop because my implied odds are smaller when the flush card hits for me.
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ad, 6h.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (4 SB) 3d, 6d, Jd (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG raises, Button calls, Hero calls, BB calls.
Turn: (6 BB) Ah (4 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, UTG calls, Button calls.
River: (9 BB) 6c (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG folds, Button calls.
Results:
Hero has Ad 6h (full house, sixes full of aces).
Button has 2c Ac (two pair, aces and sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins 11 BB.
Hand 3: I posted this at the Two Plus Two Microlimit Forum. The general feeling is that this play would be better at higher stakes where players tend to be more aggressive. I think it can go either way, and that neither line is significantly better than the other. In this case, the other villain would likely have called down anyway.
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, Jh.
1 fold, MP calls, 1 fold, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: (4 SB) Qc, Ac, Ad (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, Button bets, SB calls, Hero calls, MP calls.
Turn: (4 BB) 2s (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, Button bets, SB folds, Hero calls, MP calls.
River: (7 BB) 5h (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, Button bets, Hero calls, MP folds.
Results:
Hero has Qd Jh (two pair, aces and queens).
Button has 4h 4c (two pair, aces and fours).
Hand 4: This hand is posted merely to laugh at my own stupidity and poor luck. Betting this river is terrible. Calling the raise is pretty bad, too. I was better than a 16:1 favorite on the flop and better than a 5:1 favorite on the turn.
Preflop: Hero is SB with 7s, 7h.
1 fold, Button calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, Button calls.
Flop: (5 SB) 8c, 7c, 4d (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.
Turn: (3.50 BB) 8h (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, Hero calls.
River: (11.50 BB) 4h (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.
Results:
Button has Th 8s (full house, eights full of fours).
Hero has 7s 7h (full house, sevens full of eights).
This was a good upswing day for me. Lots of hands were simply value bets with good hands, and the other players paid them off. There were only a couple hands that I felt were interesting.
Hand 1: I pumped a pair plus flush draw OOP by checking and waiting to evaluate the action. It worked out well, except for the draw not coming in for me. The turn card also killed my hand two pair/trips outs.
Preflop: Hero is SB with 3d, 4d.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (6 SB) Qd, 9d, 4h (6 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets, MP calls, CO folds, Button calls, Hero raises, BB folds, UTG calls, MP calls, Button calls.
Turn: (7 BB) Qh (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Button checks.
River: (7 BB) 3h (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Button bets, Hero folds, UTG folds, MP calls.
Hand 2: I feel as if I should have pumped this on the flop because my implied odds are smaller when the flush card hits for me.
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ad, 6h.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (4 SB) 3d, 6d, Jd (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG raises, Button calls, Hero calls, BB calls.
Turn: (6 BB) Ah (4 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, UTG calls, Button calls.
River: (9 BB) 6c (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG folds, Button calls.
Results:
Hero has Ad 6h (full house, sixes full of aces).
Button has 2c Ac (two pair, aces and sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins 11 BB.
Hand 3: I posted this at the Two Plus Two Microlimit Forum. The general feeling is that this play would be better at higher stakes where players tend to be more aggressive. I think it can go either way, and that neither line is significantly better than the other. In this case, the other villain would likely have called down anyway.
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, Jh.
1 fold, MP calls, 1 fold, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: (4 SB) Qc, Ac, Ad (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, Button bets, SB calls, Hero calls, MP calls.
Turn: (4 BB) 2s (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, Button bets, SB folds, Hero calls, MP calls.
River: (7 BB) 5h (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, Button bets, Hero calls, MP folds.
Results:
Hero has Qd Jh (two pair, aces and queens).
Button has 4h 4c (two pair, aces and fours).
Hand 4: This hand is posted merely to laugh at my own stupidity and poor luck. Betting this river is terrible. Calling the raise is pretty bad, too. I was better than a 16:1 favorite on the flop and better than a 5:1 favorite on the turn.
Preflop: Hero is SB with 7s, 7h.
1 fold, Button calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, Button calls.
Flop: (5 SB) 8c, 7c, 4d (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.
Turn: (3.50 BB) 8h (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, Hero calls.
River: (11.50 BB) 4h (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.
Results:
Button has Th 8s (full house, eights full of fours).
Hero has 7s 7h (full house, sevens full of eights).
Day 19: +$3.40 (+3 BB at $.50/1)
Overall: +$37.45 in 2881 table minutes
After not playing for about two weeks, it feels good to sit down and to play again. I think I did quite well, holding back some aggression in spots that were bad, and being willing to make folds that I know are good folds (most of them, anyway). I don't have a whole lot to say except that I reached 6000 posts at Two Plus Two. I don't want to post many hands today because many of them are uninteresting.
Hand 1: AA gets cracked, but I believe I played it the best possible way. I had seen nothing unusually aggressive about SB so far, so the preflop 3-bet was significant. I was very concerned with the QJx flop because that gives two likely 3-betting hands (QQ/JJ) a better hand than mine. If he has KK, he might overplay it if I cap him, but I think the flop cap often slows down opponents, and I'll not extract much more money from them.
Preflop: Hero is BB with As, Ac.
UTG calls, MP raises, 1 fold, SB 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG folds, MP calls, SB calls.
Flop: (13 SB) Jc, 3s, Qh (3 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, MP calls, SB 3-bets, Hero calls, MP calls.
Turn: (11 BB) 6c (3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, MP calls.
River: (14 BB) 5s (3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, MP calls.
Results:
SB has Qs Qc (three of a kind, queens).
Hero has As Ac (one pair, aces).
MP has Qd Ad (one pair, queens).
Hand 2: What? AA cracked again? Yeah. Lousy variance. I suppose I could have bet/folded the river, but I hate to do that with an overpair.
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ad.
UTG calls, Button calls, SB raises, BB calls, UTG calls, Button calls.
Flop: (8 SB) 3h, 9d, 4d (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls, Button folds.
Turn: (5.50 BB) Th (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls.
River: (8.50 BB) 4s (3 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, UTG folds, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Ac Ad (two pair, aces and fours).
BB has 4h 5s (three of a kind, fours).
Hand 3: I say that I think I could have folded the overpair in the previous hand, but here I fold a set on the river, and I don't really like it that much. I think this is a bad fold due to the number of two pair combinations this could be.
Preflop: Hero is MP with Js, Jc.
1 fold, Hero raises, Button calls, SB calls, 1 fold.
Flop: (7 SB) Jh, Qc, 3h (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, Button folds, SB calls.
Turn: (4.50 BB) Kd (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.
River: (6.50 BB) 9c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero folds.
Hand 4: Here's what I think a standard turn fold with KK should look like. The flop coldcall and turn check-raise is a very scary combination. The ace only makes it worse.
Preflop: Hero is CO with Kd, Ks.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls.
Flop: (7 SB) Jd, 6h, 8d (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, SB raises, UTG calls, Hero 3-bets, SB folds, UTG calls.
Turn: (7.50 BB) Ac (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero folds.
Hand 5: Here's an odd one. Villain is a multi-tabler (sitting at both tables with me, in fact), and has pretty solid TAG stats. I think he might be a 2+2er, and if he is then he likely knows I'm one, too. Getting capped preflop indicates to me a strong hand. If he 3-bets my check-raise on the flop, I'm done. I played it this way to knock out one of many pocket pairs lower than a K that potentially doesn't want to go to an expensive showdown. When he just called, but then popped the turn, something felt really odd. There was a bit of a timing tell as well, but I let that take less meaning because he's multi-tabling. With 6 outs, this is a super-easy call. Fortunately, he checked behind, because I was folding to a river bet.
If he knows anything about me, then his turn raise is bad. There aren't many hands I would play this way. For example, I wouldn't play QQ-TT this way, as I would just check-call to get to showdown with those against an aggro player. If I have AK/AA/KK/77/44, he's not bluffing me off my hand. If I had a naked ace, I would have continued to bet if he had given me the chance (which means the turn raise would have made me fold, and then he doesn't collect the extra bet from me on the river). So I think FPS-ego might have gotten the best of him.
Preflop: Hero is BB with 6c, 6s.
1 fold, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, Hero calls.
Flop: (8.50 SB) 7h, 4d, Ks (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero raises, Button calls.
Turn: (6.25 BB) 3d (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.
River: (10.25 BB) 2c (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.
Results:
Hero has 6c 6s (one pair, sixes).
Button has Ah Qs (high card, ace).
After not playing for about two weeks, it feels good to sit down and to play again. I think I did quite well, holding back some aggression in spots that were bad, and being willing to make folds that I know are good folds (most of them, anyway). I don't have a whole lot to say except that I reached 6000 posts at Two Plus Two. I don't want to post many hands today because many of them are uninteresting.
Hand 1: AA gets cracked, but I believe I played it the best possible way. I had seen nothing unusually aggressive about SB so far, so the preflop 3-bet was significant. I was very concerned with the QJx flop because that gives two likely 3-betting hands (QQ/JJ) a better hand than mine. If he has KK, he might overplay it if I cap him, but I think the flop cap often slows down opponents, and I'll not extract much more money from them.
Preflop: Hero is BB with As, Ac.
UTG calls, MP raises, 1 fold, SB 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG folds, MP calls, SB calls.
Flop: (13 SB) Jc, 3s, Qh (3 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, MP calls, SB 3-bets, Hero calls, MP calls.
Turn: (11 BB) 6c (3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, MP calls.
River: (14 BB) 5s (3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, MP calls.
Results:
SB has Qs Qc (three of a kind, queens).
Hero has As Ac (one pair, aces).
MP has Qd Ad (one pair, queens).
Hand 2: What? AA cracked again? Yeah. Lousy variance. I suppose I could have bet/folded the river, but I hate to do that with an overpair.
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ad.
UTG calls, Button calls, SB raises, BB calls, UTG calls, Button calls.
Flop: (8 SB) 3h, 9d, 4d (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls, Button folds.
Turn: (5.50 BB) Th (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls.
River: (8.50 BB) 4s (3 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, UTG folds, Hero calls.
Results:
Hero has Ac Ad (two pair, aces and fours).
BB has 4h 5s (three of a kind, fours).
Hand 3: I say that I think I could have folded the overpair in the previous hand, but here I fold a set on the river, and I don't really like it that much. I think this is a bad fold due to the number of two pair combinations this could be.
Preflop: Hero is MP with Js, Jc.
1 fold, Hero raises, Button calls, SB calls, 1 fold.
Flop: (7 SB) Jh, Qc, 3h (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, Button folds, SB calls.
Turn: (4.50 BB) Kd (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.
River: (6.50 BB) 9c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero folds.
Hand 4: Here's what I think a standard turn fold with KK should look like. The flop coldcall and turn check-raise is a very scary combination. The ace only makes it worse.
Preflop: Hero is CO with Kd, Ks.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls.
Flop: (7 SB) Jd, 6h, 8d (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, SB raises, UTG calls, Hero 3-bets, SB folds, UTG calls.
Turn: (7.50 BB) Ac (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero folds.
Hand 5: Here's an odd one. Villain is a multi-tabler (sitting at both tables with me, in fact), and has pretty solid TAG stats. I think he might be a 2+2er, and if he is then he likely knows I'm one, too. Getting capped preflop indicates to me a strong hand. If he 3-bets my check-raise on the flop, I'm done. I played it this way to knock out one of many pocket pairs lower than a K that potentially doesn't want to go to an expensive showdown. When he just called, but then popped the turn, something felt really odd. There was a bit of a timing tell as well, but I let that take less meaning because he's multi-tabling. With 6 outs, this is a super-easy call. Fortunately, he checked behind, because I was folding to a river bet.
If he knows anything about me, then his turn raise is bad. There aren't many hands I would play this way. For example, I wouldn't play QQ-TT this way, as I would just check-call to get to showdown with those against an aggro player. If I have AK/AA/KK/77/44, he's not bluffing me off my hand. If I had a naked ace, I would have continued to bet if he had given me the chance (which means the turn raise would have made me fold, and then he doesn't collect the extra bet from me on the river). So I think FPS-ego might have gotten the best of him.
Preflop: Hero is BB with 6c, 6s.
1 fold, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, Hero calls.
Flop: (8.50 SB) 7h, 4d, Ks (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero raises, Button calls.
Turn: (6.25 BB) 3d (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.
River: (10.25 BB) 2c (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.
Results:
Hero has 6c 6s (one pair, sixes).
Button has Ah Qs (high card, ace).
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