Poker Journal Day 16
1. He does some wild shit.
2. That guy is a fucking genius.
Of course the second statement is obvious considering his accomplishments, but getting an insight into his play was a real treat for me. I learned things just glancing over the outline. At this point I’m not sure what all is going to be required of me in this creative process but I’m looking forward to getting started. The retreat here is gorgeous (http://www.splitappleretreat.com), but it’s also 20 minutes drive to the nearest small town and over an hour to where I flew in, the town of Nelson. As you can see in the pictures at the link, the place is stunningly adorned and crafted and certainly a relaxing spot to spend two weeks. Unfortunately, my idea of relaxing is a joint and a movie and without a full fledged gym and lots of people to occupy me I get a little stir crazy. There’s curently nobody here except Lee, his wife Penn, and a few staff, so I can’t imagine I’ll get too distracted from writing. We’ll see.
Poker Journal Day 15
Day 15, March 9th: As I mentioned in the previous entry I didn’t play today. However, I did take the time to create two more full hand history reviews of tournaments I went deep in for Pokersavvy, including the Tilt $24 tournament I won earlier in the week. I think it’s my most profane video yet, as watching people fold getting 4 to 1 pre or flat 40% of their stack and check fold the flop is stuff I’m not that used to at mid to high stakes MTT’s.
Poker Journal Day 14
Day 14, March 8th: Today will be my last day playing before I had off to New Zealand on Wednesday. I'll be taking tomorrow off to get some things done and follow through on some earlier made plans. The session is still technically going, but I've only got three tables left in late, smaller tournaments and I'm pretty short on all three tables. It was a fairly frustrating day as I just got brutalized over and over and lost my two major flips in the only substantial deep run, the Tilt $109 rebuys turbo where I got 19th. Ah well.
I've got mixed feelings about going down to New Zealand to write this book for ELKY. I think it's an awesome opportunity and I'm very gracious that he and Lee offered it to me and that they have such faith in my abilities. However, I think it's pretty obvious from the questions that I've been posting lately that I'm simply not the poker player I used to be. I think in a few months of constant playing and posting I'll be up to speed again, and I certainly haven't turned into a total donk, but I'd hardly call myself a highly competitive pro at the moment. The consequences of taking the majority of 2009 off to travel, get drunk, and chase girls has caught up with me; not that I regret a second of any of it.
Popular 2+2 poster Todd Terry recently made his 10,000th post in MTTC. Congrats to him for having made it that far, especially considering the constant verbal thrashing he took in his early posting career. He wrote a paragraph in his post that I think is right on the money when it comes to getting and staying good at poker:
"Get better every day. That should be your goal. There are intelligent, motivated people who are doing that and if you don't keep pace they're going to pass you by. No matter how good you are right now (which it seems for most people isn't 1/10th as good as they think they are). So post on the forums, read a book, spend some time with PokerStove or SNGPT, watch some videos, memorize some charts, talk to friends, hire a coach, coach someone who asks intelligent questions, play some tournaments below your normal stakes and try out some new plays, play more live (live I learn a lot every time I play, whether it be tells, how randoms think about hands, how specific known opponents against whom I'll play again think about certain situations), whatever you think you need to do."
He's absolutely right. Spend enough time away from both playing and thinking about poker and the game will pass you by. If it does, you'd better be pretty fucking self aware and realistic about making the effort to get good again. There's a long list of guys who smashed tournaments through 2005-2007 that we basically never hear from anymore because they stopped making a genuine effort to improve. I don't intend on letting that happen to me. Twenty-five is a bit too young to be washed up, particularly when a simple google search of my name will disqualify me from having the majority of most real jobs. Besides, I already love the one I have and I'd like to hang around a while. Writing this log and looking at my interesting spots every day certainly helps. I've also been watching videos from other tournaments players and occasionally even studying a dry hand history from a player I respect. There's a few very sick players who are friends and are happy to help me out with some coaching, so I'll probably get on Skype with them in the near future and review some hand histories.
There were a number of interesting hands from today. I'm going to aim to post them with my thought process thoroughly explained in the future so that I can not only have my lines corrected, but my thinking as well.
Tilt nightly $150:
Fairly early with no particular history and I'm gajillion tabling at this stage on a Monday (Sunday for you kids) so no direct reads available. Villain is an unknown. Questions:
1. Thoughts on the C bet? All pairs will peel, a fair bit of his flatting range will call (JTs, QTs, QJs, T8s, etc), and occasionally big aces will call too.
2. Considering he checked turn and numerous draws missed, plus mid pairs under the 8 got counterfeited, thoughts on river?
Full Tilt Poker $75,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t20/t40 Blinds - 9 players
SB: t3360 M = 56
BB: t1645 M = 27.42
Hero (UTG): t2645 M = 44.08
UTG+1: t1915 M = 31.92
UTG+2: t4655 M = 77.58
MP1: t4005 M = 66.75
MP2: t2730 M = 45.50
CO: t2910 M = 48.50
BTN: t2925 M = 48.75
Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is UTG with J A
Hero raises to t120, 5 folds, BTN calls t120, 2 folds
Flop: (t300) 8 9 9 (2 players)
Hero bets t200, BTN calls t200
Turn: (t700) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: (t700) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t480, Hero calls t480
Stars $100 rebuys:
Stars 100r. Villain is a guy I've seen around and I'm fairly sure is a reg but no highly substantial history with him. Thoughts on the whole line? I'd guess he mostly gives me credit for higher flushes than I have by the river and he'll have mostly big cards for his opening UTG range, so even though we're getting 3 to 1 I figured the fold was likely correct, especially as his bet looks value seeking sized.
Poker Stars $100+$9 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t50/t100 Blinds - 9 players
UTG+1: t8250 M = 55
UTG+2: t4049 M = 26.99
MP1: t3415 M = 22.77
MP2: t2450 M = 16.33
CO: t2850 M = 19
BTN: t3891 M = 25.94
SB: t6385 M = 42.57
Hero (BB): t3220 M = 21.47
UTG: t3000 M = 20
Pre Flop: (t150) Hero is BB with 8 8
UTG raises to t250, 7 folds, Hero calls t150
Flop: (t550) 7 T 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t300, Hero calls t300
Turn: (t1150) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t600, Hero calls t600
River: (t2350) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t1150, Hero folds
UB $120 20k gaurantee:
Gajillion tabling at this stage of the day, so no good reads or particular history with the villain. All I know is that by the turn when he nominal raises me on this texture I feel like I'm crushed, even though not a ton of holdings make sense for him. I guess he could limp AK/AA/KK UTG, but that's gotta be pretty slim, and otherwise we're folding to 55. However, how many hands actually raise like this that don't crush us. Thoughts?
Stage #84036331 Tourney ID 5116891 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit 60 - 2010-03-08 14:08:36 (ET)
Table: 23 (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 1 - JILL339 (2,665 in chips)
Seat 2 - FURION3 (2,905 in chips)
Seat 3 - POLETRAIN (5,480 in chips)
Seat 4 - MUCKTHENUTS (2,840 in chips)
Seat 5 - BETOOO (5,020 in chips)
Seat 6 - NICKC1313 (5,710 in chips)
Seat 7 - PLAYER_1113 (5,025 in chips)
Seat 8 - MPLIZZY2288 (4,030 in chips)
Seat 9 - HB_HITMAN (2,480 in chips)
MUCKTHENUTS - Posts small blind 30
BETOOO - Posts big blind 60
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to MUCKTHENUTS [5d Kd]
NICKC1313 - Calls 60
PLAYER_1113 - Folds
MPLIZZY2288 - Calls 60
HB_HITMAN - Folds
JILL339 - Folds
FURION3 - Folds
POLETRAIN - Folds
MUCKTHENUTS - Calls 30
BETOOO - Checks
*** FLOP *** [As Kc 5c]
MUCKTHENUTS - Bets 180
BETOOO - Folds
NICKC1313 - Calls 180
MPLIZZY2288 - Folds
*** TURN *** [As Kc 5c] [3s]
MUCKTHENUTS - Bets 440
NICKC1313 - Raises 1,000 to 1,000
MUCKTHENUTS - Folds
Tilt $100 single rebuy add on:
Been very inactive lately and hadn't 3 bet anyone. No particular history with villain, and I haven't seen him around before to my knowledge. Questions:
1. Thoughts on mixing occasional 3 bets like this in during early stages? I know with my recent postings it likely looks like I'm doing it all day, but it's a pretty rare thing really.
2. Am I correct in thinking that given the flop the best plan is to check back and go for one street of value on the turn unless my hand improves?
Full Tilt Poker $33,000 Guarantee (1r+1a) No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com
MP: t4415 M = 98.11
CO: t4145 M = 92.11
Hero (BTN): t3720 M = 82.67
SB: t8415 M = 187
BB: t3395 M = 75.44
UTG: t1910 M = 42.44
Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN with 7 J
1 fold, MP raises to t90, CO calls t90, Hero raises to t340, 3 folds, CO calls t250
Flop: (t815) 8 Q J (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks
Turn: (t815) 5 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets t525, CO calls t525
River: (t1865) A (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks
Poker Journal Day 13
Day 13, March 7th: In terms of making final tables today was uneventful. I technically made one in the form of the SCOOP preview event, but there was something like 60 players and we made a chip chop four handed that got me like $1800 or some such irrelevant amount. There were a number of moderately deep runs but nothing got particularly interesting. I forgot to save the file with my few interesting hands from the day, though I did get quite a bit of feedback on the hands I posted the other day.
In the first hand I posted with J8 and hero called down, numerous people mentioned that I should consider betting the flop but nobody seemed to feel it was particularly mandatory. Most felt that once we got to the river this way we should call considering how many draws missed and how perfect the run out was, plus how weak our hand and line look.
In the second hand where I reraised AQ pre most people agreed that it was too aggressive and ambitious to 3 bet/call pre flop without history. Everyone agreed that we should just shut down on the flop once the SB makes the hyper scary flat. Those who suggested a flat said they were comfortable folding if one of the stacks behind us shoves and the opener reshoves.
In the final hand many people were okay with the entire line, though some wanted to bet the turn as well. I’ve just posted in the thread asking if people who bet the turn want to get it in, which I think is questionable since there’s just under 2000 in the pot on the turn and we have 7000 back.
Poker Journal Day 12
Day 12, March 6th: Played a long session today. Started registering at 11:30am and registered until the 3:30 Tilt $50 rebuys again. Fit everything I could in. Another one of those days with a lot of deep runs and final two or three tables but nothing connected at the right moments and I fell short.
I had a number of interesting hands today. Unfortunately, half of them were destroyed by the raging hail and thunder storm that tore through Melbourne today. It knocked the power out in the middle of my session and deleted the file I had open with the hands. Here are the ones I do have:
1. Tilt $109 6 max. I don’t remember any particular aggressive vibe with this villain, I think I may have been new to the table which wouldn’t surprise me if it’s still got all six players on the table. Pretty obvious thought process in that an ass load of draws missed and we even counterfeited one hand.
Thoughts?
Full Tilt Poker $30,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t200/t400 Blinds + t50 – 6 players
Hero (CO): t29275 M = 32.53
BTN: t43450 M = 48.28
SB: t7420 M = 8.24
BB: t12336 M = 13.71
UTG: t8121 M = 9.02
MP: t13595 M = 15.11
Pre Flop: (t900) Hero is CO with J 8
2 folds, Hero raises to t925, BTN calls t925, 2 folds
Flop: (t2750) 9 8 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t1099, Hero calls t1099
Turn: (t4948) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t2899, Hero calls t2899
River: (t10746) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t6499, Hero calls t6499
2. Tilt $150. Couple questions on this hand:
A. There wasn’t much history between myself and MP2. Still, my plan was to 3 bet/call. That too ambitious vs the min raise |at these stacks?
B. SB didn’t seem crazy before this, and not loose/awful enough to suddenly flat here with some ridiculous holding. I assume people are comfortable with planning to shut down unless I hit flop solidly?
Full Tilt Poker $75,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t500/t1000 Blinds + t125 – 8 players
Hero (CO): t39819 M = 15.93
BTN: t43373 M = 17.35
SB: t16227 M = 6.49
BB: t16812 M = 6.72
UTG: t52213 M = 20.89
UTG+1: t16174 M = 6.47
MP1: t43549 M = 17.42
MP2: t18118 M = 7.25
Pre Flop: (t2500) Hero is CO with A Q
2 folds, MP1 raises to t2000, 1 fold, Hero raises to t5500, 1 fold, SB calls t5000, 2 folds
Flop: (t15000) K 3 T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: (t15000) 8 (2 players)
SB bets t5000, Hero folds
3. Tilt $50 single rebuy add on. No particular history with villain at this point that would make me think he’d get real out of line here or has reason to think I’m gonna hero call him. Considering his bet sizing everyone cool calling down?
Full Tilt Poker $18,500 Guarantee (1r+1a) No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t100/t200 Blinds – 9 players
BTN: t9288 M = 30.96
Hero (SB): t7810 M = 26.03
BB: t4647 M = 15.49
UTG: t2015 M = 6.72
UTG+1: t1809 M = 6.03
UTG+2: t3435 M = 11.45
MP1: t14745 M = 49.15
MP2: t8090 M = 26.97
CO: t3573 M = 11.91
Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is SB with 4 4
5 folds, CO calls t200, BTN calls t200, Hero calls t100, BB checks
Flop: (t800) T 2 4 (4 players)
Hero bets t575, BB folds, CO folds, BTN calls t575
Turn: (t1950) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t800, Hero calls t800
River: (t3550) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t1800, Hero calls t1800
Feedback I got from most on the QQ hand I posted in the last entry was that I should just 3 bet and get in preflop against a lot of guys in a $50. The vast majority also wanted to bet the turn, which seems absolutely correct looking at the hand history. Thanks to everyone at HSMTT for their input on my hands, it’s become clear how rusty I’ve got and all of this is helping quiet a lot.
Poker Journal Day 11
Day 11, March 5th: Wound up having a very breif session today. Woke up and attempted to play multiple sites on my recently set up desk top computer but realized that it pretty much can’t handle it. Christ, the thing needs to be wiped clean.
After I finished the short session I took my laptop to a repair store in the city as well. The thing stopped working a while ago and I got lazy about getting it fixed. It’s less than a year old and already apparently the hard drive needs to be replaced. I’m not the angry throw or smash a laptop type, but man can I get clumsy with it sometimes.
Didn’t record any interesting hands today. Only played like seven tournaments.
Poker Journal Day 10
Day 10, March 4th: Today went pretty excellent. I won one of those giant $24 buy in things on Tilt for over $8000, then had two other final tables for about $1000 each in smaller tournaments (Big Double A, UB 30r.) Will certainly turn the hand history from the $24 into a Savvy vid because I get stupidly crippled like twice to the degree that in live time I was like “Oh come the fuck on.”
I got some good feedback from the hands posted yesterday. Realized the converter did not work on Wordpress correctly, so for tonights I’ll write them out long hand. If anyone is interested in the hands from yesterday I’d just check out HSMTT where there was feedback. Looking at it’s now it’s unreadable in that format.
There was only one hand I put down from today. I know that sounds odd considering how many deep runs I had today, but as far as I can tell I mostly won flips and then coolered people at a final table who were playing too passive.
The hand is from the Stars $50 70k freezeout:
My stack: 20600
UTG stack: 22300
Blinds 250/500 with 100 ante. I hold Qh Qc UTG+1.
Preflop: UTG raises to 1262, I call, the BB calls.
Flop: 9h 9s Ts
BB checks, UTG bets 2500, I call, BB folds.
Turn: 3d
UTG checks, I check.
River: 2c
UTG bets 3500, I call.
The line feels a bit passive. I think if I were to do anything different I might 3 bet/call preflop, but people in the $50 don’t tend to get super creative in that spot for a 4 bet so I’m not that in long with it. I’m also wondering if people prefer a bet on the turn as opposed to checking back and evaluating?
Poker Journal Day 9
Day 9, March 4th: Pretty uneventful session. Final tabled one tournament, the $22 rebuy six max on Tilt (such a fun tournament) but instantly lost AJ to KQ for a pretty marginal score. Again ran deep in several places without much panning out and simply cashed a ton. No worries.
Got feedback on the hands from yesterday. On hand one against Brsavage some people said to check back the flop but that if you're going to bet then the call is standard of the min checkraise against this particular villain. River seems very close, quite possible that with my particular image it's not a shove for me.
On the QQ hand where I was reraised pre some people said shove pre, some said they agreed with the line, some wanted to play pre and call flop. Opinions were quite mixed on that one. I know that I don't hate shoving.
On the AT hand where I double barreled turn most wanted to just check/fold flop but some bet. Almost everyone felt that he wouldn't necessarily raise flop with his draws and that we need to check/fold this turn.
On to the interesting hands from today:
The first comes from the Tilt nightly $150. Yet again we find ourselves in a gross spot with bottom set. I posted it on 2+2 as follows:
Very early in the nightly $150. When I got to river with this awkward stack size via pot I realized I wish I bet turn bigger so I had a more natural shove. Bet sizing leak recognized. Now I had a backdoor flush completed, 4 straight out, and most of his mid pairs would be hard pressed to call a ship but might call a small bet.
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[b]saw flop[/b]
Button (t2990)
SB (t2980)
[b]Hero (BB) (t3000)[/b]
UTG (t3000)
UTG+1 (t3000)
MP1 (t3000)
MP2 (t3000)
MP3 (t3000)
[b]CO (t3030)[/b]
[color=#009B00][b]Hero's M[/b]: 100.00[/color]
[b]Preflop[/b]: Hero is BB with 3[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img]
[color=#666666][i]5 folds[/i][/color], [color=#CC3333]CO bets t60[/color], [color=#666666][i]2 folds[/i][/color], Hero calls t40
[b]Flop[/b]: (t130) 4[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif[/img], 3[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
Hero checks, [color=#CC3333]CO bets t90[/color], [color=#CC3333]Hero raises to t330[/color], CO calls t240
[b]Turn[/b]: (t790) 7[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
[color=#CC3333]Hero bets t525[/color], CO calls t525
[b]River[/b]: (t1840) K[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
[color=#CC3333]Hero bets t880[/color], [color=#CC3333]CO raises to t2115 (All-In)[/color], [color=#666666][i]Hero folds...
The second hand came from the Stars $1000 which I posted as follows:
I had been very tight an inactive lately. No particular history with villain.
VS opponents who flat a bit much pre I want to check ship the flop, but against most guys in the 1k I don't think they flat that wide and I think they're on a level that they realize most of my hands go bet/call flop or bet/bet turn for value.
As a result I think I want to bet flop with the intention of shipping turn (or betting an amount that blatantly commits me) if called, and fold if raised. Thoughts?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1050 Tournament, 60/120 Blinds 15 Ante (9 handed) - [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php#converter]Poker-Stars[/url] Converter Tool from [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com]FlopTurnRiver.com[/url]
[b]saw flop[/b]
MP2 (t5265)
MP3 (t4453)
[b]CO (t7190)[/b]
Button (t2286)
SB (t6684)
[b]Hero (BB) (t6046)[/b]
UTG (t5875)
UTG+1 (t8734)
MP1 (t5755)
[color=#009B00][b]Hero's M[/b]: 19.19[/color]
[b]Preflop[/b]: Hero is BB with J[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img]
[color=#666666][i]5 folds[/i][/color], [color=#CC3333]CO bets t280[/color], [color=#666666][i]2 folds[/i][/color], [color=#CC3333]Hero raises to t820[/color], CO calls t540
[b]Flop[/b]: (t1835) Q[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
[color=#CC3333]Hero bets t1225[/color], [color=#CC3333]CO raises to t2640[/color], [color=#666666][i]Hero folds[/i][/color]
[b]Total pot:[/b] t4285
Next up is a hand from the $10/r/a on Pokerstars.
I think the river bet is mandatory since there are numerous flush draws the opponent can be peeling with, as well as the occasional straight draw since it's a limped pot. Numerous higher stakes players know it doesn't make much sense for me to represent an ace either but at lower stakes I find guys will be more timid around a scare card even if it doesn't make much sense for you to have it.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 50 Ante (9 handed) - [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php#converter]Poker-Stars[/url] Converter Tool from [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com]FlopTurnRiver.com[/url]
[b]saw flop[/b]
[b]MP2 (t25237)[/b]
MP3 (t57645)
CO (t28633)
Button (t7023)
[b]Hero (SB) (t14325)[/b]
[b]BB (t11972)[/b]
UTG (t8283)
UTG+1 (t39586)
MP1 (t12228)
[color=#009B00][b]Hero's M[/b]: 10.61[/color]
[b]Preflop[/b]: Hero is SB with 10[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img]
[color=#666666][i]3 folds[/i][/color], MP2 calls t600, [color=#666666][i]3 folds[/i][/color], Hero calls t300, BB checks
[b]Flop[/b]: (t2250) 4[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](3 players)[/color]
Hero checks, BB checks, MP2 checks
[b]Turn[/b]: (t2250) J[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](3 players)[/color]
[color=#CC3333]Hero bets t1275[/color], [color=#666666][i]1 fold[/i][/color], MP2 calls t1275
[b]River[/b]: (t4800) A[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/spade.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
[color=#CC3333]Hero bets t2880[/color]...
Next up we have one more Stars $1000 spot which I posted as follows:
No history with particular villain. His name is $tevemoney and he has a pic of a live reg who plays a lot of the satellites and mid stakes tournaments at the WSOP who I see around year after year, but it could just be a trick. If it is him, I recall him being on the tighter side. If he's some reg I'm not aware of i'm gonna look really dumb, but that's what happens when you go AWOL for so long.
Everyone okay with the flat pre or does anyone wanna 3 ball/get it in? Anyone just fold pre?
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[b]saw flop[/b]
MP2 (t5265)
[b]MP3 (t4392)[/b]
CO (t9430)
Button (t1971)
[b]SB (t5889)[/b]
[b]Hero (BB) (t3806)[/b]
UTG (t6595)
UTG+1 (t9799)
MP1 (t5141)
[color=#009B00][b]Hero's M[/b]: 12.08[/color]
[b]Preflop[/b]: Hero is BB with 10[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/spade.gif[/img]
[color=#666666][i]4 folds[/i][/color], [color=#CC3333]MP3 bets t360[/color], [color=#666666][i]2 folds[/i][/color], SB calls t300, Hero calls t240
[b]Flop[/b]: (t1215) A[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif[/img], 2[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](3 players)[/color]
SB checks, Hero checks, [color=#CC3333]MP3 bets t880[/color], [color=#666666][i]1 fold[/i][/color], Hero calls t880
[b]Turn[/b]: (t2975) 4[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
Hero checks, [color=#CC3333]MP3 bets t2555[/color], [color=#666666][i]Hero...
Lastly is a hand from the Stars $50 freezeout six max. I believe it was the later one. I think the flop and turn bet are pretty standard, and as I mentioned in an entry earlier this week I think people are peeling the obvious scare card more and more these days on the turn, so I follow through with a river bet:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 55 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (6 handed) - [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php#converter]Poker-Stars[/url] Converter Tool from [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com]FlopTurnRiver.com[/url]
[b]saw flop[/b]
MP (t3090)
CO (t2930)
[b]Hero (Button) (t2700)[/b]
[b]SB (t2610)[/b]
[b]BB (t3130)[/b]
UTG (t3540)
[color=#009B00][b]Hero's M[/b]: 90.00[/color]
[b]Preflop[/b]: Hero is Button with Q[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/spade.gif[/img], A[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif[/img]
[color=#666666][i]3 folds[/i][/color], [color=#CC3333]Hero bets t70[/color], SB calls t60, BB calls t50
[b]Flop[/b]: (t210) 5[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img], J[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](3 players)[/color]
SB checks, BB checks, [color=#CC3333]Hero bets t135[/color], SB calls t135, [color=#666666][i]1 fold[/i][/color]
[b]Turn[/b]: (t480) K[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
SB checks, [color=#CC3333]Hero bets t335[/color], SB calls t335
[b]River[/b]: (t1150) 8[img]http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif[/img] [color=#009B00](2 players)[/color]
SB checks, [color=#CC3333]Hero bets t755[/color]...
I'll post feedback on them all as in a day or so.
Poker Journal Day 8
Day 8, March 3rd: Registered everything between noon and 3pm today, and added the turbo $50 rebuys on Tilt at 3:30. Accumulated big stacks in pretty much every major tournament of the day: UB $500, Stars $100r 6 max, Stars $150 (oh Lord the stack I had at one point, 52k at 150/300 after coolering half the table in one hand), Tilt $150. All for naught unfortunately, as each one melted away or suffered some horrific fate, though I don't care to bitch about specific beats in an entry. I'd rather focus on the interesting hands of the day:
The first is a fascinating hand from the Tilt nightly $150, which I posted on 2+2 as follows:
Villains are unknown except the guy on my left, who I have a read as being a bit floaty/bluffy from an earlier hand but I doubt that would mean much in a 4 way reraised pot. How much do you weigh the SB's tiny reraise towards AA/KK as opposed to AK?
Full Tilt Poker $75,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 9 players
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CO: t2875 M = 38.33
BTN: t1455 M = 19.40
SB: t5550 M = 74
BB: t2160 M = 28.80
UTG: t4935 M = 65.80
UTG+1: t2790 M = 37.20
UTG+2: t2645 M = 35.27
Hero (MP1): t7565 M = 100.87
MP2: t3200 M = 42.67
Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is MP1 with J J
UTG calls t50, 1 fold, UTG+2 raises to t150, Hero calls t150, MP2 requests TIME, MP2 calls t150, 2 folds, SB raises to t400, 2 folds, UTG+2 calls t250, Hero calls t250, MP2 calls t250
Flop: (t1700) J K A (4 players)
SB checks, UTG+2 checks, Hero bets t1000, MP2 raises to t2800 all in, SB raises to t5150 all in, UTG+2 folds, Hero...
Every response I got said a reluctant fold, which I was happy to hear as it was the same thing that I did.
The second was a hand played against Brsavage in the Tilt $1000 which I posted as follows:
Just like the title says. We'd been on the same table quite a bit, I'd been fairly active opening, I believe he had 3 bet me once in moderately recent memory. The guy between us 3 bet me with some regularity too.
I just can't see folding flop to Br. He does so much weird stuff and I think with all his good pairs pre he 3 bets me, like everything 77+ maybe even a bit more wide, so I don't see many of those hands getting to the flop this way then checkraising.
I'm not sure much worse calls on the river, but I'm pretty sure we have the best hand like every time so we might as well give him the chance to decide that's the perfect bluff card and I'd go for it and hero call me.
Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t80/t160 Blinds - 9 players
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UTG+1: t4645 M = 19.35
UTG+2: t3365 M = 14.02
MP1: t8600 M = 35.83
MP2: t4178 M = 17.41
CO: t3720 M = 15.50
Hero (BTN): t4760 M = 19.83
SB: t7379 M = 30.75
BB: t6222 M = 25.93
UTG: t12115 M = 50.48
Pre Flop: (t240) Hero is BTN with Q A
6 folds, Hero raises to t480, 1 fold, BB calls t320
Flop: (t1040) J J J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t625, BB raises to t1250, Hero calls t625
Turn: (t3540) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: (t3540) A (2 players)
BB bets t640, Hero raises to t3030 all in, BB folds
Thoughts?
The next hand is simply nice to look at. It's the aforementioned super cooler in the Stars nightly $150. I had actually flatted aces for a very nice sized pot the same orbit. I guess this is how nits like me get a stack:
Poker Stars $150+$12 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t150/t300 Blinds + t25 - 9 players
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UTG: t19582 M = 29.01
[b]UTG+1: t16587 M = 24.57[/b]
UTG+2: t7389 M = 10.95
[b]Hero (MP1): t22910 M = 33.94[/b]
MP2: t13193 M = 19.55
CO: t9988 M = 14.80
[b]BTN: t2885 M = 4.27[/b]
SB: t18709 M = 27.72
[b]BB: t8894 M = 13.18[/b]
[b]Pre Flop:[/b] (t675) Hero is MP1 with A:heart: A:spade:
[i]1 fold[/i], [color=red]UTG+1 raises to t900[/color], [i]1 fold[/i], Hero calls t900, [i]2 folds[/i], [color=red]BTN raises to t2860 all in[/color], [i]1 fold[/i], [color=red]BB raises to t8869 all in[/color], [color=red]UTG+1 raises to t16562 all in[/color], Hero calls t15662
[b]Flop:[/b] (t45228) 5:spade: J:diamond: J:spade: [color=blue](4 players - 3 are all in)[/color]
[b]Turn:[/b] (t45228) T:heart: [color=blue](4 players - 3 are all in)[/color]
[b]River:[/b] (t45228) 6:spade: [color=blue](4 players - 3 are all in)[/color]
Poker Stars $150+$12 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t150/t300 Blinds + t25 - 9 players
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UTG: t19582 M = 29.01
[b]UTG+1: t16587 M = 24.57[/b]
UTG+2: t7389 M = 10.95
[b]Hero (MP1): t22910 M = 33.94[/b]
MP2: t13193 M = 19.55
CO: t9988 M = 14.80
[b]BTN: t2885 M = 4.27[/b]
SB: t18709 M = 27.72
[b]BB: t8894 M = 13.18[/b]
[b]Pre Flop:[/b] (t675) Hero is MP1 with A:heart: A:spade:
[i]1 fold[/i], [color=red]UTG+1 raises to t900[/color], [i]1 fold[/i], Hero calls t900, [i]2 folds[/i], [color=red]BTN raises to t2860 all in[/color], [i]1 fold[/i], [color=red]BB raises to t8869 all in[/color], [color=red]UTG+1 raises to t16562 all in[/color], Hero calls t15662
[b]Flop:[/b] (t45228) 5:spade: J:diamond: J:spade: [color=blue](4 players - 3 are all in)[/color]
[b]Turn:[/b] (t45228) T:heart: [color=blue](4 players - 3 are all in)[/color]
[b]River:[/b] (t45228) 6:spade: [color=blue](4 players - 3 are all in)[/color]
[b]Final Pot:[/b] t45228
UTG+1 shows K:diamond: K:spade: (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
Hero shows A:heart: A:spade: (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
BTN shows 8:heart: 8:spade: (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
BB shows 9:heart: 9:diamond: (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
Hero wins t15386
Hero wins t18027
Hero wins t11815
Sweeeeeeeeet.
Next hand is from the UB $500. We're 7 handed so I guess he could be 3 betting me light here, but I'd been very inactive lately and there was zero history for the moment. I think we certainly can't fold. The other problem is I think that if we shove he can call pretty much perfectly against our range (namely, QQ+/AK which we have 40% equity against, and if we add JJ it leaps only to 47%.)
On the flop I think check raising isn't good and check calling sucks because there are a so many cards that make our lives miserable especially with him having position. I don't like folding much either, but in this case I think it's the lesser of 3 evils. Thoughts?
Stage #73634825 Tourney ID 5115947 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit 500 - 2010-03-02 15:39:22 (ET)
Table: 11 (Real Money) Seat #8 is the dealer
Seat 1 - GREGOIR (5,971 in chips)
Seat 2 - MUCKTHENUTS (25,894 in chips)
Seat 4 - YERRRRR (24,856 in chips)
Seat 5 - JEFFBEESDAT (24,490 in chips)
Seat 7 - DBLUPM0J (4,916 in chips)
Seat 8 - MATKOV321 (9,541 in chips)
Seat 9 - FURION3 (9,896 in chips)
GREGOIR - Ante 50
MUCKTHENUTS - Ante 50
YERRRRR - Ante 50
JEFFBEESDAT - Ante 50
DBLUPM0J - Ante 50
MATKOV321 - Ante 50
FURION3 - Ante 50
FURION3 - Posts small blind 250
GREGOIR - Posts big blind 500
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to MUCKTHENUTS [Qd Qs]
MUCKTHENUTS - Raises 1,200 to 1,200
YERRRRR - Folds
JEFFBEESDAT - Raises 3,400 to 3,400
DBLUPM0J - Folds
MATKOV321 - Folds
FURION3 - Folds
GREGOIR - Folds
MUCKTHENUTS - Calls 2,200
*** FLOP *** [4h 7h 8h]
MUCKTHENUTS - Checks
JEFFBEESDAT - Bets 4,200
MUCKTHENUTS - Folds
The last hand is also from the UB $500, which I posted on 2+2 as:
One more hand from the UB $500. We're 8 handed and I'm essentially opening in MP2 which I feel is standard. No history with this villain, I hadn't been too active lately.
I think that given stacks being slightly over 30 BB's, when I bet the flop and he calls I'm more likely to connect with a scare card than his range because if he had a draw of quality he'd probably just raise flop and get it in, especially if he thinks I'm sometimes C betting air (which I am here.) I also think he's raising two pair/sets on this flop so I'm guessing a lot of the stuff peeling is mid pairs looking to evaluate turn When the turn pops up I'm thinking we got our ideal bluff card. Thoughts?
Stage #73651937 Tourney ID 5115947 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit 600 - 2010-03-02 15:49:10 (ET)
Table: 11 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 1 - GREGOIR (13,942 in chips)
Seat 2 - MUCKTHENUTS (19,144 in chips)
Seat 3 - ENTERTHEWU19 (55,414 in chips)
Seat 4 - YERRRRR (38,245 in chips)
Seat 5 - JEFFBEESDAT (30,140 in chips)
Seat 6 - THEJIMFISH (18,842 in chips)
Seat 7 - DBLUPM0J (4,666 in chips)
Seat 9 - FURION3 (9,346 in chips)
GREGOIR - Ante 75
MUCKTHENUTS - Ante 75
ENTERTHEWU19 - Ante 75
YERRRRR - Ante 75
JEFFBEESDAT - Ante 75
THEJIMFISH - Ante 75
DBLUPM0J - Ante 75
FURION3 - Ante 75
THEJIMFISH - Posts small blind 300
DBLUPM0J - Posts big blind 600
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to MUCKTHENUTS [As 10c]
FURION3 - Folds
GREGOIR - Folds
MUCKTHENUTS - Raises 1,400 to 1,400
ENTERTHEWU19 - Calls 1,400
YERRRRR - Folds
JEFFBEESDAT - Folds
THEJIMFISH - Folds
DBLUPM0J - Folds
*** FLOP *** [6c 5s 4c]
MUCKTHENUTS - Bets 2,300
ENTERTHEWU19 - Calls 2,300
*** TURN *** [6c 5s 4c] [8c]
MUCKTHENUTS - Bets 4,775
Once I get some feedback on those I'll post about it. In other news, I'll be leaving on March 10th for New Zealand and staying there nearly three weeks in Nelson. I've been asked by ELKY and Lee Nelson (town not named for him) to come down to Lee's new health retreat and work heavily on ELKY's upcoming book which Lee is coordinating, and even though I had planned to mostly grind online poker during this period that seemed like an opportunity too good to pass up, especially when I've been in a heavy poker mind set lately.
Also uploaded a new video to Pokersavvvy, one I made last night reviewing the hand history of the Stars $109 turbo win from earlier in the week. I brought out pokerstove often during the video and looked over the math on ranges and got all nity about percentages.
Poker Journal Day 7
Day 7, March 1st: Took the day off. Seems like an insane idea on a Monday (Sunday in the states) but I’ve yet to correct my sleep schedule from the period I was sick to an early enough hour that it matters. Hope to be there by next week. Back at it tomorrow.