Haven't played live since my last update, just a little bit of online PLO. So far at PLO, I am up I think 8 buy ins now. So I am steadily building my PLO bankroll. As for live, I went last night to Awkwesasne to play some 1-2.
I love playing there, the action is good and the players are awful. I will go through my session, feedback is welcome.
Bought in for the max - $100. I was at the table with 2 of my friends and there were 3 older people and that's it. I didn't really feel like playing yet because my opponents (non friends) had less than $50 each, but a couple other players sat down and I was fine with that. I was playing tight early on, just wanted to get a feel for how my opponents were playing and from my perspective this is the image I had on my opponents.
Seat 1 - Me.
Seat 2 - Player my age, solid, knows what he is doing.
Seat 3 - Middle aged male, limps alot of pots, but raises preflop with the goods, doesn't bluff.
Seat 4 - My friend
Seat 5 - My friend
Seat 6 - Older female, calling station.
Seat 7 - Weak tight middle aged male.
Seat 8 - Older female, weak tight.
Seat 9 - Middle aged male, LAG, knows what he is doing.
Seat 10 - Husband to Seat 6, calling station.
Hand 1:
My stack - $100
Seat 6 limps, seat 10 completes his SB, I check my BB with AJo. Flop is A K 6, I fire out $7, they both call. At this point, I feel I have the best hand, they would raise me here with a better hand from my read on them, they are stations so I want to get max. Pot = $27, Turn is 3x, I bet $15, Seat 6 folds, but her husband calls. I put him on a weak ace, but if he had 2 pair, again, I'm pretty sure he would raise me, so I still think I am ahead. Pot = $57, River is a 4, I bet $10 and he calls with K 7. Sure I went to value town, and I bet very small, but I don't think he was calling anymore, maybe $15, but oh well, I got max I think. This hand was a few hands in, and I never dipped below my starting stack, this was the beginning of my amazing session.
Hand 2:
My stack - $120~
Seat 6, 7, 8, 10 limp. I have 6h3h, normally in my position (the CO) I would put in a raise, but with this many limpers, knowing they will all call me preflop when I raise to $15, so I decide to limp and see a cheap flop. Button calls, SB (seat 3) makes it $12 total, seat 7 calls, I call with odds and if I flop a monster I get paid for sure, button calls. I put SB on KK or AA for sure he definately has a monster. Pot = $52. Flop is 2x 4s 5s. SB bets out $40, seat 7 folds. Basically, by putting the SB on KK or AA, I raise here no matter what and he will call, if I flat call, it might look suspicious, also if a spade hits the turn, he will slow down. So I play with my chips, and I go all in. It was $132 total, so $92 for him to call. The button goes all in for his last $38, so there is $4 in the side pot. It looks like the SB is having a tough time making this decision and my friend asked me what I have, and I said I have an overpair, 10s I am probably ahead here. The SB calls me with QQ. I think if I didn't say I had 10 10, he was going to fold. So there is now $166 in the main pot, and $188 in the side pot, I am all in, the SB has me covered.
Flop: 2x 4s 5s
My hand: 3h6h, button: A 3, SB: QxQs
Turn: 7s (The PokerStars turn)
River: 8x
Ship it. My stack was now $354 and growing strong.
Hand 3:
My stack - $320~
Two limpers, I make it $12 in the CO with 3d4d, SB calls, and so do both limpers. The flop was Qd 10x 5d. SB (seat 3) leads out $25, seat 7 limper calls (I put him on open ended), other limper (seat 10) calls, I figure he has a weak pair, he's such a station. I could raises here to represent AA or KK, but I think SB might have a strong hand and I would rather see my diamond for cheap. I put SB on AQ at this point. I guess if I put him on that, I could raise to represent my hand, but I think he still calls me and I would rather hit a cheap turn. So I call. Pot = $150. Turn is a 4c. Now I have more outs, any 3, 4 or diamond. SB leads out again for $80 this time. Seat 7 says well, I must go home now and shoves his last like $45 or something in the pot, I called the $80 assuming I have 14 outs. Pot = $310~, River is a 3. I have 2 pair now, this hand just got interesting. SB checks. Now, he was either bluffing with AdKd, and missed his draw, is trying to get me to bet into him, or has AQ/KQ and is scared of me. I decide to check, there is $310 in the pot, I didn't hit my flush, the pots big enough and the SB shows Q 10 for top 2, I saw his hand and nearly puked, I thought I won the hand for sure when he checked, and the all in showed KJ. I said, thank you so much for checking, because I don't think I was going anywhere, maybe if he shoved, I could get away from it, but he said, I wanted you to bet. Hand done, and my stack is just over $200 now.
Hand 4:
My stack - $210~
Some newer players at the table, I won't go into crazy detail, I'll just explain the hand and what kind of player they are throughout the hand. Loose, terrible player limps UTG. Seat 9 (LAG - good player) limps as well, I make it $12 with 1010, folds back to the limpers who both call. Flop is 10d 9d 8s, UTG leads for $12, other guy calls. UTG has about $70 behind, seat 9 has about $75 behind. Either I make it $50, which is what I would do if the stacks were deeper, but it would only leave both of them with like $25 behind, so I just shoved my stack in. UTG folded and seat 9 called instantly, I was praying he didn't have 7 6 or Q J because he definately could have in this spot, I also didn't want to see a flush draw, but whatever. I showed my 10s and he said good hand and showed 10s9s. Again the turn gives him a flush draw, river blanks out, and I take it down. Pot = $211~
Hand 5:
My stack - $315~
UTG limps, another limper, I make it $12 with QQ in the CO. Button calls, both limpers call. Flop was 10 9 8. Checked to me, I bet $20, button folded, UTG shoved for $56 total, folds back to me. This guy is weak tight, he could have a set and even the straight here, which I was obviously worried about, but I had to call $36 into a pot of $88. I was getting almost 2.5 : 1 and I could hit a J to win. He shows K 10 and I take the pot down.
That was my last decent pot of the night. A drunk donk came and was going all in blind and I was hoping to catch a hand but didn't. I ended the night and left around 1:00am, after playing since 9:00pm. I cashed out $495 total for $395 profit. Another good night at the live games. It would have been so sick if I caught that diamond when I had 34, would have been like another $300 richer :P.
Oh well, got some money to keep building my roll to get to the $2/$5 game, and I also got enough money to pay off the speeding ticket I got 3 days ago. That was not nice. 136 kph in a 100 kph zone on the 416, I have never had a ticket and he didn't give me a break at all, I figured he would bring it down to maybe 125 kph, but nope. $271 ticket later, I was furious.
Happy holidays.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
A Little PLO
It's exam time, I have my last exam tomorrow (Saturday Dec 15th) and I am done school until January! I am looking forward to a great Christmas Holidays, I have just had so much school work to do and it will for sure be an awesome break. My girlfriend is coming home from Maine, and I haven't seen her since August, so it will be good to see her again.
As far as poker goes, since my last post, I had been playing quite a bit of live poker. I wanted to get as much in before I started to study for my exams. Since then, I have been playing online. I won a $4.40 180, and also I have gotten into PLO. Recently I had been talking to Galen about PLO. He is insanely good at it and it really perked my interest to start playing. He was basically pointing out the basics about it, and from what he told me, PLO is definately a much different game than I had anticipated. I have played it before, but I would want to play almost every hand. After watching and talking with Galen, it's crazy how disciplined you need to be to play this game.
I definately cannot afford to take my bankroll and play middle stakes PLO, so I decided to start out at 0.01/0.02 and they allow you to buy in for $5 max at that limit - which is awesome. So far after playing maybe 5 hours, I am up approximately 5 or 6 buy ins, and that 5 hours is spread over a few days, so I think I am doing quite well for now especially as a beginner, but I am really eager to continue playing - it is a very fun game.
As far as my Christmas holidays go, I will be hopefully playing as much live poker as I can and of course PLO online, and maybe some tourneys here and there. I will be hanging out with my girlfriend as much as possibly since she is leaving for Costa Rica on the 31st for 10 days - major bad beat considering I only see her 3 times a year - but I am happy for her to be going on a well deserved vacation.
I would like to wish everybody a safe and happy holidays, I will be back soon.
As far as poker goes, since my last post, I had been playing quite a bit of live poker. I wanted to get as much in before I started to study for my exams. Since then, I have been playing online. I won a $4.40 180, and also I have gotten into PLO. Recently I had been talking to Galen about PLO. He is insanely good at it and it really perked my interest to start playing. He was basically pointing out the basics about it, and from what he told me, PLO is definately a much different game than I had anticipated. I have played it before, but I would want to play almost every hand. After watching and talking with Galen, it's crazy how disciplined you need to be to play this game.
I definately cannot afford to take my bankroll and play middle stakes PLO, so I decided to start out at 0.01/0.02 and they allow you to buy in for $5 max at that limit - which is awesome. So far after playing maybe 5 hours, I am up approximately 5 or 6 buy ins, and that 5 hours is spread over a few days, so I think I am doing quite well for now especially as a beginner, but I am really eager to continue playing - it is a very fun game.
As far as my Christmas holidays go, I will be hopefully playing as much live poker as I can and of course PLO online, and maybe some tourneys here and there. I will be hanging out with my girlfriend as much as possibly since she is leaving for Costa Rica on the 31st for 10 days - major bad beat considering I only see her 3 times a year - but I am happy for her to be going on a well deserved vacation.
I would like to wish everybody a safe and happy holidays, I will be back soon.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Crusing Right Along
Last night (Tuesday), I went to "the sauce" (Awkwesasne Mohawk Bingo Palace) last night since I have no where else to play live and I absolutely love live poker and I crush this game. Not necessarily crush, but I am steadily building up a bankroll at the $1/$2 - $100 max tables; which of course is amazing.
I am starting to get to know the regulars now and they are all really nice and respect who I am and what I do. They all understand I am a winning player and it's kind of cool to realize people respecting that. I know I don't make a distinguishing amount of money playing poker, but it just makes me feel good and it gives me confidence, not that I already have it playing against these guys.
Last night was probably one of the coolest sessions I've played in a while. I didn't make alot of cash, but it was the juiciest game I've seen in a while. For about 2 hours there were consistent raises to $12 preflop with 5 or 6 callers everytime. Everyone is fairly tight also so everybody was getting some cards preflop last night, but obviously there are some loose cannons who are major donks. I think after last night, I have the most hands to talk about than any other session and this wasn't my longest session by far.
I always apologize in my blogs because they are long, and again I am sorry because this will be extremely long, but I really hope you guys understand and any advice is accepted. I have been playing cash games for a couple of years now and it is my best game, I am not a tournament player.
I will talk about all the hands and what I was thinking for the most part, I think I made a couple of mistakes but I think I have the write thinking for each one.
I always play tight early on, get a feel for how everyone is playing and then go from there and try and establish my image.
Hand 1:
A tight player (player A) opened for $8, he had KK twice in a row and made a hero call with A high, but a small pot. When he raises between $6 and $10 it isn't a powerful hand, a pot building one, so KsQs, AhJh, etc. A weak tight player (B) calls, a loose player (C) makes it $25, it folds to be in the SB, and I have 1010. Now, I have a strong feeling the re raise to 25 is QQ KK AA and possibly AK. And it sucks because you can only buy in for $100 or I would insta call the re-raise. I have around $90 and decide to flat call. I flat called for 2 reasons. One - I'm obviously set mining with a feeling I'm behind. Two - if I shove hoping we're racing, player A or B won't be calling and therefore I want there $25 in the pot also if I hit my set. I thought this was a mistake just cold calling just because the stacks aren't deep enough, but going through the hand I think it was the right play. Players A and B called and there is over $100 in the pot. I have $65 now. The flop is A J 8 rainbow. Player A checks, B moves in, C folds KK face up, and I fold my 10s, A folds as well. I'm glad I didn't shove pre.
Hand 2:
EP limper, fairly solid, but very weak tight. Another weak tight limper, I make it $12 on the button with 22. Leaving myself $53 or so behind. Both call. Flop is A 3 5r. Checks to me, I obviously C-bet, $15, first limper says "I put you all in", other folds, and I said "Well - I want to reload so sure." Clearly this is a mistake on my part, I only had $50 left, I 99% of 6 outs which I could hit, if not, I seriously just wanted to reload again. He has AK. And I do in fact have 6 outs. Turn was a K and the river was a 4 and I spiked my gutterball, whoops! He was furious and wouldn't stop talking shit to me. I said "You aren't made at me are you?" And he just gave me the most dejected look I've ever seen and kept mumbling under his breath. I said again, "Hey man - you want me to make that call, don't be mad at me. Right play, wrong result." Now my image is sort of setting in.
I was up to about $120 now. And I limped LP with Ac5c after two limpers and the BB checked. The BB is the guy I just donked with 22. The flop was 5 5 8. BB bet out $12 into $16 or so. I made it $30. We had a pretty interesting talk, and he was saying he didn't think I would raise that much if I had the 5 and I told him I have the 5 and to go go all in, it was much more than $40 total anyways. I finally called the clock to make it seem like I don't want him to call, or maybe I have A 8 or something and he finally shoved and I showed my A 5 and he mucked 1010 after the board ran out J 3. He left, extremely angry. I was up to just over $200 now.
Hand 3:
You will probably think this is a dumb hand, but after I explain it, I hope you will understand. Couple of limpers, and CO makes it $27 preflop. Which is a massive raise, but I've never seen him show down a hand and he has been raising frequently and he always raises to at least $20. I cold call $27 in the BB with 6s7s. Now I know I will take some heat for making this call, he has me covered and if I hit the right flop I can double up. It's heads up and I clearly hit the most amazing flop I could ask for. It was A A 5. I checked. He bet out $30, which to me was weak, and for sure doesn't have an A - he would have checked. I thought for a minute and called. The turn was a 4, and I checked again, and he checked. Perfect, he was C-betting and can't call me on the river unless he's slowplaying. He has to have trouble calling with KK QQ JJ if I bet the river. The river was a 6, I paired up, and fired out $45, not a huge bet, the pot was $120 before the river. I think it's the perfect bet, and I played this hand the same way I would if I had an A. He folded instantly. I showed my hand to let people know I am not afraid to play large pots with hands like that and to set up my image which I think should be setting in by now.
Hand 4:
There were 2 limpers, and I made it $12 in the CO with AK. The SB (loose player) calls, and so did the limpers. The flop was 4 6 K rainbow. SB led out for $15, the limpers folded and I put him on a weak 6 or 4 and he's trying to find out if I actually have a hand or not and I make it $50 to make it seem like I'm still C-betting. He says "whoa - do you have pocket kings?" Right away I know he's trying to scare me like he hit a set, but I know he didn't because he wouldn't have flat called my $50 on the flop to try and slowplay since he is putting me on a big hand or nothing. Anyways, he checks the 8 on the turn and I checked as well, to disguise my hand and now he's gotta think I was totally C-betting the flop. The river was an A - decent card, improves my hand in case he did hit 2 pair, but definately a bad card if he has a set cause I will pay him off. He bets $75 into $150. I thought about it for a minute or two and I just couldn't put him on a hand, and I called. He had 5 7 for the nuts. I mucked. I was pretty upset about this hand, and told him he made a great call preflop and on the flop. He then went on to say I'm a donk for doing the same thing with pocket 2's. I didn't say anything after he said that, and I tried so hard not to shove blind for the next like 7 hands on crazy tilt, but I'm surprised I kept my composure, which I definately need to play live poker especially when I'm only an hour into the session. I'm interested on what you guys think about this hand, obviously I should have folded, but I just couldn't put him on the straight or a set, and if I put him on 2 pair I clearly win. I was back down to $115.
I dwindled down to about $85 or so and the table was getting smaller. It was down to 6 handed which I absolutely love. The donks were also gone, so now I could take advantage of the tight guys and win some pots.
I was being very aggressive and raising alot preflop no matter what cards I had in position and taking some pots down.
Hand 5:
UTG limper, doens't scare me. I make it $12 with 63 off in the CO, SB and UTG call. The flop was Kd Qd 8x. They checked to me, I bet $15, they both called. Turn was a 5x, and they both checked again. They either think I'm betting again and want me to, or they have the flush draw and I will found out when the river comes. I checked and the river was a 2x. They both checked again and I bet $35, they both mucked and one guy said to the other, well I missed my flush, did you miss yours and he just mucked his cards.
Hand 6:
I call $7 with Ah3h in the SB, BB calls as well. Flop is Jh 8h 3x. I check, BB checks, original raiser bets $10, I call, BB calls. Turn Qh, I led out for $15 and said this is for my flush, it worked last night, can it work again? They both called. The rivbomb was a blank and I bet $25, BB called leaving himself $3, and the raiser folded, I showed and the BB has 9 10 for the straight. I went on to raise the next hand with Ks8s on the button and the guy went all in for $3 and I got 2 more callers, the flop was K K 7, they checked and I bet $5 into the side pot, they folded and I won the pot.
Hand 7:
Five handed now, I'm at around $120 after losing some chips. Two limpers, I make it $12 with AA in the SB, they both call, I bet $30 on the 10 4 2 flop, which I could have bet less, but they still probably fold.
Hand 8:
Called a standard raise preflop with KJ, 3 handed, $24 in the pot, flop was J J 6, it checked around, the turn was a Q, it checked around, I bet $30 on the river which was a 9, one folded, other said I have to pay you, and I took it down.
Hand 9:
I forgot to explain this one, the table was still full and there were like 6 limpers and I checked the BB with Q 2. Flop was Qx 2d 2x. Checked around, turn was a Kd, it checked around to the CO who bet out $12, I called. River was a Jd. I bet out $35, and he said, you hit those diamonds eh, I said "No, I have a Q". He said "Yeah - the Q of diamonds?" . I showed my Qh, and he called me with A 2, he looked at me like he won the pot, he didn't notice my boat. Haha, it was funny, and if I didn't show him that card, he doesn't call me.
Hand 10:
Back to 5 handed, another standard raise to $7, this guy opened alot of pots. I made it $18 with AA in the BB, and I got 2 callers. Flop was J J 7, I bet out $15, got one caller. 4 on the turn, and I bet out $20, he called again, I bet $15 on the river, major value town, and if he raises I can get away from it if he does have a J, he said he couldn't fold for $15 and I took it down.
Hand 11:
Opened for $10 on the button with AQ, the BB shoved for his last $32 total, I called, he had AK. He took it down.
Hand 12:
Same thing, I made it $10 on the button with Qh10h, the BB shoved again, for like $35, he lost some chips, and he had KK. Why does he always have a monster when I raise the button with mediocre hands. Flop was 10 3 7, turn 3, river 10. Bad suckout, I felt bad, cause I liked the guys I was playing with. But I can't feel bad for taking someones money playing poker.
That was the session, It was 4:30am and decided to leave, it would have been 3 handed because the 2 guys busted so. I profited $160 last night, felt really good, had some good reads and was able to pick the guys apart short handed. Thanks for any advice. GL to me in tournies tonight (wednesday).
I am starting to get to know the regulars now and they are all really nice and respect who I am and what I do. They all understand I am a winning player and it's kind of cool to realize people respecting that. I know I don't make a distinguishing amount of money playing poker, but it just makes me feel good and it gives me confidence, not that I already have it playing against these guys.
Last night was probably one of the coolest sessions I've played in a while. I didn't make alot of cash, but it was the juiciest game I've seen in a while. For about 2 hours there were consistent raises to $12 preflop with 5 or 6 callers everytime. Everyone is fairly tight also so everybody was getting some cards preflop last night, but obviously there are some loose cannons who are major donks. I think after last night, I have the most hands to talk about than any other session and this wasn't my longest session by far.
I always apologize in my blogs because they are long, and again I am sorry because this will be extremely long, but I really hope you guys understand and any advice is accepted. I have been playing cash games for a couple of years now and it is my best game, I am not a tournament player.
I will talk about all the hands and what I was thinking for the most part, I think I made a couple of mistakes but I think I have the write thinking for each one.
I always play tight early on, get a feel for how everyone is playing and then go from there and try and establish my image.
Hand 1:
A tight player (player A) opened for $8, he had KK twice in a row and made a hero call with A high, but a small pot. When he raises between $6 and $10 it isn't a powerful hand, a pot building one, so KsQs, AhJh, etc. A weak tight player (B) calls, a loose player (C) makes it $25, it folds to be in the SB, and I have 1010. Now, I have a strong feeling the re raise to 25 is QQ KK AA and possibly AK. And it sucks because you can only buy in for $100 or I would insta call the re-raise. I have around $90 and decide to flat call. I flat called for 2 reasons. One - I'm obviously set mining with a feeling I'm behind. Two - if I shove hoping we're racing, player A or B won't be calling and therefore I want there $25 in the pot also if I hit my set. I thought this was a mistake just cold calling just because the stacks aren't deep enough, but going through the hand I think it was the right play. Players A and B called and there is over $100 in the pot. I have $65 now. The flop is A J 8 rainbow. Player A checks, B moves in, C folds KK face up, and I fold my 10s, A folds as well. I'm glad I didn't shove pre.
Hand 2:
EP limper, fairly solid, but very weak tight. Another weak tight limper, I make it $12 on the button with 22. Leaving myself $53 or so behind. Both call. Flop is A 3 5r. Checks to me, I obviously C-bet, $15, first limper says "I put you all in", other folds, and I said "Well - I want to reload so sure." Clearly this is a mistake on my part, I only had $50 left, I 99% of 6 outs which I could hit, if not, I seriously just wanted to reload again. He has AK. And I do in fact have 6 outs. Turn was a K and the river was a 4 and I spiked my gutterball, whoops! He was furious and wouldn't stop talking shit to me. I said "You aren't made at me are you?" And he just gave me the most dejected look I've ever seen and kept mumbling under his breath. I said again, "Hey man - you want me to make that call, don't be mad at me. Right play, wrong result." Now my image is sort of setting in.
I was up to about $120 now. And I limped LP with Ac5c after two limpers and the BB checked. The BB is the guy I just donked with 22. The flop was 5 5 8. BB bet out $12 into $16 or so. I made it $30. We had a pretty interesting talk, and he was saying he didn't think I would raise that much if I had the 5 and I told him I have the 5 and to go go all in, it was much more than $40 total anyways. I finally called the clock to make it seem like I don't want him to call, or maybe I have A 8 or something and he finally shoved and I showed my A 5 and he mucked 1010 after the board ran out J 3. He left, extremely angry. I was up to just over $200 now.
Hand 3:
You will probably think this is a dumb hand, but after I explain it, I hope you will understand. Couple of limpers, and CO makes it $27 preflop. Which is a massive raise, but I've never seen him show down a hand and he has been raising frequently and he always raises to at least $20. I cold call $27 in the BB with 6s7s. Now I know I will take some heat for making this call, he has me covered and if I hit the right flop I can double up. It's heads up and I clearly hit the most amazing flop I could ask for. It was A A 5. I checked. He bet out $30, which to me was weak, and for sure doesn't have an A - he would have checked. I thought for a minute and called. The turn was a 4, and I checked again, and he checked. Perfect, he was C-betting and can't call me on the river unless he's slowplaying. He has to have trouble calling with KK QQ JJ if I bet the river. The river was a 6, I paired up, and fired out $45, not a huge bet, the pot was $120 before the river. I think it's the perfect bet, and I played this hand the same way I would if I had an A. He folded instantly. I showed my hand to let people know I am not afraid to play large pots with hands like that and to set up my image which I think should be setting in by now.
Hand 4:
There were 2 limpers, and I made it $12 in the CO with AK. The SB (loose player) calls, and so did the limpers. The flop was 4 6 K rainbow. SB led out for $15, the limpers folded and I put him on a weak 6 or 4 and he's trying to find out if I actually have a hand or not and I make it $50 to make it seem like I'm still C-betting. He says "whoa - do you have pocket kings?" Right away I know he's trying to scare me like he hit a set, but I know he didn't because he wouldn't have flat called my $50 on the flop to try and slowplay since he is putting me on a big hand or nothing. Anyways, he checks the 8 on the turn and I checked as well, to disguise my hand and now he's gotta think I was totally C-betting the flop. The river was an A - decent card, improves my hand in case he did hit 2 pair, but definately a bad card if he has a set cause I will pay him off. He bets $75 into $150. I thought about it for a minute or two and I just couldn't put him on a hand, and I called. He had 5 7 for the nuts. I mucked. I was pretty upset about this hand, and told him he made a great call preflop and on the flop. He then went on to say I'm a donk for doing the same thing with pocket 2's. I didn't say anything after he said that, and I tried so hard not to shove blind for the next like 7 hands on crazy tilt, but I'm surprised I kept my composure, which I definately need to play live poker especially when I'm only an hour into the session. I'm interested on what you guys think about this hand, obviously I should have folded, but I just couldn't put him on the straight or a set, and if I put him on 2 pair I clearly win. I was back down to $115.
I dwindled down to about $85 or so and the table was getting smaller. It was down to 6 handed which I absolutely love. The donks were also gone, so now I could take advantage of the tight guys and win some pots.
I was being very aggressive and raising alot preflop no matter what cards I had in position and taking some pots down.
Hand 5:
UTG limper, doens't scare me. I make it $12 with 63 off in the CO, SB and UTG call. The flop was Kd Qd 8x. They checked to me, I bet $15, they both called. Turn was a 5x, and they both checked again. They either think I'm betting again and want me to, or they have the flush draw and I will found out when the river comes. I checked and the river was a 2x. They both checked again and I bet $35, they both mucked and one guy said to the other, well I missed my flush, did you miss yours and he just mucked his cards.
Hand 6:
I call $7 with Ah3h in the SB, BB calls as well. Flop is Jh 8h 3x. I check, BB checks, original raiser bets $10, I call, BB calls. Turn Qh, I led out for $15 and said this is for my flush, it worked last night, can it work again? They both called. The rivbomb was a blank and I bet $25, BB called leaving himself $3, and the raiser folded, I showed and the BB has 9 10 for the straight. I went on to raise the next hand with Ks8s on the button and the guy went all in for $3 and I got 2 more callers, the flop was K K 7, they checked and I bet $5 into the side pot, they folded and I won the pot.
Hand 7:
Five handed now, I'm at around $120 after losing some chips. Two limpers, I make it $12 with AA in the SB, they both call, I bet $30 on the 10 4 2 flop, which I could have bet less, but they still probably fold.
Hand 8:
Called a standard raise preflop with KJ, 3 handed, $24 in the pot, flop was J J 6, it checked around, the turn was a Q, it checked around, I bet $30 on the river which was a 9, one folded, other said I have to pay you, and I took it down.
Hand 9:
I forgot to explain this one, the table was still full and there were like 6 limpers and I checked the BB with Q 2. Flop was Qx 2d 2x. Checked around, turn was a Kd, it checked around to the CO who bet out $12, I called. River was a Jd. I bet out $35, and he said, you hit those diamonds eh, I said "No, I have a Q". He said "Yeah - the Q of diamonds?" . I showed my Qh, and he called me with A 2, he looked at me like he won the pot, he didn't notice my boat. Haha, it was funny, and if I didn't show him that card, he doesn't call me.
Hand 10:
Back to 5 handed, another standard raise to $7, this guy opened alot of pots. I made it $18 with AA in the BB, and I got 2 callers. Flop was J J 7, I bet out $15, got one caller. 4 on the turn, and I bet out $20, he called again, I bet $15 on the river, major value town, and if he raises I can get away from it if he does have a J, he said he couldn't fold for $15 and I took it down.
Hand 11:
Opened for $10 on the button with AQ, the BB shoved for his last $32 total, I called, he had AK. He took it down.
Hand 12:
Same thing, I made it $10 on the button with Qh10h, the BB shoved again, for like $35, he lost some chips, and he had KK. Why does he always have a monster when I raise the button with mediocre hands. Flop was 10 3 7, turn 3, river 10. Bad suckout, I felt bad, cause I liked the guys I was playing with. But I can't feel bad for taking someones money playing poker.
That was the session, It was 4:30am and decided to leave, it would have been 3 handed because the 2 guys busted so. I profited $160 last night, felt really good, had some good reads and was able to pick the guys apart short handed. Thanks for any advice. GL to me in tournies tonight (wednesday).
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Running Bad.....................askdjhgasjhdfgskla
So,
Ever since my little MTT victory, I've been running like the gayestly bad of all bad. I know it happens to everyone, and we all talk about it, and that is why I have a blog. I always run into AA when I have AK AQ, and I always run into a higher kicker when I have AJ, KQ etc, and it's really annoying, I don't have hand histories to post, because I am too lazy to save them, but I saved one from tonight cause I'm just bummed out.
PokerStars Game #13640745565: Tournament #68767910, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/12/04 - 03:32:31 (ET)
Table '68767910 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: gigagambler (4642 in chips)
Seat 2: jonmac3 (1295 in chips)
Seat 3: fbtmof05 (2715 in chips)
Seat 4: SilentNut (6745 in chips)
Seat 5: dipschmit (2995 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: dbleagle (2180 in chips)
Seat 7: josé delgado (1532 in chips)
Seat 8: bishybish3 (4305 in chips)
Seat 9: illeatu19 (3050 in chips)
bishybish3: posts small blind 75
illeatu19: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fbtmof05 [7d 7h]
gigagambler: calls 150
jonmac3: folds
fbtmof05: raises 375 to 525
SilentNut: folds
dipschmit: folds
dbleagle: folds
josé delgado: folds
bishybish3: folds
illeatu19: folds
gigagambler: calls 375
*** FLOP *** [3d Ts 9d]
gigagambler: checks
fbtmof05: bets 800
gigagambler: raises 800 to 1600
fbtmof05: raises 590 to 2190 and is all-in
gigagambler: calls 590
*** TURN *** [3d Ts 9d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ts 9d Qd] [Ad]
fbtmof05 said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gigagambler: shows [Kd 5d] (a flush, Ace high)
fbtmof05: shows [7d 7h] (a flush, Ace high - lower cards)
fbtmof05 said, "why are you so bad"
gigagambler collected 5655 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5655 | Rake 0
Board [3d Ts 9d Qd Ad]
Seat 1: gigagambler showed [Kd 5d] and won (5655) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: jonmac3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: fbtmof05 showed [7d 7h] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: SilentNut folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: dipschmit folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dbleagle folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: josé delgado (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bishybish3 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: illeatu19 (big blind) folded before Flop
I think that's a sick read on my part, I learnt this move from fishbones11. He did this move tonight in the Full Tilt $1,000+$60 tonight at the final 2 tables. He 2.5x preflop with 55, loose big stack called in the SB and led out on a Qx 6s 8s flop, and Adam shoved and big stacked called with odds and had JsKs, and Adam's 55 was the best hand, but it's still a race at this point, but still a sick play, and his 55 lost when a K hit the turn and river.
I'm just upset with my result obv, cause I made the right play. I keep making the right plays, but losing, that must be a good thing right?
Live poker - meh, I've been once since my last post, I made $34 in 3 hours, yipdee fuckin eeee. Gas money, which is cool, just had no cards so I got up and left with my profit. I'm going tomorrow night, I will crush every single one of those players and write a blog about it. It's 4am, I'm tired sorry for this blog, I needed to vent. Did I make the right play with 77 tonight?
Ugh...............asldhasidgadoasgdasdasjkasdasdhasjhdasdfaskhfbdfas,bfnmas I'm broke online and can't play online anymore, so no more running bad........
Ever since my little MTT victory, I've been running like the gayestly bad of all bad. I know it happens to everyone, and we all talk about it, and that is why I have a blog. I always run into AA when I have AK AQ, and I always run into a higher kicker when I have AJ, KQ etc, and it's really annoying, I don't have hand histories to post, because I am too lazy to save them, but I saved one from tonight cause I'm just bummed out.
PokerStars Game #13640745565: Tournament #68767910, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/12/04 - 03:32:31 (ET)
Table '68767910 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: gigagambler (4642 in chips)
Seat 2: jonmac3 (1295 in chips)
Seat 3: fbtmof05 (2715 in chips)
Seat 4: SilentNut (6745 in chips)
Seat 5: dipschmit (2995 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: dbleagle (2180 in chips)
Seat 7: josé delgado (1532 in chips)
Seat 8: bishybish3 (4305 in chips)
Seat 9: illeatu19 (3050 in chips)
bishybish3: posts small blind 75
illeatu19: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fbtmof05 [7d 7h]
gigagambler: calls 150
jonmac3: folds
fbtmof05: raises 375 to 525
SilentNut: folds
dipschmit: folds
dbleagle: folds
josé delgado: folds
bishybish3: folds
illeatu19: folds
gigagambler: calls 375
*** FLOP *** [3d Ts 9d]
gigagambler: checks
fbtmof05: bets 800
gigagambler: raises 800 to 1600
fbtmof05: raises 590 to 2190 and is all-in
gigagambler: calls 590
*** TURN *** [3d Ts 9d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ts 9d Qd] [Ad]
fbtmof05 said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gigagambler: shows [Kd 5d] (a flush, Ace high)
fbtmof05: shows [7d 7h] (a flush, Ace high - lower cards)
fbtmof05 said, "why are you so bad"
gigagambler collected 5655 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5655 | Rake 0
Board [3d Ts 9d Qd Ad]
Seat 1: gigagambler showed [Kd 5d] and won (5655) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: jonmac3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: fbtmof05 showed [7d 7h] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: SilentNut folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: dipschmit folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dbleagle folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: josé delgado (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bishybish3 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: illeatu19 (big blind) folded before Flop
I think that's a sick read on my part, I learnt this move from fishbones11. He did this move tonight in the Full Tilt $1,000+$60 tonight at the final 2 tables. He 2.5x preflop with 55, loose big stack called in the SB and led out on a Qx 6s 8s flop, and Adam shoved and big stacked called with odds and had JsKs, and Adam's 55 was the best hand, but it's still a race at this point, but still a sick play, and his 55 lost when a K hit the turn and river.
I'm just upset with my result obv, cause I made the right play. I keep making the right plays, but losing, that must be a good thing right?
Live poker - meh, I've been once since my last post, I made $34 in 3 hours, yipdee fuckin eeee. Gas money, which is cool, just had no cards so I got up and left with my profit. I'm going tomorrow night, I will crush every single one of those players and write a blog about it. It's 4am, I'm tired sorry for this blog, I needed to vent. Did I make the right play with 77 tonight?
Ugh...............asldhasidgadoasgdasdasjkasdasdhasjhdasdfaskhfbdfas,bfnmas I'm broke online and can't play online anymore, so no more running bad........
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