This is gonna be quick. As previously stated in a few posts ago, I had finally turned things around and built my roll back up and made some profit from the $4.40s. Well, I finally have won a few since then and have just been dominating. I haven't been playing them as much as I was in the fall, but I'll be back at it soon - I have just been playing other MTT's and lots of cash games. I have probably made around $1200 in $4.40s since my MTT experience.
Turningstone was sick, I finally was able to go. I played the Friday deepstacks and got nothing going, it sucked. Sick structure though, like unreal, I loved it. 16,500 starting stack and blinds start at 25/50 with 40 minute levels. Saturday's tourny was the same except a $350 buy in. I managed to get to the final two tables before busting 20th for a measily $424 - felt like the biggest waste of time in my life. We started at 11:00am and I busted at 2:00am - 13 hours of horseshit. Although I must say it felt incredibly good to get that far for not hitting many hands. Honestly, I hit 2 sets, BOTH at the 50/100 level. The first hand: MP limper, CO (fairly lag in position) makes it 300, I call on the button with 44, the SB makes it 1100, folds to me I call. Flop Q 4 7 rainbow, we get it in and I hold against AA. Boom, up to roughly 30k after that, then flopped a set with 22 after raising pre and got no action on the flop. After that, I just got nothing going, I made a sick shove on a K 7 4 flop with QT after calling a 3 bet preflop in position and shoved his flop bet. Most of my chips were accumulated preflop. At the 600/1200 level I chipped up from 32k to 75k no showdown.
As for cash games, I'm 8 tabling $0.10/$0.25 on stars to give it a try. I usually do it after busting from tournys or when I don't feel like playing MTTs. So far, I have played for 6 days and I'm up around 9 buy ins, it's pretty cool. Played around 7,000 hands. That's all for now...
Monday, December 15, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Lac Leamy Update
It has been a long time since going to Lac Leamy. I came "out of retirement" last Monday and went back. I haven't gone because it's such a long drive and there isn't much action... well I was wrong. Other than the really annoying drive, the action is still awesome. I went last Monday, yesterday (Sunday) and tonight (Monday).
Last Monday I cashed out ~$200 profit. Made my money on one hand basically. Called a preflop raise of $8 with AK in the SB. The original raiser was the button and a terrible player. Stacks off extremely light, so cold called pre in hopes of hitting a K or A and hoping he had any piece and would bust. 4 handed, flop was K Q 7, checks around to the button who bets $30 into $32, which was his standard betting line if he had a piece. I shoved for just over $200 and he called with K8.
On Sunday I cashed out ~$120 profit. I was there for just over 4 hours and had never folded so many hands preflop in my life, I don't even know how I got over a $300 stack. I won like 2 $50 pots and won big pot with Ad Jd. I limped UTG with Ad Jd, 3 more limpers, flop is 10d 8d 5x, I lead out $8 into $12 insane crazy asian player who is a regular and will play any hand makes it $30 with like $100 behind. I re shove knowing he's calling but putting him on a weak 10 or even a weak pair. Assuming I have 9 outs to the flush and 6 over cards, I was happy with my play. He ended up having A T and I hit a flush - that was the end for that night, folded forever after that hand.
Tonight was by far my best session at the casino since I have gone. I was running really hot, it was awesome. Having Le Canadien sit at the 1/2 table for fun made it that much better. It was a really fun table.
I had a few big hands which I will talk about.
I limp with AJ in MP after 1 limper, 1 limper after me, button makes it $5, all the limpers call. The button raiser was a younger player who stacks off really light - I mean extremely light. He called off his whole stack ($50) on a limped pot pre, with A2 on a 2 8 Q flop. Doubled up by hitting an A, so it was obviously a stack that was ready to be dumped all over the place - The flop came Jh Th 5x, I led out for $15 into $20, he called. The turn was a Jh Th 5x Ax, I bet $30 this time, he thought for a few seconds and really looked like he was gonna raise which I wanted, but he flat called. The river brought J T 5 A A and I bet $50 into $90 and he shoved for $50 or something and he had KQ.
I'm in the BB with AcXx, I'm pretty sure the action was checked around til the river and I bet $25 into $50 (totally forget how the pot got this big). The board was Kc Qc Tc 8c 5x and I bet $25, the player re shoves for $17 more I call, he has Kx2c, wp.
This hand I get involved with Le Canadien. I raise preflop UTG+1 with QcTc to $10, it folds to him on the button and he calls, the blinds fold. This limit is really low for him, and he was playing like a lagtard all night, so if you hit well, you are like 90% getting action. The flop was Ac 6c 7x, I bet $12 into $23, he makes it $30, I call with my flush draw. Turn was a Ac 6c 7x 9x. I check and he bet $75 into $83. I thought for sure the pot was bigger for him to bet $75 cause I don't think I call $75 into $83, the odds are awful, however, he had over $400 to start the hand and so did I so the implied odds were in my favour, unless he puts me on a flush draw. Anyways, I thought for a few seconds and then called assuming I have 12 outs. If I had the naked flush draw, I would probably fold. I put him on AQ, AJ, AT, A6, A7, A9 - and he will hopefully pay me on the river. The river was a disguisable 8 for my gutterball and I just shoved instantly hoping he puts me on a busted flush draw and he called with 66. I had now over $700.
I called a $10 raise from Le Canadien with 55 after one other caller in front of me, one more caller behind me. Flop was J T 5, Le Canadien bets $25, I make it $80, he calls. Turn was a 3 and he checked, at this point, I put him on AJ, KJ, KQ since he probably re-shoves the flop with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, JT. After writing this out, I realized I made a really dumb shove on the turn. With $190 or so in the pot, I could have bet $125 or something for a value bet, but I think that makes my hand look to strong. I think shoving here really makes my hand look like a bluff and it doesn't look like a set. Usually a set wants to value bet here. Against any other player at the table, I go to value town big time, but since it was against Le Canadien, he calls off light here. He thought for a few minutes and said he folded KK - 2 minutes later he said he had QJ, so who knows what he had. I just wish I value bet him instead, oh well.
I had put him on some major tilt after the Q T hand and I took that into consideration on the previous hand where I flopped a set. This hand was similar but I obviously took it way too far against him. I limped UTG with 33, he had around $340 again - he was a roller coaster up and down all night, as is a crazy LAG player - and he made it $25 on the button. $25 was his standard raise once he started tilting. I called with awesome implied odds and with a stack of like $800 and hoping to flop a set and get paid. Flop was A 8 3, I checked, he bet $50 into $53, I shoved and he thought forever and folded. I really thought he was calling here, he said he had AK, I believe him, therefore my move was retardedly dumb. I could have cold called here and gotten so much more out of him. But raising here gets more money in the pot and more value for me so I should have made it $125 or something like that.
Ugh, after writing all that, it seems I made 2 really stupid moves against him, and it's pissing me off cause I played really stupid. Hopefully next time I think before I just instantly shove in with a monster. It just sucks cause he's the only player I would do that against since he was just calling his stack off every single time with top pair weak kicker or draws etc. Fuck I'm dumb... whatever $1,000 at the casino in a week, I'll take it. I'm playing well, running well and always do well at the casino, so hopefully the steak continues. Thanks for reading...
Last Monday I cashed out ~$200 profit. Made my money on one hand basically. Called a preflop raise of $8 with AK in the SB. The original raiser was the button and a terrible player. Stacks off extremely light, so cold called pre in hopes of hitting a K or A and hoping he had any piece and would bust. 4 handed, flop was K Q 7, checks around to the button who bets $30 into $32, which was his standard betting line if he had a piece. I shoved for just over $200 and he called with K8.
On Sunday I cashed out ~$120 profit. I was there for just over 4 hours and had never folded so many hands preflop in my life, I don't even know how I got over a $300 stack. I won like 2 $50 pots and won big pot with Ad Jd. I limped UTG with Ad Jd, 3 more limpers, flop is 10d 8d 5x, I lead out $8 into $12 insane crazy asian player who is a regular and will play any hand makes it $30 with like $100 behind. I re shove knowing he's calling but putting him on a weak 10 or even a weak pair. Assuming I have 9 outs to the flush and 6 over cards, I was happy with my play. He ended up having A T and I hit a flush - that was the end for that night, folded forever after that hand.
Tonight was by far my best session at the casino since I have gone. I was running really hot, it was awesome. Having Le Canadien sit at the 1/2 table for fun made it that much better. It was a really fun table.
I had a few big hands which I will talk about.
I limp with AJ in MP after 1 limper, 1 limper after me, button makes it $5, all the limpers call. The button raiser was a younger player who stacks off really light - I mean extremely light. He called off his whole stack ($50) on a limped pot pre, with A2 on a 2 8 Q flop. Doubled up by hitting an A, so it was obviously a stack that was ready to be dumped all over the place - The flop came Jh Th 5x, I led out for $15 into $20, he called. The turn was a Jh Th 5x Ax, I bet $30 this time, he thought for a few seconds and really looked like he was gonna raise which I wanted, but he flat called. The river brought J T 5 A A and I bet $50 into $90 and he shoved for $50 or something and he had KQ.
I'm in the BB with AcXx, I'm pretty sure the action was checked around til the river and I bet $25 into $50 (totally forget how the pot got this big). The board was Kc Qc Tc 8c 5x and I bet $25, the player re shoves for $17 more I call, he has Kx2c, wp.
This hand I get involved with Le Canadien. I raise preflop UTG+1 with QcTc to $10, it folds to him on the button and he calls, the blinds fold. This limit is really low for him, and he was playing like a lagtard all night, so if you hit well, you are like 90% getting action. The flop was Ac 6c 7x, I bet $12 into $23, he makes it $30, I call with my flush draw. Turn was a Ac 6c 7x 9x. I check and he bet $75 into $83. I thought for sure the pot was bigger for him to bet $75 cause I don't think I call $75 into $83, the odds are awful, however, he had over $400 to start the hand and so did I so the implied odds were in my favour, unless he puts me on a flush draw. Anyways, I thought for a few seconds and then called assuming I have 12 outs. If I had the naked flush draw, I would probably fold. I put him on AQ, AJ, AT, A6, A7, A9 - and he will hopefully pay me on the river. The river was a disguisable 8 for my gutterball and I just shoved instantly hoping he puts me on a busted flush draw and he called with 66. I had now over $700.
I called a $10 raise from Le Canadien with 55 after one other caller in front of me, one more caller behind me. Flop was J T 5, Le Canadien bets $25, I make it $80, he calls. Turn was a 3 and he checked, at this point, I put him on AJ, KJ, KQ since he probably re-shoves the flop with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, JT. After writing this out, I realized I made a really dumb shove on the turn. With $190 or so in the pot, I could have bet $125 or something for a value bet, but I think that makes my hand look to strong. I think shoving here really makes my hand look like a bluff and it doesn't look like a set. Usually a set wants to value bet here. Against any other player at the table, I go to value town big time, but since it was against Le Canadien, he calls off light here. He thought for a few minutes and said he folded KK - 2 minutes later he said he had QJ, so who knows what he had. I just wish I value bet him instead, oh well.
I had put him on some major tilt after the Q T hand and I took that into consideration on the previous hand where I flopped a set. This hand was similar but I obviously took it way too far against him. I limped UTG with 33, he had around $340 again - he was a roller coaster up and down all night, as is a crazy LAG player - and he made it $25 on the button. $25 was his standard raise once he started tilting. I called with awesome implied odds and with a stack of like $800 and hoping to flop a set and get paid. Flop was A 8 3, I checked, he bet $50 into $53, I shoved and he thought forever and folded. I really thought he was calling here, he said he had AK, I believe him, therefore my move was retardedly dumb. I could have cold called here and gotten so much more out of him. But raising here gets more money in the pot and more value for me so I should have made it $125 or something like that.
Ugh, after writing all that, it seems I made 2 really stupid moves against him, and it's pissing me off cause I played really stupid. Hopefully next time I think before I just instantly shove in with a monster. It just sucks cause he's the only player I would do that against since he was just calling his stack off every single time with top pair weak kicker or draws etc. Fuck I'm dumb... whatever $1,000 at the casino in a week, I'll take it. I'm playing well, running well and always do well at the casino, so hopefully the steak continues. Thanks for reading...
Monday, October 20, 2008
In Niagara Falls Ontario...
...Marine Land is the place to go. Whoever came up with that jingle must have made a fortune since it will be embedded in my brain forever after not hearing it for like 10 years.
Anyways, so I made the trip to Niagara falls to watch Marc at the WPT final table taping. I went down with Adam, Marco, and Frank on Thursday morning to catch the FT at 4. We checked into the hotel at like 3 and Marc met us there and we headed over to Fallsview to catch the action. Oh and by the way, $199 a night for a family suite with a view of the falls - 2 queen beds, a king and jacuzzi - sounds like a sick deal. Except... $11 for internet PER laptop, cheap cost there.
The atmosphere was amazing there. So much going on when we got there, we insta hit up the bar. No drinks were allowed in the showroom, so we downed as many as we could before the final table started to get us riled up - which obv worked. We were screaming so hard for that Q to come it was unreal, hopefully you'll hear it on tv. Marc got 5th as we all know, that was disappointing, but a huge congratulations to you, Marc, for such a sick finish yet again. Your win will seriously come any time now.
We all went out for drinks and dinner after and hung out at the Keg, it was nice. Then Adam, Marco, Frank and I went to the LCBO and got a 40 of absolut, 26er of Grey Goose, 12 tall cans of Heineken and a partridge in a pear tree. We had a great night in the Hotel room, Adam was crushing the $77 6-max MTT at midnight and got really fucked with 12 left like the dumbest hand ever but I can't remember it exactly... I think it was a 3 outer AK vs A9 all in on the flop or 7 4 2. A9 played that hand really well. Adam and I got to bed at 4am, Marco and Frank decided to go for breakfast with kevvybrown then and no clue when they got back. Got some extra time to sleep so we didn't have to check out at 11:30 we were able to check out at 12:30 so we did that and headed home.
I have some pictures on my blackberry but can't find my USB cable to upload them on here, hopefully next time I'll have it around.
Anyways, so I made the trip to Niagara falls to watch Marc at the WPT final table taping. I went down with Adam, Marco, and Frank on Thursday morning to catch the FT at 4. We checked into the hotel at like 3 and Marc met us there and we headed over to Fallsview to catch the action. Oh and by the way, $199 a night for a family suite with a view of the falls - 2 queen beds, a king and jacuzzi - sounds like a sick deal. Except... $11 for internet PER laptop, cheap cost there.
The atmosphere was amazing there. So much going on when we got there, we insta hit up the bar. No drinks were allowed in the showroom, so we downed as many as we could before the final table started to get us riled up - which obv worked. We were screaming so hard for that Q to come it was unreal, hopefully you'll hear it on tv. Marc got 5th as we all know, that was disappointing, but a huge congratulations to you, Marc, for such a sick finish yet again. Your win will seriously come any time now.
We all went out for drinks and dinner after and hung out at the Keg, it was nice. Then Adam, Marco, Frank and I went to the LCBO and got a 40 of absolut, 26er of Grey Goose, 12 tall cans of Heineken and a partridge in a pear tree. We had a great night in the Hotel room, Adam was crushing the $77 6-max MTT at midnight and got really fucked with 12 left like the dumbest hand ever but I can't remember it exactly... I think it was a 3 outer AK vs A9 all in on the flop or 7 4 2. A9 played that hand really well. Adam and I got to bed at 4am, Marco and Frank decided to go for breakfast with kevvybrown then and no clue when they got back. Got some extra time to sleep so we didn't have to check out at 11:30 we were able to check out at 12:30 so we did that and headed home.
I have some pictures on my blackberry but can't find my USB cable to upload them on here, hopefully next time I'll have it around.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Overdue Update
I haven't made a post since April which is way too long. I haven't made any posts mainly because I didn't play at all this summer because of work. The long dreadful days at the golf course 6am-3pm or later Monday to Friday and 6am-10am on weekends everyday until August 31st. My girlfriend was also home from Maine for the summer so I was working everyday and spending all my evenings with her, so I didn't have any time to play poker which was fine. She went back to school in the first week of August but work was still hectic, so I just figured I would wait until the busy season is over until I start playing again because I don't want to play for like a half hour then go to bed.
School has started again and I am finishing up my BEng Degree this fall at Carleton which is awesome, I can't wait. Work has slowed down, I am working 3 days a week now to make some extra money to pay for rent. I finally moved out and live in Stonebridge with 2 guys I work with. It feels so good to be out on my own rather than living at home and doing so many chores all the time, freedom is nice.
I also took up golf this summer which is sweet. I took advantage of working at a golf course having free rounds so whynot play. I have always played but only once or twice a year, so I am obviously terrible. I work at Cedarhill so it's a nice course to learn on since it's short and not hard. At the beginning of the year I was shooting in the low 100's and I am the sort of guy to get angry when I shoot a bad shot and I shouldn't be mad because I never play the game. But it started to get frustrating when I was playing 4-5 times a week, however I did improve playing that much and that felt awesome. I ended up buying new clubs since I was getting a crazy deal from the Asst. pro in the Pro Shop and he offered me a brand new set of Callaway X-20 Tour irons for $800 which I thought was a pretty sick deal, so I bought those. I don't play with a driver, 3 or 5 wood, strictly irons because I can't hit a driver worth my life and I haven't learnt yet, so I was always using my 3-iron off the tee which is fine since I hit it well, but I lose so much distance at longer courses like the Marshes or Stonebridge. Long story short, I am consistently shooting mid 80s now and hopefully I will be hitting a driver next spring. My best round of the year was an 81 at Stonebridge from the blues which is approx. 6400 yards, so pretty sweet.
On to poker. I wanted to try playing MTTs to see how that would fair. I have always been a great cash game player so I figured trying out MTT's as something new would be cool. I have played a few before and have won some $4.40s so I couldn't be that bad of a beginner. Anyways, I took $300 and played strictly $4.40s and the occasional $11 MTT and I found myself down to $45. I was just on a really bad run of cards and couldn't catch a single break whenever it got deep. My confidence was so low I didn't want to play anymore. I would talk to Adam about it and he would just tell me to keep playing and that I wasn't doing anything wrong, just in standard MTT variance which I was not accustom too. I'll tell you right now, I am totally used to it and it's great. I've been running much better lately. I made 4 or 5 final tables and took 9th, 5th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd. The second place finish was annoying, but it was nice to build the roll back up. I had 170k to 110k and got it all in PREFLOP with AQ against 9 2... I made it 6k, he made it 21k, I shoved and he called with 9 2. Board ran out 9 5 4 A 2. Happy to say that I have made some profit since starting the MTT experience. So far it's been a fun switch to try something new than the awesome fun grind of cash games.
To top it off, my live game doesn't seem to be rusty either. I ended up chopping heads up in a $80 deepstack tourny at a local game for $520. I will be posting about that tourny in my next blog, which will be soon.
School has started again and I am finishing up my BEng Degree this fall at Carleton which is awesome, I can't wait. Work has slowed down, I am working 3 days a week now to make some extra money to pay for rent. I finally moved out and live in Stonebridge with 2 guys I work with. It feels so good to be out on my own rather than living at home and doing so many chores all the time, freedom is nice.
I also took up golf this summer which is sweet. I took advantage of working at a golf course having free rounds so whynot play. I have always played but only once or twice a year, so I am obviously terrible. I work at Cedarhill so it's a nice course to learn on since it's short and not hard. At the beginning of the year I was shooting in the low 100's and I am the sort of guy to get angry when I shoot a bad shot and I shouldn't be mad because I never play the game. But it started to get frustrating when I was playing 4-5 times a week, however I did improve playing that much and that felt awesome. I ended up buying new clubs since I was getting a crazy deal from the Asst. pro in the Pro Shop and he offered me a brand new set of Callaway X-20 Tour irons for $800 which I thought was a pretty sick deal, so I bought those. I don't play with a driver, 3 or 5 wood, strictly irons because I can't hit a driver worth my life and I haven't learnt yet, so I was always using my 3-iron off the tee which is fine since I hit it well, but I lose so much distance at longer courses like the Marshes or Stonebridge. Long story short, I am consistently shooting mid 80s now and hopefully I will be hitting a driver next spring. My best round of the year was an 81 at Stonebridge from the blues which is approx. 6400 yards, so pretty sweet.
On to poker. I wanted to try playing MTTs to see how that would fair. I have always been a great cash game player so I figured trying out MTT's as something new would be cool. I have played a few before and have won some $4.40s so I couldn't be that bad of a beginner. Anyways, I took $300 and played strictly $4.40s and the occasional $11 MTT and I found myself down to $45. I was just on a really bad run of cards and couldn't catch a single break whenever it got deep. My confidence was so low I didn't want to play anymore. I would talk to Adam about it and he would just tell me to keep playing and that I wasn't doing anything wrong, just in standard MTT variance which I was not accustom too. I'll tell you right now, I am totally used to it and it's great. I've been running much better lately. I made 4 or 5 final tables and took 9th, 5th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd. The second place finish was annoying, but it was nice to build the roll back up. I had 170k to 110k and got it all in PREFLOP with AQ against 9 2... I made it 6k, he made it 21k, I shoved and he called with 9 2. Board ran out 9 5 4 A 2. Happy to say that I have made some profit since starting the MTT experience. So far it's been a fun switch to try something new than the awesome fun grind of cash games.
To top it off, my live game doesn't seem to be rusty either. I ended up chopping heads up in a $80 deepstack tourny at a local game for $520. I will be posting about that tourny in my next blog, which will be soon.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Another Good Session
After my session on Monday, I went back on Thursday and played from around 8-close. It was the last day the casino would be closing, which is cool to have 24/7 poker during the week. This session was a bit of a grind, but it didn't feel I was there for 8 hours. I did make one huge mistake where I lost so much value on the last hand of the night. I'll recap some hands, I think there were only 3 or 4.
I was down $60 to start (including this hand), and then started winning some pots.
UTG made it $11 (solid player, was getting PAID every single time he had the nuts, people just kept bluffing him, it was so stupid.) Folds to MP who shoves for $34 total, he was really tight and just blinded down, he bought in for $50 I think. I get QQ on the button and flat call. I wanted UTG in the hand, but in case he had AA or KK, he would re pop here 100%, so I figure if he doesn't, he has AK, AQ, JJ or lower. Flop is A J J, UTG and I check it down and he has 1010, the shover has KJ and takes the pot down, he left immediately, which seems to be a growing trend at the casino every time I go. So many hit and runs.
New player at the table MP, $100 behind maybe a bit less, makes it $8, folds to me, I call with 7h8h in the cut off, EP limper calls. $27 in the pot, flop us 5x 6h 10h, EP checks, raiser bets $15, i make it $40, EP folds, guy shoves for like $60 more, I call, he has JJ. I hit a 9 on the turn to take it down.
Two decent players limp EP, their range is big since they are limping, tight player makes it $7 with $100 behind, I call in the SB with Ah 3h knowing the limpers are calling and if I hit a big flop I can hopefully stack the tight player and anyone else. The tight players range here is AA - JJ, and AK, AQ. Flop is 3 3 K. Checks to the tight player who bets $15, I make it $35 folds back to him and he shoves, I hope he doesn't have KK, if he does whatever I'm paying him anyways. I call quickly and he has AA and misses his one outer.
This is the hand I played so stupidly and bad and I hate myself for it. I missed so much value I think, but maybe not. Please help me...
We are 4 handed, and this is the last hand of the night. First position opens for $7, he had been raising every second hand since a full table so his range is extremely wide here. To make things interesting, I had just had AA and KK back to back hands, and right as he raises to $7 he says be careful, I have the rockets. I said "do you seriously have aces right now?" and he said yes, and I called with 8d 9d. SB and BB call as well. The flop was 7 10 3 rainbow. Mr. I have aces bets $15 into $28. I call getting 3:1 which is fairly good odds to draw too and we both have deep stacks. I have $500 or so, he has around $700. SB and BB fold and there is $53 in the pot (after rake). Turn is a J. He bets $20, this is where I got stupid and funny just to have fun on the last hand of the night. I min raised which is a play I never used ever in poker and hate it when anyone else does it, I just think it's the stupidest play for NLHE. I make it $40 and he calls, and I asked him one more time if he has AA, and he kept saying he did. So this is where I think it was okay for what I did on the river. The river was a Q making AK the nuts and my hand the 3rd nuts. He leads out for $50 into $133. I asked him again, do you really have AA? and he said yes one more time, so I made it $125 and he called with AA getting insane odds. I think I lost alot of value on the turn by just min raising. I should have made it around $60 so I could get more on the river, but in turn, he knows I know he has AA and could easily have him beat with Q 10, J 10, a set, etc. So maybe he would figure that out and wouldn't call a big bet on the river. Oh well, I am still kicking myself for making that dumb play cause I hate min raising so much aksudhaskjdhaskdhakdsa asljdhaksdha123yu2ihqwadjkasd.
I profited $430 for the night.
I was down $60 to start (including this hand), and then started winning some pots.
UTG made it $11 (solid player, was getting PAID every single time he had the nuts, people just kept bluffing him, it was so stupid.) Folds to MP who shoves for $34 total, he was really tight and just blinded down, he bought in for $50 I think. I get QQ on the button and flat call. I wanted UTG in the hand, but in case he had AA or KK, he would re pop here 100%, so I figure if he doesn't, he has AK, AQ, JJ or lower. Flop is A J J, UTG and I check it down and he has 1010, the shover has KJ and takes the pot down, he left immediately, which seems to be a growing trend at the casino every time I go. So many hit and runs.
New player at the table MP, $100 behind maybe a bit less, makes it $8, folds to me, I call with 7h8h in the cut off, EP limper calls. $27 in the pot, flop us 5x 6h 10h, EP checks, raiser bets $15, i make it $40, EP folds, guy shoves for like $60 more, I call, he has JJ. I hit a 9 on the turn to take it down.
Two decent players limp EP, their range is big since they are limping, tight player makes it $7 with $100 behind, I call in the SB with Ah 3h knowing the limpers are calling and if I hit a big flop I can hopefully stack the tight player and anyone else. The tight players range here is AA - JJ, and AK, AQ. Flop is 3 3 K. Checks to the tight player who bets $15, I make it $35 folds back to him and he shoves, I hope he doesn't have KK, if he does whatever I'm paying him anyways. I call quickly and he has AA and misses his one outer.
This is the hand I played so stupidly and bad and I hate myself for it. I missed so much value I think, but maybe not. Please help me...
We are 4 handed, and this is the last hand of the night. First position opens for $7, he had been raising every second hand since a full table so his range is extremely wide here. To make things interesting, I had just had AA and KK back to back hands, and right as he raises to $7 he says be careful, I have the rockets. I said "do you seriously have aces right now?" and he said yes, and I called with 8d 9d. SB and BB call as well. The flop was 7 10 3 rainbow. Mr. I have aces bets $15 into $28. I call getting 3:1 which is fairly good odds to draw too and we both have deep stacks. I have $500 or so, he has around $700. SB and BB fold and there is $53 in the pot (after rake). Turn is a J. He bets $20, this is where I got stupid and funny just to have fun on the last hand of the night. I min raised which is a play I never used ever in poker and hate it when anyone else does it, I just think it's the stupidest play for NLHE. I make it $40 and he calls, and I asked him one more time if he has AA, and he kept saying he did. So this is where I think it was okay for what I did on the river. The river was a Q making AK the nuts and my hand the 3rd nuts. He leads out for $50 into $133. I asked him again, do you really have AA? and he said yes one more time, so I made it $125 and he called with AA getting insane odds. I think I lost alot of value on the turn by just min raising. I should have made it around $60 so I could get more on the river, but in turn, he knows I know he has AA and could easily have him beat with Q 10, J 10, a set, etc. So maybe he would figure that out and wouldn't call a big bet on the river. Oh well, I am still kicking myself for making that dumb play cause I hate min raising so much aksudhaskjdhaskdhakdsa asljdhaksdha123yu2ihqwadjkasd.
I profited $430 for the night.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Feels Nice To Run Well
I haven't posted in a while, mainly because I stopped going to the casino regularly because I am graduating in a month and needed to focus on finishing up important assignments, labs, etc.
Since the last time at the casino, I had been running bad and I had a bad month for February. January was awesome, was up almost 3k, and I was down just over $400 for February, and I went a few times in March here and there and broke even each time.
I went to the casino last night (Monday) refreshed and ready to go, I was excited to get back to playing it had been so long. I will recap as many hands as I can that were important to my session. This could get long, so bare with me if you are interested.
Bought in for the max. as usual and was sitting at an awesome table. There was one extremely terrible player who limped every hand and hit every single river it was unreal how well he was running. He did start to realize how well he did run, and would sit out every 5 or 6 hands and walk around for 5-10 minutes at a time. He would then come back and play really tight which sucked, he had $1600 in front of him, $300 was mine, $350 was my friends. We were dying to take all of it from him. Anyways, other than him, it was your typical casino players, a couple short buy in players, and then best of all, the writer (Derrick) of The Tom Green Show, Tom Green's sidekick - Glen, and another man who was on/part of the show named Phil were sitting at my table.
I had a good time at my table and having those guys there made it that much better, they were drinking, having fun, they were loud, and it just made for a good atmosphere and hopefully easy money. Anyways, onto the hands I played.
My first big hand was with the insane terrible player. He raised preflop to $10, SB called and I called with 55. The flop was 7 6 3 which I was feeling good about. I checked to raise him and just take the pot down here, or slow down with resistance. He checked, which was odd, so I knew for sure he blanked. Turn was a J, I checked again hoping to induce a bet, which he did do. He bet $12 into $30, which I felt was weak, the SB folded and I called hoping to check call a river bet and look like a hero. Anyways, the river was a Q which sucked, but I was hoping to pick up a betting pattern off him to figure out if I had the best hand. He bet $50 into $57, and started taking a sip of his water, and playing with his chips and all this crap, I thought forever and really thought he was trying to buy this pot since I had looked weak the whole way. I had seen him do this a few times tonight and show complete air, so I made the crying call and he flipped up Q 8. Bad read, I suck, I was angry. Well played by him.
I am down to my last $130 total at this point after some other hands. So now, I'm just waiting to get in a hand with this complete donk get my money back. I had $400 on my card and was sitting with $130 which I hate, because I like having a full stack. This usually does not happen to me, hence the $400, but I guess it wasn't enough for tonight. I lost like $70 on the hand with the donk when I called with 55, and lost some more against him after he rivered a higher flush with Jc 2c vs. my 7c 8c on a 10c 6c 3x 7x Kc board.
Anyways, so I'm sitting with $130, I make it $11 with Ah Kh UTG+1, Glen calls, donk calls. Flop is 10h 8h 4x. I lead for $20, Glen shoves for his last bit of change I think $60 total, donk reshoves and says "for protection" so I know he has a stupid hand like Q10 K10, but should realize I am probably not folding since I lead into that flop for 2/3 the pot OOP, but he isn't smart enough to know that which is good. I call. Glen has K 10, donk has A 10. I stand up and say one time, please just one time put a heart out there, blank turn, heart on the river, woo. Felt amazing to win that pot and get up to $320 and be stuck $80 at that point. The night was not over. It was around 1am and I had grinded back up to $377 and my table broke.
I change tables, buy in for $200, we are 6 handed most of the time. I played pretty aggro. for the first bit until I doubled up. I make it $8 with As 7s preflop. Guy who JUST got stacked for $200 just sat down and reloaded and called. Flop was Ks Qs 5x, he checks, I bet $12, he makes it $25, I call. Turn was a Js, he checked, I bet $40 into $60, my thinking was, he's a station and I lose value on the river if I check here. He shoves and I call, he has KQ, I hold. Up to $380 at my new table.
This hand, I think I made my second mistake of the night. A regular at the casino, good player, made it $7, I have AK off and I cold called. From my read on him, his range is fairly wide preflop, and hopefully I can get paid off with a huge flop if he does have a hand. Also, I like to mix it up and I hadn't re-raised any hands tonight, so it gives away the strength of my hand. There is one other caller, flop is A A 6. It checks to me, I bet $12, making it look like a steal. He min raised me because he knows I hate min raises (I was telling him earlier how I think it's a dumb play for 100% of the situations at the casino or any cash game and like 99% of situations online) anyways, he says "min raises put you on tilt right?" so he makes it $25, and I know he isn't bluffing or trying to tilt me. He talks alot to his opponents to sucker them in, thing is, I'm suckering him in. I figure if I raise here, it gives away my and and he might throw away a weaker A, he knows I am not bluffing if I 3 bet. Anyways, I flat call hoping he puts me on 77 or 88. The turn was a Q, he bets $25, I smooth call again, this is where I play the hand bad, but I have a reason for flatting here. I know he has an ace, and I doubt he is raising with A10 or lower OOP preflop. So I am worried about AQ of course. River was a 10, he bets $35 leaving himself $41. I cold called and he had A J, so my read was right, but he didn't have a boat, and even if he did, I still should have shoved his last $41 on the river, oh well. He told me nice hand and didn't suspect AK there at all.
I'm hovering around $450 at this point, I made another $50 off a guy who 3 bet shoved pre with 9h 7h and I had KK. Made another $50 with AJ on a A K 10 8 4 board. I can't remember any other big pots that I played, but I got my stack up to $640 I think maybe $670, but this blog is long enough. So I did end up getting out of the red and made a profit of $450 last night. Great night. Will be going again soon.
Since the last time at the casino, I had been running bad and I had a bad month for February. January was awesome, was up almost 3k, and I was down just over $400 for February, and I went a few times in March here and there and broke even each time.
I went to the casino last night (Monday) refreshed and ready to go, I was excited to get back to playing it had been so long. I will recap as many hands as I can that were important to my session. This could get long, so bare with me if you are interested.
Bought in for the max. as usual and was sitting at an awesome table. There was one extremely terrible player who limped every hand and hit every single river it was unreal how well he was running. He did start to realize how well he did run, and would sit out every 5 or 6 hands and walk around for 5-10 minutes at a time. He would then come back and play really tight which sucked, he had $1600 in front of him, $300 was mine, $350 was my friends. We were dying to take all of it from him. Anyways, other than him, it was your typical casino players, a couple short buy in players, and then best of all, the writer (Derrick) of The Tom Green Show, Tom Green's sidekick - Glen, and another man who was on/part of the show named Phil were sitting at my table.
I had a good time at my table and having those guys there made it that much better, they were drinking, having fun, they were loud, and it just made for a good atmosphere and hopefully easy money. Anyways, onto the hands I played.
My first big hand was with the insane terrible player. He raised preflop to $10, SB called and I called with 55. The flop was 7 6 3 which I was feeling good about. I checked to raise him and just take the pot down here, or slow down with resistance. He checked, which was odd, so I knew for sure he blanked. Turn was a J, I checked again hoping to induce a bet, which he did do. He bet $12 into $30, which I felt was weak, the SB folded and I called hoping to check call a river bet and look like a hero. Anyways, the river was a Q which sucked, but I was hoping to pick up a betting pattern off him to figure out if I had the best hand. He bet $50 into $57, and started taking a sip of his water, and playing with his chips and all this crap, I thought forever and really thought he was trying to buy this pot since I had looked weak the whole way. I had seen him do this a few times tonight and show complete air, so I made the crying call and he flipped up Q 8. Bad read, I suck, I was angry. Well played by him.
I am down to my last $130 total at this point after some other hands. So now, I'm just waiting to get in a hand with this complete donk get my money back. I had $400 on my card and was sitting with $130 which I hate, because I like having a full stack. This usually does not happen to me, hence the $400, but I guess it wasn't enough for tonight. I lost like $70 on the hand with the donk when I called with 55, and lost some more against him after he rivered a higher flush with Jc 2c vs. my 7c 8c on a 10c 6c 3x 7x Kc board.
Anyways, so I'm sitting with $130, I make it $11 with Ah Kh UTG+1, Glen calls, donk calls. Flop is 10h 8h 4x. I lead for $20, Glen shoves for his last bit of change I think $60 total, donk reshoves and says "for protection" so I know he has a stupid hand like Q10 K10, but should realize I am probably not folding since I lead into that flop for 2/3 the pot OOP, but he isn't smart enough to know that which is good. I call. Glen has K 10, donk has A 10. I stand up and say one time, please just one time put a heart out there, blank turn, heart on the river, woo. Felt amazing to win that pot and get up to $320 and be stuck $80 at that point. The night was not over. It was around 1am and I had grinded back up to $377 and my table broke.
I change tables, buy in for $200, we are 6 handed most of the time. I played pretty aggro. for the first bit until I doubled up. I make it $8 with As 7s preflop. Guy who JUST got stacked for $200 just sat down and reloaded and called. Flop was Ks Qs 5x, he checks, I bet $12, he makes it $25, I call. Turn was a Js, he checked, I bet $40 into $60, my thinking was, he's a station and I lose value on the river if I check here. He shoves and I call, he has KQ, I hold. Up to $380 at my new table.
This hand, I think I made my second mistake of the night. A regular at the casino, good player, made it $7, I have AK off and I cold called. From my read on him, his range is fairly wide preflop, and hopefully I can get paid off with a huge flop if he does have a hand. Also, I like to mix it up and I hadn't re-raised any hands tonight, so it gives away the strength of my hand. There is one other caller, flop is A A 6. It checks to me, I bet $12, making it look like a steal. He min raised me because he knows I hate min raises (I was telling him earlier how I think it's a dumb play for 100% of the situations at the casino or any cash game and like 99% of situations online) anyways, he says "min raises put you on tilt right?" so he makes it $25, and I know he isn't bluffing or trying to tilt me. He talks alot to his opponents to sucker them in, thing is, I'm suckering him in. I figure if I raise here, it gives away my and and he might throw away a weaker A, he knows I am not bluffing if I 3 bet. Anyways, I flat call hoping he puts me on 77 or 88. The turn was a Q, he bets $25, I smooth call again, this is where I play the hand bad, but I have a reason for flatting here. I know he has an ace, and I doubt he is raising with A10 or lower OOP preflop. So I am worried about AQ of course. River was a 10, he bets $35 leaving himself $41. I cold called and he had A J, so my read was right, but he didn't have a boat, and even if he did, I still should have shoved his last $41 on the river, oh well. He told me nice hand and didn't suspect AK there at all.
I'm hovering around $450 at this point, I made another $50 off a guy who 3 bet shoved pre with 9h 7h and I had KK. Made another $50 with AJ on a A K 10 8 4 board. I can't remember any other big pots that I played, but I got my stack up to $640 I think maybe $670, but this blog is long enough. So I did end up getting out of the red and made a profit of $450 last night. Great night. Will be going again soon.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Someone Send Me A Heater
I have never seen anything like this. No it's not crazy bad beats, but WOW.
I played for 3.5 hours. Played like 4 hands.
Hand #1:
EP makes it $7, 2 callers, I call on the button with 3 5 off, blinds complete, $42 in the pot.
Flop is 2x 6x 8c
Checks around.
Turn is 2x 6x 8c 3c
EP raiser bets $12, gets one caller. At this point, I for sure think EP is weak, and the caller is on a draw or an underpair, so I bump it up to $40, they both call.
River is 2x 6x 8c 3c 9x
They check to me, I now believe they are weak and can't call a bet here and I am not giving up on this pot. I fire out $100 leaving myself $50, and the pot was $160 before my bet, and they both folded.
Gave me some confidence for the rest of my day which obviously went well.
hand $2:
I make it $1o EP with AA. Button (weird) calls, BB (loose) calls.
Flop is 6h 7x 10h.
BB checks, I bet $25, button folds, BB makes it $50. To me, this seems like a flush draw, I have just seen it way too many times where people min raise with a flush draw. Obviously if I put him on that, why didn't I raise? No clue. I flat called. Turn was a Qx, he bets $50, I call... Again why am I not trying to take control of this pot, I played this hand so fuckin bad wow. River was a 4x and he checks. I had about $180 or so and the pot was just over $200, I was so close to betting like $75 and thought about it for a minute. I checked and he had 77, I saved money, weee.
So that is set vs. me #1.
Hand #3:
I make it $10 with AK, button calls, one more caller.
Flop is K J 5 rainbow. I bet $17, button shoves for $120. I have no read on him he just sat down. I called and he doesn't have KQ like I hoped, he has 55 which is what I should have guess since that's what happened to me all day...... set vs. me #2, so standard.
Hand #4:
This is a good one. Probably the best play I've ever seen.
EP makes it $12 (I put him on AA-QQ), weird guy calls, I call with 99.
Flop J 9 3 rainbow. EP bets $25, weird guy shoves $350... SO SICK shove bombing into my 2nd nuts when I have $225 behind weeeeeee... I call, and ship the $600 pot to him... he has JJ... I just said "what a surprise"... and that was set #3 against me for the day.
WOW I got cold decked, haven't run like that at the casino before but it was bound to happen, I can't avoid all of those sick beats every time can I? I ended up with a losing session of $250. Oh well, at least I am not pissed about it, just can't win everyday. Way she goes bubs.
I played for 3.5 hours. Played like 4 hands.
Hand #1:
EP makes it $7, 2 callers, I call on the button with 3 5 off, blinds complete, $42 in the pot.
Flop is 2x 6x 8c
Checks around.
Turn is 2x 6x 8c 3c
EP raiser bets $12, gets one caller. At this point, I for sure think EP is weak, and the caller is on a draw or an underpair, so I bump it up to $40, they both call.
River is 2x 6x 8c 3c 9x
They check to me, I now believe they are weak and can't call a bet here and I am not giving up on this pot. I fire out $100 leaving myself $50, and the pot was $160 before my bet, and they both folded.
Gave me some confidence for the rest of my day which obviously went well.
hand $2:
I make it $1o EP with AA. Button (weird) calls, BB (loose) calls.
Flop is 6h 7x 10h.
BB checks, I bet $25, button folds, BB makes it $50. To me, this seems like a flush draw, I have just seen it way too many times where people min raise with a flush draw. Obviously if I put him on that, why didn't I raise? No clue. I flat called. Turn was a Qx, he bets $50, I call... Again why am I not trying to take control of this pot, I played this hand so fuckin bad wow. River was a 4x and he checks. I had about $180 or so and the pot was just over $200, I was so close to betting like $75 and thought about it for a minute. I checked and he had 77, I saved money, weee.
So that is set vs. me #1.
Hand #3:
I make it $10 with AK, button calls, one more caller.
Flop is K J 5 rainbow. I bet $17, button shoves for $120. I have no read on him he just sat down. I called and he doesn't have KQ like I hoped, he has 55 which is what I should have guess since that's what happened to me all day...... set vs. me #2, so standard.
Hand #4:
This is a good one. Probably the best play I've ever seen.
EP makes it $12 (I put him on AA-QQ), weird guy calls, I call with 99.
Flop J 9 3 rainbow. EP bets $25, weird guy shoves $350... SO SICK shove bombing into my 2nd nuts when I have $225 behind weeeeeee... I call, and ship the $600 pot to him... he has JJ... I just said "what a surprise"... and that was set #3 against me for the day.
WOW I got cold decked, haven't run like that at the casino before but it was bound to happen, I can't avoid all of those sick beats every time can I? I ended up with a losing session of $250. Oh well, at least I am not pissed about it, just can't win everyday. Way she goes bubs.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Feb. 25 Session
Decent session today, but was supposed to be longer. I went to sit out to eat my meal and I accidentally hit quit, so I just said fuck it and ate and left.
Only one familiar face at the table (Dukee) who did quite well today.
I think I played a total of 4 hands. EP made it $6, LP caller, I made it $32 with AA in the SB, yes, big raise, but I don't want to go against anything that I usually do at the casino just to get some calls. It was also my first hand of the day, so I didn't expect any callers anyways.
The other hands were: weak UTG limps for $2, I make it $12 with JJ, folds back to him, he calls, flop is 9 7 3, he check folds to my C bet. I complete the SB with Qc6c, 5 handed. Flop is Qx 6x 3c, I lead out, no action.
Big hand of the day: UTG+1 limps ($53 - and weak/awful), I limp on the button (really weird play by me, and I still can't figure out why I did it) with Jd 10d. SB makes it $12 (has me covered - really tight), limper calls, I call.
$38 in the pot -- Flop is 8d 9d 9x.
SB leads for $40, limper shoves for $41, I shove for $220 or so and I tell the SB to call me with his AA. I told them I have the worst hand, and I never lie about my hands. SB eventually folded saying he had a big pocket pair, maybe QQ. I wasn't looking at the hands, I just wanted to look at the % to see how much of a favourite I'm going to be against this guy. I see I am 36% to win and was confused. He had Q 9 off LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. Very well played with $53. I river a flush and take it down.
Nothing special today, was a quick session, but gonna keep blogging them.
Only one familiar face at the table (Dukee) who did quite well today.
I think I played a total of 4 hands. EP made it $6, LP caller, I made it $32 with AA in the SB, yes, big raise, but I don't want to go against anything that I usually do at the casino just to get some calls. It was also my first hand of the day, so I didn't expect any callers anyways.
The other hands were: weak UTG limps for $2, I make it $12 with JJ, folds back to him, he calls, flop is 9 7 3, he check folds to my C bet. I complete the SB with Qc6c, 5 handed. Flop is Qx 6x 3c, I lead out, no action.
Big hand of the day: UTG+1 limps ($53 - and weak/awful), I limp on the button (really weird play by me, and I still can't figure out why I did it) with Jd 10d. SB makes it $12 (has me covered - really tight), limper calls, I call.
$38 in the pot -- Flop is 8d 9d 9x.
SB leads for $40, limper shoves for $41, I shove for $220 or so and I tell the SB to call me with his AA. I told them I have the worst hand, and I never lie about my hands. SB eventually folded saying he had a big pocket pair, maybe QQ. I wasn't looking at the hands, I just wanted to look at the % to see how much of a favourite I'm going to be against this guy. I see I am 36% to win and was confused. He had Q 9 off LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. Very well played with $53. I river a flush and take it down.
Nothing special today, was a quick session, but gonna keep blogging them.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
My bad beat blog?
So, I'm extremely sick right now. I never get sick, and this is probably the sickest I've ever been in my life, it really sucks so much. I'm getting the chills, my body is constantly aching, my head feels like it is so close to exploding, it isn't good, I just can hope to fall asleep and not wake up for a long time. But here I am, awake since I have slept for like 20 hours in the last 24.
I'm in Maine right now visiting my girlfriend for my Winter Break. Things couldn't be any better. I left Tuesday evening around 8pm, hit very bad weather around Sherbrooke for about 3-4 hours. I was the only car on the road, it was midnight, the snow was a few inches deep on the road, the snowflakes were massive and I could barely see the road and I was hopelessly looking for somewhere to pull over and wait, but obviously didn't. I just wanted to get to the border and see what it was like from there. I finally made it to the border, the snow wasn't as bad since there were trees on both sides of the roads blocking it. BUT, I did manage to hit a deer, so fucking standard, like god really does not want me going to Maine. So basically, I'm driving about 40-50 km/h, I'm at the top of a hill, I can see maybe 20 feet in front of me, and I see 2 deer in the MIDDLE of the road and that's where I am driving since it's my safest bet to be with no cars on the road and the fact I can't see the lines. I say to myself, don't slam on the brakes (icy roads), just slow down as much as possible and hope they get out of the way. They started to move, but it was too late, I missed the smallest one, but the bigger one (still small for an adult deer) got hit. I hit it on the left side of my bumper, it flew up the hood and over the windshield and fell off over my door. I was so scared and in shock. I stopped, to see if there was damage and if I killed the deer. By the time I pulled over and got out both of the deer were gone, so that was good, and there was no damage, WTF?!?!?!?!??!?! So lucky.
The weather continued to be awful and I finally got to her house at 5am. I got out of the car and instantly got the shakes, that's when I knew something was wrong, got into bed and was still shaking even after an hour. Fell asleep and woke up feeling like shit.
So, after all of that, I guess I have some good news. I played a quick 2 hour session on Monday night. Very weak table, very easy to beat and take down pot after pot with C bets. I was down around $170 at my lowest point after reloading like $20-$30 at a time. Just missed flops and would get called EVERY SINGLE TIME I made a C bet with air. I just wasn't hitting flops. Of course I make it $12 with KK, get 2 callers and an A hits the flop, I fold of course and he showed just an ace and I told him he didn't have to show. I didn't lose any big pots, I just lost a million small ones in like an hour.
I managed to win 3 decent pots to help succumb my $170 losses.
I made it $10 with AK, get 2 callers. Flop is K Q 3r, I check, guy to my left bets $10, I make it $35, he calls instantly. From my read on the guy, he could very well have JJ, or Q 8 here, he is a terrible player and would have raised me with better than one pair here. Turn was a 5, I bet $50, he calls, river was a Q, I shoved. I said to my self, I can't show weakness here and think forever on this river, so I just shoved, if he had a Q, so be it. It was a $120 shove into $150 or so. He thought forEVER and folded and showed K 9. How does he fold that. He said "do you have the queen?" I didn't say a word. But seriously, he puts me on the Q the way I played that hand? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
EP made it $8 (makes it 8 with decent hands, makes it 6 with anything else). I call on the button with AsQs. Flop is A 6 A. He checks. He would do this with AK, Aq, 66 etc. If he bet out at this pot right away, he would be bluffing that's just how he plays. So I fire $12, he calls. Turn was a 7, he checked again. Again, he would still do this with a better hand than me. I bet $35, and I'm betting to make it seem like I don't have an A. If I check, I think it's too suspicious, on my part, but now that I think about it, maybe it could have made it seem like I don't have an A if I checked, making it seem like I bluffed the turn. Anyways, he calls the $35, and it turns out to be good that I bet the turn. He checks the 5 river after thinking for a minute. This really threw me off, and it shouldn't have. I checked behind, stupidly, and he had KK. I should have known that the long wait means he wants a check on the river. The player he is, I could seriously see him checking every street with a boat or AK since I had been betting so hard all night with air. I was just worried about a check shove on the river - I definately think hard on that one.
UTG makes it $11 (had been doing this all night), one caller right after him, I call in the CO with AQ. Flop is K J 4. UTG bets $10 into $36, UTG+1 calls, I call hoping for a 10, maybe even an A and I'm getting 5:1. Turn is a Q, UTG bets $25, UTG+1 calls. $110 in the pot, $25 for me to call, and 4 outs for the nuts, 2 for trips (which can win the hand), 3 for an A which might win the pot with 2 pair. I call with almost 5:1. River is a 9, they both check. Either one of these players for sure bets with a decent hand here, they are obv scared of the straight, and my bets lately have only shown monsters. I bet $60, they both fold and UTG says he had a K. I said good fold and left. I got to the "cage" and cashed out. I always put $600 on my card, and always cash it out after every session. She says "$620" I do a double take and said "say that again please", and she said it again. I was so happy for making $20, I thought I was still in the hole for the night, haha. I had a good laugh with myself.
Anyways, that's the update for now. Hopefully I'll be feeling better soon.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Feb. 13 Session
So had another session today, it went alright. Played from 12:00pm til 2:30pm. Right when I got in, there was a new table opening, so I took my seat. For some reason, I can't remember the hands that I should be mentioning, I'll try my best to get them in here.
Hand #1 - 1 limper, I limp after him MP with Ad Jd, folds around to BB who checks. Flop is J 6 4. Early limper bets $5 into $7, I make it $20, he goes all in for $25 more, I call and he has K 6. He rivers a K. Very next hand, I limp with Ks Js, folds around to BB again who checks, same EP limper as last hand limped again this one. Flop is K J 4. He leads for $5 again, I make it $25, he shoves, for like $60 more, I call and he has Q 10. I held.
Hand #2 - Folds to me in LP, I make it $8 with A J, SB calls. Flop is Jx 10s 7s, SB bets $5, I make it $21, he calls. Turn is a 3d, he checks, I bet $35, putting him on spade draw. River is a 5d, he checks again, now I know I have the best hand and he missed his draw, I check behind, and I take it down. He claimed to have QJ, so I guess I could have gone to value town, but I really didn't see the point in betting. The pot was already big enough, and I put him on a draw so he isn't calling a river bet.
Hand #3 - I have 77 in the BB with 4 limpers, I check. Flop is 7x 4d 3d, SB leads out $3, I call, a limper calls. $19 in the pot. Turn is a 5x, SB bets $5, I call, so does limper. $34 in the pot, river is a 3, SB checks, I bet $35, limper folds, SB calls.
Hand #4 - QQ in the SB, 5 limpers, I make it $41, just trying to have some fun at the table, didn't really care if I picked up the blinds. A few hands earlier someone made it $50, then $25 in back to back hands, so I guess the $41 was just to poke fun, and I was sure I had the best hand. What do you know... a limper cold calls my bet. I was like WTF is that. Flop is A 10 4, I lead out for $50, I say to him "you look confused", he mucked a few seconds later.
Hand #5 - Same guy who cold called my $41, shoves pre for $4, folds to me, obviously I get AA. Huge pot.
That's pretty much it, I wish I stayed longer, my table was so so so so so so so so so so so so SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD, my fault for leaving, but I had to. Going back Thursday, will report back later........
Hand #1 - 1 limper, I limp after him MP with Ad Jd, folds around to BB who checks. Flop is J 6 4. Early limper bets $5 into $7, I make it $20, he goes all in for $25 more, I call and he has K 6. He rivers a K. Very next hand, I limp with Ks Js, folds around to BB again who checks, same EP limper as last hand limped again this one. Flop is K J 4. He leads for $5 again, I make it $25, he shoves, for like $60 more, I call and he has Q 10. I held.
Hand #2 - Folds to me in LP, I make it $8 with A J, SB calls. Flop is Jx 10s 7s, SB bets $5, I make it $21, he calls. Turn is a 3d, he checks, I bet $35, putting him on spade draw. River is a 5d, he checks again, now I know I have the best hand and he missed his draw, I check behind, and I take it down. He claimed to have QJ, so I guess I could have gone to value town, but I really didn't see the point in betting. The pot was already big enough, and I put him on a draw so he isn't calling a river bet.
Hand #3 - I have 77 in the BB with 4 limpers, I check. Flop is 7x 4d 3d, SB leads out $3, I call, a limper calls. $19 in the pot. Turn is a 5x, SB bets $5, I call, so does limper. $34 in the pot, river is a 3, SB checks, I bet $35, limper folds, SB calls.
Hand #4 - QQ in the SB, 5 limpers, I make it $41, just trying to have some fun at the table, didn't really care if I picked up the blinds. A few hands earlier someone made it $50, then $25 in back to back hands, so I guess the $41 was just to poke fun, and I was sure I had the best hand. What do you know... a limper cold calls my bet. I was like WTF is that. Flop is A 10 4, I lead out for $50, I say to him "you look confused", he mucked a few seconds later.
Hand #5 - Same guy who cold called my $41, shoves pre for $4, folds to me, obviously I get AA. Huge pot.
That's pretty much it, I wish I stayed longer, my table was so so so so so so so so so so so so SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD, my fault for leaving, but I had to. Going back Thursday, will report back later........
Monday, February 11, 2008
Feb. 11 Session
I booked a 4 hour session today. Played on 2 tables, since my first one got boring and I couldn't catch a hand worth playing to beat these guys, so I moved. No, I'm not superstitious about the fact that I wasn't getting any cards, so I moved.
I got there around 11am, and my table had 5 players on it. Three hands in I get AA in MP. Normally on a full ring I would raise to $12 or $15 depending on the limpers, but it was only six handed without a limper so I made it my standard $8. What do you know, I get 4 callers. $34 in the pot, flop is K Q 7 rainbow, checks to me, I bet $30, folds to SB who shoves for $17 more, I call, he has 10 J, I hold.
Didn't have much going, I had great reads on all of them, no limpers, I make it $10 with Kd2d, obviously I get 4 callers. Flop is As 5s 6s. It checks around. Turn is a Jx, checks to me, I bet $30, guy to my left INSTA calls, everyone else folds. River is a 9x. I bet $35 into $100 or so. He thinks for a while, then folds and shows Ax2x. I show my 2.
This hand really confused me, but whatever, I made the right plays, wrong result, it happens. One limper, I make it $15 with AQ (hadn't played a hand in about an hour), SB calls with $20 behind (obv smart move), limper calls. Flop is 8 6 3, SB insta shoves, limper thinks then folds, I insta call because I can't fold getting good pot odds. SB flips over 10s9s, and the turn was a 9 and he held. I left the table a few hands later with a profit of $4 - yipee!
It's around 2:00pm, and I get to my new table and I had played with some of them, and one of my friends gave me the update on how the others are playing. I played 2 hands then bounced. EP makes it $8, folds to me in the SB and I call with AhJh, BB calls. Flop is Ad Jd 7x, I check, BB checks, EP bets $12, I make it $35, BB folds, EP calls. Turn is a 2x, I bet $100, he has $89 left, he makes the crying call with QQ and I hold.
LAG MP makes it $10, folds to me in the SB and I make it $36 with AKo, he calls. Flop is 8 7 3, I bet $50, he shoves for $50 more, I of course am not a fan of my hand anymore, but I can't fold, there is too much in the pot, and in my best case, the way I know this player, I could be racing against an OESD. I call $50 more into $220, and he has AQ, I hold.
Profit of $252.50 on the session, good start to the week.
I got there around 11am, and my table had 5 players on it. Three hands in I get AA in MP. Normally on a full ring I would raise to $12 or $15 depending on the limpers, but it was only six handed without a limper so I made it my standard $8. What do you know, I get 4 callers. $34 in the pot, flop is K Q 7 rainbow, checks to me, I bet $30, folds to SB who shoves for $17 more, I call, he has 10 J, I hold.
Didn't have much going, I had great reads on all of them, no limpers, I make it $10 with Kd2d, obviously I get 4 callers. Flop is As 5s 6s. It checks around. Turn is a Jx, checks to me, I bet $30, guy to my left INSTA calls, everyone else folds. River is a 9x. I bet $35 into $100 or so. He thinks for a while, then folds and shows Ax2x. I show my 2.
This hand really confused me, but whatever, I made the right plays, wrong result, it happens. One limper, I make it $15 with AQ (hadn't played a hand in about an hour), SB calls with $20 behind (obv smart move), limper calls. Flop is 8 6 3, SB insta shoves, limper thinks then folds, I insta call because I can't fold getting good pot odds. SB flips over 10s9s, and the turn was a 9 and he held. I left the table a few hands later with a profit of $4 - yipee!
It's around 2:00pm, and I get to my new table and I had played with some of them, and one of my friends gave me the update on how the others are playing. I played 2 hands then bounced. EP makes it $8, folds to me in the SB and I call with AhJh, BB calls. Flop is Ad Jd 7x, I check, BB checks, EP bets $12, I make it $35, BB folds, EP calls. Turn is a 2x, I bet $100, he has $89 left, he makes the crying call with QQ and I hold.
LAG MP makes it $10, folds to me in the SB and I make it $36 with AKo, he calls. Flop is 8 7 3, I bet $50, he shoves for $50 more, I of course am not a fan of my hand anymore, but I can't fold, there is too much in the pot, and in my best case, the way I know this player, I could be racing against an OESD. I call $50 more into $220, and he has AQ, I hold.
Profit of $252.50 on the session, good start to the week.
Back to Cash Games
I had a good Christmas break and didn't play much poker. Since my last post, I have no longer been driving across the border to Awkwesasne because of the poker room at Lac Leamy finally opening.
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