...is the sound of the other shoe dropping.
-$380 today, just a brutal night. Only lost one full stack, flopping top 2 with A5s from the bb on an A52 board. I bet out, limper called, shortstack pushed AI for $20 and I snapraised AI. Limper woke up with 22 (shortstack had a FD).
Absolutely nothing was working. I couldn't flop anything and I think I had like 3 cbets get folded to all night. I wasn't even being put in spots where I could represent anything, and just had to squeeze out what I could. Honestly I think my play was impeccable and that it could have been a lot worse.
I'm still up $600ish for the month so far, running 4.8PTBB/100, which is respectable. I knew that 10+PTBB/100 wasn't sustainable...
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Huh?
Losing session!
Lost $56 in 600 hands, having slept 4 hours over the last 2 nights (good news is I'm due to sleep like a fucking log tonight). Not bad play, just hit some shit.
Seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do here? Answer = lose all my chips, lol.
Aaaaaannnnnd...
Looks like a beat, is in fact a cooler. 55/45 loss, opponent is right to push.
Up like $100 but for those two, lol.
Lost $56 in 600 hands, having slept 4 hours over the last 2 nights (good news is I'm due to sleep like a fucking log tonight). Not bad play, just hit some shit.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
SB ($63.55)
Hero ($133)
UTG ($51.15)
UTG+1 ($113.80)
MP1 ($182.45)
MP2 ($20)
MP3 ($116.65)
CO ($145.45)
Button ($19.90)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Ks, Kc.
UTG calls $1, UTG+1 raises to $4.5, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $20 (All-In), 4 folds, Hero raises to $134 (All-In), UTG calls $50.15 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $109.30 (All-In).
Flop: ($299.25) 3c, 8c, 6s (4 players, 4 all-in)
Turn: ($299.25) Qh (4 players, 4 all-in)
River: ($299.25) 5c (4 players, 4 all-in)
Final Pot: $299.25
Results below:
Hero has Ks Kc (one pair, kings).
UTG has Ac 7c (flush, ace high).
UTG+1 has As Ad (one pair, aces).
MP2 has Jh Js (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: Totally fucked up
Seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do here? Answer = lose all my chips, lol.
Aaaaaannnnnd...
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
BB ($93)
UTG ($29.90)
UTG+1 ($28.90)
MP1 ($15.35)
Hero ($100)
MP3 ($50.50)
CO ($139.20)
Button ($48.50)
SB ($247.40)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Jd, Jc. UTG posts a blind of $1.
2 folds, Hero raises to $3.5, 2 folds, Button calls $3.50, SB calls $3, 1 fold.
Flop: ($11.50) 5d, Td, 4s (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $8, Button raises to $35.5, SB folds, Hero raises to $71, Button calls $9.50 (All-In).
Turn: ($101.50) Kd (3 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($101.50) Kh (3 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $101.50
Results below:
BB doesn't show.
Hero has Jd Jc (two pair, kings and jacks).
Button has 7d Ad (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins $101.50.
Looks like a beat, is in fact a cooler. 55/45 loss, opponent is right to push.
Up like $100 but for those two, lol.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
I do say...
...this graph do appear to be headin' in da right direction!
Another 1k, another good day. Already up more than $1k for the month, a grotesque 12.82 PTBB/100 over 4k hands. Heater! My W$SD percentage so far for the month is a gratuitous 68.70%. I'm making $135/hr. That's a nice wage :)
Ran very well today delivering a couple of beats (though my hand was always reasonable) and getting out of the way in a couple of tough spots.
When things are running well, playing poker feels like printing money; when things are going not-so-well, it feels like burning money. It's a weird spot to be in, but it feels good so far.
Bankroll shot north of $6k for (I think) the first time today, but I'm still planning on staying at NL100 for the month and hopefully making a substantial withdrawal.
Another 1k, another good day. Already up more than $1k for the month, a grotesque 12.82 PTBB/100 over 4k hands. Heater! My W$SD percentage so far for the month is a gratuitous 68.70%. I'm making $135/hr. That's a nice wage :)
Ran very well today delivering a couple of beats (though my hand was always reasonable) and getting out of the way in a couple of tough spots.
When things are running well, playing poker feels like printing money; when things are going not-so-well, it feels like burning money. It's a weird spot to be in, but it feels good so far.
Bankroll shot north of $6k for (I think) the first time today, but I'm still planning on staying at NL100 for the month and hopefully making a substantial withdrawal.
Movie Roundup
I don't want to clutter this blog with too much non-poker content, but people who know me know that I am a pretty sick movie buff, and used to run a pretty decent movie reviews site. Here are some thoughts on a few movies that have come out in the past 12 months or so (yeah yeah, I'm running behind).
JUNO
Much and more has been written about JUNO, the winsome high school pregnancy comedy (is that not a genre? it should be) that can only be described as a collaboration between director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody, and star Ellen Page. I'd been a fan of Cody's for a while, stumbling on her blog ("The Pussy Ranch") while she was just a Minneapolis stripper that had taken her unique story to the intertoobs, I bought her biopic ("Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper"), and I watched with elation as her storybook tale culminated in every first-time screenwriter's dream, an Oscar acceptance speech.
Every word of praise is deserved: this is one of the best High School comedies ever made. Every ingredient is in place. It's funny: the title character has an infectious, acerbic wit that keeps the laughs coming; it's touching: Juno's wit and candor masks a touching vulnerability; and I'd go so far as to say it has some importance, if for nothing more than as a social bellweather. The attitude that Juno (and by proxy, the movie) takes toward sex, pregnancy, and other important issues of teenage years, is refreshing, particularly in a movie where the primary theme is of innocence. "What was it like?" Juno's friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) asks her: "Humping Bleek's bony bod?" "Magnificent!" is the refreshing reply, and I think it's the first time I've seen a teenage girl allowed to remark on having enjoyed sex.
The cast, from the leads all the way down to the bored receptionist at the abortion clinic, is perfect, and yet Ellen Page still manages to steal the show as Juno, a character not quite like any I've ever seen on screen, and that reminds me so much of so many of the girls I've known, and fell in love with.
4 stars (out of 4).
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
If there's one thing the Coen Brothers can be counted on for, it is their inconstancy, which is not to say that they are inconsistent in the quality of their movies but rather that they are absolutely inconsistent in the material they choose to put on screen. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is not quite like any movie the Coen Brothers have made before; it's possible that it's not quite like any movie that anyone's ever made before. I mean that in the best possible way.
One doesn't much get the feeling in interviews that the Coens like much to talk about themes and symbolism in their flicks, and yet, with a movie like this one, it's overwhelming enough to be impossible not to talk about it. Because while for much of its length this is a chase movie, a cat and mouse game, as Ebert is prone to say, a movie is not about what it is about: it is about how it is about it. NCFOM is about evil, and the attempts of a sheriff who is played by Tommy Lee Jones and for the length of the conventional movie seems a secondary character at best, to understand and explain it. That he comes up somewhat blank on that score, that he learns that a man like Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is not so much a product of the times (as the characters are wont to assume) as he is a force inexplicable, a nightmare.
This doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of this movie, but if I allow myself to continue I'll go on for pages and pages. This is a masterpiece of writing and direction, deserving of every accolade it received and then some, and the scene in which Sheriff Ed Tom talks with the man who was deputy under his grandfather will stay with me for a very long time.
4 stars (out of 4)
SAVED!
(okay, I know, this movie came out in 2004. Just getting around to it. So sue me.)
Speaking of high school pregnancy comedies, here's one starring Jena Malone, who you haven't heard of but who has the talent to be a star (she first caught my eye in the exceptional HBO movie "Cheaters", with Jeff Daniels, which fictionalized the true story of a High School math teacher who, fed up with the unspoken caste system of Chicago public schools, allowed and encouraged his team to cheat in the academic decathalon). She stars as the ironically-named Mary, a Good Christian Girl that goes to a Good Christian High School with the perfect Christian boyfriend. Only one problem: when the boyfriend confesses that he might be gay, she takes it upon herself to cure him by sleeping with him. Jesus can restore virginity, after all, and it's for a good cause.
The inevitable pregnancy that results helps to reflect those around her, which conveniently range from the uptight Jesus Freaks (Mandy Moore, having a great deal of fun in the roll, it seems), to the laid-back believers (Patrick Fugit, from ALMOST FAMOUS), to the non-believers (Macaulay Culkin, playing a paraplegic), to the Jewish rebel Cassandra (Eva Amurri) who is caustic and worldly, but the first to notice and empathize with Mary's condition.
The target of the movie is religion, where it effortlessly skewers the easy targets but remains soft on the tougher questions. There are quite a few good lines ("There's only one reason a Christian girl comes down to Planned Parenthood!" "She's planting a pipe bomb?") and the movie is not disingenuous in its exploration of the facets of faith, which stands it apart from a great many movies that explore similar territory.
Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 4)
JUNO
Much and more has been written about JUNO, the winsome high school pregnancy comedy (is that not a genre? it should be) that can only be described as a collaboration between director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody, and star Ellen Page. I'd been a fan of Cody's for a while, stumbling on her blog ("The Pussy Ranch") while she was just a Minneapolis stripper that had taken her unique story to the intertoobs, I bought her biopic ("Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper"), and I watched with elation as her storybook tale culminated in every first-time screenwriter's dream, an Oscar acceptance speech.
Every word of praise is deserved: this is one of the best High School comedies ever made. Every ingredient is in place. It's funny: the title character has an infectious, acerbic wit that keeps the laughs coming; it's touching: Juno's wit and candor masks a touching vulnerability; and I'd go so far as to say it has some importance, if for nothing more than as a social bellweather. The attitude that Juno (and by proxy, the movie) takes toward sex, pregnancy, and other important issues of teenage years, is refreshing, particularly in a movie where the primary theme is of innocence. "What was it like?" Juno's friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) asks her: "Humping Bleek's bony bod?" "Magnificent!" is the refreshing reply, and I think it's the first time I've seen a teenage girl allowed to remark on having enjoyed sex.
The cast, from the leads all the way down to the bored receptionist at the abortion clinic, is perfect, and yet Ellen Page still manages to steal the show as Juno, a character not quite like any I've ever seen on screen, and that reminds me so much of so many of the girls I've known, and fell in love with.
4 stars (out of 4).
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
If there's one thing the Coen Brothers can be counted on for, it is their inconstancy, which is not to say that they are inconsistent in the quality of their movies but rather that they are absolutely inconsistent in the material they choose to put on screen. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is not quite like any movie the Coen Brothers have made before; it's possible that it's not quite like any movie that anyone's ever made before. I mean that in the best possible way.
One doesn't much get the feeling in interviews that the Coens like much to talk about themes and symbolism in their flicks, and yet, with a movie like this one, it's overwhelming enough to be impossible not to talk about it. Because while for much of its length this is a chase movie, a cat and mouse game, as Ebert is prone to say, a movie is not about what it is about: it is about how it is about it. NCFOM is about evil, and the attempts of a sheriff who is played by Tommy Lee Jones and for the length of the conventional movie seems a secondary character at best, to understand and explain it. That he comes up somewhat blank on that score, that he learns that a man like Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is not so much a product of the times (as the characters are wont to assume) as he is a force inexplicable, a nightmare.
This doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of this movie, but if I allow myself to continue I'll go on for pages and pages. This is a masterpiece of writing and direction, deserving of every accolade it received and then some, and the scene in which Sheriff Ed Tom talks with the man who was deputy under his grandfather will stay with me for a very long time.
4 stars (out of 4)
SAVED!
(okay, I know, this movie came out in 2004. Just getting around to it. So sue me.)
Speaking of high school pregnancy comedies, here's one starring Jena Malone, who you haven't heard of but who has the talent to be a star (she first caught my eye in the exceptional HBO movie "Cheaters", with Jeff Daniels, which fictionalized the true story of a High School math teacher who, fed up with the unspoken caste system of Chicago public schools, allowed and encouraged his team to cheat in the academic decathalon). She stars as the ironically-named Mary, a Good Christian Girl that goes to a Good Christian High School with the perfect Christian boyfriend. Only one problem: when the boyfriend confesses that he might be gay, she takes it upon herself to cure him by sleeping with him. Jesus can restore virginity, after all, and it's for a good cause.
The inevitable pregnancy that results helps to reflect those around her, which conveniently range from the uptight Jesus Freaks (Mandy Moore, having a great deal of fun in the roll, it seems), to the laid-back believers (Patrick Fugit, from ALMOST FAMOUS), to the non-believers (Macaulay Culkin, playing a paraplegic), to the Jewish rebel Cassandra (Eva Amurri) who is caustic and worldly, but the first to notice and empathize with Mary's condition.
The target of the movie is religion, where it effortlessly skewers the easy targets but remains soft on the tougher questions. There are quite a few good lines ("There's only one reason a Christian girl comes down to Planned Parenthood!" "She's planting a pipe bomb?") and the movie is not disingenuous in its exploration of the facets of faith, which stands it apart from a great many movies that explore similar territory.
Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 4)
Since moving back down
I started back at NL100 late last month, and have been doing very well ever since:
Number of sessions: 9
Winning sessions: 7
Losing sessions: 2
Multitable Ratio: 5.69
Hours played: 22.70
Hands: 9764
Amount Won: $1,247.95
BB/100: 6.39
$/Hour: $54.98
$/Table-Hr: $9.66
Rake: $567.00
Table sessions: 62
Table sessions won: 41 (66.13%)
Top 10 winning hands:
88 (46 times, +$452.55)
JJ (51 times, +$445.95)
AA (38 times, +$299.95)
AQo (86 times, +$295.80)
QQ (39 times, +$277.60)
77 (45 times, +$254.20)
AQs (39 times, +$123.70)
KK (47 times, +$119.40)
98s (34 times, +$106.75)
97s (29 times, +$101.40)
Top 5 losing hands:
99 (54 times, -$197.60)
JTs (31 times, -$177.05)
33 (46 times, -$119.85)
22 (41 times, -$102.00)
75s (28 times, -$96.10)
Position Stats:
Button: +$843.40
CO: +$266.65
MP3: +$316.00
MP2: -$51.30
MP1: +$508.40
UTG+1: -$102.25
UTG: +$271.95
BB: -$516.15 (+$714.85 w/o blind)
SB: -$288.75 (+326.25 w/o blind)
VPIP/PFR is 10.7/8.73 UTG, progressing to 20.8/13.3 on the button.
VPIP: 15.38
PFR: 9.45
W$WSF: 39.51%
WTSD: 23.18%
AF: 2.58
W$SD: 58.58%
ATS: 23.40%
Fold BB/Steal: 80.17%
Fold SB/Steal: 80.8%
Running hot over my last 10k? Absolutely. But my play has been pretty goddamn good, I think.
Number of sessions: 9
Winning sessions: 7
Losing sessions: 2
Multitable Ratio: 5.69
Hours played: 22.70
Hands: 9764
Amount Won: $1,247.95
BB/100: 6.39
$/Hour: $54.98
$/Table-Hr: $9.66
Rake: $567.00
Table sessions: 62
Table sessions won: 41 (66.13%)
Top 10 winning hands:
88 (46 times, +$452.55)
JJ (51 times, +$445.95)
AA (38 times, +$299.95)
AQo (86 times, +$295.80)
QQ (39 times, +$277.60)
77 (45 times, +$254.20)
AQs (39 times, +$123.70)
KK (47 times, +$119.40)
98s (34 times, +$106.75)
97s (29 times, +$101.40)
Top 5 losing hands:
99 (54 times, -$197.60)
JTs (31 times, -$177.05)
33 (46 times, -$119.85)
22 (41 times, -$102.00)
75s (28 times, -$96.10)
Position Stats:
Button: +$843.40
CO: +$266.65
MP3: +$316.00
MP2: -$51.30
MP1: +$508.40
UTG+1: -$102.25
UTG: +$271.95
BB: -$516.15 (+$714.85 w/o blind)
SB: -$288.75 (+326.25 w/o blind)
VPIP/PFR is 10.7/8.73 UTG, progressing to 20.8/13.3 on the button.
VPIP: 15.38
PFR: 9.45
W$WSF: 39.51%
WTSD: 23.18%
AF: 2.58
W$SD: 58.58%
ATS: 23.40%
Fold BB/Steal: 80.17%
Fold SB/Steal: 80.8%
Running hot over my last 10k? Absolutely. But my play has been pretty goddamn good, I think.
Another good day
Took Monday night off, then played 1,600 hands tonight:
Unlike Sunday night, no big beat I laid on anyone for the result. Nice $600ish rush over 1,300 hands after a bad start.
Standard set v. set cooler to open up my day. The only really annoying part is that the little cunt slowrolled his last call, using up almost all of his time bank. Hey dude (Full Tilt Screen Name: c2e2), I say this from the bottom of my heart: go fuck yourself with a rake.
Interestingly, with a name like "c2e2" (which could potentially be referring to a chess move, albeit a strange one) reminds me of this douchebag, who went onto twoplustwo a few months back posting about a 1/2 live hand where he slowrolled a donkey and then proceeded to go absolutely apeshit when people told him he should have instacalled and played the hand like a total douche. He couldn't stop babbling about how he was a great blitz chess player and how everyone else who posted in the thread was an idiot. Wonder if this was the same guy. Seems plausible.
I don't know what kind of guy coldcalls AJo on the button, defends with it against a squeeze, and calls all-in with second pair, but it's also apparently the kind of person that hits an ace on the river.
Took a stab on the flop, ran into a villain that took a gutsy flop line with his kings, forced to call with my decent (9 out) draw, missed.
Hilarious hand, kinda. Depressing in a way. Another instance of the gay min-3bet pre from OOP getting called down with a hand in a spot of perfect information, checking back after you almost certainly flopped a set, and then forcing you to draw big with a full PSB on the turn. That river hit and I just groaned: am I really up against AK often enough to call here? I honestly seriously thought about folding, so sure I was that I was up against quads. But 8 possibilities of AK (of which I beat 7) vs. the 1 possibility of AA said I had to. I wonder how many donkeys go broke here with an insane raise?
But I managed to bring it back quickly:
Here's a hand that shows the power of checking back the turn with TPGK on a dry board where your hand is transparent. Villain gets himself in ALL sorts of trouble IMO first with the turn bet, and then with calling my turn c/r (which obviously commits him into calling my river shove). The fact is, after I call his flop bet, there just isn't a whole hell of a lot of value in continuing to bet your TP, because it's so obvious what you have that almost no worse hand is going to pay you off. Check back this turn, which will keep the pot a manageable size and often induce a bluff on the river from your opponent, which you then call, and you only lose like $30 this hand.
Also, the PSB cbet is stupid. Half pot fully suffices here.
Very questionable hand on my part, very thin calls all throughout, made only because I felt villain was just way overaggro and despite not having much history I'd already seen him overvalue one pair hands. I wonder if he knew he was bluffing by the river. My flop call is meh, but justifiable. Obviously I'm not calling down further bets unless I improve, but I thought there was a good chance he'd check back turn with a lesser hand.
A bit worried on this one, believe it or not, as it was hard to put this guy on anything but a flush after slowplaying a flop with a possible heart draw holding a set of aces. Still wasn't folding, particularly since this player in question (cutsr) struck me as being VERY weak.
Set vs. top pair, lucky flop, can't blame the other dude for getting it in.
Flip win. I'm very surprised that this player limp-called QTs from UTG. Hand played itself from there.
HUGE mistake by me on this one. After the miracle river I need to shove, as 1) opponent has a King here, like, always, and 2) opponent with a king is never ever folding. Didn't think long enough about what to do and as a result missed a ton of value.
Weird hand here. Villain seems to have had missed hearts here. I was planning on making the defensive bet even before my set hit, which then turned into a small milk bet plus an opportunity for my opponent (who was good and aggressive) to read it as a defensive bet and come over the top with a missed hand, thinking it's part of a b/f line.
And finally:
ROYAL FLUSH BABY!!!!!
Quads and a royal flush today, plus lost to quads with a flush, all in nontrivial pots!
Unlike Sunday night, no big beat I laid on anyone for the result. Nice $600ish rush over 1,300 hands after a bad start.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (8 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
CO ($109.25)
Button ($86.50)
SB ($69.10)
BB ($100)
UTG ($50)
Hero ($100)
MP1 ($37.80)
MP2 ($63.55)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 5c, 5d.
1 fold, Hero calls $1, MP1 calls $1, 3 folds, SB raises to $3.5, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, MP1 calls $2.
Flop: ($10.50) 8h, 3s, 5h (3 players)
SB bets $3, Hero calls $3, MP1 folds.
Turn: ($16.50) Jd (2 players)
SB bets $3, Hero raises to $15, SB calls $12.
River: ($46.50) Tc (2 players)
SB bets $3, Hero raises to $79 (All-In), SB calls $45.10 (All-In).
Final Pot: $142.70
Results below:
SB has 8c 8d (three of a kind, eights).
Hero has 5c 5d (three of a kind, fives).
Outcome: SB wins $142.70.
Standard set v. set cooler to open up my day. The only really annoying part is that the little cunt slowrolled his last call, using up almost all of his time bank. Hey dude (Full Tilt Screen Name: c2e2), I say this from the bottom of my heart: go fuck yourself with a rake.
Interestingly, with a name like "c2e2" (which could potentially be referring to a chess move, albeit a strange one) reminds me of this douchebag, who went onto twoplustwo a few months back posting about a 1/2 live hand where he slowrolled a donkey and then proceeded to go absolutely apeshit when people told him he should have instacalled and played the hand like a total douche. He couldn't stop babbling about how he was a great blitz chess player and how everyone else who posted in the thread was an idiot. Wonder if this was the same guy. Seems plausible.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
MP1 ($59.10)
MP2 ($100)
MP3 ($94.50)
CO ($47.40)
Button ($50.95)
Hero ($113.15)
BB ($120.55)
UTG ($64.10)
UTG+1 ($74.45)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Qc, Qd. UTG posts a blind of $1.
UTG+1 calls $1, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $4.5, 2 folds, Button calls $4.50, Hero raises to $15.5, 2 folds, MP2 folds, Button calls $10.50.
Flop: ($37) Jh, Kd, 4d (3 players)
Hero bets $36, Button calls $35.95 (All-In).
Turn: ($108.90) 9s (3 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($108.90) As (3 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $108.90
Results below:
Hero has Qc Qd (one pair, queens).
BB doesn't show.
Button has Ah Jc (two pair, aces and jacks).
Outcome: Button wins $108.90.
I don't know what kind of guy coldcalls AJo on the button, defends with it against a squeeze, and calls all-in with second pair, but it's also apparently the kind of person that hits an ace on the river.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
MP1 ($125.40)
MP2 ($67.30)
MP3 ($103.50)
CO ($52.55)
Button ($91.75)
SB ($65.15)
BB ($39.85)
UTG ($88)
Hero ($100)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9d, Td.
UTG calls $1, Hero calls $1, 4 folds, Button calls $1, 1 fold, BB raises to $6.5, UTG calls $4.50, Hero calls $4.50, Button calls $4.50.
Flop: ($23.50) 6h, 9h, 7d (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $20, Button folds, BB raises to $34.35 (All-In), UTG folds, Hero calls $14.35.
Turn: ($0) 4c (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($0) Ah (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $92.20
Results below:
BB has Kd Ks (one pair, kings).
Hero has 9d Td (one pair, nines).
Outcome: BB wins $92.20.
Took a stab on the flop, ran into a villain that took a gutsy flop line with his kings, forced to call with my decent (9 out) draw, missed.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (8 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
Button ($117.90)
SB ($51)
BB ($99)
UTG ($72.90)
UTG+1 ($98.90)
MP1 ($101.50)
MP2 ($97.50)
Hero ($101)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 7s, 8s. UTG posts a blind of $1.
3 folds, Hero raises to $3.5, 2 folds, UTG (poster) raises to $7, Hero calls $2.50.
Flop: ($13.50) Ah, 2s, 5s (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.
Turn: ($13.50) Qs (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $12.5, UTG calls $12.50.
River: ($38.50) Ad (3 players)
UTG bets $15, Hero requests TIME, hero says "so f'ing sick", Hero calls $15.
Final Pot: $68.50
Results below:
BB doesn't show.
UTG has As Ac (four of a kind, aces).
Hero has 7s 8s (flush, queen high).
Outcome: UTG wins $68.50.
Hilarious hand, kinda. Depressing in a way. Another instance of the gay min-3bet pre from OOP getting called down with a hand in a spot of perfect information, checking back after you almost certainly flopped a set, and then forcing you to draw big with a full PSB on the turn. That river hit and I just groaned: am I really up against AK often enough to call here? I honestly seriously thought about folding, so sure I was that I was up against quads. But 8 possibilities of AK (of which I beat 7) vs. the 1 possibility of AA said I had to. I wonder how many donkeys go broke here with an insane raise?
But I managed to bring it back quickly:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (8 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
MP2 ($96.40)
CO ($41.55)
Button ($124.25)
SB ($170)
Hero ($122.95)
UTG ($16)
UTG+1 ($51.95)
MP1 ($96.30)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 7d, 7s.
2 folds, MP1 raises to $3, MP2 calls $3, 3 folds, Hero calls $2.
Flop: ($9.50) 5h, As, 7c (3 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $10, MP2 folds, Hero calls $10.
Turn: ($29.50) 4c (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $18, Hero raises to $55, MP1 calls $37.
River: ($139.50) Ah (2 players)
Hero bets $29, MP1 calls $28.30 (All-In).
Final Pot: $196.10
Results below:
Hero has 7d 7s (full house, sevens full of aces).
MP1 doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins $196.79.
Here's a hand that shows the power of checking back the turn with TPGK on a dry board where your hand is transparent. Villain gets himself in ALL sorts of trouble IMO first with the turn bet, and then with calling my turn c/r (which obviously commits him into calling my river shove). The fact is, after I call his flop bet, there just isn't a whole hell of a lot of value in continuing to bet your TP, because it's so obvious what you have that almost no worse hand is going to pay you off. Check back this turn, which will keep the pot a manageable size and often induce a bluff on the river from your opponent, which you then call, and you only lose like $30 this hand.
Also, the PSB cbet is stupid. Half pot fully suffices here.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
Button ($108.95)
SB ($85.30)
BB ($53.40)
UTG ($101.50)
UTG+1 ($193.50)
MP1 ($68.65)
MP2 ($47)
MP3 ($116.80)
Hero ($104.65)
Preflop: Hero is CO with Td, 8d.
2 folds, MP1 calls $1, 1 fold, MP3 calls $1, Hero calls $1, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: ($5) 5h, 9c, Tc (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 bets $5, MP3 folds, Hero calls $5, SB folds, BB folds.
Turn: ($15) 8h (2 players)
MP1 bets $15, Hero calls $15.
River: ($45) 4d (2 players)
MP1 bets $45, Hero calls $45.
Final Pot: $135
Results below:
MP1 has Th Jc (one pair, tens).
Hero has Td 8d (two pair, tens and eights).
Outcome: Hero wins $135.
Very questionable hand on my part, very thin calls all throughout, made only because I felt villain was just way overaggro and despite not having much history I'd already seen him overvalue one pair hands. I wonder if he knew he was bluffing by the river. My flop call is meh, but justifiable. Obviously I'm not calling down further bets unless I improve, but I thought there was a good chance he'd check back turn with a lesser hand.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (8 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
Hero ($137)
MP1 ($65.70)
MP2 ($128.35)
CO ($42.40)
Button ($216.85)
SB ($39.40)
BB ($95)
UTG ($108.15)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with As, Ac.
1 fold, Hero raises to $3.5, 4 folds, SB calls $3, BB calls $2.50.
Flop: ($10.50) Ah, 2s, 8h (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks.
Turn: ($10.50) Kh (3 players)
SB bets $6, BB folds, Hero raises to $18, SB calls $12.
River: ($46.50) 4s (2 players)
SB bets $17.9 (All-In), Hero calls $17.90.
Final Pot: $82.30
Results below:
Hero has As Ac (three of a kind, aces).
SB has Ad Tc (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $82.30.
A bit worried on this one, believe it or not, as it was hard to put this guy on anything but a flush after slowplaying a flop with a possible heart draw holding a set of aces. Still wasn't folding, particularly since this player in question (cutsr) struck me as being VERY weak.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (8 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
UTG ($111.70)
UTG+1 ($119.50)
MP1 ($101.50)
MP2 ($75.85)
CO ($109.15)
Button ($100.60)
SB ($56.80)
Hero ($148.20)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 5c, 5h.
UTG raises to $2, 6 folds, Hero calls $1.
Flop: ($4.50) Qc, 5s, 6d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $2.5, Hero calls $2.50.
Turn: ($9.50) 6h (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $3, Hero raises to $12, UTG calls $9.
River: ($33.50) Ks (2 players)
Hero bets $22, UTG calls $22.
Final Pot: $77.50
Results below:
Hero has 5c 5h (full house, fives full of sixes).
UTG doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins $77.50.
Set vs. top pair, lucky flop, can't blame the other dude for getting it in.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
Button ($80)
SB ($111.70)
BB ($87.50)
UTG ($35.45)
UTG+1 ($70.20)
MP1 ($28.15)
Hero ($198.40)
MP3 ($72.50)
CO ($112.60)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Kd, Ad.
UTG calls $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $4.5, 5 folds, UTG calls $3.50.
Flop: ($10.50) Td, 7h, Qd (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6, UTG raises to $12, Hero raises to $199.9 (All-In), UTG calls $18.95 (All-In).
Turn: ($72.40) 4c (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: ($72.40) Jc (2 players, 2 all-in)
Final Pot: $72.40
Results below:
UTG has Ts Qs (two pair, queens and tens).
Hero has Kd Ad (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins $241.35.
Flip win. I'm very surprised that this player limp-called QTs from UTG. Hand played itself from there.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
BB ($135.75)
UTG ($107.90)
UTG+1 ($42.65)
MP1 ($109.35)
MP2 ($169.50)
MP3 ($100)
CO ($76.10)
Button ($100)
Hero ($187.90)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 7h, 7d.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, 2 folds, MP3 calls $1, 2 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: ($4) Qh, 7s, Kc (4 players)
Hero bets $3, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP3 calls $3.
Turn: ($10) Kd (2 players)
Hero bets $5, MP3 calls $5.
River: ($20) 7c (2 players)
Hero bets $20, MP3 calls $20.
Final Pot: $60
Results below:
Hero has 7h 7d (four of a kind, sevens).
MP3 doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins $60.
HUGE mistake by me on this one. After the miracle river I need to shove, as 1) opponent has a King here, like, always, and 2) opponent with a king is never ever folding. Didn't think long enough about what to do and as a result missed a ton of value.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
MP3 ($179.05)
CO ($70.80)
Button ($80)
SB ($14.90)
BB ($93.50)
UTG ($100)
Hero ($119.65)
MP1 ($64.40)
MP2 ($100)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9h, 9d.
1 fold, Hero raises to $3.5, 3 folds, CO calls $3.50, Button calls $3.50, 2 folds.
Flop: ($12) 8s, 2h, 3h (3 players)
Hero bets $7, CO folds, Button calls $7.
Turn: ($26) 6c (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $15, Hero calls $15.
River: ($56) 9s (2 players)
Hero bets $15, Button folds.
Final Pot: $56
Results below:
Hero has 9h 9d (three of a kind, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins $56.
Weird hand here. Villain seems to have had missed hearts here. I was planning on making the defensive bet even before my set hit, which then turned into a small milk bet plus an opportunity for my opponent (who was good and aggressive) to read it as a defensive bet and come over the top with a missed hand, thinking it's part of a b/f line.
And finally:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
MP2 ($11.10)
MP3 ($100)
CO ($74.30)
Button ($10.60)
SB ($118.50)
Hero ($174.70)
UTG ($102.50)
UTG+1 ($115.50)
MP1 ($49.70)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Ac, Jc.
2 folds, MP1 calls $1, 1 fold, MP3 calls $1, CO calls $1, Button calls $1, 1 fold, Hero checks.
Flop: ($5.50) Kc, Qc, Kd (5 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks, Button bets $4, Hero calls $4, MP1 folds, MP3 calls $4, CO folds.
Turn: ($17.50) Tc (3 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $10, Button calls $5.60 (All-In), Hero raises to $30, MP3 folds.
River: ($54.30) Ks (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $43.10
Results below:
Hero has Ac Jc (straight flush, ace high).
Button has Ad 2s (three of a kind, kings).
Outcome: Hero jumps up and down!
ROYAL FLUSH BABY!!!!!
Quads and a royal flush today, plus lost to quads with a flush, all in nontrivial pots!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Won $300
Though it's hard to feel too good about it, since the majority of it came from the following hand:
Ouch. This opponent had run 9/4 over 100 hands or so which I felt like was a result of running cold and semi-tight play as his showdown hands had not been monsters. the cold-call preflop had a few purposes:
- If he had AK, he may cbet the flop but if I call he's likely to shut down and I can win the pot from position.
- If he has an overpair, the fact that we are so deep gives me very respectable setmining odds.
The flop was obviously scary. I've hit middle set, but because I felt like his range was basically QQ, KK, AA, and AK, I'm not in great shape. Maybe 46% equity against the range, and he's not stacking off with AA all the time here (I think he has real trouble laying down KK). Still, I just couldn't fold the set, and after he came over the top felt like it was my duty to push. Obv I got very lucky.
Still, this is the stuff that's been happening to me in big pots all throughout the year, so I don't feel too bad. It's definitely a hell of a way to kick off the month.
Full Tilt Poker Game #6660377128: Table Deerfoot - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:47:42 ET - 2008/06/02
Seat 1: gdshaffer ($254.95)
Seat 2: Lunatic Pandora ($228.20)
Seat 3: pepaw ($44.15)
Seat 4: utickle igiggle ($115.05)
Seat 5: meatyballz85 ($86.75)
Seat 6: AbsolutJager ($100)
Seat 7: Uber Esel ($101.50)
Seat 8: fritzcat1 ($70.20)
Seat 9: JAKS450 ($199.20)
Lunatic Pandora posts the small blind of $0.50
pepaw posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gdshaffer [Jh Jc]
utickle igiggle folds
meatyballz85 folds
AbsolutJager raises to $3
Uber Esel folds
fritzcat1 calls $3
JAKS450 has 15 seconds left to act
JAKS450 raises to $12
gdshaffer has 15 seconds left to act
gdshaffer calls $12
Lunatic Pandora folds
pepaw folds
AbsolutJager adds $3
AbsolutJager folds
fritzcat1 folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc Js Qd]
JAKS450 has 15 seconds left to act
JAKS450 bets $18
gdshaffer raises to $36
JAKS450 has 15 seconds left to act
JAKS450 raises to $96
gdshaffer has 15 seconds left to act
gdshaffer has requested TIME
gdshaffer raises to $242.95, and is all in
JAKS450 calls $91.20, and is all in
gdshaffer shows [Jh Jc]
JAKS450 shows [Kd Ah]
Uncalled bet of $55.75 returned to gdshaffer
*** TURN *** [Tc Js Qd] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Js Qd Jd] [7h]
gdshaffer shows four of a kind, Jacks
JAKS450 shows a straight, Ace high
gdshaffer wins the pot ($402.90) with four of a kind, Jacks
JAKS450 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $405.90 | Rake $3
Ouch. This opponent had run 9/4 over 100 hands or so which I felt like was a result of running cold and semi-tight play as his showdown hands had not been monsters. the cold-call preflop had a few purposes:
- If he had AK, he may cbet the flop but if I call he's likely to shut down and I can win the pot from position.
- If he has an overpair, the fact that we are so deep gives me very respectable setmining odds.
The flop was obviously scary. I've hit middle set, but because I felt like his range was basically QQ, KK, AA, and AK, I'm not in great shape. Maybe 46% equity against the range, and he's not stacking off with AA all the time here (I think he has real trouble laying down KK). Still, I just couldn't fold the set, and after he came over the top felt like it was my duty to push. Obv I got very lucky.
Still, this is the stuff that's been happening to me in big pots all throughout the year, so I don't feel too bad. It's definitely a hell of a way to kick off the month.
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