weekly update #6
20 February 2008
11 Feb - 17 Feb:
269 hands (50nl)
$156.64
58.23 ptbb/100
2,352 hands (100nl)
$143.19
3.04 ptbb/100
Not too bad of a week considering I was sick early on and had to play massive amounts of hands over the weekend. I am glad I have laid out goals for myself though and I really think that this motivated me to get the hands in and not slack off. Baby steps...
The Good:
Hand 1
So lucky that I hit it big on the river, although I was pretty sure that the villain was on big overs on the turn and felt that my pair of 7's would be ahead a good portion of the time.
Hand 2
Caught a villain who at 2 of my tables tilting super hard after taking a bad beat on the other table. I don't think he overshoves this flop with AA or KK, so I think it was a pretty easy call here given the particulars of the situation.
Hand 3
Pretty standard hand here considering effective stacks were 125BB and I was quite sure a made set was getting paid off the majority of the time against this villain (looks like I was right).
Hand 4
Likely not the best call on the flop but figured a draw was a good portion of his range and would reevaluate the turn. Lucky for me it was the J and not the K. Best play is probably to fold this flop.
The Bad:
Hand 5
I really, really need to learn to respect paired boards more. Don't know what the correct line is here given the PF action, but I don't believe it to be what I took. Thoughts appreciated.
Hand 6
I can probably find a fold here, especially since villain is 14/12/2. What is he possibly flatcalling a 3bet with PF and check/raising with on this flop. I guess I'm ahead of AK or KQ, but that's about it in terms of possible chk/raise hands. Maybe I'm just over-analyzing...
Hand 7
Yeah this one was pretty much butchered. Either go with it on the turn or admit that your weak 2pr isn't good on the river and muck it. I think I'm much better off just pitching to this river bet; one day I'll learn.
The Ugly:
Hand 8
Absolutely one of the worst "bluffs" I've ever decided to run. I could make the excuse that I was on severe tilt at this point and had convinced myself that he "can't call without a monster here," but that's not an excuse at all (and certainly isn't even true). Fortunately for me, he did have a monster and pounded me into oblivion for my terrible decision-making process -- I will learn from this mistake.
Posted byM0NIKER at 11:03 AM
Hand 5: II think your line is fine. Given the turn check for pot control, you have to call this river. The only real debate players may have is whether or not you should go for pot control in the first place, but I like the line.
Hand 6: You have to go with this in a 3-bet pot, IMO. You are not 200 BBs deep or anything.
Hand 7: Fold this river. Tell me what he is minraising that turn with that you beat?
Hand 5.
Preflop:
This hand is very player dependent. His CO raise looks like he's trying to steal the pot when UTG and UTG+1 calls. Once you 3-bet him on the SB, he's gotta figure you for a big hand.
Once he calls, What do you put this guy on?
Flop:
I like the 3/4 pot bet and you'll probably take it down here alot of times. Once he calls, he either has Ax, Jx, flush draw or possibly floating.
Turn:
You check and he checks. If he had a big hand or was floating, he would usually bet on the turn to build the pot or take it down. Since he didn't, he's probably on a flush draw or has a mid pair looking for a cheap showdown.
River:
You check and he bets 1/2 pot. Now this is player dependent. How does this villain value bet hands on the river? Some like to pot, 1/2 pot or 3/4 pot. If unknown, I'll probably call because it's so dame weak. If I've seen him 1/2 pot with big hands on the river, i'll fold it because that bet looks like it wants to be called.
Hand 6.
Flop:
My instinct tells me to fold against this tight passive because this flop is so draw heavy. They seem to play top pair hands passively here and raise bigger hands.
Big c/r looks like a flop set (99-10) or at least top pair. Looks like he's scared of the flush killing his action. I could possibly find a fold against this guy but against a tag/lag or loose passive I'll just usually go with it knowing they do this a lot with draws and top pair hands.
Hand 7:
Preflop:
If you going to raise light UTG with Q9h, you should def be turning this hand into a bluff on the flop.
Flop:
I would bet this flop and try to rep the Ace. They probably think your UTG range is small and will give you respect when a A hits the flop.
Turn:
As played, I bet/call the mini r too with two pair.
River:
That shove looks really strong into 3 players. You think he does this with AK,AJ,910? That's about all you beat and is doing this with set's, str8, higher two pairs.
Does he really have the guts to shove bluff 3 way? This call is really player dependent and if there are no reads, i tend to give them respect and fold.
Hand8.
I admire your guts though. That was one sick bluff and it's just unfortunate that he flopped a monster.
What were your reads that made you bet/shove the turn?
#6 is a cooler, you could find a fold on #6 and #7. #8 is horrible, but you know that, and that "urgghhh" feeling is what motivates you to become a better player.