8 Aug – Poker

Yet another frustrating day. Within the first hour I was up 600$ and I was actually crushing pretty hard. I started playing some Trance music from Youtube and it helped me to focus quite well. Towards the later part I started running super bad, a lot of spots where I can’t really fold (like overpair vs set in 3bet pot). Looks like I have to work doubly hard with the grinding and my game.

Hands: 4492
Profit: $4.50
Time: 4 hours
Stakes: NL100/50 6 tables of SH Zoom

I feel that many of my opponents are just misplaying so many spots that it’s completely ridiculous for me to lose :S

1) I was a little frustrated with this hand. I don’t have much info on villain. Maybe I should just c/r right away and hope for the best since I have no idea about his barreling tendencies. The Turn sucks ass for me so I think my best option is to pot Turn and River to go for max value from KX and not let KX pot control. I wouldn’t be sure how to react to a raise though, since he could very easily overplay a small flush. Probably not folding at any point. Maybe as played I could c/r a little smaller to 53 and fold to the all in (a boat is never shoving)

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848613

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BTN: $111.46

SB: $163.70

Hero (BB): $272.26

UTG: $117.01

MP: $48.24

CO: $153.17

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A 3

3 folds, BTN raises to $2.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($5.50) 4 K 8 (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $3.93, Hero calls $3.93

Turn: ($13.36) K (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $8.00, Hero calls $8

River: ($29.36) 2 (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $21.03, Hero raises to $60, BTN raises to $97.03, Hero calls $37.03

Final Pot: $223.42

BTN shows K 4

Hero shows A 3

BTN wins $220.62

(Rake: $2.80)

2) This was vs some fish. I was actually quite afraid when he first shipped but decided that the board was so low and that this guy is a one-tabling recreational player. Wouldn’t be out of the question for him to take this stupid line to protect his hand.

Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848614

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BTN: $58.08

Hero (SB): $190.68

BB: $105.63

UTG: $101.31

MP: $83.91

CO: $140.56

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with A A

2 folds, CO raises to $1.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $7.25, 1 fold, CO calls $5.75

Flop: ($15.00) 3 5 3 (2 players)

Hero bets $8.75, CO calls $8.75

Turn: ($32.50) 2 (2 players)

Hero bets $23.50, CO raises to $124.56, Hero calls $101.06

River: ($281.62) 9 (2 players)

Final Pot: $281.62

Hero shows A A

CO shows 9 9

CO wins $279.12

(Rake: $2.50)

3) This is another hand vs a fish. Perhaps I should have sized it even larger on the Flop and then just shoved the Turn.

Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848615

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BTN: $71.46

SB: $51.44

BB: $50.00

UTG: $180.41

Hero (MP): $50.00

CO: $52.23

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is MP with 3 A

UTG raises to $1, Hero raises to $4, 4 folds, UTG calls $3

Flop: ($8.75) 8 7 J (2 players)

UTG bets $2.50, Hero raises to $10, UTG calls $7.50

Turn: ($28.75) 7 (2 players)

UTG checks, Hero bets $36.00, UTG calls $36

River: ($100.75) 5 (2 players)

Final Pot: $100.75

UTG shows 5 7

Hero shows 3 A

UTG wins $98.25

(Rake: $2.50)

4) This guy was a tight reg. I have no idea why he chooses to overplay his hand in this manner. Firstly I would fold AA-QQ very often vs this guy’s turn raise (cos these guys rarely do it without 2p+). Maybe he turns it into a bluff? But it seems such a stupid play to turn AJ into a bluff when he could pick many worse hands to do it with (AJ is close to the top of his range). On the River I don’t get why he’s shoving since I’m always folding KK/QQ (if i somehow did not bet/fold the Turn) and I would never fold AA/KQ and i would always fold my busted flush draws.

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848616

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BTN: $222.60

SB: $98.77

BB: $100.00

Hero (UTG): $150.85

MP: $38.77

CO: $132.66

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with K Q

Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, CO calls $3, 3 folds

Flop: ($7.50) J T 2 (2 players)

Hero bets $5.01, CO calls $5.01

Turn: ($17.52) 5 (2 players)

Hero bets $14.00, CO raises to $29, Hero calls $15

River: ($75.52) A (2 players)

Hero checks, CO bets $95.65, Hero calls $95.65

Final Pot: $266.82

Hero shows K Q

CO shows A J

Hero wins $264.02

(Rake: $2.80)

5) This was pretty funny. Don’t get why these guys like to play like that.

Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848617

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BTN: $56.65

SB: $92.58

BB: $116.12

Hero (UTG): $258.38

MP: $65.86

CO: $40.41

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with A A

Hero raises to $1.50, 4 folds, BB raises to $5.50, Hero raises to $16, BB calls $10.50

Flop: ($32.25) K T 5 (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets $23.00, BB raises to $100.12, Hero calls $77.12

Turn: ($232.49) 6 (2 players)

River: ($232.49) 3 (2 players)

Final Pot: $232.49

BB shows J J

Hero shows A A

Hero wins $229.99

(Rake: $2.50)

6) This guy squeezes a lot. Him flatting the 4bet with KJo is very bad IMO. Flop hits villain’s range hard and I want to pot control anyway so I check and delay my 2barrels.

Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848618

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BTN: $24.25

SB: $48.75

BB: $73.05

Hero (UTG): $96.25

MP: $54.22

CO: $106.71

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with Q K

Hero raises to $1.50, MP calls $1.50, CO raises to $4.25, 3 folds, Hero raises to $11.11, 1 fold, CO calls $6.86

Flop: ($24.47) J 6 Q (2 players)

Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($24.47) 4 (2 players)

Hero bets $15.00, CO calls $15

River: ($54.47) 7 (2 players)

Hero bets $40.00, CO calls $40

Final Pot: $134.47

Hero shows Q K

CO mucks K J

Hero wins $131.97

(Rake: $2.50)

7) Don’t know what this guy is thinking too, I can easily be valuebetting AQ for 3 streets.

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848619

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BTN: $62.07

SB: $100.00

Hero (BB): $220.85

UTG: $104.00

MP: $103.23

CO: $440.41

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 7 4

3 folds, BTN raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $6.78, BTN calls $4.78

Flop: ($14.06) 4 Q 5 (2 players)

Hero bets $6.71, BTN calls $6.71

Turn: ($27.48) 7 (2 players)

Hero bets $15.50, BTN calls $15.50

River: ($58.48) 8 (2 players)

Hero bets $191.86, BTN calls $33.08 all in

Final Pot: $124.64

BTN shows J J

Hero shows 7 4

Hero wins $121.84

(Rake: $-155.98)

8) BU was full of it and my squeeze looks really strong when there’s a cold caller in the blinds. The SB recreational player surprises me with an all-in (which could easily be any midpair hoping to dodge a high card Flop) so I was never going to fold.

Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 1848620

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BTN: $55.71

SB: $52.57

BB: $50.75

UTG: $129.33

MP: $67.06

Hero (CO): $51.15

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with Q J

2 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, BTN raises to $4.50, SB calls $4.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $13.55, 1 fold, SB calls $9.05

Flop: ($32.10) 2 J 3 (2 players)

SB bets $39.02, Hero calls $37.60 all in

Turn: ($107.30) 9 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($107.30) A (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $107.30

SB shows 6 3

Hero shows Q J

Hero wins $104.80

(Rake: $1.08)

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