I'm cross posting this on the forums as well as my blog since its a hand that really had me going a few different ways. I don't know how thin my play is and its sort of bugging me.
We've been playing 3 handed for a while and just went four handed.
Info on Villian:
He is currently running at 31/24/2.7/WtSD 24%
He folds to CBets 30% of the time, he raises them 25% of the time.
When seeing the turn, he bets it 48% of the time and has a turn aggression of 2.8.
My current image here is 23/15/7.0/WtSD 18% over 50 hands at the table. Villian has been at the table the whole time with me.
Submitted by : lolgiraffe
Seat 1: Irrelevant $200 , is sitting out
Seat 2: Villian $436
Seat 3: Irrelevant $85.20
Seat 4: Donater $162.65
Seat 5: Irrelevant $614.30 , is sitting out
Seat 6: Hero $261.95
Hero posts the small blind of $1
Villian posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero
Irrelevant folds
Donater calls $2
Hero raises to $11
Villian calls $9
Donater calls $9
*** FLOP ***
Hero bets $26
Villian raises to $74
Donater folds
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $48
*** TURN ***
Hero checks
Villian has been disconnected
Villian has 15 seconds left to act
Villian has reconnected
Villian has 15 seconds left to act
Villian has requested TIME
Villian bets $127
Hero ..
What range of hands can I put him on? Aggressive pla<x>yers like this are rarely slow playing over pairs, so I take that out of his range. I think his calling range is fairly obvious from AJ down to J8. I think it fair to put 44 and 55 in his range as well. I won't give him credit for 78 or 23. His numbers tell me he is often double barreling and I know it isn't taking much for him to play position on me and raise the flop.
This one has me stumped. I've spoken with a few people so far about this hand. One line was to dump it to the turn bet. Bob through out there the idea of just jamming the flop since we know his range is so wide. The only problem with that (I felt) was that he is so aggressive and so likely to bet out the turn again if he had something like say J8 J9 he'd bet again when I checked and be willing to go with it once I jammed. Bob made a good point though that pla<x>yers like this are often likely to go with it from the flop anyways so you could make an arguement that there is little point to give them a free card.
I think that the fact we were 3 handed until one hand prior to this comes in consideration, as well as that we're only 4 handed now.
Save any responses in the lines of "I don't raie AJ from the blinds". I'm not asking for critique on my preflop play, I'm looking for insight post flop.
I've had a nice run on the cash tables, up and down for the past 4 months. During this time almost every session was atleast 12 hours for two months, and alot of long grueling sessions during the other two month span as well.
Got pretty burnt out after 300,000 hands, in which the last 50,000 I have to admit I've been playing on a mild form of tilt.
So, I'll be spending the next two weeks collecting my mind and patience, and plan to be restarting online poker around the second week of august.
Only 16k FPP's away from supernova, that'll be something I'll be eagerly awaiting.
Other than that, I'll be moving into a new house next week with an accomplished cash pla<x>yer in Pittsburgh. We'll be spending long sessions playing daily and make it to most of the good live games around the area.
Hey guys, So here is a small 30 min Video watch it in Windows media pla<x>yer (VLC sound wont work) ...But ya today was ok.. I feel I played pretty well..I still have leaks so please comment on Vid on any leaks you see.
FIRST OFF THIS IS THE BEST HAND IN THE HISTORY OF PLO CAUSE MAYZERG TOOK A HUGE BEAT AND I LOL'D REALLY HARD HAHAHA
Submitted by : lolgiraffe
Full Tilt Poker Game #3024450693: Table Belrose (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 12:42:23 ET - 2007/07/22
Seat 1: Str8 2 The B4Nk ($11.05)
Seat 2: RakesourceDotCo ($10.15)
Seat 3: MayZerG ($12.80)
Seat 4: aus_kev ($9.05)
Seat 5: Nickeleye9 ($39.45)
Seat 6: joshuaashtondzl ($12.50)
aus_kev posts the small blind of $0.05
Nickeleye9 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #3
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to joshuaashtondzl
joshuaashtondzl folds
Str8 2 The B4Nk raises to $0.35
RakesourceDotCo has 15 seconds left to act
RakesourceDotCo calls $0.35
MayZerG calls $0.35
aus_kev calls $0.30
Nickeleye9 calls $0.25
aus_kev checks
Nickeleye9 checks
Str8 2 The B4Nk has 15 seconds left to act
Str8 2 The B4Nk bets $0.85
RakesourceDotCo calls $0.85
MayZerG raises to $5.15
aus_kev raises to $8.70, and is all in
Nickeleye9 folds
Str8 2 The B4Nk has 15 seconds left to act
Str8 2 The B4Nk has requested TIME
Str8 2 The B4Nk: can't fold this hand
Str8 2 The B4Nk raises to $9.45
RakesourceDotCo has 15 seconds left to act
RakesourceDotCo calls $8.60
joshuaashtondzl : someone plz have TTJsQs
MayZerG has 15 seconds left to act
Nickeleye9: I'm thinking As10`10
joshuaashtondzl : nick expert analysis on the way this hand is playing out please
MayZerG raises to $12.45, and is all in
Str8 2 The B4Nk calls $1.25, and is all in
RakesourceDotCo calls $0.35, and is all in
MayZerG shows
aus_kev shows
Str8 2 The B4Nk shows
RakesourceDotCo shows
Uncalled bet of $1.75 returned to MayZerG
MayZerG shows a full house, Nines full of Kings
Str8 2 The B4Nk shows three of a kind, Kings
MayZerG wins side pot #2 ($1.80) with a full house, Nines full of Kings
RakesourceDotCo shows a pair of Kings
MayZerG wins side pot #1 ($3.30) with a full house, Nines full of Kings
aus_kev shows a full house, Kings full of Tens
aus_kev wins the main pot ($34.55) with a full house, Kings full of Tens
Str8 2 The B4Nk is sitting out
RakesourceDotCo is sitting out
Summary Total pot $41.65 Main pot $36.55. Side pot 1 $3.30. Side pot 2 $1.80. | Rake $2
Board:
Seat 1: Str8 2 The B4Nk showed and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: RakesourceDotCo showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: MayZerG (button) showed and won ($5.10) with a full house, Nines full of Kings
Seat 4: aus_kev (small blind) showed and won ($34.55) with a full house, Kings full of Tens
Seat 5: Nickeleye9 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: joshuaashtondzl didn't bet (folded)
YEAH BITCH
ANYWAYS I AM FINALLY UNBANNED IT WAS A BIG DEAL WHEN IT HAPPENED THOUGH IT HAPPENED LIKE A LONG TIME AGO
ME AND MEAT MADE GOOD I CANT POST IN CAPS ON FORUMS ANYMORE=( BUT I STILL CAN HAVE MY BLOG! HEXYESSSSS
RECENT THINGS:
3 WEEKS IN VEGAS FOR WSOP WAS GOOD
MET MANY NEW FRIENDS LIKE KET COSMO DAUT TOM ECHO KID WITH SHAGGY HAIR WHO PLAYS 2-4 WHO WASS RUNNING BAD LIKE ME BUT I CANT REMEMBER HIS NAME FROM HEVADS HOUSE=( BIGBOB MYTH LOTS OF NEW FRIENDS BADBEAT JACKPOT SHIPPPP
I MOVED UP TO 200NL I AM CRUSHING IT
SHIPPPPPPPPPPPP
MY BLOG ON CARDRUNNERS IS BLOWING UP LIKE WORLD TRADE
SORT OF SHIP =
OH AND IM DOWNLOADING THE CAST OF HTE PPV FOR AWESOME HEVAD KHAN SOUNDCLIPS!!!!
PS VEGAS WITH BRENDAN WAS AWESOME WE GOT ALONG SO WELL FOR THE 3 WEEKS DEF BRAGPOST
MMM THATS IT FOR NOW ALL I REALLY WANTED TO POST ABOUT WAS MAYZERGS BEAT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AMERICA FUK YA
ENGLAND SUCKS CAUSE AMERICA IS AWESOME
AMERICAAAAAAAAA
Switched to NL100 3 days ago or so. Played about 6k hands today, and I came back from being down 600~ to being up 200~ which feels nice. Had some slight tilt in the middle but I realized it in time and tightened up until I'd calmed down (and I think I won a 150+ bb pot, which probably helped).
Barely played at all this summer (played a lot for the first 2 weeks of june, then not at all until a week or so into July, moved up to NL100 with 2499.42 - stars wouldn't let me reach 2500, I was within 50$ sooooo many times) but it feels good to be back!
Graph of how I've done since moving back to Stars from UB (sometime in May)
Nothing terribly interesting, maybe I'll post some hands when I get up tomorrow, too sleepy/hungry right now
Just felt like I should use my blog for something other than bad beat whining!
I feel within the last 2-3 weeks my game has improved a ton. There are a bunch of little things i have realized and applied into my game to make me both tougher to play against and a much bigger winner. Most of the stuff are some little things i have picked up from watching snap and genius play and talking things over with them.
I'm really interested in grinding and taking more shots at bigger games. I was thinking about how ive done so far this year and here are what i think my results are in online cash games (not positive cause ive missed a ton of hands on PT):
-5k at 2/4 nl
+40k at 3/6 nl
+5k at 5/10 nl
+15k at 10/20 nl (somehow erased all of the debt and won some, have been killing this on ftp lately, on like a 45k upswing there)
+110k at 25/50
+5k at 50/100 nl
-30k at 200/400 nl (horrible shot gone wrong, splitting action 3 ways)
-10k in limit holdem
-50k in plo
+0k in mtt/sng combined
overall i estimate im up about 80k in online this year. obviously i could be up a lot more if i hadnt played plo, limit holdem or taken a shot.
The shot at 200/400 was the worst ive ever run short term. Snap, yellowsub and i saw an insanely good game going with noataima, stilltippin, juanda, a shorty and cts (who would be on our right) so we sat and proceeded to lose JJ v AQ, 88 v AQ, top pair+flushdraw vs top pair better kicker and KK v AA to lose 85k overall. I'm convinced that in the softer games i would be a huge winner and im really interested in running up my online br to like 800k and taking shots.
PLO i started off really hot then started running bad and getting run over. I think i was a bit too tight and made some mistakes here and there. After i really cement my NL game im going to pull a brian townsend and play 3/6 and 5/10 plo for like 40k hands until im really confident im killing it and then do the same at 10/20 and 25/50 before moving to higher stakes.
Limit hold em i watched one of schneids video and watched my roommate steve play day in and day out but it still hasnt clicked for me yet. i really feel as if ive been running bad in it and playing a style that should be winning but isnt optimal, but i am going to put this on hold also until i really feel great about my nl game and am beating the higher games.
online MTT im really disappointed in myself. i really feel as if there arent 15 better online mtt players than myself but i have the worst db of all time. Im down 31k in mtt on stars and im probably about even on ftp. I am going to work really hard on my mtt game in the next few months for the wcoop and to get my profits in the black. i think what ill try and do is really work on my abc tournament game and when i get my desktop working ill 4 table cash on one screen and 4 table mtt mindlessly on the other screen.
in live mtt this summer i feel as if i ran horribly and really performed almost up to the best of my ability at the time, but im positive that i can improve and force better results even through running bad. im going to do a lot of thinking on what happened in the tournaments this summer and ill probably read the read em and reap book by hellmuth and the cia guy on live reads to try and pick up everything and anything i can on that.
im going to restart my PT database from august 1 out and really spend a lot of time studying each day after i play. im so motivated to be one of the best after being in vegas the last 2 months and watching all the big games and watching genius play. he is the most impressive player ive ever played against, talked with and sweated and i really feel as if the things ive seen have had a huge impact on what i can become as a player.
had to vent all this out, have an interesting story from the bank to tell, ill post that in a couple days
I feel within the last 2-3 weeks my game has improved a ton. There are a bunch of little things i have realized and applied into my game to make me both tougher to play against and a much bigger winner. Most of the stuff are some little things i have picked up from watching snap and genius play and talking things over with them.
I'm really interested in grinding and taking more shots at bigger games. I was thinking about how ive done so far this year and here are what i think my results are in online cash games (not positive cause ive missed a ton of hands on PT):
-5k at 2/4 nl
+40k at 3/6 nl
+5k at 5/10 nl
+15k at 10/20 nl (somehow erased all of the debt and won some, have been killing this on ftp lately, on like a 45k upswing there)
+110k at 25/50
+5k at 50/100 nl
-30k at 200/400 nl (horrible shot gone wrong, splitting action 3 ways)
-10k in limit holdem
-50k in plo
+0k in mtt/sng combined
overall i estimate im up about 80k in online this year. obviously i could be up a lot more if i hadnt played plo, limit holdem or taken a shot.
The shot at 200/400 was the worst ive ever run short term. Snap, yellowsub and i saw an insanely good game going with noataima, stilltippin, juanda, a shorty and cts (who would be on our right) so we sat and proceeded to lose JJ v AQ, 88 v AQ, top pair+flushdraw vs top pair better kicker and KK v AA to lose 85k overall. I'm convinced that in the softer games i would be a huge winner and im really interested in running up my online br to like 800k and taking shots.
PLO i started off really hot then started running bad and getting run over. I think i was a bit too tight and made some mistakes here and there. After i really cement my NL game im going to pull a brian townsend and play 3/6 and 5/10 plo for like 40k hands until im really confident im killing it and then do the same at 10/20 and 25/50 before moving to higher stakes.
Limit hold em i watched one of schneids video and watched my roommate steve play day in and day out but it still hasnt clicked for me yet. i really feel as if ive been running bad in it and playing a style that should be winning but isnt optimal, but i am going to put this on hold also until i really feel great about my nl game and am beating the higher games.
online MTT im really disappointed in myself. i really feel as if there arent 15 better online mtt players than myself but i have the worst db of all time. Im down 31k in mtt on stars and im probably about even on ftp. I am going to work really hard on my mtt game in the next few months for the wcoop and to get my profits in the black. i think what ill try and do is really work on my abc tournament game and when i get my desktop working ill 4 table cash on one screen and 4 table mtt mindlessly on the other screen.
in live mtt this summer i feel as if i ran horribly and really performed almost up to the best of my ability at the time, but im positive that i can improve and force better results even through running bad. im going to do a lot of thinking on what happened in the tournaments this summer and ill probably read the read em and reap book by hellmuth and the cia guy on live reads to try and pick up everything and anything i can on that.
im going to restart my PT database from august 1 out and really spend a lot of time studying each day after i play. im so motivated to be one of the best after being in vegas the last 2 months and watching all the big games and watching genius play. he is the most impressive player ive ever played against, talked with and sweated and i really feel as if the things ive seen have had a huge impact on what i can become as a player.
had to vent all this out, have an interesting story from the bank to tell, ill post that in a couple days
So, I recently got Staked for $6000 and I am slowly trying to work my way up. As of now I am playing NL50 and NL100 before that I mainly played NL25 and NL50. So lets get started
My last two sessions have started with my playing well being up a buyin or so, and then hitting cooler after suckout after cooler. My brain isn't working now, so I'm gonna take a few days off to lick my wounds. The last 3 days erased the last week and a half of progress towards 50NL. BLAHHHHHHHH
edit: NOW IM JUST ON LIFE TILT. I STARTED PLAYING DOTA TO COOL OFF I GOT FIRST BLOOD AND GOT DISCONNECTED FUCKKKKKK AHHHHHH
One spot where I'm not sure if I shoulda folded QQ pf:
I raised over pot from BB after a few limps, UTG shortstack calls behind, UTG+1 full stack 3bets to 17BB. I decide to call for set value thinking the shortie will call/push (essentially same thing ba<x>sed on his stack) and he pushes (like 3/4 BB more than the raise) and UTG+1 shoves. I feel like his limp reraise then shove has to be KK/AA so I fold, but I dunno if this is correct.
Obv I woulda flopped the set and turned quads...UTG tables A7 UTG+1 tables JJ I puke.
2nd question for you guys:
Don't you think the true test of someone's opinion on something is to ask them to put money on it? I love it when I get in a dispute with someone and they are so staunchly opposed to me until I ask them to put money on it, and they inevitably fold (excuse the pun).
Congrats to Khan on his 1Mil cash even though we all know he would've loved to win.
Had a really competetive tournament day today, that started off slowly when I didn't cash in the first few for the day.
Then I got really deep in a $10 180 man SnG, but lost a key flip AT vs 66 with 15 to go that crippled me, and I soon departed afterwards. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/232673
After that finished I was really focusing on the 3R, and had built up a monster stack. I was sitting on 70k with 330/2500 people to go when my wireless unexpectedly goes out. 5 minutes pass, 20 minutes, and hour. Before I know it, its 3 hours later and I'm out of the tournament in 104th. I was in the top 20% in chips and playing my absoulte A game, no telling if I would have won it tonight.
So..that cash pretty much gets me back to even for the day, and we'll give it another go tomorrow.
I'm only doing 4-6 tournaments at a time now, instead of trying to cruise with 10-16 going. The quality of my hands has vastly improved, going to keep playing like this.
Pretty much the only thing that is going right these days, I finally made it to Supernova but boy am I running like shit.
For the first time in a long long time it affected me and I had some tilty hands. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/232508 lol must say it felt soooo good. fuckin guy the only hand i didnt put him on.
and that QQ call which i posted in hand discussion...
i swear i dont do it... often.
so here is a graph of 100nl so far and bit of 200nl
next stop 200k vpp.
picture above should work when u click on comments.
So I made today a tournament day in respect for our fellow LP'er Hevad Khan, and got well...Fucked all night.
I busted in every FT way before top 3, and to finish the night...well...here's how I went out in the $3rebuy. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/232119
me busting out of the $10 180 man SnG finishing fucking seventh...cardead the whole final table, this is the ONLY hand I picked up other than 55 which I burned 3x bb calling w/ two people in the pot to hit a set. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/232111
I could post 100,000 bad beats here, today was brutal..
I'm running like...fucking awful.
Today was the first day I felt like I wasn't tilting anymore when I got back on (from last Tuesdays session), but stars wouldn't take that.
First break - started off the tournament well when I hit a pair+open ender vs AK and doubled up, maintained my chipstack fairly well and finished at the first break @ 5k chips.
Now on a new table, starting the second break - Lost a ton of flips, managed to fight back, only to make a bad push in the SB behind two MP limpers with JQos for 15x bb...one of the EP limpers held AQs and called for his stack. AQ held for A high and I was knocked out.
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