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T8Suited Canada. Jul 07 2007 05:51. Posts 1276

Tuesday night/Wednesday morning I was trying to play tight-agressive, but my true inside was still weak-tight. That led to me making bets, especially in reraised pots, that were too small yet those were bets that would make me pot committed no matter what happened on the river.

Such as these 2 hands:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224338 A bigger flop bet will make a turn AI 10 times easier
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224340 Same situation (thanks for all the comments already)

More disasters with big pairs:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224343 Just a bad beat
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224346 Another overpair got caught up on the flop and eventually outdrawn
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224345 Stupid Jack on the river cost me another $20

Lately I have been reading NL Theory and Practice by Sklansky and Miller. Somewhere they suggest that "open raising 6x with AK in late position make no sense. This hand can rarely win a big pot, but it might win a moderate amount if we run into hands like KT and A9. So why are we trying to get these to fold?"

And then I did this:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224339
Preflop was bad, I survived flop, but turn play was the final nail in my coffin. Opponent's flop lead set off alarm bells. But I mis-interpreted the turn check as a sign of weakness -- bye bye $32.

I did have a great time on one of my tables. I had the pleasure of milking 4+ BIs from Budambe (my only ATM of the day) before exacting some revenge on a regular:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224348 I was going to limp behind Budambe with anything semi-decent.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224349 Biggest pot of my life -- Nut flush vs smaller flush vs straight
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224350 Final nail in Budambe's coffin. Limping with my suited gapper allowed me to extract max value from opponent's postflop mistakes.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224351 Flopped set vs turned TPTK vs a regular. This was a satisfactory ending to an otherwise awful night.

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Last edit: 07/07/2007 05:52