T$ Experiment Day 1

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JoeDeertay United States. Aug 31 2007 19:52. Posts 1730

I went full force trying to earn the T$ to buy into the WCOOP today after I was done with my classes, and finished up $6.20 after playing 11 $2 100k satellites. I won 2, cashed for $6 in one, and lost the rest, but my ROI for the day is around 25%, which isn't bad at all. I would have played more but because my roommates want to pregame and I'm way behind in the tally for the week, I'm just going to quit while I'm ahead and try to catch up before we go downtown

I think I played well today but just ran into some bad luck in a lot of the tourneys I lost. I got my money in good most of the time but just couldn't win against 2 outers and donks 3betting hands like JT preflop. I posted a lot of my key hands in the tourneys today below with some commentary to help me evaluate (or explain, if need be) myself and help me improve for next time:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262422
I wasn't aggro enough after the turn in this hand and it cost me in the end, even if the result would have probably been the same anyway. He had been leading out the flop any time he paired and would always 2barrel if I flatted, so I let him bet again instead of raising the flop. I should have bet more on the turn and river, and probably should have folded the river to his all-in...but then again it WAS only a 70FPP satellite, so I thought he could still just have trips with that raise.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262427
I thought I had a good price to call against his range with better than 2.5-1 here, so I thought if I was going to call I might as well put him in for the last 725 preflop.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262432
Even though I have reasons for my play this is still a badly played hand. The table had been folding A LOT in this one and on that board I thought I could take it down on the turn. I didn't think anyone hit this board at all and that preside probably limped with a couple of high cards. Since he took a while to call my turn bet and because I didn't think this board hit his range and thought that maybe he was floating and planning to bluff me on the river. It was between that and slowplaying to induce another bluff with a boat, and when the river came I thought that he missed the high cards and that he might fold to another bet, but when he insta-pushed I didn't know where I should, so I decided to drop it and wait for the other little stacks to just get eliminated while I waited for a better spot. I also realized that even if he did float me he probably had a better hand anyway. Horribly played.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262438
I slowplayed this hand all the way for 2 reasons: to give myself a better price on every street if he has me beat, and to let him keep betting into me with something like JJ-KK. I thought a raise anywhere might scare him off of a lot of hands that I beat here.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262444
I don't really know why I insta-called here. I thought I probably had him dominated and if he had an underpair then I had a good price (although I didn't really think about the pot odds too much). He was being really tight too, which should have made me stop to think a bit more. I guess the poker gods made the 6 come to teach me a lesson.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262445
I probably should have just pushed pre here, but because he didn't reraise I thought I either had him beat or that he'd fold the flop, and if he did hit then I had a decent price on my push, at least against his total range of hits and misses.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262447
I probably shouldn't have even been in this hand, but I was mining for TP and got what I wanted, so I let him c-bet instead of folding off some hands that would pretty much put me in.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262453
I thought he would bet pretty much any 2 here the way I was folding a lot, and I also thought that he'd have to call with a lot of hands I'm still beating, so I value pushed bottom pair.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262454
I wasn't really comfortable at any point in this hand, but I had to bet here and just tried to give myself the best value I could on the turn, both if he called with a worse hand or pushed with a straight. Too bad I couldn't boat the river.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262456
I was betting for value the whole time here, because there are obv plenty of hands he might call with that I beat. The river made me feel even better about my hand, even if it did comeplete the backdoor flush.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262457
On this hand I thought that I had a decent price on the flop with the overcard, especially if s97 called, because I thought he could call a paired hand that didn't have an A kicker at that price. I obv had to call the turn, but just couldn't complete. Maybe I should have folded the flop, though.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262460
This one was for value if I had him beat, to discourage min-raising, and to help my image for later...kind of like early in a ring game. I failed to realize the fact that if I lost I'd be railing, however. I guess I was lucky not to be beat.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262461
Another hand that I wasn't very comfortable playing, but I though it'd be easier to bet then just check-calling without any real info. When he called the turn I thought I was probably behind, especially when the river paired the board.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262462
This guy had been pushing like every single hand, so I thought ~2.5-1 was a good price against his almost infinite range here. Even if he has an overpair I have on of the better unsuited hands to crack it.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262464
There are still a lot of hands that I'm beating here, so I feel this is an easy call.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262465
This hand just pissed me off...even though I didn't even play it. For some reason the internet at PSU has been fucking retarded, and this time it made me time out AA when I would have flopped the nuts in an action pot

Ugh bad beat my Penn State

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262467
Just called here to either double or bust again the wide donkish range of turbo pla<x>yers early in tourneys. Good thing it paid off.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262470
I probably should have just folded this pre, but he had been raising so many hands that I was just hoping I caught him with overs and would double the shortstack. I know it's bad, but I was in a gambling mood for a little bit today.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/262471
I slowplayed this flop because I was sure someone would bet at it...and surely enough, someone decides to push in a multiway pot with middle pair on an A-hi flop.

Now that I'm finally done writing this post I'm going to gulp this glass of Captain Morgan Tattoo rum I have here and go do a line of shots to catch up to my roommates before we leave (Mmmmm...it's like candayyyyyy

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Variance has a big brother named doomswitch. - edzwoo

MilZo France. Aug 31 2007 21:18. Posts 1333

you know about W$, right?

S1KLYF, this is the profession we chose

JoeDeertay United States. Aug 31 2007 23:22. Posts 1730

On August 31 2007 20:18 MilZo wrote:
you know about W$, right?

Yes I know about W$....but I;m too drunk to worry about them right now. I'll be back in the morning.

Variance has a big brother named doomswitch. - edzwoo