just played a fun hand:
i thought he knew i looked weak and might have QQ KK or something so he overshoved. funky AK line pays off
apart from that ran 2 buyins under ev and finished down $70 in 1.5k hands. classic rush
*did a 15min session b4 i went out. won it all back yehaw*
Tilt: $5460 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$6044
Live: NZ$830
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
michas farewell game
once again my memory is hazey. like i could remember every hand if someone brought it up but i cant remember many to write about. i played kinda snug, but not tight as luke would say. tryed to pick my bluff spots better and not play too much junk.
i lost $100 in like 30mins at the start. i cant remember how. i think i 3bet AK in one and gave up after a cbet or got raised. oh i lost a descent one to micha. i 3bet his buton open from bb with AQ. he 4bet and i called cause the stacks were an awkward size. planned to hit the flop or go for a bluff. J24 or something and he cbet $20. i called thinking ill look strong and he will give up + i prob have best hand. turn he bets quite big basically all in. i was so sure he was full of shit but could have been bluffing even though he hit a tiny pair or something. i folded and said i have TT. he showed the air bluff of course :(
i stacked tim twice. on i raise utg w 99 and call his smallish 3bet. hit a set on 89J flush draw board and shove 80 more over his 20cbet to look like a draw. he called with KK. ppl discussed but i dont like the call. at best he is flipping with my shoving range (pair + straight or flush draw type hands) or crushed by 2 pair or sets.
soon after he is tilting quite obviously. raise and 4 callers and i bump it up big with AA in bb. tim calls from sb and check shoves a Qxx flop and i snap obviously and he has 88.
i did some descent bluffs but nothing *huge*. mostley against micha cause he was in every hand. me and luke got in no big hands, i did value bet him alot and dont think i bluffed him once cause he always calls me haha. o i actually did the best bluff, first 5bet bluff of the homegame. i had mentioned it and wanted to whip it out cause im the only person i seen 4bet bluff too (apart from micha tonight)so i must get action if i get a big pair some time soon. anyway. i raise utg with 89o, liam 3bets and micha calls. liam plays *tight* in comparison to the rest of the table but still his 3bet range is huge so im not worried about him at all. luke 4bets from sb and i think he is thinking the same way as me and going for an easy resteal (4bets still get respect haha unlike 3bets). so i think this is a great 5bet spot cause i can have a nice hand utg obviously. i bet $55. its perfect spot because im only risking $55 and if luke wants to play its for stacks (both $300 deep). furthermore he cant reasonably continue without AA or KK. he turns out to have a hand in JJ but has to fold.
i hit 2 more sets but it was against the biggest nit (amon). first i call his 3bets cutoff v button and flopped with TT on JTx. i think this missed him and he wont cbet cause it hits me so well so i donk out to induce some kind of spaz play. but he folds cause he never bluffs haha. then i flopped another one in the same situation but micha is in too. JTx and i have JJ. i check it back to him and he checks too. JTx9 so i have to bet so i just pot it, amon calls. blank river and same again...i pot it and he calls with AA. i kinda like how he played it. most others would stack off to me. he misses alot of value verse alot of my range though. amon is the pro but he never wins cause he is too nitty and misses alot of value and thinks ppl are bluffing him and makes some marginal river calls.
one interesting hand was i had TT in bb and call lukes open along with tim. 854 flop and i check to luke so he can try steal as he does on these flops. tim calls him so i repop it thinking im ahead of luke most likely but he will call me cause i look bluffy stealing tims weak call. luke calls and tim re-raises. this is a really weird move and i think he must have flopped a straight or set. would be the worst bluff cause most ppl in my spot would call i think. what did u think at the time luke?
i liked two of lukes hands very much. 3 streets of value with KT vs micha on a very coordinated low board. then fired flop and turn only to check raise river with 72 was mint.
as usual i start of the blog with no ideas and manage to write a bunch. up $190 for the night.
guna start playing some more after work, the thing i love about rush is its just sit down and go. no mucking around setting up tables. to get 8 good tables going can take me an hour usually. not worth it unless im going for a big session. hopefully i can keep winning at rush though lol. wana start pushing that br up!
Tilt: $5472 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$6056
Live: NZ$830
i lost $100 in like 30mins at the start. i cant remember how. i think i 3bet AK in one and gave up after a cbet or got raised. oh i lost a descent one to micha. i 3bet his buton open from bb with AQ. he 4bet and i called cause the stacks were an awkward size. planned to hit the flop or go for a bluff. J24 or something and he cbet $20. i called thinking ill look strong and he will give up + i prob have best hand. turn he bets quite big basically all in. i was so sure he was full of shit but could have been bluffing even though he hit a tiny pair or something. i folded and said i have TT. he showed the air bluff of course :(
i stacked tim twice. on i raise utg w 99 and call his smallish 3bet. hit a set on 89J flush draw board and shove 80 more over his 20cbet to look like a draw. he called with KK. ppl discussed but i dont like the call. at best he is flipping with my shoving range (pair + straight or flush draw type hands) or crushed by 2 pair or sets.
soon after he is tilting quite obviously. raise and 4 callers and i bump it up big with AA in bb. tim calls from sb and check shoves a Qxx flop and i snap obviously and he has 88.
i did some descent bluffs but nothing *huge*. mostley against micha cause he was in every hand. me and luke got in no big hands, i did value bet him alot and dont think i bluffed him once cause he always calls me haha. o i actually did the best bluff, first 5bet bluff of the homegame. i had mentioned it and wanted to whip it out cause im the only person i seen 4bet bluff too (apart from micha tonight)so i must get action if i get a big pair some time soon. anyway. i raise utg with 89o, liam 3bets and micha calls. liam plays *tight* in comparison to the rest of the table but still his 3bet range is huge so im not worried about him at all. luke 4bets from sb and i think he is thinking the same way as me and going for an easy resteal (4bets still get respect haha unlike 3bets). so i think this is a great 5bet spot cause i can have a nice hand utg obviously. i bet $55. its perfect spot because im only risking $55 and if luke wants to play its for stacks (both $300 deep). furthermore he cant reasonably continue without AA or KK. he turns out to have a hand in JJ but has to fold.
i hit 2 more sets but it was against the biggest nit (amon). first i call his 3bets cutoff v button and flopped with TT on JTx. i think this missed him and he wont cbet cause it hits me so well so i donk out to induce some kind of spaz play. but he folds cause he never bluffs haha. then i flopped another one in the same situation but micha is in too. JTx and i have JJ. i check it back to him and he checks too. JTx9 so i have to bet so i just pot it, amon calls. blank river and same again...i pot it and he calls with AA. i kinda like how he played it. most others would stack off to me. he misses alot of value verse alot of my range though. amon is the pro but he never wins cause he is too nitty and misses alot of value and thinks ppl are bluffing him and makes some marginal river calls.
one interesting hand was i had TT in bb and call lukes open along with tim. 854 flop and i check to luke so he can try steal as he does on these flops. tim calls him so i repop it thinking im ahead of luke most likely but he will call me cause i look bluffy stealing tims weak call. luke calls and tim re-raises. this is a really weird move and i think he must have flopped a straight or set. would be the worst bluff cause most ppl in my spot would call i think. what did u think at the time luke?
i liked two of lukes hands very much. 3 streets of value with KT vs micha on a very coordinated low board. then fired flop and turn only to check raise river with 72 was mint.
as usual i start of the blog with no ideas and manage to write a bunch. up $190 for the night.
guna start playing some more after work, the thing i love about rush is its just sit down and go. no mucking around setting up tables. to get 8 good tables going can take me an hour usually. not worth it unless im going for a big session. hopefully i can keep winning at rush though lol. wana start pushing that br up!
Tilt: $5472 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$6056
Live: NZ$830
Saturday, April 24, 2010
yay rush and 6k BR
my main monitor broke so im playing on a tiny piece of shit, which means i cant multi table :( so the best idea is obviously to play rush poker!!! one sweet update since i last played is that my HUD now works in rush. played 5k hands and booked a winning session wohoo
had one awesome hand:
then i played this hand so bad. i was in a big hand on another table at the time. this has to be the easiest fold in the world as far as having top set goes:
i didnt notice the guy donk, call cause i was distracted. its a draw every time multiway!!! i just decided the shorty had the straight and shipped it like an idiot. call then fold to reraise is the play....
summary of the day is that rush poker seemed beatable with a hud. will put in more hands cause i love rush :)
i havent blogged about the home game last week. was some fishy players but i kept missing flops and probly got tilted. well definately got tilted when micha pulled a super play on me.
small raise utg and a call and micha 3bets to $10. i know he is stealing probly so i 4bet to $35 with position on him. he just calls which is weird and i put him on med pair type hand JJ TT 99 or something. flop was J55 with a flush draw so i check behind cause he isnt folding any of those hands. turn brings J55A with the flush. i check behind again and am going to bet the river. i mean this is how id play AK, we both had $300 or so so are super deep and i would hate to bet and get raised if i had a hand. my mistake is it looks weak to an opposing player to not bet the A so i should just do it if i intend to bluff. my thoughts alway are it will look stronger if i dont bet then bet river cause if i was going to bluff i would have done it at the obvious time. i think this is thinking into it too much for our homegame... anyway river brings last heart to give a 4flush board J55A3, he checks again and i bet $45 into $80. i think i can rep any heart like AK with king of hearts or more importantly if i was 4betting light just any heart in my hand. micha made a nice call with KJ though and i was super shocked. i loved this hand though cause its like a light went off in my head and i realised i have to think on another level verse some of the players here. its annoying micha is leaving soon i like playing him. furhtermore if i hadnt 4bet luke greg and fez were getting it all in with straight flush VS nut flush VS full house which would have been epic!
another big hand and i misplayed it pretty bad. i have Qx suited and i open in position. tim calls in bb. flop is Kxx with my flush draw. it goes tim donk, i raise, he reraises $10 to $30. i just call cause i guess he isnt folding much. turn brings KxxQ and i shovwe over his $40 bet cause it looked weak to me. so i bet like $40 to $120 . i was hoping he just had a strong top pair and would fold, but looking back tim wouldnt have played a top pair that hard most likely. he has K2 for 2pair and it holds.
then i shoved about 10 times and finally busted $300 haha.
earned $6 in rakeback last week. man im getting lazy...
Tilt: $5472 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$6056
Live: NZ$640
had one awesome hand:
then i played this hand so bad. i was in a big hand on another table at the time. this has to be the easiest fold in the world as far as having top set goes:
i didnt notice the guy donk, call cause i was distracted. its a draw every time multiway!!! i just decided the shorty had the straight and shipped it like an idiot. call then fold to reraise is the play....
summary of the day is that rush poker seemed beatable with a hud. will put in more hands cause i love rush :)
i havent blogged about the home game last week. was some fishy players but i kept missing flops and probly got tilted. well definately got tilted when micha pulled a super play on me.
small raise utg and a call and micha 3bets to $10. i know he is stealing probly so i 4bet to $35 with position on him. he just calls which is weird and i put him on med pair type hand JJ TT 99 or something. flop was J55 with a flush draw so i check behind cause he isnt folding any of those hands. turn brings J55A with the flush. i check behind again and am going to bet the river. i mean this is how id play AK, we both had $300 or so so are super deep and i would hate to bet and get raised if i had a hand. my mistake is it looks weak to an opposing player to not bet the A so i should just do it if i intend to bluff. my thoughts alway are it will look stronger if i dont bet then bet river cause if i was going to bluff i would have done it at the obvious time. i think this is thinking into it too much for our homegame... anyway river brings last heart to give a 4flush board J55A3, he checks again and i bet $45 into $80. i think i can rep any heart like AK with king of hearts or more importantly if i was 4betting light just any heart in my hand. micha made a nice call with KJ though and i was super shocked. i loved this hand though cause its like a light went off in my head and i realised i have to think on another level verse some of the players here. its annoying micha is leaving soon i like playing him. furhtermore if i hadnt 4bet luke greg and fez were getting it all in with straight flush VS nut flush VS full house which would have been epic!
another big hand and i misplayed it pretty bad. i have Qx suited and i open in position. tim calls in bb. flop is Kxx with my flush draw. it goes tim donk, i raise, he reraises $10 to $30. i just call cause i guess he isnt folding much. turn brings KxxQ and i shovwe over his $40 bet cause it looked weak to me. so i bet like $40 to $120 . i was hoping he just had a strong top pair and would fold, but looking back tim wouldnt have played a top pair that hard most likely. he has K2 for 2pair and it holds.
then i shoved about 10 times and finally busted $300 haha.
earned $6 in rakeback last week. man im getting lazy...
Tilt: $5472 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$6056
Live: NZ$640
Friday, April 16, 2010
casino report
played good last night but was rediculously card dead and only got one big pair (JJ) all night which was cracked of course. missed every flop blah blah whine whine. only ended the night down 100 cause i did some sweet moves.
first bog pot i had JJ and repopped some limpers. 2 fish call and flop is all low. some guy leads weak and other fish calls, i reraise to like 50. 2nd fish calls. turn beings in a gutshot draw and checking behind was prob best but i only have like 80 left in a big pot so i shove the rest but he hit the straight...
same guy and i repop him with TT few hands later. Q99 and i c-bet cause he will call with overs, gutties flush draw etc. turn is a Q99Q so i check behind for pot control as not much worse is calling now. river Q99Q9 he checks so i bet 3/4pot and he calls hoping to split hehe
soon i have KQ and i repop the guy AGAIN. some maori dude calls me in position and me and him tyake it heads up. 557 flop and i cbet he insta calls. 557J i bet again cause i have a rediculously tight image and he was "OK" player. he pretty much insta calls again. i think he has a draw or pair like 88 99. if he had a 5 id expect a raise by now cause im repping a likely big hand. river brings an Ace (557JA). i think for a little and shove it. i think this is the perfect bluff card, ppl are so scared of an Ace. he instantly startes counting his chips and goes to throw them in but he is looking for a tell lol. tanks for AGES and mucks. whew
not long after that i open 77 and get 2 callers, both tight internet looks guys (young and fat with headphones). QQ4 and i cbet just looking to take it down or have the best hand. internet guy in position raises me 2.5X my bet. i dont think he would raise with a Q on such a dry board in position so i shove. he calls with a flush draw but i hold.
finish down $100. could have been worse. table was soft. one hand went utg raise, utg+1 3bet, cutoff cold 4bet, then a guy on the button tanks cold calls JTs. he sees a flop with the 4better and hits top 2 verse his Aces haha. the guy asks why would u call and no shit he said "i had to, look they are even suited"
really wanted to go back in tonight but am going to be busy. my second monitor broke so i cant get on the grind :( ill come in sunday to rail luke hopefully and play a bit. go luke!
Tilt: $5410 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5994
Live: NZ$940
first bog pot i had JJ and repopped some limpers. 2 fish call and flop is all low. some guy leads weak and other fish calls, i reraise to like 50. 2nd fish calls. turn beings in a gutshot draw and checking behind was prob best but i only have like 80 left in a big pot so i shove the rest but he hit the straight...
same guy and i repop him with TT few hands later. Q99 and i c-bet cause he will call with overs, gutties flush draw etc. turn is a Q99Q so i check behind for pot control as not much worse is calling now. river Q99Q9 he checks so i bet 3/4pot and he calls hoping to split hehe
soon i have KQ and i repop the guy AGAIN. some maori dude calls me in position and me and him tyake it heads up. 557 flop and i cbet he insta calls. 557J i bet again cause i have a rediculously tight image and he was "OK" player. he pretty much insta calls again. i think he has a draw or pair like 88 99. if he had a 5 id expect a raise by now cause im repping a likely big hand. river brings an Ace (557JA). i think for a little and shove it. i think this is the perfect bluff card, ppl are so scared of an Ace. he instantly startes counting his chips and goes to throw them in but he is looking for a tell lol. tanks for AGES and mucks. whew
not long after that i open 77 and get 2 callers, both tight internet looks guys (young and fat with headphones). QQ4 and i cbet just looking to take it down or have the best hand. internet guy in position raises me 2.5X my bet. i dont think he would raise with a Q on such a dry board in position so i shove. he calls with a flush draw but i hold.
finish down $100. could have been worse. table was soft. one hand went utg raise, utg+1 3bet, cutoff cold 4bet, then a guy on the button tanks cold calls JTs. he sees a flop with the 4better and hits top 2 verse his Aces haha. the guy asks why would u call and no shit he said "i had to, look they are even suited"
really wanted to go back in tonight but am going to be busy. my second monitor broke so i cant get on the grind :( ill come in sunday to rail luke hopefully and play a bit. go luke!
Tilt: $5410 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5994
Live: NZ$940
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
good game last night
another homegame. 7 handed most of the night. i decided to play a bit less loose tonight and try to win. also do some odd moves so i can be less predictable. it worked good, pretty much cause i hit some sweet hands. another thing is i was guna open for less money every hand cause i had been openeing for $2 - $2.50 which wasnt working out good with the crap i was playing cause i love calling 3bets. luke also had the same strat tonight and it made it hard to 3bet him kinda. i like this strat although luke took it to the extreme with constant min raising lol.
first hand of the night and like last week i double up. 3 handed with me luke and tim. i open button and both call obviously. low flop and i have a flush draw and two overs. i think my hand is so strong i chose to check behind and play it tricky. bam turn brings my flush and completes tims straight. we get it in cause there is like no way i have a flush here after i dont cbet in position. worked out rediculously lucky for me.
another big hand happened soon and this was my favourite cause i stacked luke. AJs and i raise button and he calls. he donks out Jxx flop and i have top pair top kicker and nut flush. i just call cause he is most likely bluffing and will prob rep the flush if it comes. he could have a straight draw but i have that cruched really. plus if the flush comes i can get paid off like last time. he bets big on another low card and i call again. river brings 4 to a straight and my flush and he bets again and i shove the rest in and he calls. tehehe
stack tim again. i have 55 and am only caller from the bb. AJ5 with a flush draw and i check raise $3 to $13. he calls. AJ5J and i bet out kinda weak cause i think this card would not have helped tim. he shoves alot more and i insta call. he has KK??? said he put me on an A. ship it
i also 3 barraled luke on a K high board with AK, near pot each street and i bet fast to look bluffy. he looked me up with what i assume was a terrible hand from his expression after the hand haha.
only big pot i lost was to a fishy guy who hit a set verse my 2pair. bit of a cooler.
$180 up for the night. luke finished down a heap. sam lost money but was up in ev after tim called his all in and hit a 3 outter. owch. time was down like $200 but made a late comback to be even i think. good ol dev donated some stacks to the table. sams mate bluffed $100 or more into tim who had a boat. i think it was a really bad bluff lol but he was on tilt for some reason. he 3bet, then 3 barreled xJTTx when all the draws missed on the river. when tim called the turn i was sure he had JJ, turns out he had JT but close enough. tim played it good. a new guy also finished up $200 or so after he hit the set verse me and flopped a flush verse Dev.
in online news i only played like 2 hours last weekend, but made $200. i quit when my AA got sucked out on verse QQ all in pf. for some reason it really pissed me off cause it was verse this dipshit reg so i just decided to stop for the day then played golf all sunday. br is lookin goooooood...
blue line includes all bonuses and accurate rakeback. finally owning NL100 6.5bb/100 over the last 30k hands :)
Tilt: $5400 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5984
Live: NZ$1040
first hand of the night and like last week i double up. 3 handed with me luke and tim. i open button and both call obviously. low flop and i have a flush draw and two overs. i think my hand is so strong i chose to check behind and play it tricky. bam turn brings my flush and completes tims straight. we get it in cause there is like no way i have a flush here after i dont cbet in position. worked out rediculously lucky for me.
another big hand happened soon and this was my favourite cause i stacked luke. AJs and i raise button and he calls. he donks out Jxx flop and i have top pair top kicker and nut flush. i just call cause he is most likely bluffing and will prob rep the flush if it comes. he could have a straight draw but i have that cruched really. plus if the flush comes i can get paid off like last time. he bets big on another low card and i call again. river brings 4 to a straight and my flush and he bets again and i shove the rest in and he calls. tehehe
stack tim again. i have 55 and am only caller from the bb. AJ5 with a flush draw and i check raise $3 to $13. he calls. AJ5J and i bet out kinda weak cause i think this card would not have helped tim. he shoves alot more and i insta call. he has KK??? said he put me on an A. ship it
i also 3 barraled luke on a K high board with AK, near pot each street and i bet fast to look bluffy. he looked me up with what i assume was a terrible hand from his expression after the hand haha.
only big pot i lost was to a fishy guy who hit a set verse my 2pair. bit of a cooler.
$180 up for the night. luke finished down a heap. sam lost money but was up in ev after tim called his all in and hit a 3 outter. owch. time was down like $200 but made a late comback to be even i think. good ol dev donated some stacks to the table. sams mate bluffed $100 or more into tim who had a boat. i think it was a really bad bluff lol but he was on tilt for some reason. he 3bet, then 3 barreled xJTTx when all the draws missed on the river. when tim called the turn i was sure he had JJ, turns out he had JT but close enough. tim played it good. a new guy also finished up $200 or so after he hit the set verse me and flopped a flush verse Dev.
in online news i only played like 2 hours last weekend, but made $200. i quit when my AA got sucked out on verse QQ all in pf. for some reason it really pissed me off cause it was verse this dipshit reg so i just decided to stop for the day then played golf all sunday. br is lookin goooooood...
blue line includes all bonuses and accurate rakeback. finally owning NL100 6.5bb/100 over the last 30k hands :)
Tilt: $5400 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5984
Live: NZ$1040
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Small home game
another home game. was played mostly 5 handed which was awesome. i lost $140 which wasnt awesome haha. my memory is fairley crap but here is what i remember.
first hand and i suck out on luke which rocked. i had KTs and he 3bet me and we r 3 handed, im in sb i guess cause i was oop. i call and flop is a dry king high. im like its the first hand so im going with this one, even if i lose it will be hillarious. so i shove turn cause luke bet and left me with like $20 and to be honest i thought i was behind but i was really badly crushed when he flipped his better kicker and flush draw, but o well suckout!
then i had my favourite hand verse big red. he raised and it was 4way to the flop, i completed $1 in the bb with T2s. flop is like 259 or something raggy and i have a pair and flush draw. big red c-bets and i raise of course. he insta raises me but its pretty small. such a huge tell when he insta raises i seen him do i several times so im really happy to shove my $100. he calls pretty quick cause im sure it looked like im on a draw but flips the 72 so i have him crushed big time. even if he thinks im on a draw at best he is 50% verse my overs and flush so i really dont like this call lol. big red doesnt like me playing back at him though thats for sure.
i have a huge stack but get way too loose, like calling with nothing to try bluff the turn when its probly not a good idea and stuff. and i probly value bet too thin cause i hat checking behind to win the pot and eneded up value owning myself several times. i lost a lame pot to luke where he bluffed me good, i have 98 and we are on a flop of 356 rainbow. luke cbets and i rase his $7 to $20. everyone thought this was really small for some reason but its basically 3X. i duno y but i was just convinced he was really weak. he calls and i pick up a flush draw on the turn and bet $30, he shoves pretty quick from heaps more. any pair and i would of insta called but i had 9 high ffs. i counted my outs and included my overs as being good lol but he had shoved so much it was a borderline call and i didnt want to look like a fool if his J high or something scoops a brick river. so i fold sigh
lost $100 to tim. hit 2 pair on a 3flush board and he reraised so i shoved, marginal play but i dont wana just call so it was fold or shove. maybe if i thought about it more i could have found a fold but its so hard to flop a flush and i wanted to gamble. tim could do this with a pair of Aces with the A of diamonds or straight up bluff.
i got JJ oop verse tim and just called in the sb. he cbets Qxx and i call. A on the turn and he bets big. i think he bluffs here alot but could also have a weak A or Q whiich he would bet anyway 'to take it down' as they say. so i think i can rep a huge hand and just turn my JJ into a bluff and he mucks pretty quick. the only monster he can likely have is AQ. maybe AK it would be a tough call even then. plus its a live home game, no one gets good hands.
actually my most exciting hand was one which never happened! i have 33 on the button and time raises lukes limp to $3. i dont wana set mine for $3 cause he probly has a shit hand, so i go for the easy 3bet to take it down no contest. bloody sam folds AQ in the bb and tim folds AJ. and i do something i never do. i look at what the flop was. god dam i hit my set on an A high flop, turn brings trip A for both players! would have got in verse tim on the turn guaranteed and maybe sam. then sam would have sucked out with a Q on the river. man that hand would have been epic.
um wat else, i bluffed tim off top pair. i had 8T and cbet an A8x flop in position, he reraises and i re-reraise him. he does this with weak A all the time for some reason. then wen u fold he shows and says I PUT U ON QQ. its the weirdest thing but anyway he folds his A rag. another thing about tim. if i had just called behind and tryed to bluff turn or something he would call cause he just thinks it looks weak, maybe he doesnt understand pot control which is what id do if i had AK. a good example was another hand we played. im oop with 89 and flop is 952 all clubs or similar to that. i check call and a club lower than the 9 comes on turn. i check call again thinking im good. A hits on the river and i just know this hit him. so i turn my hand into a bluff thinking i can so easily rep a medium flush here on the 4flush board. of course he snaps his pair of Aces and gives me some crap speech about how id raise turn if i had a flush. i would never do this deep without an A high flush but anyway...
some further tim badness (not to sound like im picking on tim but he does some crazy bad shit sometimes) was when he stacks off deep with AA again. i didnt see it but luke stacks him with a straight for like $150-$200 which is just stupid on tims part. anoyingly i get AA, i think it was after this hand and all 4 ppl call. then i bet fold a really bad QJ9 flush draw board or similar. now here i think a fold is right nearly every time after its 5 way and im almost definately crushed or flipping. tim laughed at me but mcuked quickly im sure he had me or at least had pair + draw type hand.
sam was playing shallow for most of the night which was annoying cause its hard to bluff him, but i did 4bet bluff him once with A4 and was going to have to call if he shoved but he didnt luckily. i nearly did it again with 72 but folded and the sb shows JJ and sam shows QQ lol. i didnt 3bet that much actually but i did bluff probably too much cause i was kinda card dead. i got AA twice but i folded that one before and another time everyone just folded pf to me which was really gay. oh my best hand was AK when i turned a straight and i played it too fast but i thought luke had a strong hand, turns out he had a pretty good one but made a nice fold.
one last hand i remember was the tripple straddle was on. tim opens for $10 and i 3bet him in position (j5o). i assume i have no respect here but i wanted to play this one hard cause i gave him no respect also. K high flop and im guna jam if he donks, but he just shoves 3X pot all in. good play i guess but it had to be the most obvious bluff/draw in the world and i had J high. god dam son
i think to sum up my night i played too loose and didnt have a hand when people got crazy on me to make my image pay off (except for when i had T2 lol). but i was still probly one of the funnest cash games i been to in a while cause there was just so much bluffing. even the old luke is back shoving his stack in like a mad man!
Tilt: $4980 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5564
Live: NZ$860
first hand and i suck out on luke which rocked. i had KTs and he 3bet me and we r 3 handed, im in sb i guess cause i was oop. i call and flop is a dry king high. im like its the first hand so im going with this one, even if i lose it will be hillarious. so i shove turn cause luke bet and left me with like $20 and to be honest i thought i was behind but i was really badly crushed when he flipped his better kicker and flush draw, but o well suckout!
then i had my favourite hand verse big red. he raised and it was 4way to the flop, i completed $1 in the bb with T2s. flop is like 259 or something raggy and i have a pair and flush draw. big red c-bets and i raise of course. he insta raises me but its pretty small. such a huge tell when he insta raises i seen him do i several times so im really happy to shove my $100. he calls pretty quick cause im sure it looked like im on a draw but flips the 72 so i have him crushed big time. even if he thinks im on a draw at best he is 50% verse my overs and flush so i really dont like this call lol. big red doesnt like me playing back at him though thats for sure.
i have a huge stack but get way too loose, like calling with nothing to try bluff the turn when its probly not a good idea and stuff. and i probly value bet too thin cause i hat checking behind to win the pot and eneded up value owning myself several times. i lost a lame pot to luke where he bluffed me good, i have 98 and we are on a flop of 356 rainbow. luke cbets and i rase his $7 to $20. everyone thought this was really small for some reason but its basically 3X. i duno y but i was just convinced he was really weak. he calls and i pick up a flush draw on the turn and bet $30, he shoves pretty quick from heaps more. any pair and i would of insta called but i had 9 high ffs. i counted my outs and included my overs as being good lol but he had shoved so much it was a borderline call and i didnt want to look like a fool if his J high or something scoops a brick river. so i fold sigh
lost $100 to tim. hit 2 pair on a 3flush board and he reraised so i shoved, marginal play but i dont wana just call so it was fold or shove. maybe if i thought about it more i could have found a fold but its so hard to flop a flush and i wanted to gamble. tim could do this with a pair of Aces with the A of diamonds or straight up bluff.
i got JJ oop verse tim and just called in the sb. he cbets Qxx and i call. A on the turn and he bets big. i think he bluffs here alot but could also have a weak A or Q whiich he would bet anyway 'to take it down' as they say. so i think i can rep a huge hand and just turn my JJ into a bluff and he mucks pretty quick. the only monster he can likely have is AQ. maybe AK it would be a tough call even then. plus its a live home game, no one gets good hands.
actually my most exciting hand was one which never happened! i have 33 on the button and time raises lukes limp to $3. i dont wana set mine for $3 cause he probly has a shit hand, so i go for the easy 3bet to take it down no contest. bloody sam folds AQ in the bb and tim folds AJ. and i do something i never do. i look at what the flop was. god dam i hit my set on an A high flop, turn brings trip A for both players! would have got in verse tim on the turn guaranteed and maybe sam. then sam would have sucked out with a Q on the river. man that hand would have been epic.
um wat else, i bluffed tim off top pair. i had 8T and cbet an A8x flop in position, he reraises and i re-reraise him. he does this with weak A all the time for some reason. then wen u fold he shows and says I PUT U ON QQ. its the weirdest thing but anyway he folds his A rag. another thing about tim. if i had just called behind and tryed to bluff turn or something he would call cause he just thinks it looks weak, maybe he doesnt understand pot control which is what id do if i had AK. a good example was another hand we played. im oop with 89 and flop is 952 all clubs or similar to that. i check call and a club lower than the 9 comes on turn. i check call again thinking im good. A hits on the river and i just know this hit him. so i turn my hand into a bluff thinking i can so easily rep a medium flush here on the 4flush board. of course he snaps his pair of Aces and gives me some crap speech about how id raise turn if i had a flush. i would never do this deep without an A high flush but anyway...
some further tim badness (not to sound like im picking on tim but he does some crazy bad shit sometimes) was when he stacks off deep with AA again. i didnt see it but luke stacks him with a straight for like $150-$200 which is just stupid on tims part. anoyingly i get AA, i think it was after this hand and all 4 ppl call. then i bet fold a really bad QJ9 flush draw board or similar. now here i think a fold is right nearly every time after its 5 way and im almost definately crushed or flipping. tim laughed at me but mcuked quickly im sure he had me or at least had pair + draw type hand.
sam was playing shallow for most of the night which was annoying cause its hard to bluff him, but i did 4bet bluff him once with A4 and was going to have to call if he shoved but he didnt luckily. i nearly did it again with 72 but folded and the sb shows JJ and sam shows QQ lol. i didnt 3bet that much actually but i did bluff probably too much cause i was kinda card dead. i got AA twice but i folded that one before and another time everyone just folded pf to me which was really gay. oh my best hand was AK when i turned a straight and i played it too fast but i thought luke had a strong hand, turns out he had a pretty good one but made a nice fold.
one last hand i remember was the tripple straddle was on. tim opens for $10 and i 3bet him in position (j5o). i assume i have no respect here but i wanted to play this one hard cause i gave him no respect also. K high flop and im guna jam if he donks, but he just shoves 3X pot all in. good play i guess but it had to be the most obvious bluff/draw in the world and i had J high. god dam son
i think to sum up my night i played too loose and didnt have a hand when people got crazy on me to make my image pay off (except for when i had T2 lol). but i was still probly one of the funnest cash games i been to in a while cause there was just so much bluffing. even the old luke is back shoving his stack in like a mad man!
Tilt: $4980 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5564
Live: NZ$860
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Holiday Poker
i wanted to put in some mad hours this long weekend to get a big score at NL100. still dont feel like im 'beating' the game. i didnt manage to play as much as i wanted but got in 12k hands which is nothing to laugh at. a grand total of $30 was made which was pretty crap. im a rakeback pro though so ill get like $300 on friday. lost the biggest pot of my online career to A high:
won a sweet pot. was distracted at another table so i accidentally donked out thinking i was c-betting. i got raised so i called thinking that he isi bluffing most of the time on this board. turn the nuts of course and he hits his hand. he is a reg who i have alot of hands on and he goes nuts at me for donk calling the flop.
played at a home game last week. most of the same crew but a few noobs came and lost their stacks very quickly. one girl put in $32 of here $40 buyin and then folded the last $8 on the turn holding 9T on a T877 board with 2 other guys in the pot. guy shows AA and we do the river to see her hit her outs ofcourse for the missed tripple up. i did the usual get off to a huge start and somehow lose it all at the end. getting tired is a lame excuse but i think the mix of tiredness and the play getting short handed to like 3 or 4 ppl (which i suck at) means i often lose alot. except for that night i hit every flop of course. i gota tighten up in at the end of the night i tihnk cause people start getting loose and calling my bluffs when we r all deep. and i did make some rediculous bluffs that got picked off. i actually liked them but people still called with really marginal hands anyway.
man i really gota play some hands on pacific poker so i can cash out that $400 i put on there. such a bastard deal they pulled on me.
Tilt: $4980 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5564
Live: NZ$1000
won a sweet pot. was distracted at another table so i accidentally donked out thinking i was c-betting. i got raised so i called thinking that he isi bluffing most of the time on this board. turn the nuts of course and he hits his hand. he is a reg who i have alot of hands on and he goes nuts at me for donk calling the flop.
played at a home game last week. most of the same crew but a few noobs came and lost their stacks very quickly. one girl put in $32 of here $40 buyin and then folded the last $8 on the turn holding 9T on a T877 board with 2 other guys in the pot. guy shows AA and we do the river to see her hit her outs ofcourse for the missed tripple up. i did the usual get off to a huge start and somehow lose it all at the end. getting tired is a lame excuse but i think the mix of tiredness and the play getting short handed to like 3 or 4 ppl (which i suck at) means i often lose alot. except for that night i hit every flop of course. i gota tighten up in at the end of the night i tihnk cause people start getting loose and calling my bluffs when we r all deep. and i did make some rediculous bluffs that got picked off. i actually liked them but people still called with really marginal hands anyway.
man i really gota play some hands on pacific poker so i can cash out that $400 i put on there. such a bastard deal they pulled on me.
Tilt: $4980 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$5564
Live: NZ$1000
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