Thursdays game

what can i say. went on a sweet heater at the home game and got payed off every time. was probly the most agro game we have had yet. during the first hour about 50% of hands must have been 3bet pots. was pretty good time for run good

first big pot was against luke. raise w K9s and luke calls the straddle. cbet A8x with my flush draw, fire a second baral on the turn when i pick up a pair. luke plays so many hands i think double baralling with alot of pot equity will be a good move. he reraises me all in for $70 and the pot now totals about $100. i think i have at least 12 outs with my flush and trips draw if he has a big hand, but a fiarley large portion of lukes range would be a bluff on a board like this, cause it would be a hard call for AK AQ. also i just wanted to gamble a bit and dont mind losing money to luke cause he will gamble it back. turns out i have him crushed with a higher flush draw so he has 3 outs. luke proceeds to go on some rediculous tilt after this hand and the combination of missing every flop. down 500 for the night :(

i had another good pot verse liam. he 3bet my TT open and i called oop. 9xx and i check call. blank turn and i check raise all in. i dont plan on folding cause liam 3bets agressivly and im probly good so i shove before any scare cards come like an A or K. he also loves to hero call, and thats exactly what he did with 88 so another big pot.

i straddle A8s and we r 5 way to A9T so i have top pair nut flush draw. liam bets, dev raises and im not folding here especially verse dev who is a bit of a spaz + i dont put liam on much. i reraise all in which wasnt much more for dev and liam comes along too which was good. about a $250 pot 3 way all in and i hit the flush of course, dev had 9T and liam A9. didnt have as many outs as i thought but still a fine push for a 3way all in. if it had been heads up verse dev i think i have 40-45%.

another kool hand luke railed me with QTs. multiway flop of AKx so i have flush draw gutter. dev bets out and i think he has a pretty descent hand cause he is generally passive so i just call cause dev is a station so my fold equity is low. hit my flush on the turn ofcourse and put in a small raise but dev quickly calls. i just raised small cause i know he will call a small bet without thinking. river brings a Q which i think is awesome cause he prob has AK or AQ, i bet pretty big $55 and he shoves with AQ hehe.

the most terrible hand of the night goes to tim. he raises utg and i just call with my JJ cause we are all very deep so i wana keep it small really. 9xx 3 way and its checked to my button. i bet out and tim now calls? its a weird move and i think he has A high. turns out he has AQ and got lucky by spiking a Q on the turn. thought it was terrible because he obviously was just thinking i might be bluffing so called my flop bet. being out of position with such a transparent play there is no way he is going to win this pot easily unless he wants to commit alot of chips. a good example of a call in the moment without a plan for later streets.

that was all the big hands i remember cashed out $480 in profit for the night. i have a new strat lately. gone is the relentless 3 betting. everyone is doing it and i dont think it has much respect anymore. wenever i 3bet i get action anyway cause ppl must just remember i 3bet alot once and everyone is 3betting giving the illusion of me joining in haha. instead im seeing alot of flops cause ppl are in general just paying off really easily and i think im plain better than most people there (not trying to sound braggy) so why not see flops and win much more money than just stealing a few bucks preflop. preflop is easy to play, its after the flop that i see everyone making some huge mistakes so once u realise peoples leaks u gotaa pound away at it.

Not much interesting stuff to show on the internet poker front. being solidly chipping up the BR. here is my NL100 career so far just cause it looks prety. been feeling like im coasting Nl100 lately so could soon be ready for the big move up. might just start by adding a few table rather than a straight jump. looks like a shitty weekend coming up so might get on the grind hardcore. a saw a massive fish move up to Nl400 the other week but i was too scared to sit down. probly a good move, 400 dollars on the table is some serious stakes. one day.....



looking forward to watching sams video! might inspire me to make my own but probly not... was too busy this week to watch much deuces cracked but have been picking up some good stuff from what i have watched thats for sure.

aaaaaand now the warriors a kicking off. good start to the weekend!

Tilt: $5850 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$6434

Live: NZ$1480