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About the hand with AJcc,
we actually were 3way postflop (important info, i think)
V1 check, I check in the middle, V2 bet, V1 calls, and so do I
Turn, same thing. (or was it checked around? Not even sure anymore…lol)
River
V1 check, I bet, V2 raises, V1 folds, and I called.I think my river bet is small I guess I bet a little under halfpot, maybe a 3rd pot… I don’t remember the sizings, but if I bet 20 on the river, after 3 streets of action, I guess the pot must have been at least 60… yeah, in retrospect, that was a tiny bet!
As I said, didn’t take note on that hand, so, not sure of the sizings.
Sesh #11 (may 7, 2018)
At last! I went to play a session, after almost a month off the tables, I had time for poker, and that felt super good 🙂
Still no big win, but i don’t really mind, I had fun, and I’m happy with my plays (most of them).
Started ok, was around even, and then, bam, -80 in two hands. But I think those are legit losses.
1
I open ATs to 8 from UTG, got 2 calls.
Flop (24) A89
I cbet 12, got a call, HU to the
Turn (48) 3 (complete rainbow)
I bet 15, he calls
River (78) brick
I check, he shoves for $18, I call, and lose to his AJs, nh…I guess a shove on the turn would’ve been a better sizing, but I think there’s not much other way to play that hand (maybe fold pre?)
2
Very next hand, I’m now on the BB, and villain (same guy) is now in UTG (was UTG+1 on the previous hand).
He opens to 7, folds to me, I call with KT.
Flop (15) J8x
check-check
Turn (15) 9
I c/c his $10 bet
River (35) 9
check-check
and I lose to his AT, oh well, nh.I don’t know if it’s a fold pre, I feel it would be weak. maybe 3bet? but vs an utg opening range, not sure.. I called, cause I thought I could manage to play it post-flop. Maybe I should’ve lead river to 20-25. I don’t expect to win with my K high, a 9 is more in my range than his, and I think he’s got a lot of A-high hands…
3
Yeah, there’s a win!
I’m down to around 80-85… Straddled pot, I open A2ss from the BTN, the straddler calls. HU
Flop (25) K92r (one spade)
He c/c my $15 cbet
Turn (55) 3s
check-check
River (55) Xs
He leads to 20, I shove for 65.
To big of a raise? I think it’s pretty much the only raise size… I could’ve click-back, or raise to 50, but leaving me 15 behind feels a little silly…
He tanked a little, asked me if I had top set, and then folded.4
Here’s another spot. There’s a late position post, a limper, and me from UTG+1, with QQ, I open to 12. 4way flop
Flop (48) 664
UTG checks, I bet 25, two folds, UTG calls (100bb, just sat down)
Turn (98) 2
He checks, I shove for 104…
again, too big? Pretty much a psb. If I go smaller, I bet what, 50? Not sure, that’d leave me with 54 for a $200 pot had villain called my turn bet… Or I could bet 30 on the flop, then I shove 99 ott on a $108 pot.
He tanked, I was happy, hoped for a call, but he mucked, that put me back to even, pretty much.. . .
I once made a sick (nit?) fold. I might have misplayed it. I got a good result, but I don’t wanna be result oriented, so I guess, I didn’t play it super well.
I open AK in EP. Flop 4way (of 5?)
Flop Qxx, checked around (I was 3rd to act, one (or 2?) player behind me)
Turn K, checked to me, I elected for a check back.
My reasoning was : I saw the villain before me tanking a bit before checking, he took more time than he did before his flop check, so I thought he might wanted to bet but chose to go for a c/r instead with queens up or something… Another reason (probably a better one) why I checked, was for deception. I thought I might get called lighter on the river since I checked the turn. Plus, I felt there weren’t many cards to scare me or kill my action.
River J (arg, one of the few cards I didn’t wanna see).
1st villain bets, 1 fold, I tank a little, and folded (!?!) the player after me, on the BTN, raised, first played sight called.
BTN showed AT for a straight, and the guy from the blinds, mucked a little angry (I think he might have had 2 pairs).I should’ve bet the turn to thin the field, I guess, what d’you think!?
In for 202 / out for 193 after 3:30 of play (and gave $9 in tips)
pretty much it.Ending a session even sucks when we were up a buy-in earlier, but ending even after being down almost a buy-in, that feels much better 🙂 So i’m glad, feels almost like a win
cheers!
Some input:
Hand 3: Shove is fine, anything less on the river looks more like a value bet. He probably had a weak pair and was just talking with his set talk. If he was 2-pair plus he would have bet turn.
Hand 4: While you’re shove is pot-sized, what can he call you with besides a 6 or some miraculous 53? 77-JJ? I think downsizing to $40-50 lets him chase with his gut-shots and over-cards. I think this is one of those hands where you’re either behind or way ahead with your opponent drawing thin. Go for some thin value. Your hand looks very much like an overpair.
Hand 5: Gotta bet the turn. Should be ahead there a lot of the time and a lot of bad cards for you. I think checking for deception on the turn after the flop is checked through is just losing value.
Hey John S, thanks for your input.
And I agree about the 5th hand, (AK on QxxKJ), thinking back, I lost value on that turn. If I wanted to check for deception, that means I think I got only one street of value, I think I got better chances to get it on the turn than on the river, might get paid by mid-pairs, 2nd pair, gutshots, etc, hands that might fold the river if they don’t improve.
And yeah, about the 4th hand, QQ on 6642, I thought about it, I might get called only by better, and I get worse hands to fold. I could’ve bet 50ish% pot
Thanks again for your answer, feels good to know that blog’s being read, hehe 🙂
Hi Chuck,
I see people limp AA in early position all the time. I tend to be very cautious especially if it an OMC type. From the notes, that is usually the standard line these people make with limped premium pairs. They would limp, call a big raise oop. Donk bet, on the flop (no matter what the board is), and continue betting on turn and river.
They’ll give you a stupid reason why they play like that, but it more of an excuse of them playing a trap style.
You played the hand well and lost the minimum, which in my opinion, is a win in of itself. Please keep this up. I am enjoying your blog. Good luck at the tables.
Hey Han
Thank you, i really appreciate your comment 🙂Last few weeks have been pretty busy, but i plan to go for a session within a week (can’t wait)
Sesh #12 (june 6th)
Yeah, I’ve been quite busy the last few weeks. I finally had time to go play last night. Felt super good to sit at the table again 🙂
It was kind of an uneventfull session, though, no real big hand, no real spot to think about… I was about even the major part of my session. Lost a bit, won a pot to get back to even, dropped a little, won another pot to get back.
I was opening hands like 77 or TT, and miss post-flop, with overcards in multiway pots, had to give up most of the time. Cbet on Axx HU, IP, got called, turn checked around, and fold to a river bet…
J3
Once, I got J3 on the BB in a family limped pot.
Flop Jxx, I lead, and got 2 calls
Turn x, I check, V1 chk, V2 pots
I guess I can call, I’m ahead of underpairs, A high hands, there was backdoor flush draw on the turn, I guess I could’ve called… well I ended up folding, V1 called.
River 3 (don’t wanna be result oriented)
V1 bet, V2 calls, J8 > J5
I’m glad I folded the worst hand (even if I would’ve hit my 3 outer otr)… actually was a 2 outer since V2 (J5) had a fludh draw on the turn.AK
Another time, HJ opens to 15 (after a limp or two). I’m on the CO or BTN with AKo. I was gonna 3bet, like I usually would… but I took a second… villain had not been really active before that. Took a look at him, and thought I saw shaky fingers. Told to myself (QQ+ AJ+)…
So I decided to flat (expecting to get HU post flop)…
which we got. HU to the
Flop : Jxx
V checks, I check back
Turn : x
V checks agains, I fired out 20 (into 30 ish), and villain folded pretty quicklymaybe I lost value by not 3betting pre…
JJ
At the end, New player on the CO, 1st hand for him. Opens to 15 behind a limp or two. I flat on the button with JJ. Mp limp/called.
Flop JT5hh
MP checks, CO cbet 15, I raise 45, MP fold, CO calls
Turn 6o
MP donks 50, I shove (for almost a min-raise), MP snap calls
Riv blank
I winThat put me in the profits.
In 226 / Out 306
lowest point -60, peak +112. I’m glad to finish +80 after 2.75 hours of play.Sesh#13 (?) (sept 1st)
Hello there! Been a while! I had a pretty busy summer, haven’t had much time for poker, unfortunately.
But tonight, I went to play a 330 WSOP-c Event, at Playground Poker Club, in Canada.
was awesomebut…
I don’t play much tourney’s, even tho I love ’em.
I once played a WPT event and made the day2, so I was pretty confident i was gonna make it to day2 this time as well.but…
been a while, even longer since I played a tournament. I got to the place and I was all excited, like a child on a christmas morning, it’s sign my passion got back after my break in the past few years.
Got to the table, I wasn’t feeling super comfortable at first, was playing pretty tight (nitty tight).At the first break (after 4 30-minutes levels, I had 16.5k in chips, with an average of 23k or so
Got back from it with blinds @ 250/500/500 button ante.
Won a pot, got back to 18.5k
then…blinds 250/500/500.
UTG shoves for 2.3k
I’m EP and look down at A6o (I know it’s pretty weak, pretty much a garbage)but…
I felt I was going to be ahead of short stack’s range quite often… and sometimes, if he has a better ace, or a mid pocket pair, i’d be at worst 30% equity… I wanted to iso him with my ace high…
So i looked at his stack in the middle, around 2300… I elected to 3bet to 7k…
When dropping my chips, I kinda realized I was leaving myself 10k behind… oops…SB (50k) thought for a little bit, and then shoved…
back to me… shoot, I just threw away almost half my stack… I went from “at worst 30% equity” to “ay best 30%”. Do I have to call now? Got almost 3:1, I think I should be calling off…
On the other hand, if I fold, I still have 20bb, I might have enough to manuver and come back, wait for a better spot…
So I folded,
UTG showed J8s (I was right)
SB showed QQ (was right again)
Ace on the window, just to make me feel very good about it, lolAnyway… not long after that, blinds went up to 300/600/600, folded for a couple orbits.
Untill I’m left with only 7.2k or so, 11-12 blinds… MP opens to 1600, I’m on the SB with 44, I push, and MP calls with AK and hits… nh ggFelt bad about my A6 hand, pretty disapointed…
oh well, was fun anyhow, I’m looking forward for the next one.
Actually, it’s probably gonna be cash game sessions, I’ll try to go for a 2/2 PLO session.Let’s say I play once a week, I could play 3 sessions of cash game and a tourney/month… i’ll think about it
Sesh #15 (dec. 9th)
I played a one-hour session on september 19th, but nothing to talk about really… except maybe that, I went to play a 3-4 hour session while my gf was busy, but she called me an hour after I started to tell me she was done earlier… had to go, cut my session even before it started, down $90 or so.
Tonight… almost 2 months after that. She had a girls night with a friend, so I drove to the casino to play a session of 1/2.
50 minutes and I was out and busto…
few hours ahead of me, still wanna play, but can’t…
I have no regrets, thoIn those 50 minutes, I played 4 hands…
1. I called a raise with KQhh, missed the flop, folded.
2. I opened A5 in HJ, flop came KQ5, SB chk, I cbet 12 into 21, BTN called, SB called.
turn X. I chk/f.3. I opened AJ from utg, missed the flop, chk/f.
4. After a bunch of limps, I iso’ed AK from the BB to 17, called by 3
Flop : K54cc, I cbet 40 (into something like 50), guy in mp raised to 120, folded to me… I called thinking I was all-in, but no, had 22 behind.
Turn brick, I shoved my 22 (the b/c on the flop, was pretty much an effective all-in), V called
River Xc
me : AK // villain : A2cc
nh gg, im outta here 🙁thing is, I don’t have a bankroll, can’t rebuy…
maybe it was just a bad sesh…
during that last hand, my cellphone was vibrating in my pocket, was my gf (who is, btw, totally anti-poker, pure luck for her, same as slots). I ignored the calls to concentrate on the hand, was gonna call back after. I wouldn’t say that set me off my focus (maybe a little) but, what was I supposed to do on that hand? fold after villain’s raise? does he always have a set here? or maybe 54s.
I called cause I though maybe he was trying to push me off of a chop with AK as well, or he might raise with a draw here… But even with 76cc he’s got a huge equity. Anyway, though I was on the top of my range, and had to call… I guess I could have folded and keep playing with my $100 stack, trying to build it back… but… thought I was good a decent percentage of the time too…
Well it’s only a cooler,
but that adds to the pressure not to lose (cause I have no roll, AND, how can I prove my gf that someone can be good at this game… I wanna show her that I can win over 50-60% of my sessions, that I can make a profit at the end of the year… all that adds up, and makes it quite difficult to play.)cause really, I had small profits (but still profits) in 2009, 2010, 2011, broke even in 2012, slighty loser in 2013, then took a break to get back to it in 2017 (broke even).
I love the game, I think about it all day long. I’d like to play more, but I’m aware that I got other stuff going in my life as well (work, music, running, gf). This year is, by far, my worst results (down 4.5 buy-ins) which is not sooo bad…
Maybe I’ll play another session before the end of the year, I’ll talk about it if I do so.
Hey thanks Brad!
Now’s time for the year’s review. Not a pretty one, the year didnt go as I expected, but not too bad either.
Here are the goals I’ve set for myself, from the first or second post of this thread.
My goals for 2018
– win between 55-70% of my sessions
Nope.
Won 4 / broke even 2 / lost 8 sessions
that make a winrate of 28% of my sessions. Good news is, it’s gonna be quite easy to do better in 2019 😉– win more than my losses (just want to finish up, no amount in head)
Nope. Ended up losing 4.4 buy-ins.– I’d like to play a little PLO (bonus)
Nope, didn’t happen. (only online, on zoom / pokerstars, micros)
But I wanna play live, that’s a goal I’ll keep for 2019.– I could try a 2/5 session, just to see how it plays. I don’t know if it’s worth it. Of course I have no roll, but I also don’t have a roll for 1/2. I’m just curious, just want to try out… maybe not this year, we’ll see…
Nope, didn’t happen, doesn’t really matter.– I’d like to set a goal as for number of sessions as well. I’d say around 30 (if I play 40, that’d be great). 25, wouldn’t be so bad, but 30-35, I’d be happy.
Played 14 (plus a live tournament, so we could say 15), that’s half the amount I was aiming for.– = – = – = –
My goals for 2019 (pretty much the same)
– win between 50-60% of my sessions
– win more than my losses (just want to finish up, no amount in head)
– I’d like to play a little PLO
– I could try a 2/5 session, just to see how it plays. I don’t know if it’s worth it. Of course I have no roll, but I also don’t have a roll for 1/2. I’m just curious, just want to try out… maybe not this year, we’ll see…
– I’d like to set a goal as for number of sessions as well. I’d say around 30, I’d be happy.
– I would also like to play more than one tournament. (and if possible, add a score to my hendon mob page) 🙂– – – – –
On a side note,
Happy New Year to all of you guys!
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