December 26, 2009
Some 8game hands
I’ve put in a few sessions at 40/80 8game thus far on my holiday trip to Colorado. The first was in the San Francisco airport during my 4+ hour delay (apparently snowstorms aren’t designed with air traffic in mind). I played well but ran pretty bad in that one, losing both of the biggest pots I played. A few big PLO or NL hands can really dominate your session results, though as a specialist in those games I’m happy to accept the variance.
[PLO] 52/48 FTL
[NLHE] ‘sigh’
I was more successful in my next session, getting unstuck from the day before and then some.
[stud8] backdoor 2pr for the scoop!
[stud8] GIN!
[stud hi] valuetowne
In general, I’m very confident with my 8game right now. I think I’m actually playing quite well in the games I used to be weaker in, particularly the split-pot games. Good thing I’ve got Chuck and Joe on my team :).
3 Comments:
MDSellar posted on January 06, 2010 at 21:51 PM
In the PLO hand, what did you consider before deciding to check-raise the flop? I was hoping you might be willing to share your thought process.
DJ Sensei posted on January 09, 2010 at 09:17 AM
1) I've got good to great equity against most of his range
2) He's not so deep, so if we do run into that worst-case scenario its not too awful
3) I don't really think I can c/c given that I have so few concealed and nutty outs (just a few 8's imo).
So, best to just pound it in there and hope to realize my equity, or take it down uncontested.
MDSellar posted on January 12, 2010 at 20:20 PM
Thanks for taking the time to respond, especially given how busy you must have been on the eve of your trip.
Log in or sign up to leave a comment!