November 30, 2009
Week 1: Interesting hands and stuff
All I can think of when I think of interesting hands is the Foo Fighters video for I think it was the song Everlong, where the gigantic rubber hand just pimp slaps this fool. Anyway, week 1 isn’t technically done b/c I have tomorrow to grind (my week is different from yours ldo). With Thanksgiving and being sick yesterday I didn’t get as many hands in as I’d like, but I’m okay with that. Runnin’ at just over 6ptbb/100 in this sample. I’m not really a winrate/EV guy b/c I think it promotes a lot of self-degradation and results oriented thinking that holds you back and fucks you up, but for those interested I’ll probably be providing some of that information.
I have some interesting hands, a couple of nice hand reading situations, and some entertainment for those of us looking for clown shoes, all that kind of thing.
First up, entertainment!
I was thinking, hmm, how much can I bet to get this dude to spaz out or peel light…. I started with 24, then 18, then 12, and settled on the stone minbet. He SNAP folded :D IMO that’s some nice bluff metagame in the future when I tangle with this chap.
Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 397376
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Hero (CO): $702.00
BTN: $221.45
SB: $625.05
BB: $991.65
UTG: $108.35
MP: $213.30
Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is CO with A
T
UTG calls $6, 1 fold, Hero raises to $24, 3 folds, UTG calls $18
Flop: ($57.00) 7 7 A (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6, UTG folds
Final Pot: $57.00
Hero wins $54.15
(Rake: $2.85)
This hand is actually entertainment AND cool hand reading. Guy is very aggressive, high 3b and squeeze % etc. and I’m pretty sure that he’s flatting most of his medium strength hands here, also pretty sure that AQ (if he has it) and AK are getting jammed preflop. This was not the type of guy to get coy and flat w/those hands here. So that leaves his range imo at air/slowplayed nuts. What does that mean on this flop? Well, he has a ton of air, and the A is actually a great card for me to see, because I’m prob going to be able to get him off of QQ and KK if he has them, and AA is only 3 combos. He may show up with AQ/AK here some but I really think this guy would just jam those preflop, that’s my read anyway. So I bet less than half pot here thinking that 1. his air can do something dumb 2. I can get peeled by his bluffcatching range (QQ/KK is what I perceive as a big part if he has them) and then shove the turn and hopefully get them to fold, while in the process getting stacked by AA, which I’m fine with. He shoves the flop, which is like 100% air. I’m pretty sure he’d always flat call w/his value and bluffcathing range (this may change in the future, but at this point we have no history in this kind of situation) so I call pretty happily. Voila. Batman.
Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 397378
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Hero (MP): $1356.75
CO: $262.80
BTN: $615.00
SB: $1215.65
BB: $600.00
UTG: $134.30
Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is MP with J J
1 fold, Hero raises to $18, CO calls $18, BTN raises to $66, 2 folds, Hero raises to $142, 1 fold, BTN calls $76
Flop: ($311.00) 2
A 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $128, BTN raises to $473 all in, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls $345
Turn: ($1257.00) J (2 players – 1 is all in)
River: ($1257.00) 9 (2 players – 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $1257.00
Hero shows J J (three of a kind, Jacks)
BTN shows 8 4 (Ace Jack high)
Hero wins $1254.00
(Rake: $3.00)
I hero-call here against a fish who I thought could be bluffing here with a ton of missed draws. I don’t think he’d play top pair this way, and his 9x combo’s are cut some by the river, though he could have trips, I was just hoping he didn’t have a 7. Is there any merit to raising in this situation to clean the hand up?
Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 No Limit Hold’em – 4 players – View hand 397381
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BTN: $697.00
SB: $1216.00
BB: $1426.10
Hero (CO): $600.00
Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is CO with K J
Hero raises to $21, 2 folds, BB calls $15
Flop: ($45.00) A 7 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $35, BB calls $35
Turn: ($115.00) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $80, BB calls $80
River: ($275.00) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $120, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls $120
I check back this board which is terrible in that I’m prob going to get played back at frequently, even though he has a tighter sb flatting range, still a terrible board. On the turn I raise for value b/c I think he’ll bet/call with a lot of draws and pairs and it gives me flexibility for the river, and he may think I’m just bluffing the K. I feel very comfortable folding to a 3b. On the river he leads out and my first thought is that this guy wouldn’t be leading a strong hand here, it’s always some sort of showdown hand, maybe a bigger king, maybe a Tx hand, instinct said to SHOVE. Thoughts? (no insane history but player was a reg on the tighter side, still think him being tight doesn’t mean he has a monster here but he def has a better hand a lot, can it stand a ship?)
Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players – View hand 397382
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UTG: $457.75
MP: $188.50
CO: $400.00
Hero (BTN): $406.00
SB: $421.30
BB: $430.00
Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN with K 7
3 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB calls $6, 1 fold
Flop: ($20.00) 6 8 T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($20.00) K (2 players)
SB bets $10, Hero raises to $36, SB calls $26
River: ($92.00) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $29…. HERO????
So in this spicy lil’ burrito I decide to check back the flop, induce bluffs, get value later, POT CONTROL. Not something I do a ton of the time but this is a perfectly good spot for it. On the turn fishy villain leads for minballs, and I raise for value. There’s a ton of draws he can call with here, lots of worse hands. He SNAP clicks it back. This I read as a bluff like 100% of the time. He didn’t think about anything, he’s just clicking buttons. As such I am prepared to call it off on a lot of blank rivers. We peel a brick and he thinks for a bit and jams. I think this is a good example of a very obvious fish bluff. NO thought snap action on the turn, then think think think bluff jam the river. Sweet :D
Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 No Limit Hold’em – 5 players – View hand 397390The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Hero (BB): $410.00
UTG: $337.30
CO: $435.80
BTN: $160.20
SB: $152.00
Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BB with T 8
3 folds, SB calls $2, Hero raises to $16, SB calls $12
Flop: ($32.00) 8 K 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($32.00) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $4, Hero raises to $20, SB raises to $36, Hero calls $16
River: ($104.00) 2 (2 players)
SB bets $100 all in, Hero calls $100
Final Pot: $304.00
Hero shows T 8 (two pair, Eights and Twos)
SB shows 4 A (a pair of Twos)
Hero wins $301.00
(Rake: $3.00)
That’s it for now folks. I think this weeks video will be pretty interesting. I know we had mixed reviews about the talking in the first 20 min of episode one and I can see both sides of it. Ya’ll don’t wanna know me, ya’ll just want the GOLD. FUCK THAT JAGUAR GUY KRANTZ, WHERE DA GOLD AT!!!! :D haha I can understand that. I figure this coming week we’re going to talk about the latest movies and music we’re into, how to clean a bathtub with a go-kart, and the Isle of Misfit toys and what it means to me.
I’m just kidding :) Unless….
3 Comments:
simpleme posted on November 30, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Some interesting hands, I liked :)
inavacuum posted on November 30, 2009 at 18:09 PM
First hand AT. Would villain not have to perceive you as some kind of fish for a minbet on that flop to induce anything? I think I would bet 24 as that's generally what I'm going to be betting in that spot for value, as a semi bluff, or a pure bluff. I assume this the same starting point you had.
I quite like the bluffcatch with KJs, however, if villain is a fish does he not have every combo of Ax here and play it the same? If he's bluffing a missed draw on the river would you by default expect him to bet bigger?
K7 possible river shove, I think the problem here is that I can't think of any credible hand we would play this way which means if villain is hand reading he can come up with a range of bluffs, bluffs and more bluffs. If he's ABC tight that doesn't matter, but I think that read would need to be pretty solid.
FenderJaguar posted on November 30, 2009 at 18:22 PM
I nearly always have the best hand w/AT on A77 and his stack is pretty short, so I want him to peel or put more money in w/any 2 cards, which fish will usually oblige. Standard is obv going to be a bigger bet, but given his stack and the board I opted to minbet and let him call w/anything or maybe do something random, I don't think it can be bad really, I'm still going to stack any piece of the board.
I don't think he would randomly bet out of rhythm w/an ace on the river, unless he's a spastic/random button clicker fish, then obv it's possible and I'd be more inclined to fold, but he seemed to be the type to just do what he always does, check and call, so his lead to me is a 9 perhaps, a cheap bluff (he may bet bigger with a bluff but maybe not, so I can't place a lot of value on this variable), or sometimes a pair looking for a showdown, maaaaybe that range includes a weak Ax but I discount it for reasons mentioned.
I mean, I know we can't rep much with K7 but I don't think I need to rep anything vs. a guy that wants a cheap showdown unless I think he's a "good" player or hand reader, and if that was the case, I doubt he'd be leading the river like that anyway, and I doubt I'd do anything other than fold if he did.
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