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I’m not sure how long it’s been since I made a post, but I’ll just recap a few interesting things that’ve happened in the last couple of weeks…

Last weekend was another pretty ridiculous weekend here in LV. One of my friends out here wanted to do his 24th birthday in style, so he got a table and bottle service at the new club at City Center called Haze. All I can really say is OMFG that was the best party I’ve ever been to. I expected it to be really sick, but even by Vegas standards it blew my mind. I haven’t been to XS yet, but it’d be quite a feat to top the environment that they’ve created over there. The DJ was fantastic, the girl to guy ratio was probably 2/1, and everything was just basically perfect.

We got hooked up big time with our table location too. It’s hard to describe where it was if you haven’t been there, but in short our table overlooked the entire club right above the dance floor and middle stage (stripper poles, dancers, and in general total craziness if you can picture it). So here’s kind of how the night went..

As we walked in, all of us were kind of excited because we’d never been there before. As if things weren’t already great enough, our table was literally sat in between two tables of 15 sorority girls from Fresno that were celebrating their 22nd birthday’s. The table to our direct left was Avril Lavigne and some of her friends, so our spot was seriously perfect.

I said in a previous entry that I have an acquired skill of attracting random trouts, and this night was no different. Before long, a girl from across the table area comes over and asks me what my name is. I tell her John obv, and she says “you’re pretty sexy, take off your shirt John”. I’m like umm… You’re going to have to take it off for me! So naturally she lunges at me, unbuttons my shirt, throws it at her friend, and starts licking my nipples, followed by a makeout session. A few minutes went by before security made me put it back on, but it was still good for a story. Yep, Vegas is a boring place that nobody likes to go to…

After tons of dancing and way too many drinks, I eventually got carried out of Haze because I couldn’t stand up. Definitely the most drunk I’ve been in well over a year, and it reminded me why it’s so important to eat something before you do any kind of moderate to heavy drinking. Apparently I was falling down a bunch and had to be helped back to my apartment. If you want to see good ’ol KasinoKrime in a drunken stooper, check out the video I posted at the top of my facebook page.

In poker news, I’ve been playing a reasonable amount, which is funny because I didn’t think I was going to play very much this month, but sometimes if you have the urge to play you just kind of have to feed it. I’ve had a few bad sessions where my play dropped, but overall the last four sessions I’ve put in I’ve actually felt like I was consistently playing my A game for the first time in a loooong time, which feels good. I’ve been working with my neighbor Chance on my game, and I think it’s helping a lot. I think I have more of a theoretical foundation than he does, but he’s great at playing past the flop and he’s also done a lot of work on his bet sizing, so we’ve definitely taught each other some really useful skills. It’s amazing how gaining a different perspective by watching someone else play can help your game, so I feel privileged to be able to watch someone like him play.

Here’s some of the hands where I won or lost a stack. Winners first imo.

First one is pretty standard, and if you guys like money I suggest playing the shallow tables, particularly on the weekends. From what I’ve seen they seem pretty soft, but please keep the secret to yourselves :)

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
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Hero (BB): $751.75
UTG: $360.50
CO: $1064.00
BTN: $2285.50
SB: $160.00

Pre Flop: ($15.00) Hero is BB with J T 9 Q
2 folds, BTN raises to $30, SB calls $25, Hero raises to $120, BTN raises to $390, SB calls $130 all in, Hero calls $270

Flop: ($940.00) Q 8 J (3 players – 1 is all in)
Hero checks, BTN bets $940, Hero calls $361.75 all in

Turn: ($1663.50) T (3 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($1663.50) 2 (3 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $1663.50
Hero shows J T 9 Q (a straight, Queen high)
BTN shows A J 4 A (a pair of Aces)
SB shows 7 5 K 6 (King Queen high)
Hero wins $1183.50
Hero wins $477.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Standard

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
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UTG: $218.60
CO: $1456.10
Hero (BTN): $672.40
SB: $404.60
BB: $455.00

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN with K 7 8 T
1 fold, CO calls $4, Hero raises to $18, 1 fold, BB raises to $60, 1 fold, Hero calls $42

Flop: ($126.00) 9 K 6 (2 players)
BB bets $75, Hero raises to $351, BB raises to $395 all in, Hero calls $44

Turn: ($916.00) A (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($916.00) 3 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $916.00
Hero shows K 7 8 T (a pair of Kings)
BB shows 8 T J 9 (a pair of Nines)
Hero wins $913.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Anytime you can run it twice and win both of them when you’re an underdog is +ev haha

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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MP: $162.00
CO: $1294.50
Hero (BTN): $1123.70
SB: $402.00
BB: $465.60
UTG: $781.60

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN with A 7 7 A
1 fold, MP calls $4, 1 fold, Hero raises to $18, SB calls $16, BB calls $14, MP calls $14

Flop: ($72.00) 3 2 J (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $45, SB raises to $207, BB folds, MP folds, Hero raises to $693, SB calls $177 all in

Turn: ($840.00) 8 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($840.00) K (2 players – 1 is all in)

Turn: ($840.00) 6 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($840.00) 8 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $840.00
Hero shows A 7 7 A (a flush, Ace high)
SB shows 4 J J 4 (three of a kind, Jacks)
Hero wins $418.00
Hero wins $418.00
(Rake: $4.00)

I’m interested to see what others think of my line here. MP is big fish, BTN is big fish as well, and he has a really nitty 3b’ing range, especially since I opened UTG he should basically only be 3b’ing AA** here. I call PF for implied odds, and even though my relative position is bad it’s worth it to stay in because of the other fish as well. On the flop I decide to lead because I think he only raises me with the straight or some draw that has me dominated, so by picking the size I did, I get him to basically turn his hand faceup, and it allows me to rep basically whatever I want on later streets since anything reasonable should try to protect for the most part. The turn is interesting, mostly because we played a similar pot earlier where he opened the BTN and I 3b out of the SB with KQJ8ss, flop is 884ss, turn K, and I took a similar line but he folded the turn. When he peels the turn I don’t think it’s the nut flush always, but I’m not sure what the best river line is, I’m kind of torn. What do y’all think? I think for the most part since he should have a flush here, but if his btn 3b’ing range is so narrow the NF is a big piece of it, so it’s kind of a close spot. hhmmmm

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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MP: $976.70
CO: $763.00
BTN: $685.80
SB: $400.00
BB: $1315.10
Hero (UTG): $465.00

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is UTG with K J 3 A
Hero raises to $14, MP calls $14, 1 fold, BTN raises to $62, 2 folds, Hero calls $48, 1 fold

Flop: ($144.00) 7 T 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $47, BTN calls $47

Turn: ($238.00) J (2 players)
Hero bets $94, BTN calls $94

River: ($426.00) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $262 all in, BTN folds

Final Pot: $426.00
Hero wins $423.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Standard.

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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BTN: $545.75
SB: $690.75
Hero (BB): $400.00
UTG: $250.00
MP: $422.00
CO: $315.00

Pre Flop: ($15.00) Hero is BB with 7 7 A A
1 fold, MP calls $10, CO raises to $20, 2 folds, Hero raises to $75, 1 fold, CO calls $55

Flop: ($165.00) 4 6 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $165, CO raises to $240 all in, Hero calls $75

Turn: ($645.00) T (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($645.00) 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $645.00
Hero shows 7 7 A A (a pair of Aces)
CO shows 3 Q J 8 (a pair of Eights)
Hero wins $642.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Standard.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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BTN/SB: $200.95
Hero (BB): $205.50

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BB with 9 A Q Q
BTN/SB raises to $6, Hero raises to $18, BTN/SB calls $12

Flop: ($36.00) 9 2 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $29, BTN/SB raises to $123, Hero raises to $187.50 all in, BTN/SB calls $59.95 all in

Turn: ($401.90) T (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($401.90) 8 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $401.90
BTN/SB shows 4 T 9 A (two pair, Tens and Nines)
Hero shows 9 A Q Q (a flush, Queen high)
Hero wins $401.40
(Rake: $0.50)

I like my line here. Flatting is fine pre because villain is 23/16’ish, we’re already HU, and I think I can play profitably against him OOP given my reads and the stack sizes. I decide to c/r less than pot for a few reasons. I don’t mind widening his calling range, and actually that’s the intention. c/r’ing pot might push out worse fd’s and you can get him attached to the hand, and many times he’ll just call the c/r and fold the turn so you get more dead money that way as well.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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MP: $537.90
CO: $456.80
BTN: $939.00
SB: $390.00
Hero (BB): $400.00
UTG: $573.40

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BB with 4 T K A
1 fold, MP raises to $14, 3 folds, Hero calls $10

Flop: ($30.00) 9 K 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $30, Hero raises to $84, MP calls $54

Turn: ($198.00) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $74, MP calls $74

River: ($346.00) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $228 all in, MP calls $228

Final Pot: $802.00
MP mucks T A 8 9
Hero shows 4 T K A (a flush, Ace high)
Hero wins $799.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Villain is aggro reg. Very standard.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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SB: $160.00
BB: $120.00
Hero (UTG): $160.00
MP: $335.00
CO: $439.90
BTN: $149.20

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is UTG with K A K 4
Hero raises to $8, 3 folds, SB raises to $25.45, 1 fold, Hero raises to $80.35, SB raises to $160 all in, Hero calls $79.65 all in

Flop: ($324.00) 8 8 7

Turn: ($324.00) 6

River: ($324.00) 9

Final Pot: $324.00
SB shows A T 6 Q (a straight, Ten high)
Hero shows K A K 4 (a flush, Ace high)
Hero wins $321.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Run goooot

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.30 Ante – 6 players
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CO: $503.30
BTN: $249.15
SB: $200.00
Hero (BB): $200.00
UTG: $157.15
MP: $200.00

Pre Flop: ($4.80) Hero is BB with T J 7 9
2 folds, CO raises to $8.80, 2 folds, Hero raises to $29.20, CO raises to $90.40, Hero calls $61.20

Flop: ($183.60) 2 8 T (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $183.60, Hero calls $109.30 all in

Turn: ($402.20) 9 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($402.20) K (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $402.20
CO shows J A 6 A (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows T J 7 9 (a straight, Jack high)
Hero wins $399.20
(Rake: $3.00)

Villain is spewing kinda bad, 3b’ing 41%. Standard, but weeeee.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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BB: $1060.60
Hero (BTN/SB): $400.00

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN/SB with 5 3 T 2
Hero raises to $12, BB raises to $36, Hero calls $24

Flop: ($72.00) 2 3 6 (2 players)
BB bets $72, Hero raises to $288, BB raises to $504, Hero calls $76 all in

Turn: ($800.00) 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($800.00) T (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $800.00
BB shows 2 K 3 A (two pair, Threes and Twos)
Hero shows 5 3 T 2 (two pair, Tens and Fives)
Hero wins $799.50
(Rake: $0.50)

LOSERS:
Awkward spot on the turn. Villain is 45/29 spewy fish. What’s the best turn line? I go back and forth… I want to see what y’all think. Try not to be results oriented.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
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UTG: $168.00
Hero (CO): $545.80
BTN: $394.90
SB: $196.00
BB: $1392.30

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is CO with 6 7 T 9
UTG calls $4, Hero raises to $18, 2 folds, BB calls $14, UTG calls $14

Flop: ($56.00) 4 9 6 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $46, BB calls $46, UTG folds

Turn: ($148.00) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $129, BB raises to $535, Hero calls $352.80 all in

River: ($1111.60) A (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $1111.60
Hero shows 6 7 T 9 (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
BB shows 3 7 T 5 (a straight, Six high)
BB wins $1108.60
(Rake: $3.00)

Kind of a loose call pre but both players are fish and I’m closing the action with a nutty hand. 55% equity one time!

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.75 Ante – 5 players
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Hero (BB): $400.00
UTG: $471.40
CO: $1646.15
BTN: $792.50
SB: $1007.85

Pre Flop: ($9.75) Hero is BB with 5 A K 3
UTG raises to $8, CO calls $8, 2 folds, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($29.75) 7 2 4 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, CO bets $29.75, Hero raises to $116, UTG folds, CO raises to $377.75, Hero raises to $391.25 all in, CO calls $13.50

Turn: ($812.25) 3 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($812.25) 2 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $812.25
Hero shows 5 A K 3 (a straight, Five high)
CO shows Q 7 7 9 (a full house, Sevens full of Twos)
CO wins $809.25
(Rake: $3.00)

meh.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
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BB: $423.00
Hero (BTN/SB): $524.50

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN/SB with A 5 K A
Hero raises to $12, BB raises to $36, Hero raises to $108, BB calls $72

Flop: ($216.00) K 8 Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $216, BB raises to $315 all in, Hero calls $99

Turn: ($846.00) 2 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($846.00) T (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $846.00
BB shows T 7 5 J (a flush, Queen high)
Hero shows A 5 K A (a pair of Aces)
BB wins $845.50
(Rake: $0.50)

meh.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
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UTG: $269.80
MP: $255.80
Hero (CO): $400.00
BTN: $181.10
SB: $610.65
BB: $412.30

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is CO with 8 T 7 Q
1 fold, MP raises to $8, Hero raises to $30, 3 folds, MP calls $22

Flop: ($66.00) 2 7 8 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $56, MP raises to $225.80 all in, Hero calls $169.80

Turn: ($517.60) 4 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($517.60) Q (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $517.60
MP shows T 2 T 2 (three of a kind, Twos)
Hero shows 8 T 7 Q (two pair, Queens and Eights)
MP wins $514.60
(Rake: $3.00)

PFR is absolutely going off, 66/50’ish so 3b is standard given stacks, also this board is def good enough to ship with spr~1.

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 5 players
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Hero (BB): $554.00
UTG: $976.00
CO: $546.50
BTN: $185.00
SB: $1143.50

Pre Flop: ($15.00) Hero is BB with K T K T
UTG calls $10, CO raises to $40, 2 folds, Hero raises to $135, UTG calls $125, CO calls $95

Flop: ($410.00) 4 8 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $410, UTG raises to $820, CO calls $411.50 all in, Hero calls $9 all in

Turn: ($1659.50) Q (3 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($1659.50) 2 (3 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $1659.50
Hero shows K T K T (a pair of Kings)
UTG shows 5 7 K 6 (a straight, Six high)
CO shows 2 8 6 5 (a flush, Queen high)
UTG wins $15.00
CO wins $1641.50
(Rake: $3.00)

meh.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.30 Ante – 6 players
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MP: $140.30
Hero (CO): $268.80
BTN: $1638.60
SB: $429.45
BB: $382.40
UTG: $303.35

Pre Flop: ($4.80) Hero is CO with 5 3 A J
UTG calls $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $10.80, BTN calls $10.80, SB raises to $49, 2 folds, Hero calls $38.20, BTN calls $38.20

Flop: ($152.80) 4 3 3 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $99, BTN raises to $449.80, SB folds, Hero calls $120.50 all in

Turn: ($591.80) 7 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($591.80) 2 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $591.80
Hero shows 5 3 A J (a straight, Five high)
BTN shows 7 T Q A (a flush, Ace high)
BTN wins $588.80
(Rake: $3.00)

I go back and forth on this one. It looks like a spew on the surface, but this guy is seriously going off. He’s only been at the table for 20 hands, but he’s 3b 12 of them. Two hands previous we played a hand where we ran it for stacks but chopped because we ran it twice, but I got it in amazing against him. Only thing that was notable in the hand was that he flatted my open out of the SB with KcQc3s2s, so he’s obviously getting in there. My thinking at the time was that I thought I was ahead of his getting it in range, and also my KK** doesn’t have a ton of post-flop playability, but looking back on the hand I think it has enough to where I can just call and play with him post-flop. There’s no reason to spew a stack here imo, and this highlights one of my biggest leaks which is definitely spewing stacks in close spots like this where I end up being wrong.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $0.75 Ante – 5 players
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BB: $800.00
UTG: $569.85
Hero (CO): $449.45
BTN: $400.00
SB: $506.00

Pre Flop: ($9.75) Hero is CO with 9 K Q K
1 fold, Hero raises to $16, 1 fold, SB raises to $55.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $175, SB raises to $505.25 all in, Hero calls $273.70 all in

Flop: ($905.15) 5 9 7

Turn: ($905.15) A

River: ($905.15) 7

Flop: ($905.15) 9 T 6

Turn: ($905.15) 2

River: ($905.15) T

Final Pot: $905.15
Hero shows 9 K Q K (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
SB shows J A A K (a full house, Aces full of Sevens)
SB wins $450.60
SB wins $450.55
(Rake: $4.00)

Alright hopefully I didn’t run over the character limit, and everyone got to check out some hands. I hope everyone is running well, GL from the desert!

John