Prior to last night, I had had a couple of bad sessions...overplaying good hands, making terrible calldowns. I've been reading Matthew Janda's book, and have talked to Griffey and some others about it. In my games, there's really never a reason to not play exploitatively, but all of Griffey's talk about having strong c/c ranges and putting good hands in unexpected spots has me intrigued. I regularly 3-bet/4-bet way way wider than anyone in my games (my image is pretty maniacal) and I've realized that this has made my range in certain spots extremely weak.
So let's experiment with having some strong hands in my flatting range.
Hands of note:
1. I flat QQ on BTN vs. a decentish LAG player who opened to $15 in EP. He has about $300 and I have him covered. Flop is T-high with 2 spades (I have Qs), he c-bets I call. Turn gives me a gutshot, he barrels and I call. River is brick, he checks, I bet 1/2 pot (to get value from midpairs, JJ), I show, he flips AA and rages at me for not 3-betting pre. Not really happy with how I played the hand, but I could have lost more.
2. I win a decent pot where I flat pre from BB in multiway pot with KJss, flop top pair and backdoor a flush.
3. Flat JJ pre (6-handed) from SB vs. a pretty TAG Btn open. Flop:
. I c/c, turn
, I c/c. I feel pretty sure I'm good here, and my plan is to donk river big on a brick. River is
(Bink!), I bet $135 into $165, he tanks and calls. He says I was good the whole way.
4. Vs. Villain from Hand 1....3 limps...I have AKo in SB and make it $17....1 call, villain (who had overlimped) makes it $55. Folds to me. Pretty bizarre limp-reraise! I think a minute and make it $135 (effective stacks $400ish). He tanks and folds QQ face up, I show theHe says since I hadn't been 3-betting much, he had to give me credit for the nuts there.
Results: Played 7 hours, bought in for $300, cashed out $715 thanks to a couple of nice rivers. +$415.
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