Bad session 2day

Don't think I had my A game (which is really dangerous when I'm playing laggy). Then again, hard to say if it's just bad timing or what when playing very aggro. Ran into a bunch of boats while making "plays"... Meh not sure I actually played all that badly.

The session was bookeneded by an funny beat and a pretty gross cooler :


1st hand of session :

***** Hand History for Game 5452164323 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 19:14:28 ET 2006
Table Table 125896 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: karelen ( $312.65 )
Seat 4: KPAC69 ( $102.60 )
Seat 6: MrCatenacci ( $88.25 )
Seat 1: HERO ( $204 )
Seat 3: lets_bang ( $62.67 )
Seat 5: bankofMedSyd ( $200 )
HERO posts small blind [$1].
karelen posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 9c 9s ]
lets_bang folds.
KPAC69 calls [$2]
MrCatenacci calls [$2]
HERO raises [$10]
karelen folds.
KPAC69 calls [$9]
MrCatenacci folds.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 3d, 5d ]
HERO bets [$21]
KPAC69 is all-In.
HERO calls [$70.60]

** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]

** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]

HERO shows [ 9c, 9s ]two pairs, Nines and Threes.
KPAC69 shows [ 5h, 2h ]a straight Ace to Five.
KPAC69 wins $207.20 from the main pot with a straight, Ace to Five.



last hand of session (as I'm about to accept my 2.5 buy in loss and go out and party )...

VNH villain I think I played it perfectly given that I've been super aggro.

Villain played the river especially awesome here. I pushed hoping to get a call from a bluff-cathching hand like 66-77 with my Slaggy image.

***** Hand History for Game 5452405129 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 21:38:46 ET 2006
Table Table 126832 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: Soxforever ( $116.59 )
Seat 2: HERO ( $310.19 )
Seat 6: Moog07 ( $288.72 )
Seat 1: tocncx ( $308.46 )
Seat 4: NeverMind21 ( $284.80 )
Seat 3: Donisbetter ( $97 )
Moog07 posts small blind [$1].
tocncx posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 2h 3h ]
HERO raises [$7]
Donisbetter folds.
NeverMind21 folds.
unreal
Soxforever calls [$7]
Moog07 folds.
tocncx calls [$5]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, 2s ]
Pot : 15$

tocncx checks.
HERO bets [$14]
Soxforever folds.
tocncx calls [$14]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
Pot : 43$

tocncx checks.
HERO bets [$35]
tocncx calls [$35]

** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
Pot : 113$

tocncx checks.
HERO is all-In. (about 2x pot sized overbet)
tocncx is all-In.
tocncx shows [ 4c, 4d ]a full house, Fours full of Twos.
HERO shows [ 2h, 3h ]three of a kind, Twos.
HERO wins $1.73 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, Twos.
tocncx wins $621.92 from the main pot with a full house, Fours full of Twos.

Here are some other hands I thought were interesting.

Game is playing 4-handed and villain has 3-bet my 3 previous button raises. Rather than 4-bet I decide to peel one and see how the hand develops. LOL@getting stack-a-donked.

***** Hand History for Game 5452260294 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 20:00:33 ET 2006
Table Table 125896 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: karelen ( $333.20 )
Seat 1: HERO ( $238.75 )
Seat 3: NeverMind21 ( $507.10 )
Seat 4: whipcord ( $200 )
karelen posts small blind [$1].
NeverMind21 posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
HERO [ Th 6h ]
whipcord folds.
HERO raises [$7]
karelen folds.
NeverMind21 raises [$22]
HERO calls [$17]

** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 6c, Jh ]
NeverMind21 bets [$37]
HERO calls [$37]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
NeverMind21 checks.
HERO bets [$77]
NeverMind21 is all-In.
HERO folds.
NeverMind21 does not show cards.
NeverMind21 wins $644.10

This was butchered pretty badly. I'm not a fan of 3-betting AQ. Folding it is weak. I usually decide to either play to make money of worse aces or queens and sometimes I decide before the hand to "not give up" on an innocent-looking board. But like I said, this was butchered pretty badly. When you can't figure out what you're repping, it's probably a bad sign :

***** Hand History for Game 5452210443 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 19:35:16 ET 2006
Table Table 125896 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: karelen ( $261.70 )
Seat 1: HERO ( $212 )
Seat 5: bankofMedSyd ( $200 )
Seat 6: del_cav ( $41.20 )
Seat 3: NeverMind21 ( $453 )
Seat 4: dont_be_sad ( $0 )
del_cav posts small blind [$1].
HERO posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ac Qh ]
karelen raises [$8]
NeverMind21 folds.
bankofMedSyd folds.
dont_be_sad has left the table.
del_cav folds.
HERO calls [$6]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 9d, 5s ]
HERO checks.
karelen checks.

** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
HERO checks.
karelen bets [$14]
HERO calls [$14]

** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
HERO bets [$25]
karelen calls [$25]
HERO shows [ Ac, Qh ]high card Ace.
karelen shows [ Kc, Jh ]a pair of Jacks.
karelen wins $93 from the main pot with a pair of Jacks.

Somewere along the line, KK got cracked on a 7-high board by 2-4 sooted for 3/4 of a buy-in...

I think my edge is biggest 4-handed and less since most ppl have a tough time adapting to very shorthanded play. I manged to keep a cpl tables shorthanded and shorties kept coming and giving me their money. It's a good thing because with the coolers, beats and ill-timed aggression I could have been waaaay down 2day. Here's an example of what I kept running into today :

Whenever I made these shorthanded moves 2day seemed like ppl had 2pair +. Oh well. Not gonna wait for tptk to bet 3 handed…

***** Hand History for Game 5452290923 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 20:18:22 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1304946 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: HERO ( $218.60 )
Seat 6: morria ( $166.27 )
Seat 4: atruemale ( $369.04 )
Seat 2: yancanpoker ( $197 )
HERO posts small blind [$1].
morria posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 2c Kh ]
yancanpoker folds.
HERO raises [$6]
morria calls [$5]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 4c, 5d, 6d ]
HERO checks.
morria bets [$6]
HERO calls [$6]

** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
HERO checks.
morria bets [$12]
HERO raises [$35] hmmm. Maybe I should just give up on a hand every now and then….

morria calls [$23] (wtf do I put him on?)

** Dealing River ** [ Ks ] Uh oh… now my hand has some showdown value. I’d rather set my price than fold the best hand or call a big value-bet. Then again, maybe this is too aggro since villain should check behind since the board is so scary. I can’t forget ppl don’t value-bet very thinly a lot at nl200. Big problem with this hand is I couldn’t really put villain on a hand.

HERO bets [$45]
morria calls [$45]
HERO shows [ 2c, Kh ]a pair of Kings.
morria shows [ 6h, 6c ]three of a kind, Sixes.
morria wins $185 from the main pot with three of a kind, Sixes.

Same kind of thing (what do you put villain on?). Also, LOL@ villain's smooth call on river. He has the exact hand I'm repping :

***** Hand History for Game 5452390748 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 21:27:34 ET 2006
Table Table 125785 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 6: HERO ( $295.27 )
Seat 3: Master05222 ( $176.45 )
Seat 5: yesterworld ( $363.10 )
Seat 1: Kosmopoliet ( $221.75 )
Seat 4: verantiuk ( $0 )
HERO posts small blind [$1].
Kosmopoliet posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 2c 3c ]
Master05222 folds.
yesterworld folds.
HERO raises [$6]
Kosmopoliet calls [$5]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 5h, Kd ]
HERO bets [$11]
Kosmopoliet raises [$35]
HERO calls [$24]

** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
HERO checks.
Kosmopoliet bets [$22]
HERO calls [$22]

** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
HERO bets [$75]
Kosmopoliet calls [$75]
HERO shows [ 2c, 3c ]a pair of Kings.
Kosmopoliet shows [ Kc, 4c ]a full house, Kings full of Fours.
Kosmopoliet wins $276 from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of Fours.


Another butchered hand :

***** Hand History for Game 5452386766 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 21:24:27 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1304946 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: HERO ( $337.25 )
Seat 6: morria ( $262.57 )
Seat 5: rl1965 ( $179.15 )
Seat 4: Spinius ( $97.15 )
Seat 2: th3rooster ( $104.29 )
Seat 1: chuky_r_law ( $200 )
morria posts small blind [$1].
chuky_r_law posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Js Jc ]
th3rooster folds.
HERO raises [$7]
Spinius calls [$7]
rl1965 folds.
morria folds.
chuky_r_law folds.

** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 9d, Ad ]
HERO bets [$11]
Spinius calls [$11] Most shorties over-protect top pair vs draws. Tough to put him on an ace…

** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
HERO checks.
Spinius bets [$20] Hmmm. Here’s where I decide if I’m taking this any further. I think I must have been tilting because…
HERO calls [$20]

** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
HERO bets [$45] … I come out and make my line very –ev by turning my hand into a bluff. Maybe 1/100 times I get called by a 10 but other than that I just play it the way I should have played AK. But I didn’t have AK. Oops. Best play would have been s to let him bluff off his chips if I really thought he was betting something like the Kd on the turn
Spinius calls [$45]
HERO shows [ Js, Jc ]two pairs, Jacks and Nines.
Spinius shows [ 6h, Ah ]two pairs, Aces and Nines.
The time at which hand ended:Nov 21 2006 21:25 ET
Spinius wins $165.50 from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Nines.

Another place where I get into risky business. It doesn't bug me playing high-risk, high-variance poker (since when u run well u make so much more than a standard TAGG) but sometimes I just look for edges that aren't there.

I know ( or I’m like 90% here he does) villain in this hand has the 2nd nut boat here on the river. Trying to push him off it is def –ev. Ugh. This is exactly how I’d play a 10… But does HE know that? And even if he does, do I really expect him to fold a hand? LMAO gg me.

***** Hand History for Game 5452252952 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 21, 19:56:35 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1304946 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: chuky_r_law ( $331.87 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $200 )
Seat 5: KONET1 ( $114.32 )
Seat 2: temonk ( $69.65 )
Seat 6: morria ( $183 )
Seat 4: atruemale ( $254.03 )
temonk posts small blind [$1].
HERO posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ac Qs ]
atruemale folds.
KONET1 calls [$2]
morria folds.
chuky_r_law folds.
temonk calls [$1]
HERO raises [$7]
KONET1 calls [$7]
temonk calls [$7]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 8d, Tc ]
temonk checks.
HERO checks.
KONET1 bets [$5]
temonk folds.
HERO calls [$5] Yay nice price for my 6 outs!

** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
HERO checks.
KONET1 bets [$15]
HERO calls [$15] … with intention of bluffing multiple rivers that can be scary for villain, putting him on 888 at this point. Do I think this is 25-50?

** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
HERO checks.
KONET1 bets [$10]
HERO raises [$45]
KONET1 calls [$35]
HERO shows [ Ac, Qs ]two pairs, Tens and Eights.
KONET1 shows [ 8s, 7c ]a full house, Eights full of Tens.
KONET1 wins $153.50 from the main pot with a full house, Eights full of Tens.

Overall, I think my big mistake was pulling some of my floats/delayed bluffs OOP against the better players instead of focusing on the weak-tighties and waiting for spots in position. Then again, I lost a lot of mid-sized on the turn pots through different villain's hitting 11% cards where usually I take that shit daaoown...

Just gotta tidy things up a bit for tomorrow.

Today's totals : 884 hands played, -831$

Operation totals : 1888 hands played, +329$