First 3k hands in the books at nl400

+190$!!!!!

I played kind of nitty for the 1st 2k hands.

Tonight the tables were wild on Party and I had to fight with some of the supposedly better 2p2 regs to get at the fish. I opened my game up some and the swings were huge ; at one point I was up 1.5k and I ended up down about 150$ for the session due to a bunch of horseshit and one very sicko/spewy bluff... that I happen to like based on my read.

The call-downs :

Villain was a laggtard who systematically potted the river with air :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 12, 00:13:00 ET 2007
Table Table 126324 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 4: sialozemia ( $1,211 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $538.80 USD )
Seat 6: doyle_777 ( $396 USD )
sialozemia posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
sialozemia calls [$2 USD]
HERO raises [$12 USD]
sialozemia calls [$12 USD]
** Dealing Flop **
sialozemia checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Turn **
sialozemia checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing River **
sialozemia bets [$32 USD]
HERO calls [$32 USD]
sialozemia shows a pair of Jacks.
HERO shows a pair of Jacks.
HERO wins $95 USD from the main pot with a pair of Jacks with Nine kicker.


Same dood :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 12, 00:02:48 ET 2007
Table Table 126324 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: evaworcim ( $527 USD )
Seat 2: kamyshen25 ( $1,136.60 USD )
Seat 3: Lee_Jowns ( $881.40 USD )
Seat 4: sialozemia ( $1,328.40 USD )
Seat 6: Halibut555 ( $352.80 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $420 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
Halibut555 posts big blind [$4 USD].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
evaworcim folds.
kamyshen25 folds.
Lee_Jowns folds.
sialozemia raises [$20 USD]
HERO calls [$18 USD]
Halibut555 folds.

** Dealing Flop **
HERO checks.
sialozemia checks.

** Dealing Turn **
HERO checks.
sialozemia checks.

** Dealing River **
HERO checks
sialozemia bets [$48 USD]
HERO calls [$48 USD]
sialozemia shows high card Ace.
HERO shows a pair of Tens.
HERO wins $137 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens.

Same table, different villain (15/9… seemed like the kind of guy who either “had it” or “didn’t have it” ; hadn’t seen him value-bet thin all session) :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 12, 00:22:03 ET 2007
Table Table 126324 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 4: sialozemia ( $1,051.60 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $671.80 USD )
Seat 6: doyle_777 ( $457 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
doyle_777 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
sialozemia folds.
HERO raises [$12 USD]
doyle_777 calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing Flop **
HERO checks.
doyle_777 bets [$20 USD]
HERO calls [$20 USD]
** Dealing Turn **
HERO checks.
doyle_777 bets [$45 USD]
Slava567 has joined the table.
HERO calls [$45 USD]
** Dealing River **
HERO checks.
doyle_777 bets [$110 USD]
HERO calls [$110 USD]
doyle_777 shows high card Queen.
HERO shows a pair of Fives.
HERO wins $377 USD from the main pot with a pair of Fives.

Villain in this hand is – according to the 2p2 “Party Regulars” thread – toughest player at nl400. He ran at 18/17 so I wasn’t too worried about a set. Figured he’d be confused by the turn CR.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 12, 00:21:06 ET 2007
Table Jackpot #1304478 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: fitzroy ( $833.90 USD )
Seat 3: Lee_Jowns ( $458.80 USD )
Seat 5: angel596 ( $400.83 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $829.98 USD )
Seat 6: Pilipinen ( $396 USD )
Seat 4: fishyfishy123 ( $403 USD )
angel596 posts small blind [$2 USD].
Pilipinen posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
HERO raises [$14 USD]
fitzroy folds.
Lee_Jowns folds.
fishyfishy123 calls [$14 USD]
angel596 folds.
Pilipinen folds.
** Dealing Flop **
HERO bets [$24 USD]
fishyfishy123 calls [$24 USD]
** Dealing Turn **
HERO checks.
fishyfishy123 bets [$50 USD]
HERO raises [$175 USD]
fishyfishy123 calls [$125 USD]
** Dealing River **
HERO is all-In.
fishyfishy123 is all-In.
HERO shows a pair of Jacks.
fishyfishy123 doesn't show :10s: a pair of Jacks.
The time at which hand ended:May 12 2007 00:21 ET
HERO wins $426.98 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Jacks with King kicker.
HERO wins $808.50 USD from the main pot with a pair of Jacks with King kicker.

Finally, the bluff that lost me the biggest pot of the night :

Villain had been running insane (44/35) and liked to “put you on a draw” and fire away. He seemed capable of folding, however, and controlled pots in position (so not a bad player… just a bit crazy!).

My turn shove is obv taking a “showdownable” hand and turning it into a bluff, but there were a ton of cards I’d hate to see on the river and the pot was already big. Also, since I figured villain’s range was pretty polarized (overpairs and sets or else overs/air… he’d almost always check behind with medium-strength hands), the shove had the merit of possibly folding out some better hands this deep (QQ, KK maybe AA a small % of the time and definitely Jx).

Also, my image at the table was awesome. Oh well. Wish he’d just snap-called instead of running the timer down to 1 second… :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 12, 00:35:51 ET 2007
Table Table 125497 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: BangDeBang ( $504.72 USD )
Seat 3: Goatrider2 ( $76 USD )
Seat 5: duyufalou ( $962.20 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $731.76 USD )
Seat 6: fishyfishy123 ( $758 USD )
Seat 4: John_Tobin ( $432.98 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
BangDeBang posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
Goatrider2 folds.
John_Tobin calls [$4 USD]
duyufalou raises [$19 USD]
fishyfishy123 folds.
HERO calls [$17 USD]
BangDeBang folds.
John_Tobin folds.
** Dealing Flop **
HERO checks.
duyufalou bets [$38 USD]
HERO calls [$38 USD]
** Dealing Turn **
HERO checks.
duyufalou bets [$118 USD]
HERO is all-In.
duyufalou calls [$556.76 USD]
** Dealing River **
duyufalou shows two pairs, Aces and Jacks.
HERO doesn't show two pairs, Jacks and Nines.
duyufalou wins $1,468.52 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Jacks.

I went on monkey-tilt after this BRUTAL disconnect-abuse so I just wrapped it up. This horseshit fking drives me off the deep-end :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 12, 01:11:51 ET 2007
Table Jackpot #1305248 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: Pilipinen ( $360.18 USD )
Seat 3: nxzwqw ( $1,246.84 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: ssnnuuzz ( $368.60 USD )
Seat 5: MDF25 ( $289.50 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
MDF25 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
ssnnuuzz folds.
Pilipinen did not respond in time
Pilipinen folds.
DaveyBoy998 has joined the table.
nxzwqw folds.
HERO raises [$12 USD]
MDF25 calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing Flop **
HERO bets [$21 USD]
MDF25 calls [$21 USD]
** Dealing Turn **
HERO bets [$45 USD]
MDF25 calls [$45 USD]
** Dealing River **
HERO bets [$111 USD]
MDF25 could not respond in time.(disconnected)
HERO shows high card Ace.
MDF25 shows a pair of Nines.
The time at which hand ended:May 12 2007 01:13 ET
HERO wins $111 USD from side pot #1 with high card, Ace.
MDF25 wins $157.50 USD from the main pot with a pair of Nines

GG Breaking even.