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Apr. 5th, 2008 03:46 pmI felt that opponent carved this but, not wishing to be dogmatic, I tried to see it from his point of view.
Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00
Table "TURBO" Switz City
Seat 2: JRR77 ($80.16 in chips)
Seat 4: ML666 ($278.87 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: PaddyMcD ($9.49 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($119.45 in chips)
Seat 7: Tommosua ($60.60 in chips)
Seat 9: Angel0Killer ($51.80 in chips)
Seat 10: ttr78027102 ($33.30 in chips)
PaddyMcD: Post SB $0.50
Hero: Post BB $1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ML666 [9◊ 8♣]
Dealt to Hero [T♣ T♡]
All fold to
ML666: Call $1.00
PaddyMcD: Call $0.50
Hero: Raise $5.00
ML666: Call $5.00
PaddyMcD: Fold
*** FLOP *** [J♠ 7♣ A♡]
Hero: Bet $11.00
ML666: Call $11.00
Hard to see opponent’s implied odds here.
*** TURN *** [T◊ ]
Gives me the set and opponent the straight
Hero: Bet $28.00
ML666: Raise to $56.00
I initially felt that this raise made no sense, and if he had me marked as a weak-tight player, it doesn’t. However, what range has he put me on, and what range am I likely to have? The mini-raise only really makes sense if I have very few outs.
Hero: Call $28.00
*** RIVER *** [J♡]
Gives me the full house
Hero: Bet $46.45
ML666: Call $46.45
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $236.90 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $236.90
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This hand is a good example of how experience at other games (in this case, PLO) can help in NLHE. It’s an unusual situation for NLHE, but I was actually planning for the scenario from the flop.
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Halvambition ( $49.50 USD )
Seat 2: Hero ( $50 USD )
Seat 3: Elva100 ( $51.83 USD )
Seat 4: Avals111 ( $8.50 USD )
Seat 5: Axt7777 ( $66.59 USD )
Seat 6: heikki12345 ( $119.79 USD )
Seat 7: TynanNoah ( $49.50 USD )
Seat 8: sakbegu ( $92.96 USD )
Seat 9: sipsakki ( $39.92 USD )
Seat 10: determined7 ( $53.45 USD )
Avals111 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Axt7777 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$0.50 USD]
Dealt to Hero [ A♣ 2♣ ]
heikki12345 folds.
TynanNoah calls [$0.50 USD]
sakbegu calls [$0.50 USD]
determined7 calls [$0.50 USD]
Halvambition folds.
Hero checks.
Elva100 folds.
Avals111 calls [$0.25 USD]
Axt7777 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [K♣, T◊, J♡ ]
Avals111 checks.
Axt7777 checks.
TynanNoah checks.
sakbegu checks.
determined7 bets [$1 USD]
Hero calls [$1 USD]
I actually fold this without the runner-runner possibility
Avals111 folds.
Axt7777 folds.
TynanNoah folds.
sakbegu folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [Q♣ ]
determined7 checks.
Hero is all-In.
Working on the principle that no-one in Hold-Em folds the dry nuts on the turn, no matter how big your bet. In this case, its 12 times the size of the pot.
determined7 calls [$48.50 USD]
“Freeroll?” says Birks, turning over the flush draw, thinking of some of the more obscure wild-card variants that he used to play, where you never played anything but the nuts and you folded the nuts without redraws.
** Dealing River ** [ 7♣ ]
determined7 shows [K♠, A◊ ]a straight Ten to Ace.
Hero shows [A♣, 2♣ ]a flush, Ace high.
It’s nice when it works.
Hero wins $99 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
++++++++++++++++++++++
Here’s one of the hands from today. Nothing to learn from this apart from the fact that every other player at the table would probably have folded this. I strongly suspect that he knew I was capable of making this play without the set, but TT is still very thin to call to go all-in on the turn. I just have to console myself with winning lots of Sklansky dollars.
Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00
Table Mulhausen
Seat 1: lularyu ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 2: mbuc74 ($26.90 in chips)
Seat 3: frotty4444 ($76.50 in chips)
Seat 4: LYON007 ($95.00 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: Hero ($176.35 in chips)
Seat 6: GodofHell666 ($76.35 in chips)
Seat 7: sebapoker87 ($40.43 in chips)
Seat 8: Guddbub ($100.95 in chips)
Seat 9: Brainiac265 ($23.05 in chips)
Seat 10: m4tmut ($19.50 in chips)
Hero: Post SB $0.50
GodofHell666: Post BB $1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guddbub [T◊ T♠]
Dealt to Hero [7◊ 7♣]
sebapoker87: Fold
Guddbub: Raise $4.00
Brainiac265: Fold
m4tmut: Fold
lularyu: Fold
mbuc74: Fold
frotty4444: Fold
LYON007: Fold
Hero: Call $3.50
GodofHell666: Fold
*** FLOP *** [9♠ 7♠ 3♣]
Gives me middle set.
Hero: Check
Guddbub: Bet $7.00
Hero: Raise $21.00
Guddbub: Call $14.00
*** TURN *** [4◊]
Hero: Bet $24.00
Guddbub: Raise $48 to $72.00
I think this is dreadful, unless he is convinced that I'm making a play on AK. Perhaps he's seen me do this with AK in the past. Perhaps the size of my bet suckers him.
Hero: Raise All-In
Guddbub: Allin $3.95
*** RIVER *** [T♣]**
Oh ffs, I shouted to myself.
* SUMMARY ***
Total pot $243.95 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $44.05
Guddbub: wins $199.90
So, after 10 days of modest ups and downs, I’ve had three days of a bad down, a good up, and a bad down again. I started playing poorly after this, but dragged myself back from $350 down to $200 down, only to lose $120 on my last round at my last table, where I’d nearly declined to play that round. A bit of a sickener. (I flopped top set, but I still deliberately gave opponent implied odds on the grounds that he might try an all-in pot-sized steal on the river if he missed. This was a stupid assumption, given the guy’s stats.
It's also a kind of pisser wasting three hours on a Saturday afternoon to lose 3 buy-ins, when you have lots of other things that need doing. All very well saying that the more hours you play, the more that you win, but it doesn't always seem to work that way.
Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00
Table "TURBO" Switz City
Seat 2: JRR77 ($80.16 in chips)
Seat 4: ML666 ($278.87 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: PaddyMcD ($9.49 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($119.45 in chips)
Seat 7: Tommosua ($60.60 in chips)
Seat 9: Angel0Killer ($51.80 in chips)
Seat 10: ttr78027102 ($33.30 in chips)
PaddyMcD: Post SB $0.50
Hero: Post BB $1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ML666 [9◊ 8♣]
Dealt to Hero [T♣ T♡]
All fold to
ML666: Call $1.00
PaddyMcD: Call $0.50
Hero: Raise $5.00
ML666: Call $5.00
PaddyMcD: Fold
*** FLOP *** [J♠ 7♣ A♡]
Hero: Bet $11.00
ML666: Call $11.00
Hard to see opponent’s implied odds here.
*** TURN *** [T◊ ]
Gives me the set and opponent the straight
Hero: Bet $28.00
ML666: Raise to $56.00
I initially felt that this raise made no sense, and if he had me marked as a weak-tight player, it doesn’t. However, what range has he put me on, and what range am I likely to have? The mini-raise only really makes sense if I have very few outs.
Hero: Call $28.00
*** RIVER *** [J♡]
Gives me the full house
Hero: Bet $46.45
ML666: Call $46.45
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $236.90 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $236.90
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This hand is a good example of how experience at other games (in this case, PLO) can help in NLHE. It’s an unusual situation for NLHE, but I was actually planning for the scenario from the flop.
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Halvambition ( $49.50 USD )
Seat 2: Hero ( $50 USD )
Seat 3: Elva100 ( $51.83 USD )
Seat 4: Avals111 ( $8.50 USD )
Seat 5: Axt7777 ( $66.59 USD )
Seat 6: heikki12345 ( $119.79 USD )
Seat 7: TynanNoah ( $49.50 USD )
Seat 8: sakbegu ( $92.96 USD )
Seat 9: sipsakki ( $39.92 USD )
Seat 10: determined7 ( $53.45 USD )
Avals111 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Axt7777 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$0.50 USD]
Dealt to Hero [ A♣ 2♣ ]
heikki12345 folds.
TynanNoah calls [$0.50 USD]
sakbegu calls [$0.50 USD]
determined7 calls [$0.50 USD]
Halvambition folds.
Hero checks.
Elva100 folds.
Avals111 calls [$0.25 USD]
Axt7777 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [K♣, T◊, J♡ ]
Avals111 checks.
Axt7777 checks.
TynanNoah checks.
sakbegu checks.
determined7 bets [$1 USD]
Hero calls [$1 USD]
I actually fold this without the runner-runner possibility
Avals111 folds.
Axt7777 folds.
TynanNoah folds.
sakbegu folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [Q♣ ]
determined7 checks.
Hero is all-In.
Working on the principle that no-one in Hold-Em folds the dry nuts on the turn, no matter how big your bet. In this case, its 12 times the size of the pot.
determined7 calls [$48.50 USD]
“Freeroll?” says Birks, turning over the flush draw, thinking of some of the more obscure wild-card variants that he used to play, where you never played anything but the nuts and you folded the nuts without redraws.
** Dealing River ** [ 7♣ ]
determined7 shows [K♠, A◊ ]a straight Ten to Ace.
Hero shows [A♣, 2♣ ]a flush, Ace high.
It’s nice when it works.
Hero wins $99 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
++++++++++++++++++++++
Here’s one of the hands from today. Nothing to learn from this apart from the fact that every other player at the table would probably have folded this. I strongly suspect that he knew I was capable of making this play without the set, but TT is still very thin to call to go all-in on the turn. I just have to console myself with winning lots of Sklansky dollars.
Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00
Table Mulhausen
Seat 1: lularyu ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 2: mbuc74 ($26.90 in chips)
Seat 3: frotty4444 ($76.50 in chips)
Seat 4: LYON007 ($95.00 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: Hero ($176.35 in chips)
Seat 6: GodofHell666 ($76.35 in chips)
Seat 7: sebapoker87 ($40.43 in chips)
Seat 8: Guddbub ($100.95 in chips)
Seat 9: Brainiac265 ($23.05 in chips)
Seat 10: m4tmut ($19.50 in chips)
Hero: Post SB $0.50
GodofHell666: Post BB $1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guddbub [T◊ T♠]
Dealt to Hero [7◊ 7♣]
sebapoker87: Fold
Guddbub: Raise $4.00
Brainiac265: Fold
m4tmut: Fold
lularyu: Fold
mbuc74: Fold
frotty4444: Fold
LYON007: Fold
Hero: Call $3.50
GodofHell666: Fold
*** FLOP *** [9♠ 7♠ 3♣]
Gives me middle set.
Hero: Check
Guddbub: Bet $7.00
Hero: Raise $21.00
Guddbub: Call $14.00
*** TURN *** [4◊]
Hero: Bet $24.00
Guddbub: Raise $48 to $72.00
I think this is dreadful, unless he is convinced that I'm making a play on AK. Perhaps he's seen me do this with AK in the past. Perhaps the size of my bet suckers him.
Hero: Raise All-In
Guddbub: Allin $3.95
*** RIVER *** [T♣]**
Oh ffs, I shouted to myself.
* SUMMARY ***
Total pot $243.95 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $44.05
Guddbub: wins $199.90
So, after 10 days of modest ups and downs, I’ve had three days of a bad down, a good up, and a bad down again. I started playing poorly after this, but dragged myself back from $350 down to $200 down, only to lose $120 on my last round at my last table, where I’d nearly declined to play that round. A bit of a sickener. (I flopped top set, but I still deliberately gave opponent implied odds on the grounds that he might try an all-in pot-sized steal on the river if he missed. This was a stupid assumption, given the guy’s stats.
It's also a kind of pisser wasting three hours on a Saturday afternoon to lose 3 buy-ins, when you have lots of other things that need doing. All very well saying that the more hours you play, the more that you win, but it doesn't always seem to work that way.
