A day in the life of the 110s

I've had a semi-bad start to the day. I'm reviewing my HHs so far to see how good/bad I've played. I'll highlight most of the major hands, and offer some strategical thoughts where they apply.

First up is Woltas. I saw him register at one or two 110s, so I figure he's done regging.

I sit, he sits. I sit again, he sits. So I'm two tabling a 6%+ winner with an average stake of 300+.

Still, he's never seemed very good to me, I have no idea how his ROI is that high. My notes on him are "calls 3-bets light, over 3-bets light." I've played him a little bit in the past. I haven't ran well vs him, but I recall a 4x+ 3-bet first level with A4o from him. This is the kind of stuff I can expect.

First major hand besides me 3-betting JJ and flopping trips, he folds to my turn bet. This hand is standard, but seems to be a sign of things to come.

Seat 1: woltas (1045 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1955 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 25
woltas: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Tc As]
RyPac13: raises 50 to 100
woltas: raises 945 to 1045 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 945
*** FLOP *** [9d Qd Kd]
*** TURN *** [9d Qd Kd] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [9d Qd Kd Qh] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
woltas: shows [Ks Js] (a straight, Nine to King)
RyPac13: shows [Tc As] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
woltas collected 2090 from pot


I actually won A8 > 88, then lost K5 < J8, both under 10bbs.

Seat 1: woltas (1860 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1140 in chips)
woltas: posts small blind 50
RyPac13: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Kh Qc]
woltas: raises 1760 to 1860 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 1040 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Th Td 2h]
*** TURN *** [Th Td 2h] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Th Td 2h 4d] [6c]
RyPac13 said, "!!!"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Kh Qc] (a pair of Tens)
woltas: shows [Kd 6h] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
RyPac13 said, "gg"
woltas collected 2280 from pot

Quality stuff, but overall just a little bit of a downer game.

Lets take a look at how the other table vs woltas is doing.

Standard match, only one pot over 400. I lose 33 to ATs with 1400 stacks in 50-100.

Overall not a bad start in terms of play. I've been a little card dead and lost some flips.

Moving on..

First hand vs a pretty horrible player. I played this like an idiot. Once I call the turn I call the river. I did that right, but then I second guessed myself and convinced myself I was calling the turn out of frustration/spew. Silly me.

Seat 1: trader13 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1500 in chips)
trader13: posts small blind 10
RyPac13: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Ac Kc]
trader13: raises 40 to 60
RyPac13: raises 140 to 200
trader13: calls 140
*** FLOP *** [5d 8h 5s]
RyPac13: bets 275
trader13: calls 275
*** TURN *** [5d 8h 5s] [Qs]
RyPac13: checks
trader13: bets 240
RyPac13: calls 240
*** RIVER *** [5d 8h 5s Qs] [2h]
RyPac13: checks
trader13: bets 560
RyPac13: folds
trader13 collected 1430 from pot
trader13: shows [7d Ah] (a pair of Fives)

Oh well, I would come back to see more life in this match.

Here's the next major hand. I had pulled a little "go and go" vs him earlier with KQ and he folded. This hand here is pretty standard. I opted to raise to 90 for two reasons. 1) He hadn't limped hardly ever in this match, he was fairly crazy/bluffy and had balls so I wouldn't be surprised to see a LRR shove here, which I could not call profitably. 2) Stacks were small and he is pretty aggro. He's going to bluff big when he bluffs and I'd rather not commit myself to pots I don't have to. 90 was best here imo.

Seat 1: trader13 (1985 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1015 in chips)
trader13: posts small blind 15
RyPac13: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Kd Qh]
trader13: calls 15
RyPac13: raises 60 to 90
trader13: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Td 4h Ks]
RyPac13: bets 120
trader13: calls 120
*** TURN *** [Td 4h Ks] [Qc]
RyPac13: checks
trader13: bets 210
RyPac13: raises 595 to 805 and is all-in
trader13: folds
RyPac13 collected 840 from pot

I'm more worried about a check behind (which I play for pot control and check call his river bluff/straight) than a bet really. He should stack off with a K or Q, maybe a T and perhaps some sort of T9 94 type combo draw (yea 94 is definitely in his range, especially suited). Plus I get the fold equity from his bluff here. I doubt he's firing 2 and a lot of rivers scare the crap out of me.

The next hand I'm not sure about. I probably should be firing 2 here. At the same time he's bluffing a ton of rivers so it might be more profitable to play a smaller, higher equity pot. I opted for the latter option and it paid off. After this hand I figured him for an idiot. He must watch too many of those "call to take it away later" poker shows on tv. Lol.

Seat 1: trader13 (1520 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1480 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 15
trader13: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [As Jd]
RyPac13: raises 45 to 75
trader13: calls 45
*** FLOP *** [6c Js 7d]
trader13: checks
RyPac13: bets 90
trader13: calls 90
*** TURN *** [6c Js 7d] [7s]
trader13: checks
RyPac13: checks
*** RIVER *** [6c Js 7d 7s] [5s]
trader13: bets 240
RyPac13 said, "bah"
RyPac13: calls 240
*** SHOW DOWN ***
trader13: shows [Td Ks] (a pair of Sevens)
RyPac13: shows [As Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
RyPac13 collected 810 from pot


Here I start to realize this my be a bad day.

Seat 1: trader13 (965 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2035 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 15
trader13: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [As Qd]
RyPac13: raises 30 to 60
trader13: raises 90 to 150
RyPac13: raises 1885 to 2035 and is all-in
trader13: calls 815 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [4d Ac 6c]
*** TURN *** [4d Ac 6c] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [4d Ac 6c Td] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
trader13: shows [Tc Ad] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
RyPac13: shows [As Qd] (a pair of Aces)
trader13 collected 1930 from pot

Then I think there is still hope.

Seat 1: trader13 (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1070 in chips)
trader13: posts small blind 25
RyPac13: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Qc Jh]
trader13: calls 25
RyPac13: checks
*** FLOP *** [9d 3c Th]
RyPac13: checks
trader13: bets 100
RyPac13: raises 300 to 400
trader13: raises 1480 to 1880 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 620 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [9d 3c Th] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [9d 3c Th Js] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Qc Jh] (three of a kind, Jacks)
trader13: shows [9c Ts] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
RyPac13 collected 2140 from pot

I wasn't happy about this hand, mainly because I know he's probably bluffing some % of the time here. It was only my 2-3rd LR however, and I don't think I can profitably call here.

Seat 1: trader13 (1210 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1790 in chips)
trader13: posts small blind 25
RyPac13: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Kd Qc]
trader13: calls 25
RyPac13: raises 100 to 150
trader13: raises 1060 to 1210 and is all-in
RyPac13: folds

Then I made a few hero calls with weak pairs and lost most of my chips. Doubled up via folds in SAGE area, then evened up when I won Q8 over A5. Match is starting to even out a bit.

We split this, which I thought was horrible on all levels from him (except the call b/c he's obviously committed by then).

Seat 1: trader13 (1740 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1260 in chips)
trader13: posts small blind 75
RyPac13: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [8h 7s]
trader13: calls 75
RyPac13: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ts 5s 7c]
RyPac13: checks
trader13: bets 300
RyPac13: raises 810 to 1110 and is all-in
trader13: calls 810
*** TURN *** [Ts 5s 7c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 5s 7c 9h] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [8h 7s] (a pair of Sevens)
trader13: shows [7d 8s] (a pair of Sevens)
RyPac13 collected 1260 from pot
trader13 collected 1260 from pot

After that my next big hand is K4s which I call his PF shove and run into AK. He holds. 0-3, but nothing atrocious yet. I'm doing ok, not tilting or anything. Lets see how the game I was playing on the other table went.

Good start. I raise the river so big because most of his calling range is Ax and he should call this raise with Ax. He can probably get away from an 8 or a 6 (though I would expect some players to call with that) because the backdoor hit the river and the J might scare him a bit. Keep in mind this is not a good player.

Here's an example of him being a "not good" player.

Seat 1: PAYMEFISH (900 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2100 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 15
PAYMEFISH: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [6c 7h]
RyPac13: raises 30 to 60
PAYMEFISH: raises 30 to 90
RyPac13: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [6h 9s Ks]
PAYMEFISH: checks
RyPac13: checks
*** TURN *** [6h 9s Ks] [Jd]
PAYMEFISH: bets 30
RyPac13: calls 30
*** RIVER *** [6h 9s Ks Jd] [5d]
PAYMEFISH: bets 30
RyPac13: calls 30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PAYMEFISH: shows [4h 4c] (a pair of Fours)
RyPac13: shows [6c 7h] (a pair of Sixes)
RyPac13 collected 300 from pot


Here's a rough little hand.

Seat 1: PAYMEFISH (500 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2500 in chips)
PAYMEFISH: posts small blind 25
RyPac13: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Jc Ah]
PAYMEFISH: raises 50 to 100
RyPac13: raises 2400 to 2500 and is all-in
PAYMEFISH: calls 400 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Jd 5d 3d]
*** TURN *** [Jd 5d 3d] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 5d 3d 2h] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Jc Ah] (a straight, Ace to Five)
PAYMEFISH: shows [Ac 6d] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
PAYMEFISH collected 1000 from pot

I don't know if I should call this river, but I felt he'd bet the turn if he had anything there.

Seat 1: PAYMEFISH (745 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2255 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 25
PAYMEFISH: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [As 8h]
RyPac13: raises 50 to 100
PAYMEFISH: calls 50
*** FLOP *** [Kd Ks 2h]
PAYMEFISH: checks
RyPac13: bets 125
PAYMEFISH: calls 125
*** TURN *** [Kd Ks 2h] [7s]
PAYMEFISH: checks
RyPac13: checks
*** RIVER *** [Kd Ks 2h 7s] [Qd]
PAYMEFISH: bets 200
RyPac13: calls 200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PAYMEFISH: shows [Jc Qs] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
RyPac13: mucks hand
PAYMEFISH collected 850 from pot


By this time the other match was over. I was 0-3, not feeling too happy about this match, already taking a break after this game finished, I did not open up another game.

I'm not sure how I feel about the following hand. I wouldn't say I was tilting, but I wasn't in a good mood either and was stopping my session for a 15-20 minute break.

The minraise thing he'd been doing about half the time I limped (which wasn't a lot) in the last dozen or so buttons. That, combined with him stabbing out pretty aggressively made me feel like I had a lot of fold equity here. And I do still have some outs if I'm behind. Not many though, and this is probably not a profitable play. I'm not sure, it's hard to tell because of the holding I saw here. But I went with my read and made a move, if only I had done the same in that AK hand.

Seat 1: PAYMEFISH (1270 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1730 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 50
PAYMEFISH: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [9s Jd]
RyPac13: calls 50
PAYMEFISH: raises 100 to 200
RyPac13: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ks Qd]
PAYMEFISH: bets 300
RyPac13: raises 1230 to 1530 and is all-in
PAYMEFISH: calls 770 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Qs Ks Qd] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ks Qd 9d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PAYMEFISH: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
RyPac13: shows [9s Jd] (a full house, Nines full of Queens)
RyPac13 collected 2540 from pot

So I'm 1-3, and I need a break. I come back 30 minutes later, feeling refreshed and ready to go.

Obviously woltas sits with me right away. Redemption, perhaps? I think I've lost my last 3 against him, and while I feel I have a clear edge in the match, I have a bigger edge against other players. I just feel I know where he is strong and where he is weak.

Here I think I miss a river bet. If I did miss it, it is super thin, but I think I can get some value here out of Woltas. He doesn't have a Q or T ever here and I can respect a raise from him, he's not laggy or spewy/bluffy, but he will look me up with a 7 imo.

Normally I play as nitty OOP as woltas does against me. This means I'm 3-betting more than I am calling, and I'm not calling very often here. He's calling 3-bets pretty light so most of my strong hands and every PP is being 3-bet for value.

So when I call T9o OOP, I need to make these kinds of river value bets if I want to be profitable with this PF call. I fail to do so.

Seat 1: woltas (1530 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1470 in chips)
woltas: posts small blind 10
RyPac13: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Td 9c]
woltas: raises 40 to 60
RyPac13: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Qh 2c Th]
RyPac13: checks
woltas: checks
*** TURN *** [Qh 2c Th] [7d]
RyPac13: bets 80
woltas: calls 80
*** RIVER *** [Qh 2c Th 7d] [8h]
RyPac13: checks
woltas: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Td 9c] (a pair of Tens)
woltas: mucks hand
RyPac13 collected 280 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 280 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 2c Th 7d 8h]
Seat 1: woltas (button) (small blind) mucked [Ad 7s]

I don't know what's going on here, he's always 3-bet me 4x+. I don't really know what kind of hand he has here, but obviously I'm 4-betting.

Seat 1: woltas (1300 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1700 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 10
woltas: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Kh Kc]
RyPac13: raises 40 to 60
woltas: raises 100 to 160
RyPac13: raises 340 to 500
woltas: folds

This is a nice flop against somebody who calls 3-bets light but isn't going to look me up with Q high here like a lot of loose stations I've played.

Seat 1: woltas (1140 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1860 in chips)
woltas: posts small blind 10
RyPac13: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [2s 2d]
woltas: raises 40 to 60
RyPac13: raises 140 to 200
woltas: calls 140
*** FLOP *** [Ah 4d Ac]
RyPac13: bets 300
woltas: folds
RyPac13 collected 400 from pot


The final hand of the match, a clear example of the sort of edge I feel I have against him.

Seat 1: woltas (900 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2100 in chips)
woltas: posts small blind 15
RyPac13: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Ad Jc]
woltas: raises 60 to 90
RyPac13: raises 270 to 360
woltas: calls 270
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9h 7s]
RyPac13: bets 1740 and is all-in
woltas: calls 540 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jh 9h 7s] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9h 7s 8s] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Ad Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
woltas: shows [Qh Jd] (a pair of Jacks - lower kicker)
RyPac13 collected 1800 from pot

I don't think he's ever said a word to me. I've displayed my lack of enthusiasm about playing him in our first few matches (a few months ago), I've also made some friendly comments here or there, but he's never said a word in the chat. Oh well, I'll be fine playing him when he sits with me.

Lets see how I'm doing on the other table (if you notice throughout this, I'm 2 tabling these 110 turbos at all times).

This hand is tough. At the time I didn't have the reads to get away from this, but I feel I should almost be thinking the opposite, I should have a read to call here. He wasn't just donking OOP every raised flop or anything. Tough hand, could be avoided if I had folded the flop. This is the kind of trouble I can get into when I take a marginal read and put myself in a very tough spot. I've really cut back on it over the last 500 or so games, and I definitely see a big improvement in my game, but I have to continue to do this.

Don't get me wrong, I'm flatting or raising this donk bet against a lot of players, but I didn't have a specific read here.

Seat 1: RyPac13 (1400 in chips)
Seat 2: rizn00 (1600 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 15
rizn00: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Kd Tc]
RyPac13: raises 45 to 75
rizn00: calls 45
*** FLOP *** [8c 5c 5h]
rizn00: bets 90
RyPac13: calls 90
*** TURN *** [8c 5c 5h] [6c]
rizn00: checks
RyPac13: checks
*** RIVER *** [8c 5c 5h 6c] [Ks]
rizn00: bets 240
RyPac13: calls 240
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rizn00: shows [Ac 4c] (a flush, Ace high)
RyPac13: mucks hand
rizn00 collected 810 from pot

Not much else happens in this game. He's overbet raised a few of my limps. I limp 44, he checks J7. Flops a 7, I lose a flop bet, nothing major. Been running into a lot of those lately (where they do something a few times, I get a hand to exploit it and they fail to continue the pattern), just variance.

The last two hands fall slightly out of my favor.

Seat 1: RyPac13 (455 in chips)
Seat 2: rizn00 (2545 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 50
rizn00: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [5h As]
RyPac13: raises 355 to 455 and is all-in
rizn00: calls 355
*** FLOP *** [Qd Jh Ts]
*** TURN *** [Qd Jh Ts] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Jh Ts Ks] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rizn00: shows [8h Kd] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
RyPac13: shows [5h As] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
rizn00 collected 455 from pot
RyPac13 collected 455 from pot

Seat 1: RyPac13 (455 in chips)
Seat 2: rizn00 (2545 in chips)
rizn00: posts small blind 50
RyPac13: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [9s Kh]
rizn00: raises 2445 to 2545 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 355 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7c 7s 5h]
*** TURN *** [7c 7s 5h] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [7c 7s 5h 8d] [4c]
RyPac13 said, "where's my split"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [9s Kh] (a pair of Sevens)
rizn00: shows [5s Ac] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
rizn00 collected 910 from pot

Overall, as most of my games so far have gone, this game had very few "medium" pots, and one big hand pretty much made the difference when we were medium-deep stacked.

I'm 2-4 now, and playing 2 more.

First hand on my new game. This is an example of "wishful thinking." I can't believe I call here but don't call the AK hand earlier. As you can see, I've mentioned this a few times and it obviously bothers me and I won't go against my reads/feelings mid hand in the near future :)

Dealt to RyPac13 [8h 9d]
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 10
RyPac13: checks
*** FLOP *** [As 5d 6h]
RyPac13: bets 30
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 30
*** TURN *** [As 5d 6h] [8c]
RyPac13: bets 65
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 65
*** RIVER *** [As 5d 6h 8c] [Ac]
RyPac13: bets 150
FOOTBALLEUR: raises 230 to 380
RyPac13: calls 230
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FOOTBALLEUR: shows [7d 4h] (a straight, Four to Eight)
RyPac13: mucks hand
FOOTBALLEUR collected 990 from pot

I think the river bet is fine, but there's no way he's minraising a 5 or 6 here on the first hand. Silly to not fold the river.

The next hand I make some money back, he calls a 3x raise with 85o, so now I know what I'm up against after he proceeds to chase a gutshot and miss.

Some reenforcement of hand one being a clear river fold.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (1875 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1125 in chips)
FOOTBALLEUR: posts small blind 10
RyPac13: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [7h 3d]
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 10
RyPac13: checks
*** FLOP *** [7s Ad 3h]
RyPac13: bets 30
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 30
*** TURN *** [7s Ad 3h] [5d]
RyPac13: bets 70
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 70
*** RIVER *** [7s Ad 3h 5d] [9d]
RyPac13: bets 150
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 150
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [7h 3d] (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
FOOTBALLEUR: mucks hand
RyPac13 collected 540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 540 | Rake 0
Board [7s Ad 3h 5d 9d]
Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (button) (small blind) mucked [Qs Qh]


He's now value betting for me.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (1605 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1395 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 10
FOOTBALLEUR: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Qc 9c]
RyPac13: raises 40 to 60
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [3h Qh 5d]
FOOTBALLEUR: checks
RyPac13: bets 80
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 80
*** TURN *** [3h Qh 5d] [3d]
FOOTBALLEUR: bets 100
RyPac13: calls 100
*** RIVER *** [3h Qh 5d 3d] [7s]
FOOTBALLEUR: bets 80
RyPac13: calls 80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FOOTBALLEUR: shows [6c 7c] (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
RyPac13: shows [Qc 9c] (two pair, Queens and Threes)
RyPac13 collected 640 from pot

I make an A high call to win a pot. He starts "tilting" I suppose.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (815 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2185 in chips)
FOOTBALLEUR: posts small blind 15
RyPac13: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [7s 2h]
FOOTBALLEUR: raises 785 to 815 and is all-in
RyPac13: folds

The next button of his. This hand kind of frustrated me because my calling range here absolutely crushes his holding. I don't think this had any effects on future games, but it sure sucks.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (860 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2140 in chips)
FOOTBALLEUR: posts small blind 15
RyPac13: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Ad Kd]
FOOTBALLEUR: raises 830 to 860 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 830
*** FLOP *** [Kc 2d 3c]
*** TURN *** [Kc 2d 3c] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 2d 3c Tc] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Ad Kd] (a pair of Kings)
FOOTBALLEUR: shows [3s 3d] (three of a kind, Threes)
FOOTBALLEUR collected 1720 from pot

I'm normally not as comfortable as I was in the past just blindly leading bottom pair on wet flops in limped pots, I generally mix up my play in these areas. This guy was clearly calling super super light, so I think any piece of a flop should be bet for value, including A high.

The turn is very nice, and he's been getting more aggressive. This was not a solid "he's going to bet" read or anything, but I felt if he bets here normally at all, at this point in the match he's leading out with a wider range. Luckily he did, unfortunately he didn't look me up light, but I'll take the extra 250 chips from his K high draw.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (1570 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1430 in chips)
FOOTBALLEUR: posts small blind 25
RyPac13: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Ad 4s]
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 25
RyPac13: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d Qs 5h]
RyPac13: bets 60
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 60
*** TURN *** [4d Qs 5h] [Ah]
RyPac13: checks
FOOTBALLEUR: bets 250
RyPac13: raises 500 to 750
FOOTBALLEUR: folds
RyPac13 collected 720 from pot

I miss a flop lead and a river value bet in between this hand. I wasn't as clear with my reads during the game as I am reviewing this, and I definitely need to focus a little better in some of these games.

Then this hand hits, and it's obviously just a standard beat.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (1000 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (2000 in chips)
FOOTBALLEUR: posts small blind 50
RyPac13: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Js Jh]
FOOTBALLEUR: raises 900 to 1000 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 900
*** FLOP *** [6h 8h 2d]
*** TURN *** [6h 8h 2d] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [6h 8h 2d 9h] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Js Jh] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
FOOTBALLEUR: shows [Kh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
FOOTBALLEUR collected 2000 from pot

This is a fairly ridiculous hand. I don't think he does this with a combo draw to be honest. I figured, overpair or straight/straight draw, overcards most of the time. I don't really know, he's done some strange stuff during the course of the match, showing some marginal looking aggression at times.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (2100 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (900 in chips)
FOOTBALLEUR: posts small blind 50
RyPac13: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [6c 9s]
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 50
RyPac13: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ts 6s 7s]
RyPac13: checks
FOOTBALLEUR: bets 2000 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 800 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Ts 6s 7s] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 6s 7s 4s] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [6c 9s] (a flush, Ten high)
FOOTBALLEUR: shows [9d 8d] (a straight, Six to Ten)
RyPac13 collected 1800 from pot

I'm going to take another look at this hand after this blog post. I remember thinking "clear fold" right away, but then I thought about it for a little bit and ended up calling. I'm not sure how I really stack up against his range here.

Final hand, pretty standard.

Seat 1: FOOTBALLEUR (1200 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (1800 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 50
FOOTBALLEUR: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Ac Td]
RyPac13: raises 1700 to 1800 and is all-in
FOOTBALLEUR: calls 1100 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3d Tc 3s]
*** TURN *** [3d Tc 3s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [3d Tc 3s Jc] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FOOTBALLEUR: shows [4s Ad] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
RyPac13: shows [Ac Td] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
RyPac13 collected 2400 from pot

Yea, 12bbs, but I'm ahead of his calling range + FE = profit.

Onto the other table.

Shahin86 sits with me. He's a marginal winner but I'd much rather play somebody like woltas. Shahin86 is a very laggy player and I think he spews in a lot of spots, but makes up for some if not all of that by putting me in some tough spots where I (presumably) make poor decisions. I felt I played the match fine (prior to reviewing this). I made a remark about how he should be playing Camel when he sat with me (he refused to not sit with Camel and Camel apparently took offense to this a few months ago).

About 6 hands in. This is an example of "spewy" Shahin. While I haven't played him before, I know somewhat how he plays and have no problem playing this so aggressively. It should help in future hands/games as well.

Seat 1: RyPac13 (1330 in chips)
Seat 2: Shahin86 (1670 in chips)
Shahin86: posts small blind 10
RyPac13: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [9h Ac]
Shahin86: raises 40 to 60
RyPac13: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [3h Ah Ad]
RyPac13: checks
Shahin86: bets 80
RyPac13: raises 160 to 240
Shahin86: calls 160
*** TURN *** [3h Ah Ad] [2d]
RyPac13: bets 400
Shahin86: raises 970 to 1370 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 630 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3h Ah Ad 2d] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [9h Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
Shahin86: shows [Qd 2h] (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
RyPac13 collected 2660 from pot

Double up.

Seat 1: RyPac13 (2590 in chips)
Seat 2: Shahin86 (410 in chips)
Shahin86: posts small blind 10
RyPac13: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Ah 4s]
Shahin86: raises 40 to 60
RyPac13: raises 2530 to 2590 and is all-in
Shahin86: calls 350 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [4h 7h Qs]
*** TURN *** [4h 7h Qs] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [4h 7h Qs Td] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [Ah 4s] (a pair of Fours)
Shahin86: shows [Ks Tc] (a pair of Tens)
Shahin86 collected 820 from pot

One thing I notice already in this game. Twice in raised pots in position I cbet him on semi dry boards. Twice he floated with Ax and I failed to fire 2 or bluff a river. He's not tricky enough to where I shouldn't be able to recognize and fire multiple times in these spots.

Here's a semi-strange hand. I can't see a ton of value in the river here, I doubt he's hero calling K high for much value, maybe a PP or 3? I'm not sure if he's bluff raising me with anything here either, but I can see him check raising the river for value.

Seat 1: RyPac13 (1960 in chips)
Seat 2: Shahin86 (1040 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 10
Shahin86: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [Jc Js]
RyPac13: raises 40 to 60
Shahin86: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [As 5d 3d]
Shahin86: bets 40
RyPac13: calls 40
*** TURN *** [As 5d 3d] [6h]
Shahin86: checks
RyPac13: checks
*** RIVER *** [As 5d 3d 6h] [5s]
Shahin86: checks
RyPac13: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Shahin86: shows [3s Qs] (two pair, Fives and Threes)
RyPac13: shows [Jc Js] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
RyPac13 collected 200 from pot


This hand just sucks. I should have bet more on the turn, but I have to call this river. An interesting note is the 490. I've picked up on some players in the past betting a little less than the "100,200,300" marks when they want a call and a little more when they're bluffing.

Not to say this is what is going on here, just a related note.

Seat 1: RyPac13 (2240 in chips)
Seat 2: Shahin86 (760 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 15
Shahin86: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [6s 6c]
RyPac13: raises 30 to 60
Shahin86: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [4c Ts Qd]
Shahin86: bets 60
RyPac13: calls 60
*** TURN *** [4c Ts Qd] [6d]
Shahin86: checks
RyPac13: bets 150
Shahin86: calls 150
*** RIVER *** [4c Ts Qd 6d] [9d]
Shahin86: bets 490 and is all-in
RyPac13: calls 490
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Shahin86: shows [Jd Td] (a flush, Queen high)
RyPac13: shows [6s 6c] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Shahin86 collected 1520 from pot

After this I win a flip to take a big lead but then his 33 holds against my A2.

Not much is going on besides these hands. He's calling me light OOP when I raise, I'm picking up a lot of pots uncontested, he's made a few floats and big river bets, etc.

Last hand.

In hindsight, maybe I should raise a little more here preflop or shove. He's going to call my shove with a weaker range. He's just calling so often OOP and is being so laggy I think I get value out of 99 here. Regardless, I can see arguments for shoving, LRR and raising here against Shahin. Other than that, I think the hand played itself (I should have bet 250ish here because I was calling a shove).

Seat 1: RyPac13 (1340 in chips)
Seat 2: Shahin86 (1660 in chips)
RyPac13: posts small blind 50
Shahin86: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [9c 9h]
RyPac13: raises 100 to 200
Shahin86: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Kh 8d 6h]
Shahin86: checks
RyPac13: bets 200
Shahin86: calls 200
*** TURN *** [Kh 8d 6h] [9d]
Shahin86: bets 300
RyPac13: raises 640 to 940 and is all-in
Shahin86: calls 640
*** RIVER *** [Kh 8d 6h 9d] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Shahin86: shows [Th 7d] (a straight, Six to Ten)
RyPac13: shows [9c 9h] (three of a kind, Nines)
Shahin86 collected 2680 from pot

Ok, well 3-5 going into my final match of the "early" part of my session today.

This match was pretty boring overall. He was limping hands like AKo early on and I lost a few pots on thin calls. I fought back a bit, lost some, etc. and this was the final hand.

Seat 1: ppthebandit (2070 in chips)
Seat 2: RyPac13 (930 in chips)
ppthebandit: posts small blind 25
RyPac13: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyPac13 [2c Ad]
ppthebandit: raises 100 to 150
RyPac13: raises 780 to 930 and is all-in
ppthebandit: calls 780
*** FLOP *** [9c Qc 7s]
*** TURN *** [9c Qc 7s] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [9c Qc 7s Kd] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RyPac13: shows [2c Ad] (high card Ace)
ppthebandit: shows [Kh Td] (a pair of Kings)
ppthebandit collected 1860 from pot

3-6 day so far.

Reviewing all of my hands so far today was definitely cumbersome/time consuming but I felt I was playing too poorly to put it off any longer.

I need to mainly focus a little more in these matches so I can exploit the reads I pick up more often. I obviously didn't run well in these big pots today so far, but I've also spewed enough to cause myself at least one buyin today.

I didn't want to spend so much time and energy reviewing hands because I'm really trying for Supernova and way way behind right now, but I just really needed it.

Hope you enjoy the hands and comments, I'll do another one towards the end of this month or in early January (unless I go robusto and hit Nova early).