HU hand

Posting one hand from a nice HU session yesterday. I was playing a regular who's is pretty bad and thinks I'm a donk (which is always nice). He's the guy who takes a HU session as a personal fight and I always love those games, cause it's very easy to get them on tilt just by saying some things in the chat.

Played him for about an hour on 2 tables and won a little more then 5 buy-ins off him. During this hand he still was playing kind of normal (never ever folding for re-raises pre-flop).

EverestPoker Game #2287999568: Table Athens-14 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:21:50 - 2007/10/30
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($519.20)
Seat 2: BISMARCK18 ($905.06)
BISMARCK18 posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Tc Th]
BISMARCK18 raises to $12.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $40.00
BISMARCK18 calls $28.00
*** FLOP *** [9h 6h 8d]
BldZwtTrn bets $60.00
BISMARCK18 calls $60.00
*** TURN *** [9h 6h 8d] [4d]
BldZwtTrn checks
BISMARCK18 bets $200.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $419.20 and is all-in
BISMARCK18 raises to $805.06 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $385.86 returned to BISMARCK18
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Tc Th]
BISMARCK18 shows [9d Qd]
*** RIVER *** [9h 6h 8d 4d] [Jc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [9h 6h 8d 4d Jc]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,037.40

Fun experiment

Inspired by CTS cardrunners video I did a little experiment yesterday on NL100.
To improve my game and experience a little with LAG play I started with raising every hand that was folded to me on the CO and BTN and when there was a full stack limper in UTG or UTG+1.
Somehow my stealing still was only 80% but this was probably due to some times I forget to raise when it was 4-handed (was playing some normal higher stake tables as well).

The other players on the tabel didn't seem to notice it at all, I think I got repopped from the blinds 2 or 3 times.
Offcourse this works best against full stack/tight players. By doing this you're overall stats are very laggy (close to 35/28/3) as well and people also think you're playing crazy postflop and OOP, which offcourse is not true.

Bad players also try to trap you in the wrong way (slowplaying big pairs), the next hand is a good example:

EverestPoker Game #2271348815: Table Dili-17 - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:08:56 - 2007/10/26
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($119.60)
Seat 2: @georgios@ ($59.88)
Seat 3: Helguson ($100.00)
Seat 4: The_Fear ($194.40)
Seat 5: mtoby ($98.95)
Seat 6: Loc0Loc0 ($100.00)
@georgios@ posts the small blind of $0.50
Helguson posts the big blind of $1.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[5h Qc]
The_Fear folds
mtoby folds
Loc0Loc0 folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $3.50
@georgios@ calls $3.00
Helguson calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [5c 5d 4d]
@georgios@ checks
Helguson checks
BldZwtTrn bets $7.00
@georgios@ folds
Helguson calls $7.00
*** TURN *** [5c 5d 4d] [Qh]
Helguson checks
BldZwtTrn bets $16.00
Helguson raises to $40.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $109.10 and is all-in
Helguson calls $49.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $19.60 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Helguson shows [Kh Kd]
BldZwtTrn shows [5h Qc]
*** RIVER *** [5c 5d 4d Qh] [2s]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [5c 5d 4d Qh 2s]
BldZwtTrn collects $200.50

Stats from this session

TPTK is the nuts...

EverestPoker Game #2268713242: Table Bamako-5 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:44:38 - 2007/10/26
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($414.40)
Seat 3: uitvreter ($490.90)
Seat 4: straightjs ($400.00)
Seat 5: Aasisdebaas ($411.20)
Seat 6: Terkish ($59.10)
uitvreter posts the small blind of $2.00
straightjs posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[7h As]
Aasisdebaas folds
Terkish folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $14.00
uitvreter folds
straightjs calls $10.00
*** FLOP *** [6s 7d 2s]
straightjs checks
BldZwtTrn bets $24.00
straightjs raises to $48.00
BldZwtTrn calls $24.00
*** TURN *** [6s 7d 2s] [6c]
straightjs bets $80.00
BldZwtTrn calls $80.00
*** RIVER *** [6s 7d 2s 6c] [3h]
straightjs bets $258.00 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $258.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
straightjs shows [5s 8s]
BldZwtTrn shows [7h As]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6s 7d 2s 6c 3h]
BldZwtTrn collects $800.00

Results previous hand

Funny october graph...



Thanks for all the input. Still think I misplayed this hand, and should have bet the turn, but luckily for me the result was good.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
WalterSob shows [7h 8d]
BldZwtTrn shows [6d 5d]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [5s 2c 6s Kc Th]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,297.00

2-pair deepstacked

The hand below was a difficult hand to play. Especially on the turn there are a lot of lines possible and I'm not sure if I like mine. Feel free to comment. Villian is a decent regular.

EverestPoker Game #2259050884: Table Bamako-0 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 07:34:15 - 2007/10/24
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ($831.80)
Seat 4: WalterSob ($1,054.80) -> 20/14/2
Seat 5: Repentino ($209.22)
Repentino posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[6d 5d]
WalterSob raises to $14.00
Repentino folds
BldZwtTrn calls $10.00

Standard call this deep, could also raise here.

*** FLOP *** [5s 2c 6s]
BldZwtTrn checks
WalterSob bets $30.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $94.00
WalterSob calls $64.00

I want to build a pot with top two here, so I checkraise him.
He almost instant calls my raise. This looked to me like a 88-JJ hand or some sort of draw. As we're playing 200BB deep he could easily be calling here with draws.

*** TURN *** [5s 2c 6s] [Kc]
BldZwtTrn checks
WalterSob bets $160.00
BldZwtTrn calls $160.00

I didn't like this King on the turn. It kills my action versus a lot of his hands.
I really was in doubt here between betting and check/calling. With 100BB CRing would be an option, but I don't like it here with 200BB, because he isn't calling with draws anymore then.
Betting is good to let draws pay, but folds out hands like JJ probably.
In retrospect, I think betting is better here and probably calling a shove by him, cause there is just one hand that I'm afraid of (KK) and he could be pushing some (combo)draws on this turn.

*** RIVER *** [5s 2c 6s Kc] [Th]
BldZwtTrn checks
WalterSob bets $380.00
BldZwtTrn calls $380.00

All draws have missed on the river and I don't expect him to call a bet with JJ/QQ. I only lose value to some weird Kx hand that might call me. So I decide to check/call here.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
WalterSob shows [Xx Xx]
BldZwtTrn shows [6d 5d]

Like to hear some opinions on this hand, cause I really feel I could have played it different/better. Results will follow later.

Hand against Nederbelg

Another upswing...


The last few days I've been playing some big pots against nederbelg (Marc Naalden as far as I know). He plays a really loose agressive style (32/25/3). It always takes some time to adapt to those players, but when you have a feeling of how they're playing and how they value their hands it can be really profitable to have them at your table. A good example is the hand below.

EverestPoker Game #2253146088: Table Bamako-7 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:46:27 - 2007/10/22
Seat 1: maxxll1 ($410.20)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($943.00)
Seat 3: KvGalen ($817.00)
Seat 4: Schwachie ($216.00)
Seat 5: nederbelg ($400.00)
Seat 6: Mr.Ovechkin ($213.35)
Schwachie posts the small blind of $2.00
nederbelg posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[As Kd]
Mr.Ovechkin folds
maxxll1 calls $4.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
KvGalen folds
Schwachie calls $16.00
nederbelg calls $14.00
maxxll1 calls $14.00
*** FLOP *** [2s 4h Ks]
Schwachie checks
nederbelg bets $72.00
maxxll1 folds
BldZwtTrn calls $72.00
Schwachie folds

This is offcourse a good flop for my hand. Nederbelg is donking a lot of flops and I've seen him doing this with mediocre hands and drawing hands. His bet here was almost instant and my read was that a mediocre hand (Kx) was far more likely then 22/44. So I decided to call instead of raise, because he would probably fold a lot of hands to a raise/push (Kx, non-nutflushdraws).

*** TURN *** [2s 4h Ks] [6h]
nederbelg checks
BldZwtTrn bets $150.00
nederbelg calls $150.00

When he checks this turn, I'll have to bet here (2 flushdraws on board), the size doesn't really matter, because I'm going nowhere here. I decide to make it 150 to give hem some chance to push a flushdraw, although he doesn't have fold equity here, pushing a draw always feels better then calling an all-in (he has 310 left in total, pot is ~220)

*** RIVER *** [2s 4h Ks 6h] [2d]
nederbelg checks
BldZwtTrn bets $160.00
nederbelg calls $160.00 and is all-in

This is a perfect river card for me and when he checks, I'm close to 100% sure that I've the best hand, so I push the last $160 and he feels committed to call with his K5s.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [As Kd]
nederbelg shows [Kh 5h]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [2s 4h Ks 6h 2d]
BldZwtTrn collects $833.00

A good triple barrel and end of break even swing?

Hopefully my break-even/down swing has ended with a nice session yesterday. It probably looks like I took a shot at NL2000 but it was a 4-tabling session with 2 NL600 tables and 2 NL400 tables. I was just running and playing insane hot and won like 8 buy-ins in less then 2 hours.



The hand below is the perfect example of a situation were triple barreling works a lot of the time. The board and opponent are perfect for this.

He calls my CO raise from the BB and when a pre-flop agressive player does this, it's a small PP a lot of the time. As far as queens go, the only possibilities are KQ/QJ and as I have one king and he is also re-raising KQ some percentage of the time the chance on KQ is a lot smaller.

EverestPoker Game #2227084743: Table Bamako-14 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:14:33 - 2007/10/17
Seat 1: NeverLast ($413.20)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($625.50)
Seat 3: M.Jam ($394.60)
Seat 4: Mickey__Knox ($515.50) >> 25/23/2
Seat 5: mb1973 ($160.60)
Seat 6: hanibusss ($410.20)
M.Jam posts the small blind of $2.00
Mickey__Knox posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ad Kh]
mb1973 folds
hanibusss folds
NeverLast folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $14.00
M.Jam folds
Mickey__Knox calls $10.00
*** FLOP *** [2s Qh 2c]
Mickey__Knox checks
BldZwtTrn bets $20.00
Mickey__Knox calls $20.00

Just like the hand from yesterday this is a board where I expect a call from every PP on my c-bet and therefore I'm probably firing about any turn.
His range for C/C this flop is probably 33-88 (99+ re-raise pre-flop) and QJ/KQ (AQ+ re-raise pre-flop)

*** TURN *** [2s Qh 2c] [4s]
Mickey__Knox checks
BldZwtTrn bets $48.00
Mickey__Knox calls $48.00

This 4 doesn't change the board at all. It only helps one hand in his range (44) and I expect him to fold a lot of his hands when I bet here.
When he calls I think his range is 55-88 and KQ/QJ.

*** RIVER *** [2s Qh 2c 4s] [Th]
Mickey__Knox checks
BldZwtTrn bets $122.00
Mickey__Knox folds

This is a great river card to make a triple barrel. It is a card that probably never helps him (QT is a very small chance) and he knows that when I'm betting 3 streets for value here the worst hand I will be doing this with is probably AQ/KQ. So when I bet here, he only beats a bluff.
And his problem is that his cards are pretty much face-up, because on this board and with checking 3 streets out of position he never has a better hand then KQ here.

Uncalled bet of $122.00 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [2s Qh 2c 4s Th]
BldZwtTrn collects $163.00

A triple barrel gone wrong...

The hand below is a hand that probably makes me look like a donkey, but for me it felt like a good board to triple barrel. Villian in the hand is a player that I play a lot with and who also is a pro.

EverestPoker Game #2225730388: Table Bamako-0 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:36:34 - 2007/10/17
Seat 1: hampolito ($464.15) -> 17/14/3 (3K+ hands)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($568.97)
Seat 6: FLiST ($945.30)
hampolito posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Js Qs]
FLiST folds
hampolito raises to $12.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $36.00

Calling here pre-flop is also an option, but it was 3-handed and I have position. No problem to re-raise this some of the time.

hampolito calls $24.00
*** FLOP *** [9s 5h 5c]
hampolito checks
BldZwtTrn bets $55.00
hampolito calls $55.00

When I bet this flop, I'm pretty sure I will get called here with almost any pair, so I'm firing a lot of turns when I bet this flop.

*** TURN *** [9s 5h 5c] [Ad]
hampolito checks
BldZwtTrn bets $130.00
hampolito calls $130.00

The turn brings an ace. I don't think he has an ace here very often, maybe A9, but more likely 66-88 or TT-JJ. I could offcourse have an ace here, but I'm not sure if he thinks I'm betting an ace here a lot of the time. The problem for him is that I could be representing the ace with a better hand then his pair. So that's why I'm still betting here.

*** RIVER *** [9s 5h 5c Ad] [Kh]
hampolito checks
BldZwtTrn bets $250.00
hampolito calls $243.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $6.85 returned to BldZwtTrn

When he checks the river again I'm very sure that he doesn't have a big hand here. I put him on A9 at best and he still has a difficult call, cause I could have AK/AA/KK/99 here and he basically only beats a bluff, because I'm not shoving AQo for value here probably.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Js Qs]
hampolito shows [Ac 8c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [9s 5h 5c Ad Kh]
hampolito collects $927.30

But he did call with A8s and I was quite confused here. Seems like a very thin call against my range here. I also don't like his flop play at all, but he made a good call and made me look like the donkey here.

Just a fun hand

I was playing some NL200 again yesterday because there were not enough tables of 400/600 available and again I wasn't very lucky.
I will try to find some interesting hands to post later on, but it's always difficult to find some, for now just a standard beat.

EverestPoker Game #2216196056: Table Suva-3 - $1.00/$2.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 07:34:47 - 2007/10/15
Seat 1: oktay.culfaz ($444.93) -> 74/30/3 or something like that
Seat 2: BadHabbitz ($198.00)
Seat 3: julien4934 ($34.20)
Seat 4: M.Jam ($287.60)
Seat 5: kemsaya ($99.00)
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ($217.08)
BadHabbitz posts the small blind of $1.00
julien4934 posts the big blind of $2.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[As Kc]
M.Jam raises to $7.00
kemsaya folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $24.00
oktay.culfaz calls $24.00
BadHabbitz folds
julien4934 folds
M.Jam folds
*** FLOP *** [3s 3h 2h]
BldZwtTrn checks
oktay.culfaz bets $58.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $193.08 and is all-in
oktay.culfaz calls $135.08
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [As Kc]
oktay.culfaz shows [Ac Qs]
*** TURN *** [3s 3h 2h] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [3s 3h 2h 5h] [Qc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [3s 3h 2h 5h Qc]
oktay.culfaz collects $441.16

What did I do wrong to the ladies?

First of all sorry for the lack of updates recently.
October so far has been pretty bad. I'm running so bad lately....probably as bad as I was running hot 2 weeks ago. Today for example I really played very well, but I managed to end 2K down after being up 3,5K!
I lost 5 pre-flop all-ins in 30 minutes in which I was a favorite in all situations.

Probably did something wrong to the ladies, because it's really sick how unlucky I run with those. 3 times I lost with QQ vs AK pre-flop allin. 1 time I lost with topset vs flush and one time with QQ vs AA. Also lost with AA vs KK pre-flop all-in.
Obviously I didn't win one single big pot with the big pairs.

So enough whining for today. The hand below is an example of a hand where a lot of the players probably miss value by checking behind on the river. Betting here on the river, especially against a somewhat LAGgy player, should be standard, because it disguises your hand more and makes you tougher to play. Villian probably had something like JT and thought I had a K or a hand without showdown value.

EverestPoker Game #2188817089: Table Harare-7 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 07:33:43 - 2007/10/09
Seat 1: PokerRuler ($2,616.85)
Seat 2: pandora28 ($556.00)
Seat 4: Pocc3r ($1,069.16)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ($2,606.30)
Seat 6: Goldfish5 ($2,087.50) >> 39/20/2
Goldfish5 posts the small blind of $5.00
PokerRuler posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ah Jd]
pandora28 folds
Pocc3r folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $35.00
Goldfish5 calls $30.00
PokerRuler folds
*** FLOP *** [6c Jh 6s]
Goldfish5 bets $80.00
BldZwtTrn calls $80.00
*** TURN *** [6c Jh 6s] [Kd]
Goldfish5 checks
BldZwtTrn checks
*** RIVER *** [6c Jh 6s Kd] [8d]
Goldfish5 checks
BldZwtTrn bets $140.00
Goldfish5 calls $140.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah Jd]
Goldfish5 mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6c Jh 6s Kd 8d]
BldZwtTrn collects $518.00