Current Bankroll: $1,292.13
Total Deposit Bonus Released: $175
Today’s Stats:
50NL: 427 Hands — 16.63/14.75/5.15 — ($29.72) — (6.96) PTBB/100
Total Blended January Stats:
15,398 Hands — 16.53/11.95/3.70 — $40.90 — 0.25 PTBB/100
Really happy with my play today, finally had the balls to battle back against these regulars who keep 3-betting me lightly. It worked out well for me and I was happy with my thought process even if the results don’t show it was a good day. I actually feel better about my play today than I have felt in quite some time. I will also say that it was more fun than before, getting a little bit looser and battling back. I still want those VPIP and PFR numbers to get a little looser, but I think that today honestly was just a situation where I went card dead for the last 50 hands or so and is a small sample size. I think if I played 1000 hands today, it would be more like 19/17. Gonna watch a movie with the wife tonight, either “Good Luck Chuck” or “Mr. Woodcock”. Either I get to see super hot Jessica Alba or super funny Billy Bob Thornton. Win-win for me!
I am also going to change my blog setup a little bit. I am going to try to not post more than 3 hands per session. I feel this will bemore beneficial to myself and others who are reading this and might get some value. For now, I am sure they will be pretty basic concepts, but every player has to start growing from somewhere. Here are some hands from today’s session. I am having trouble making it nice and pretty, so I will just sum it in nice and neat text for easy reading. When I switch back to FTP, they will become nicer and easier to read. Please bear with me until then.
Hand 1: VIllain is running 21/13/2 over 334 hands. This villain seems to play solid poker and I have yet to see villain get out of line.
$50NL 6-MAX
Seat 6 – Hero ($56.05 in chips)
Seat 1 – SB ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 2 – BB ($48.86 in chips)
Seat 3 – UTG ($110.99 in chips)
Seat 4 – UTG+1 ($59.41 in chips)
Seat 5 – CO ($103.75 in chips)
Dealt to Hero [Qc Qs]
PREFLOP:
UTG Folds, UTG+1 Folds, CO raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.75, SB folds, BB folds, CO raises to $14.50.
My image at the table at this time is pretty loose, as I have been raising often and being very aggressive when I am involved in hands. This was also immediately following a hand where I limped in with Q10s, and bet the flop and turn with a pair plus gut shot straight flush draw and the turn was folded to me. So I am looking loose, loose, loose. However, this villain does not often get out of line, so I have to respect this 4-bet. I am not folding obviously, but I am going to call and reevalute the flop. I put villain on 1010+, AK.
*** FLOP *** [Ks Kc 8s]
CO – Bets $23
Hero – Folds
Given the texture of the flop, and the fact that this villain has never seen me call a 4-bet before, I doubt that the villain is leading out with 1010. That leaves JJ+ and AK. My equity against this range according to PokerStove is 33.776%. However, I am not so sure villain will always bet JJ here, so my equity is most likely worse. I think a fold is the correct play here.
Hand 2: Villain here is a good regular, running at 18/14/6 over 2,022 hands.
$50NL 6-MAX
Seat 5 – Button ($61.96 in chips)Seat 6 – SB ($21.37 in chips)Seat 1 – BB Hero ($56.95 in chips)Seat 2 – UTG ($79.34 in chips)Seat 3 – UTG+1 ($15.50 in chips)Seat 4 – CO ($10.91 in chips)
Dealt to Hero [Qd Ad]
PREFLOP:
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, CO calls, Button raises to $3, SB folds, Hero raises to $9.50, UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, Button raises to $61.96 (all in).
Preflop, with a 30% attempts to steal rate, button could be holding quite a wide range of hands. As I have not 3-bet him often in the past, he must give me credit here for a good hand. Against his range, I am far ahead. So I 3-bet. The UTG player calls my 3-bet then button pushes. He could be trying to isolate the UTG player, but even then, he has to have a reasonable hand to do so. He still has to respect my 3-bet. I put him on QQ+, AK. Against this range, I have 28.607% equity. Assuming the UTG player calls, I am getting 1.48:1 on my money if I call, meaning I have to win 40.33% to break even. This is a clear fold.
Hand 3: Villain is running 59/1/0 but only over a very small sample size, less than 20 hands.
$50NL 6-MAX
Seat 5 – Button ($72.95 in chips)
Seat 6 – SB ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 1 – Hero ($43.75 in chips)
Dealt to Hero [2c 2h]
PREFLOP:
Button folds, SB calls, BB checks.
I can probably raise it up here preflop and try to take it down, but over the few hands we had played, I did not have any reason to suspect a fold, so I elected to see what came and go from there. Try to keep the pot small.
*** FLOP *** [4s 5c 3c]
SB – Checks
Hero – Bets $1
SB – Raises $3 to $3
Hero – Calls $2
I elect to lead out, as the check seems weak. I get check-raised, but feel that based on the villain’s previous plays (including a shove all in overbet with 22 when I held AQ on an A high board, he turned a flush), I felt like I had the implied odds to see the turn.
*** TURN *** [4s 5c 3c] [8h]
SB – Bets $2.50
Hero – Calls $2.50
I am getting about 4:1 on my money and that 8 did not change anything. 67 was already there if I was behind. Easy call.
*** RIVER *** [4s 5c 3c 8h] [2s]
SB- All-In $18.85
BB – Folds
SB – returned ($18.85) : not called
Here is where it gets interesting. I hit a set, but any A or 6 has me beat now. Based on the poor overbet before, I think this overbet actually is very strong. I would be quite surprised if the villain does not have an A or a 6 here. I have to be ahead here about 40% of the time to call this bet and break even and I am unsure if that is the case with this river. I elect to fold, because I just do not see this bet occuring given the history with this player often enough when I am ahead.
Those were the three interesting spots today that I had. I had some coolers, flopped nut straight all in on flop, outdrawn for a flush. Trips losing to a higher kicker. Two pair losing to a rivered set. I had a small losing session, despite several good sized pots sucking out. I felt like I played much better today. I 3-bet more often, and that did wonders for being my VPIP and PFR much closer together. I think I am on my way to seeing some big improvements in my game. I apologize for the crappy presentation of the hand history, this will get better when I switch over. WordPress is giving me fits about formatting here.
