2-5 NLHE at Borgata
Sadly, my hand history was not as detailed as other reports....
Hero in seat 9.
A good chunk (3-4) were "internet type players"/competent players
hero dealt [44] UTG
hero raised preflop and took pot down uncontested.
Hero was kinda nitty and folded 98o in CO (instead of opening with it).
Hero raised in MP with TT and got called IP.
(2 players to pot)
Cbet 982 board
hero takes down pot
KK - hero raises and gets no callers pre-flop.
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A hand i was not involved in:
65 in preflop
board:
A43 2 q (not sure if it was rainbow or not)
Donk led into p f r 35
Short stack ships 135
Pfr calls
Ch Ch turn
River shove from Donk lead both started w 120 bb
Other guy folds
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They attempted to get a PLO game up, but only 3-4 people ended up showing up. Thus, the PLO game never got off the ground.
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I had a brief table change to another 2-5 NLHE table (many of the people had left/sat out, so the table composition was different and not very good) before a seat opened up at 10-20 LO8.
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Within a couple hands, I got into some a hand.
Hero picked up A542 2 cards suited to ace
Hero was PFR in CO and bet/raised on every street.
On the flop, there were 3 players (villain in SB, villain in EP, hero in CO).
I got aggressive and raised initial
A q 7 8 3 (i think it was 2 tone on the flop, but flush draw never got there on the river)
SB end up folding river (probably had counterfeited 23 for low or busted flush draw) and I got half with nut low.versus female villain's aces up.
+40 from 2-5 NLHE
~3-4 big bets at LO8
(
4 hours at Borgata
3 hours NLHE
1 hour LO8 - 10/20 w/ HK
)
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Harrah's
I wanted to log some time in to give myself the max amount of time to not have to get comps for my next trip. I waited ~20-30 min. for a 1-2 or 2-5 game.
They also had a 1-2 PLO8 wait list, but only 4 people were on it (and many of them had started interest late a couple hours ago.)
I found out that the "new day" according to Harrah's was 7:00AM for the purpose of tracking comps. ie: If I play at 6:59AM on 3/1/2011, it counts my last day of play was 2/28/2011.
9s
C r on j73 board
could have sized bet smaller not 2/3 pot
-69 @ 2-5 NLHE at Harrah's (1 hour)
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
12-17-2010 NLHE and PLO cash game sessions at Parx and Harrah's Chester
Chester:
2-5 NLHE - 1 hour
The table I was at had a couple of weak tight players who bought in for 40bb, and some relatively tight players. There were some that were bleeding slowly though.
Parx:
2-5 NLHE
I played briefly (about 1/2 hour) at 2-5 NLHE before I realized there was a PLO game going, albeit at smaller (1-2) stakes. Perhaps I should have stayed at the NLHE game as I felt ok mentally, but the action was somewhat slow/tight (which isn't bad per se, but may not be the best use of my time.)
1-2 PLO
I bumped into 1 guy at the PLO table who recognized me from my play at Rivers. He mentioned that the PLO game at Rivers has been kind of dry. Thus, that's why he's been trying to go out to Parx. He plays kinda tight, which is ok given that many of the players are "transitioning" NLHE players that don't really understand the nuances of the game per se.
One guy fired 2 barrels with AAxx on a 2 tone board (something like KT6) on flop/turn (the guy ended up folding top pair, maybe even top 2 pair). It's leaky b/c you're not going to get called by worse very often + almost all turn cards suck. The guy barrelling 2x with aaxx was lucky he got the other guy to fold...
hero: Aaq8 ss to a
villain: Qqt2 ss to q
Both players have heart flush draw
money gets in preflop
Hit nut flush
100
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Harrah's Chester:
-50 @ 2-5 NLHE (1 hour)
+35 @ Parx
.5 NLHE -> -65
1 PLO -> +~100
2-5 NLHE - 1 hour
The table I was at had a couple of weak tight players who bought in for 40bb, and some relatively tight players. There were some that were bleeding slowly though.
Parx:
2-5 NLHE
I played briefly (about 1/2 hour) at 2-5 NLHE before I realized there was a PLO game going, albeit at smaller (1-2) stakes. Perhaps I should have stayed at the NLHE game as I felt ok mentally, but the action was somewhat slow/tight (which isn't bad per se, but may not be the best use of my time.)
1-2 PLO
I bumped into 1 guy at the PLO table who recognized me from my play at Rivers. He mentioned that the PLO game at Rivers has been kind of dry. Thus, that's why he's been trying to go out to Parx. He plays kinda tight, which is ok given that many of the players are "transitioning" NLHE players that don't really understand the nuances of the game per se.
One guy fired 2 barrels with AAxx on a 2 tone board (something like KT6) on flop/turn (the guy ended up folding top pair, maybe even top 2 pair). It's leaky b/c you're not going to get called by worse very often + almost all turn cards suck. The guy barrelling 2x with aaxx was lucky he got the other guy to fold...
hero: Aaq8 ss to a
villain: Qqt2 ss to q
Both players have heart flush draw
money gets in preflop
Hit nut flush
100
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Harrah's Chester:
-50 @ 2-5 NLHE (1 hour)
+35 @ Parx
.5 NLHE -> -65
1 PLO -> +~100
An embarassment....
Quick update:
12/16
1. Min cash (30/~271)
2. I'm going to be extremely embarassed when I post the hand history!
3. I think I played about 2 hands right all night...
4. < 1 bb at dinner break (500/1k/100), not by choice...the $20 in food vouchers was easily worth more than my cEV...
5. Can't believe i didn't 3 bet shove in some easy spots against loose raisers when I'm so easily ahead of their range. Villains were capable of bet folding too....
6. Didn't bet/call my stack with AQo (1.5k/3k/500 - 7.5k raise; 40k reship)
7. ATo < AQo for busto...
Simply put - get ready for some LOL (and completely wrong play - which I will note) nitty hand history reading when I (hopefully) post the hand history!
12/16
1. Min cash (30/~271)
2. I'm going to be extremely embarassed when I post the hand history!
3. I think I played about 2 hands right all night...
4. < 1 bb at dinner break (500/1k/100), not by choice...the $20 in food vouchers was easily worth more than my cEV...
5. Can't believe i didn't 3 bet shove in some easy spots against loose raisers when I'm so easily ahead of their range. Villains were capable of bet folding too....
6. Didn't bet/call my stack with AQo (1.5k/3k/500 - 7.5k raise; 40k reship)
7. ATo < AQo for busto...
Simply put - get ready for some LOL (and completely wrong play - which I will note) nitty hand history reading when I (hopefully) post the hand history!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
12-16-2010 570 NLHE
12/16/2010
570 NLHE @ Harrah's Atlantic City
12k starting chips
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12k starting chips
Hero pre-registered for tournament and arrived approximately 15 min. into level 1.
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Initial table reads:
(1 hole)
guy who didn't talk/
very limp/weak tight
had pencil in hand/wrote stuff down (likely hand history), then acted
overall, seemed player played tight, but then made weird plays.
seat 5 & 6 ran deep together in the 1.5k regional event
player 9 - older person - talked about his experiences with
there's no "crying" in poker
met him at the Borgata next day playing in the MTT in "survivor" MTT
asian guy
wrote every hand down in notebook
folded KK face up
player 7
slow methodical asian player (maybe mid-late 20s) - took 2 min. to make action
(player who raised/4 bet bluffed and got guy to fold KK face up)
showed up 1-1.5 hours late
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Called Cbet w 3s
bricked flop and didn't try to resteal
hero dealt: 75s
hero in BB checks
(3-4 players)
623 rainbow backdoor flush
7
A
hero checks flop | checked around
hero bets turn/is raised
villain raised turn/hero calls
hero check/folds to small value bet on river.
12.025k at break
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level 5
~hero was dealt 86s and was PFR versus 1 opponent.
972 2s
(hero has flush + open ended straight draw)
hero dealt in EP: AKs
hero flat calls utg+1 raise
5 players end up seeing the flop
Hero bricks (ie: misses flop) and is forced to fold to bet
Analysis:
Hero probably should have 3bet isolated here, but decided not to and played fit/fold on flop.
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This hand occurred sometime b/w levels 5-8.
hero dealt AKo in CO
limp UTG.
limp in EP
Hero ISOs with AKo
UTG: calls
EP: folds
Kh Qh 6h
EP checks
hero bets 1/2 pot
villain calls
Kh Qh 6h 5s
villain checks
hero checks
4h
Villain leads into PFR for full pot
hero folds
Analysis:
I'm pretty sure hero should have bet the turn as well and price out naked flush draws. Hero's not sure why he went for pot control there on a drawy board. Easy fold on the river.
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Level 7
QQ utg
hero raises, then cbets into 1 villain with j43 2 tone board
6875
Peeled ip w kqs with a couple other players
3low cards
Fold
5.375k at 2nd break
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Level 9
4 limps
hero shoves in bb w [44]
everyone folds
Crazy guy who 5 bet shoved
Shows 86s
Kjo
Ali flat calls raise w a k
Aqs
Scoops pot w monotone flop
9.5k
Bet folded 2s utg to small reraise
8.3k
level 11
short stack shoves
hero called 3.375k with Q9s in BB
Villain shows a7o
board: [8779k]
villain doubles up
Hero's stack 4.3k
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(recall from memory??)
hero dealt [7s 5s]
pfr and 5 callers
hero's stack is only about 20% of pot
hero folds:
Analysis:
Hero has no fold equity for shove; therefore, hero folds since hand will not flop well 6 way.
Hero left with about ~4bb (M < 2).
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8 hands later, folds to hero UTG+1
hero dealt [J4o]
hero folds
Analysis:
Hero can't really shove against 8 other random hands with J4o - almost 0 fold equity at this point and doesn't even have adequate equity against a random hand.
Basically, hero is trying to find any spot where the pot is opened and hero can shove. Sadly, 4 hands pass and hero is even forced to fold BB when multiple people are in the pot in a raised pot.
***Hero's stack with the button at dinner break: 800 (blinds: 400/800)
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Aside 1: Dinner Vouchers
About 20-25 min. before the dinner break (while hero was nursing a super short stack), someone mentioned that there were $20 food vouchers for players who made the dinner break.
It turns out that hero's table was one of the last ones to get a food voucher :(. Thankfully, I was still in the tournament, so I received my 2x $10 food vouchers.
At the dinner break, I ended up chatting with my other buddy who was still in the tournament. One of the first things I mentioned was that "I think the food vouchers have more value than my actual tournament chip count" :-P
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Female Villain raises in MP (used to distinguish people later on in the transcript)
Hero blind calls on the button with K6o
Everyone else folds
Villain shows K6s
Board brings a chop (no flush draw)
Hero's stack: 1.8k after chop (pot had 3700 but hero does not get odd chip b/c hero is OOP).
Folds to hero in CO:
Hero open shoves w/o looking at hand
open shove 8s on blind open
SB: KTo (covers both players)
BB: A7o (all in)
8s hold; BB is out
236
7.2k
Q62q4
Hero shoves UTG with KQs
Aj largest stack calls
Tens shorter stack calls as well.
Hero's stack:
19.3k
villain UTG raises
Hero Folds ajo in EP
Tight player raises
Hero decides to folded 88
folds to hero in MP
hero has AKo
hero raises and called by 1 player in late position
flop: A55 2 tone
Hero and Villain both check flop
Turn: Td
Hero bets
Villain folds
6 folds
folds to hero in CO with [A5s]
hero raises to 2.5x
Slow thinking, methodical Asian player in SB: raises to 7x
hero: folds
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One sort of weird hand
villain 2 makes small 4bet against villain 1 hand 3 bet/folded.
villain 1 ends up 5 betting
villain 2 mucks 10s face up.
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EP villain (tight asian player) - raises to 2700
hero 3bets ts to 8100
BB (another asian player): raises to 13.4k
EP: raises to 45k
hero tanks/folds
other players - folds kings face up
Put in 1/2 stack to bet fold
18k
Analysis:
Absolute mistake to fold here!
Even if hero is up against aces/kings, hero has 20% "set" equity...and already invested 40% stack likely getting at least 17% equity from the pot.
Hero's equity could be slightly higher by adding some [AK|AQ] into range as well.
Hero's pretty sure 1/2 the table thought I made a horrible play and at the time, I definitely should have just jammed.
The sad part I told to one person, a friend of mine did something similar (bet/folded 30% of stack with 99).
Needless to say, villain 1 folding KK faceup was lol. He said "the villain had played super tight during the whole tournament" which was true, but it's a leak 99+% of time to be folding that with so much money invested (he had invested about 1/3 of his stack, although he was covered).
The PFR/5bettor says he can't believe he got someone to fold KK.
hero left with approximately ~29.4k?
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29.4k
"MTT PRO" limps
Hero isolates limper w 43s
T42T2 backdoor flush (may not be T4282 - maybe T4282)
villain/hero check flop and turn
Tournament pro bluffs river
Analysis: Although hero could have bet turn b/c almost every card is an over, hero decides to go into c/c mode to pick off bluffs. The flop rarely hits "tournament pro"'s range as he's decidedly playing more high card combos (Ax; broadways, etc...).
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[My table is broken up; down to 4 tables - 36 players; 30 to the money]
seat 1 - chip leader
seat 2 - female player
seat 3 - eventually tight Asian player from initial table
seat 4 - tight/short stack older player
seat 5 - ?
seat 6 - ?
seat 7 - MTT pro (young white player)
seat 8 - MTT pro (young Asian player)
seat 9 - hero
seat 10 - older African American player
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Flatter AQo
Bluff raised t42 rainbow board
Bet/fold
Hero around 40k
Probably nitty fold w a8o against button steal
M around 5
7s vs 6s somewhere in this hand history right before color up (3 hands)
Female villain shoves in BB with [66]
Hero's hand holds up and eliminates female player.
Hero has M around ~10.
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hero has around ~47k
Hero raises in LP with AQo - 2.5x BB (about 7.5k of hero's 47.5k)
Villain (seat 3) reshoves all in (hero is covered)
hero tanks/folds
bet/folded a 40k all in (for tournament life) with AQo against guy who was probably repopping with 15-20% of range (if not more).
Analysis: I think hero is probably favorite against range and could have probably "flipped" in that spot. Villain may also think hero is coming in light. Thus, villain's range might be wider.
seat 8 (who had been raising preflop a lot (likely internet pro) - raises in CO
hero: dealt AKo on button
I fold AKo against co steal (he had been opening and/or isoing 25-30%). Likely an MTT pro.
Analysis:
Extremely nitty - likely crushing villain's range and villain has bet/folded preflop too
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Bubble Analysis:
Hero felt like he was just trying to fold into the money towards the end after a couple of the bet/fold situations preflop and the "non-jam" of AK.
There were 2 "critical stacks" (M < 2-3) before hero would blind out anyway. It's
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About 6-8 hands of hand for hand were played with 2-3 players before the bubble.
Hero eventually gets ITM.
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2 hands ITM
UTG+1 ("tight" asian player) raises to 10k at 2k/4k/500
folds to hero in CO with AQo
hero raises all in (19k)
UTG+1: calls
UTG+1 shows 2 suited Ax broadway (like AT of spades)
board: 8s 6s 5x Qs Tx
Hero busts
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Miscellaneous notes:
1. Additionally, both Allen Kessler and John Cernuto were at the same table, 1 table number before mine. I'm guessing early table assignments were based on preregistration. If you come as a group, you get seated in consecutive order. If i had registered slightly earlier, I might have been sitting with both of them initially.
2. My one friend had 3-5 people at table with WSOP-c rings (1 person pulled out of backpack for example).
3. There seemed there were some MTT pros in the field too (more so than in my limited experience at the 350 NLHE in AC). One of my friends was mentioning that an MTT pro complained they were running bad for about 2 years because they have not had any major cashes.
4. At table break (at 45 or 36 players), my table got broken up. I had been at the same table all day. Although like 4 people ended up moving to the same table.
As we were racking up chips to move, one lady was like "yeah, I was in a short stack situation like you before and i never gave up. I ended up winning the tournament even though i was really short stacked. When I busted her, she said, "Do well, this is your day."
-> It was really encouraging. I had been beating myself up (and telling that to the table) regarding my preflop fold of TT earlier in the MTT.
5. Hero was texting other friend about the status of the MTT.
6. I got privilege of buying up all the "100" chips for the color up. (this was before the money). This was before level 19 (1500/3000/500) at a break.
7. Older guy (who i had heard was complaining about "there's no crying in poker" and I saw him at the Borgata the next day in the MTT" ended up busting when he got it all in with AK against AQ preflop and was the bubble person. I had sat to his left until we broke down to 4 tables.
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Hero gets min. cash:
30/271
min cash
570 NLHE @ Harrah's Atlantic City
12k starting chips
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12k starting chips
Hero pre-registered for tournament and arrived approximately 15 min. into level 1.
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Initial table reads:
(1 hole)
guy who didn't talk/
very limp/weak tight
had pencil in hand/wrote stuff down (likely hand history), then acted
overall, seemed player played tight, but then made weird plays.
seat 5 & 6 ran deep together in the 1.5k regional event
player 9 - older person - talked about his experiences with
there's no "crying" in poker
met him at the Borgata next day playing in the MTT in "survivor" MTT
asian guy
wrote every hand down in notebook
folded KK face up
player 7
slow methodical asian player (maybe mid-late 20s) - took 2 min. to make action
(player who raised/4 bet bluffed and got guy to fold KK face up)
showed up 1-1.5 hours late
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Called Cbet w 3s
bricked flop and didn't try to resteal
hero dealt: 75s
hero in BB checks
(3-4 players)
623 rainbow backdoor flush
7
A
hero checks flop | checked around
hero bets turn/is raised
villain raised turn/hero calls
hero check/folds to small value bet on river.
12.025k at break
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level 5
~hero was dealt 86s and was PFR versus 1 opponent.
972 2s
(hero has flush + open ended straight draw)
hero dealt in EP: AKs
hero flat calls utg+1 raise
5 players end up seeing the flop
Hero bricks (ie: misses flop) and is forced to fold to bet
Analysis:
Hero probably should have 3bet isolated here, but decided not to and played fit/fold on flop.
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This hand occurred sometime b/w levels 5-8.
hero dealt AKo in CO
limp UTG.
limp in EP
Hero ISOs with AKo
UTG: calls
EP: folds
Kh Qh 6h
EP checks
hero bets 1/2 pot
villain calls
Kh Qh 6h 5s
villain checks
hero checks
4h
Villain leads into PFR for full pot
hero folds
Analysis:
I'm pretty sure hero should have bet the turn as well and price out naked flush draws. Hero's not sure why he went for pot control there on a drawy board. Easy fold on the river.
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Level 7
QQ utg
hero raises, then cbets into 1 villain with j43 2 tone board
6875
Peeled ip w kqs with a couple other players
3low cards
Fold
5.375k at 2nd break
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Level 9
4 limps
hero shoves in bb w [44]
everyone folds
Crazy guy who 5 bet shoved
Shows 86s
Kjo
Ali flat calls raise w a k
Aqs
Scoops pot w monotone flop
9.5k
Bet folded 2s utg to small reraise
8.3k
level 11
short stack shoves
hero called 3.375k with Q9s in BB
Villain shows a7o
board: [8779k]
villain doubles up
Hero's stack 4.3k
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(recall from memory??)
hero dealt [7s 5s]
pfr and 5 callers
hero's stack is only about 20% of pot
hero folds:
Analysis:
Hero has no fold equity for shove; therefore, hero folds since hand will not flop well 6 way.
Hero left with about ~4bb (M < 2).
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8 hands later, folds to hero UTG+1
hero dealt [J4o]
hero folds
Analysis:
Hero can't really shove against 8 other random hands with J4o - almost 0 fold equity at this point and doesn't even have adequate equity against a random hand.
Basically, hero is trying to find any spot where the pot is opened and hero can shove. Sadly, 4 hands pass and hero is even forced to fold BB when multiple people are in the pot in a raised pot.
***Hero's stack with the button at dinner break: 800 (blinds: 400/800)
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Aside 1: Dinner Vouchers
About 20-25 min. before the dinner break (while hero was nursing a super short stack), someone mentioned that there were $20 food vouchers for players who made the dinner break.
It turns out that hero's table was one of the last ones to get a food voucher :(. Thankfully, I was still in the tournament, so I received my 2x $10 food vouchers.
At the dinner break, I ended up chatting with my other buddy who was still in the tournament. One of the first things I mentioned was that "I think the food vouchers have more value than my actual tournament chip count" :-P
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Female Villain raises in MP (used to distinguish people later on in the transcript)
Hero blind calls on the button with K6o
Everyone else folds
Villain shows K6s
Board brings a chop (no flush draw)
Hero's stack: 1.8k after chop (pot had 3700 but hero does not get odd chip b/c hero is OOP).
Folds to hero in CO:
Hero open shoves w/o looking at hand
open shove 8s on blind open
SB: KTo (covers both players)
BB: A7o (all in)
8s hold; BB is out
236
7.2k
Q62q4
Hero shoves UTG with KQs
Aj largest stack calls
Tens shorter stack calls as well.
Hero's stack:
19.3k
villain UTG raises
Hero Folds ajo in EP
Tight player raises
Hero decides to folded 88
folds to hero in MP
hero has AKo
hero raises and called by 1 player in late position
flop: A55 2 tone
Hero and Villain both check flop
Turn: Td
Hero bets
Villain folds
6 folds
folds to hero in CO with [A5s]
hero raises to 2.5x
Slow thinking, methodical Asian player in SB: raises to 7x
hero: folds
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One sort of weird hand
villain 2 makes small 4bet against villain 1 hand 3 bet/folded.
villain 1 ends up 5 betting
villain 2 mucks 10s face up.
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EP villain (tight asian player) - raises to 2700
hero 3bets ts to 8100
BB (another asian player): raises to 13.4k
EP: raises to 45k
hero tanks/folds
other players - folds kings face up
Put in 1/2 stack to bet fold
18k
Analysis:
Absolute mistake to fold here!
Even if hero is up against aces/kings, hero has 20% "set" equity...and already invested 40% stack likely getting at least 17% equity from the pot.
Hero's equity could be slightly higher by adding some [AK|AQ] into range as well.
Hero's pretty sure 1/2 the table thought I made a horrible play and at the time, I definitely should have just jammed.
The sad part I told to one person, a friend of mine did something similar (bet/folded 30% of stack with 99).
Needless to say, villain 1 folding KK faceup was lol. He said "the villain had played super tight during the whole tournament" which was true, but it's a leak 99+% of time to be folding that with so much money invested (he had invested about 1/3 of his stack, although he was covered).
The PFR/5bettor says he can't believe he got someone to fold KK.
hero left with approximately ~29.4k?
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29.4k
"MTT PRO" limps
Hero isolates limper w 43s
T42T2 backdoor flush (may not be T4282 - maybe T4282)
villain/hero check flop and turn
Tournament pro bluffs river
Analysis: Although hero could have bet turn b/c almost every card is an over, hero decides to go into c/c mode to pick off bluffs. The flop rarely hits "tournament pro"'s range as he's decidedly playing more high card combos (Ax; broadways, etc...).
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[My table is broken up; down to 4 tables - 36 players; 30 to the money]
seat 1 - chip leader
seat 2 - female player
seat 3 - eventually tight Asian player from initial table
seat 4 - tight/short stack older player
seat 5 - ?
seat 6 - ?
seat 7 - MTT pro (young white player)
seat 8 - MTT pro (young Asian player)
seat 9 - hero
seat 10 - older African American player
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Flatter AQo
Bluff raised t42 rainbow board
Bet/fold
Hero around 40k
Probably nitty fold w a8o against button steal
M around 5
7s vs 6s somewhere in this hand history right before color up (3 hands)
Female villain shoves in BB with [66]
Hero's hand holds up and eliminates female player.
Hero has M around ~10.
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hero has around ~47k
Hero raises in LP with AQo - 2.5x BB (about 7.5k of hero's 47.5k)
Villain (seat 3) reshoves all in (hero is covered)
hero tanks/folds
bet/folded a 40k all in (for tournament life) with AQo against guy who was probably repopping with 15-20% of range (if not more).
Analysis: I think hero is probably favorite against range and could have probably "flipped" in that spot. Villain may also think hero is coming in light. Thus, villain's range might be wider.
seat 8 (who had been raising preflop a lot (likely internet pro) - raises in CO
hero: dealt AKo on button
I fold AKo against co steal (he had been opening and/or isoing 25-30%). Likely an MTT pro.
Analysis:
Extremely nitty - likely crushing villain's range and villain has bet/folded preflop too
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Bubble Analysis:
Hero felt like he was just trying to fold into the money towards the end after a couple of the bet/fold situations preflop and the "non-jam" of AK.
There were 2 "critical stacks" (M < 2-3) before hero would blind out anyway. It's
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About 6-8 hands of hand for hand were played with 2-3 players before the bubble.
Hero eventually gets ITM.
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2 hands ITM
UTG+1 ("tight" asian player) raises to 10k at 2k/4k/500
folds to hero in CO with AQo
hero raises all in (19k)
UTG+1: calls
UTG+1 shows 2 suited Ax broadway (like AT of spades)
board: 8s 6s 5x Qs Tx
Hero busts
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Miscellaneous notes:
1. Additionally, both Allen Kessler and John Cernuto were at the same table, 1 table number before mine. I'm guessing early table assignments were based on preregistration. If you come as a group, you get seated in consecutive order. If i had registered slightly earlier, I might have been sitting with both of them initially.
2. My one friend had 3-5 people at table with WSOP-c rings (1 person pulled out of backpack for example).
3. There seemed there were some MTT pros in the field too (more so than in my limited experience at the 350 NLHE in AC). One of my friends was mentioning that an MTT pro complained they were running bad for about 2 years because they have not had any major cashes.
4. At table break (at 45 or 36 players), my table got broken up. I had been at the same table all day. Although like 4 people ended up moving to the same table.
As we were racking up chips to move, one lady was like "yeah, I was in a short stack situation like you before and i never gave up. I ended up winning the tournament even though i was really short stacked. When I busted her, she said, "Do well, this is your day."
-> It was really encouraging. I had been beating myself up (and telling that to the table) regarding my preflop fold of TT earlier in the MTT.
5. Hero was texting other friend about the status of the MTT.
6. I got privilege of buying up all the "100" chips for the color up. (this was before the money). This was before level 19 (1500/3000/500) at a break.
7. Older guy (who i had heard was complaining about "there's no crying in poker" and I saw him at the Borgata the next day in the MTT" ended up busting when he got it all in with AK against AQ preflop and was the bubble person. I had sat to his left until we broke down to 4 tables.
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Hero gets min. cash:
30/271
min cash
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
12-15-2010 2-5 NLHE cash game sessions at Harrah's
2-5 NLHE @ Harrah's AC
2-4 hour session (probably 2-3)
After having to make a 2 hour round trip drive to go to a Chase bank, I was actually too late to play either the 10 game MTT or the PLO8 Rush mini-FTOPS events.
I ended up watching a friend at the $350 NLHE final table. We hung out some after the dinner break with some of his other friends.
I grinded some cash, but unfortunately lost my hand histories...I called it a session after my friend busted.
Overall, I had played relatively FR TAG style and did nothing really out of the ordinary. There were not any real interesting hands over 3-4 rotations.
Eventually, the table got short handed (5-6 people). I felt a lot more comfortable when the table got shorter and was being somewhat aggro preflop, taking pots uncontested.
This may have been because I was playing short handed online for the month prior to the trip due to the NLHE 6max tournament.
A couple other guys (seat 9 and 10, while i was at seat 9) seemed to be a couple of older randoms that were just there to gamble.
One person who was there the whole time (he sat to my immediate right) the whole time thought I was on a rush, but he seemed tight and was paying more attention to the magazine he was reading.
Another guy (4 to my right) seemed like an online MTT player, but not much of a cash game player and kept complaining about bad beats, etc....
I did get bluffed out of a pot at the end of my session and was not 100% sure I made the right play. Unfortunately, I lost my hand history, but a draw didn't come in on the river and villain donk leads. I had a medium strength hand (2nd pair) which I was trying to get to showdown cheaply, but ultimately should have considered calling...
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Overall, I think I was down ~20bb.
2-4 hour session (probably 2-3)
After having to make a 2 hour round trip drive to go to a Chase bank, I was actually too late to play either the 10 game MTT or the PLO8 Rush mini-FTOPS events.
I ended up watching a friend at the $350 NLHE final table. We hung out some after the dinner break with some of his other friends.
I grinded some cash, but unfortunately lost my hand histories...I called it a session after my friend busted.
Overall, I had played relatively FR TAG style and did nothing really out of the ordinary. There were not any real interesting hands over 3-4 rotations.
Eventually, the table got short handed (5-6 people). I felt a lot more comfortable when the table got shorter and was being somewhat aggro preflop, taking pots uncontested.
This may have been because I was playing short handed online for the month prior to the trip due to the NLHE 6max tournament.
A couple other guys (seat 9 and 10, while i was at seat 9) seemed to be a couple of older randoms that were just there to gamble.
One person who was there the whole time (he sat to my immediate right) the whole time thought I was on a rush, but he seemed tight and was paying more attention to the magazine he was reading.
Another guy (4 to my right) seemed like an online MTT player, but not much of a cash game player and kept complaining about bad beats, etc....
I did get bluffed out of a pot at the end of my session and was not 100% sure I made the right play. Unfortunately, I lost my hand history, but a draw didn't come in on the river and villain donk leads. I had a medium strength hand (2nd pair) which I was trying to get to showdown cheaply, but ultimately should have considered calling...
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Overall, I think I was down ~20bb.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Quick Update
12/10 - NLHE in NO
I actually played halfway decent against a field of mainly weak-tight players. Unfortunately, I did not cash (13/66). There was 1 key hand that was borderline +EV that I will post in the full trip report.
12/14 - NLHE in AC
I passed out after arriving in AC and got up super late. Ended up late registering 40 min. into the tournament - only missed 1 30 min. level and 200/10000 (blinds were 25/25, then 25/50)
busted in level 5 trying to 3bet steal. Strangely enough, I think I might have been steaming about not trying to squeeze 3-4 hands earlier when I picked up K7s in BB against 5 players (1 player raised preflop in UTG+1 with 4 callers). At the time, I felt the guy was coming in light and would fold to a 3 bet, but thinking about it after the hand...he had been telegraphing his hand strength preflop (ie: open limping). At least I was in a coin flip in this subsequent instance, but couldn't win it....
1. I'm unsure if i'll pay cash tonight or just wander around AC. After today's debacle, I'm not sure how much I want to play...
2. I may take a break from live play (possibly) to play the mini-FTOPS 10-game (1:00PM EST) and PLO8 rush (5:00PM EST) on Wed (12/14).
I actually played halfway decent against a field of mainly weak-tight players. Unfortunately, I did not cash (13/66). There was 1 key hand that was borderline +EV that I will post in the full trip report.
12/14 - NLHE in AC
I passed out after arriving in AC and got up super late. Ended up late registering 40 min. into the tournament - only missed 1 30 min. level and 200/10000 (blinds were 25/25, then 25/50)
busted in level 5 trying to 3bet steal. Strangely enough, I think I might have been steaming about not trying to squeeze 3-4 hands earlier when I picked up K7s in BB against 5 players (1 player raised preflop in UTG+1 with 4 callers). At the time, I felt the guy was coming in light and would fold to a 3 bet, but thinking about it after the hand...he had been telegraphing his hand strength preflop (ie: open limping). At least I was in a coin flip in this subsequent instance, but couldn't win it....
1. I'm unsure if i'll pay cash tonight or just wander around AC. After today's debacle, I'm not sure how much I want to play...
2. I may take a break from live play (possibly) to play the mini-FTOPS 10-game (1:00PM EST) and PLO8 rush (5:00PM EST) on Wed (12/14).
12-14-2010 350 NLHE
12/14/2010
350 NLHE @ Harrah's Atlantic City
10k starting chips
The structure is absolutely amazing. It's the best structure I've ever played in!
1st 2 hours:
25/25
25/50
50/75
50/100
I like super deep stack (deep cash game). 30 min. levels are decent up until dinner break, then 40 min. levels. They've included all the in between levels too!
1. I got up super late and late registered about 45 min into the tourney (around level 2). I basically passed out after traveling from NO -> PHI and driving to AC. I'm not really sure why.
2. I end up sitting at the same table as 1 of my real life friends. One other real friend was nearby as well.
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level 2
i isoed 2 limpers
got min-check raised on a J62 two diamond board
folded when villain leads on Td turn for 1/2 pot
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Level 3:
I made a 3 bet steal with A9s (against CO stealer who raise/folded)
I 3 betted for value in position with AQo and got villain off of JJ on the flop.
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level 4
blinds: 50/100
I got into 1 hand against my real life friend too....
UTG stack size: approximately 5k
hero dealt [TT]
UTG+1 - raise
folds to hero
hero flat calls
flop:
AT7 rainbow
UTG+1: checks
i cbet about 2/3 pot
UTG+1: calls
turn:
AT74
UTG+1: leads small (1/3 pot)
hero calls
river:
AT747
he leads small (maybe 1/3 pot)
hero: raises all in (about a 1/2 pot sized raise)
UTG+1: calls
UTG+1 shows AA.
hero's stack: ~3-4k
Analysis: Hero doesn't fold 2nd nuts. The turn/river cards didn't bring anything even remotely threatening (straights/flush draws from backdoor way). Additionally, range of UTG+1 does not really get affected by blank middle [5-9] turn/river cards.
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break:
stack around 3k
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level 5
table seemed somewhat tight after the break
i stole some blinds after break (2-3 rounds)
seat 10 didn't come back for 10ish min. after break
hero is around 4-5k after stealing some blinds
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hero dealt: K7s
raise
4 callers
hero - folds
Analysis: Hero could have "squeezed" in that spot. With so much dead money and only about 1-1.5 SPR, i think i can squeeze and be profitable via fold equity a lot and get 40+% equity when called anyway.
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hero: dealt [22]
villain raises to 450 (75/150)
hero: ships (about 3.8k)
villain: calls with AKo
Hero loses flip.
Analysis:
At the time, I thought it was ok b/c he had been coming into a lot of pots.
Thinking about it some more on the drive back to my room, I noted that he was "telegraphing" his hand strength. IE: He limped into hands/then raised with others.
Thus, a horrible candidate (and scenario) to try to 3bet bluff. Additionally, he didn't really fold much preflop (looking back at it...)
Hero also doesn't have the type of stack to be doing that with particular hand(small pocket pairs/suited connectors go down in value).
busto: level 5 - probably around 400/680
350 NLHE @ Harrah's Atlantic City
10k starting chips
The structure is absolutely amazing. It's the best structure I've ever played in!
1st 2 hours:
25/25
25/50
50/75
50/100
I like super deep stack (deep cash game). 30 min. levels are decent up until dinner break, then 40 min. levels. They've included all the in between levels too!
1. I got up super late and late registered about 45 min into the tourney (around level 2). I basically passed out after traveling from NO -> PHI and driving to AC. I'm not really sure why.
2. I end up sitting at the same table as 1 of my real life friends. One other real friend was nearby as well.
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level 2
i isoed 2 limpers
got min-check raised on a J62 two diamond board
folded when villain leads on Td turn for 1/2 pot
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Level 3:
I made a 3 bet steal with A9s (against CO stealer who raise/folded)
I 3 betted for value in position with AQo and got villain off of JJ on the flop.
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level 4
blinds: 50/100
I got into 1 hand against my real life friend too....
UTG stack size: approximately 5k
hero dealt [TT]
UTG+1 - raise
folds to hero
hero flat calls
flop:
AT7 rainbow
UTG+1: checks
i cbet about 2/3 pot
UTG+1: calls
turn:
AT74
UTG+1: leads small (1/3 pot)
hero calls
river:
AT747
he leads small (maybe 1/3 pot)
hero: raises all in (about a 1/2 pot sized raise)
UTG+1: calls
UTG+1 shows AA.
hero's stack: ~3-4k
Analysis: Hero doesn't fold 2nd nuts. The turn/river cards didn't bring anything even remotely threatening (straights/flush draws from backdoor way). Additionally, range of UTG+1 does not really get affected by blank middle [5-9] turn/river cards.
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break:
stack around 3k
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level 5
table seemed somewhat tight after the break
i stole some blinds after break (2-3 rounds)
seat 10 didn't come back for 10ish min. after break
hero is around 4-5k after stealing some blinds
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hero dealt: K7s
raise
4 callers
hero - folds
Analysis: Hero could have "squeezed" in that spot. With so much dead money and only about 1-1.5 SPR, i think i can squeeze and be profitable via fold equity a lot and get 40+% equity when called anyway.
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hero: dealt [22]
villain raises to 450 (75/150)
hero: ships (about 3.8k)
villain: calls with AKo
Hero loses flip.
Analysis:
At the time, I thought it was ok b/c he had been coming into a lot of pots.
Thinking about it some more on the drive back to my room, I noted that he was "telegraphing" his hand strength. IE: He limped into hands/then raised with others.
Thus, a horrible candidate (and scenario) to try to 3bet bluff. Additionally, he didn't really fold much preflop (looking back at it...)
Hero also doesn't have the type of stack to be doing that with particular hand(small pocket pairs/suited connectors go down in value).
busto: level 5 - probably around 400/680
Saturday, December 11, 2010
12-11-2010 2-5 NLHE at Harrah's New Orleans
2-5 NLHE @ Harrah's New Orleans
After checking out Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, I wanted to log some time at Harrah's. I'm not sure if it was the smartest decision as my head wasn't really in the game per se.
One nice thing: Any players is allowed to buyin up to the biggest stack at the table at any time. I didn't really see that happen too much though.
I was PFR in 2-3 pots early with "top of range" (ie: AQ+; TT+) on in the 1st 2 rounds, but was starting to get played back at.
1. hero dealt ak (sb)
2-3 players limp in MP-late position.
hero raises in SB.
Only 1 player calls PFR. Thus, 2 players to the flop.
hero leads into qtx (rainbow) board and gets everyone to fold
2. behind/kings (5 callers)
I raised somewhat large to get it to 1 player. (Probably raised to 8-10 bb, got 1 caller). I cbetted a somewhat wet flop (Q95 two tone) and took it down uncontested.
3. 1 limper
Hero raises with 65s in position
[2 players to flop]
q3q 2 tone board (hero does not have a flush draw)
check/bet/call; Check/Check on flop; hero folds to donk turn bet.
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Later on, I was in a limped pot with 2 broadway cards; I stabbed flop when it checked around on a rainbow, non-connected flop (Q74 rainbow for example)
Everyone checked the turn
River was a blank (low card):
sb: leads 3x pot
other villain shoves
guy who 3x potted folds
-~20bb
1-1.5 hour session after hanging out on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.
After checking out Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, I wanted to log some time at Harrah's. I'm not sure if it was the smartest decision as my head wasn't really in the game per se.
One nice thing: Any players is allowed to buyin up to the biggest stack at the table at any time. I didn't really see that happen too much though.
I was PFR in 2-3 pots early with "top of range" (ie: AQ+; TT+) on in the 1st 2 rounds, but was starting to get played back at.
1. hero dealt ak (sb)
2-3 players limp in MP-late position.
hero raises in SB.
Only 1 player calls PFR. Thus, 2 players to the flop.
hero leads into qtx (rainbow) board and gets everyone to fold
2. behind/kings (5 callers)
I raised somewhat large to get it to 1 player. (Probably raised to 8-10 bb, got 1 caller). I cbetted a somewhat wet flop (Q95 two tone) and took it down uncontested.
3. 1 limper
Hero raises with 65s in position
[2 players to flop]
q3q 2 tone board (hero does not have a flush draw)
check/bet/call; Check/Check on flop; hero folds to donk turn bet.
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Later on, I was in a limped pot with 2 broadway cards; I stabbed flop when it checked around on a rainbow, non-connected flop (Q74 rainbow for example)
Everyone checked the turn
River was a blank (low card):
sb: leads 3x pot
other villain shoves
guy who 3x potted folds
-~20bb
1-1.5 hour session after hanging out on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.
Friday, December 10, 2010
12-10-2010 345 NLHE
12/10/2010
345 NLHE @ Harrah's New Orleans
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KQo
Ks js 9s ad 8d
Pfr
Barrel 2 street
Fold to psb river
Bad call
K9598 3 clubs third on river (all backdoor)
Bad check flop
Bet got raised (175 -> 500)
Should have folded
Bet draw on turn and check call
2nd pr does not bet
As Pfr does not Cbet that much
hero's note about player 5: Min raise = weakness
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(Aside: At first break b/w levels 3 and 4)
I had heard ads about it while I was walking around and getting to the tournament location on multiple days.
I was able to get a "birthday spin".
1. went to Harrah's rewards and they verified my birthday.
2. Someone from the Harrah's reward center then spun a special "birthday slot machine"
3. The 1 free breakfast or lunch buffet is valid for 30 days only at Harrah's New Orleans (eating hours from 7:00AM-2:30PM).
The max bonus = $1k in slot play!
Subsequently, I went and asked at Harrah's in AC and they were not able to redeem it there...
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Random aside:
An interesting sort of situation:
Jessica (maybe late 20s-early 30s) late regged and sat immediately to my left. We talked a little bit and she mentioned she knew Dustin (a guy who went deep in the NLHE 6-max).
Hero dealt [87o]
folds to hero
Hero raises
everyone folds
The lady I sat next to slapped me on the wrist and kinda made it feel like a mother hitting her son that it was a bad thing to do.
Sadly, she did eventually bust....
Overall, my table became kinda weak-tight around level 5ish...
I felt I could steal a lot preflop and people played their hands face up for the most part (especially telling were bet sizes; large bet size - big hand, etc...)
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Folded 10s to tight player who reraised 1/3 of villain's stack
Raised loose passive w a6o limp in Sb bb
Raised and Cbet jj on k85
Isoed 89o
A98 rainbow
Limped leads
I shove
both players fold
Player reads:
Seat 2
Min raise turn
Does not bet whole stack for value
5
Smallish raise w/ 3kicker
Slowplays nod and bets small on end
Bets pot or on k76 2 tone after being Pfr
Bets sizes his hands based on strength and board danger
9
Barrels turn smallish bet on brick turn
Pfr
Aqo utg
Kj2 1 diamonds
Bb and limpet
Checks 3G
Break (after level 6)
20k
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In 3-4 hands, I was dealt
[QQ]
[KK]
[QQ]
At this point, I had raised 4 in a row and won preflop pot w/o seeing a flop
I had to see a flop on the 3rd one, but still won pot uncontested.
I was also the first with a 3-bet.
I was telling the 1 person to my left (who looked like a recreational player - had LSU cap on) that i was on a rush. We sorta talked about rushes for a little bit as well. (The guy had driven a couple hours for the MTT and didn't necessarily want to stay overnight if the MTT paused for final table...)
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hero dealt: [T7o] in CO
folds to hero in CO
hero raises
folds to BB
BB: calls
Tx 8h 5h 6y Qh
flop:
villain check
hero: bets (don't have exact amount - likely 2/3 pot)
villain: calls
villain check
hero: bets (don't have exact amount - likely 60% pot)
villain: calls
villain leads pot
hero?
Analysis: Hero folds
A draw hit on the river (flush draw). Maybe I played it too tightly, but villain played seemed to play very straightforward.
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Hero dealt AKo
7: raises
folds to hero
Hero 3 bets
folds to 7
7: calls
flop: 953 rainbow
7: leads into me
i bluff raised him
he folds
player read: 5 - Donk leads with flush draw oop after calling flop Pfr
Scared of monotone board as pfr
player read: 3 - Ack that I have raised his bb
hero's stack: 21.5k
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Level 9
Tight for 3-4 rounds
Utg raises 3G
3bet 2s
J33 rainbow
Bet 3/4 of my stack
Only 55% of pot
Villain folds
player read: 10 - Always leads low flop
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Overall impression of my table (from about 40 players to 18 players when there was a redraw for seats)
Overall, the table played very straightforward and I was sad when it finally broke at 18 players.
I raised about 1-1.5x/rotation and was stealing the blinds w/o anyone seeing flops. This happened for about 5-6 levels.
"The cards told me to raise". Basically, if it folded to me, I raised w/ about 30% of my range. I didn't even really try to raise/float some of the PFRs b/c they opened so rarely.
One interesting hand during this "streak":
hero was still in 1 hole
guy in 7 hole - seemed to play very straightforward
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2 tables
only had to move when redraw to 2 tables (sat at same table all night prior to that)
female villain was in 1 hole; she was short stacked and doubled up 2x
9: chip leader had huge # of chips
player read: 7 and 8
Small 3 bet - Ks+
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hero dealt [KK]
chip leader - raises
folds to hero in SB
hero 3bets about 3/4-pot
chip leader calls
flop:
Axx two tone board
Hero bets/villain folds
Analysis:
This actually was not that good of a bet. I think I was playing flow/image at the time, even though this is a simple WA/WB spot and I can easily check/call 2 streets and get value from villain.
villain (seat 7): 5x bet w 10s
chip leader: Called shove range (for about 20+bb) - ajo
chip leader: seemed to bully/may be scared of flops
player 9: Folds to small minraise on button steal
[break]
hero's stack size (approximately, not 100% sure b/c i forgot to write it down) - 46k
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level 10
eight players (about 16 players left at the time)
chip leader raises in CO (raise to 4k at 500/1k/100)
folds to hero in SB with KK
hero - raises to 12k
pot - approx. 25k
a62 2 tone
hero leads small (about 55% pot)
fold
Analysis: Hero probably could have pot controlled there with showdown value in a relatively close WA/WB (way ahead/way behind) even though it is a 3 bet pot.
I ended up stealing 1-2 rounds of blinds from some of the players that had originally moved from my previous table to this table.
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Level 12
Chip Leader Encounter v. 2
60k - chip leader w 100k
Aja
Serious edge on the field as much of the field is weak-tight (ie: play fit/fold post flop) and raising big broadway hands (AK/AQ, pocket pairs) and limping lots of broadway cards)
Hero is pfr - dealt AKo
raised to 3k
villain (chip leader) calls in BB
KQ4 2 clubs
villain: checks
hero: Bets flop (about 3/4 pot - 5.5k)
villain: calls
Kq4a 2 clubs
villain: checks
hero: bets turn (13.775k)
villain: Check raise all in (hero left with about 35-40k if bet/fold)
hero tanks for 3-4 min....
Analysis:
My "in game" thought process:
1. I was contemplating my stack size
2. I thought the only hands he could have played this way were
a: queens
b: jto
After the hand thought analysis:
a. what i forgot was that
b. he only 3 betted with ks (from previous hand about 2 rotations ago)
c. seemed to play extremely straight forward post flop
d. is qq really still in his range?
*e. i forgot to think about what his value raising range is! (This is a decided leak that I'm trying to address now.) ie: how many hands can i beat versus how many beat me?
I only thought about 3 distinct hand combo/sets at the time, but ultimately, there are more.
jt combos: 16 (straight - 9% equity)
aq combos: 4 (worse 2 pair - 95% equity)
kq combos: 4 (worse 2 pair - 95% equity)
a4 combos: ? (worse 2 pair - very unlikely - would villain call flop bet with 1 over)
aj combos: ? (ditto - TPTK - would he float and c/r?)
ak combos: 4 (tied - 50% equity)
qq combos: 3 (behind/crushed - 9% equity)
44 combos: 3 (behind/crushed - 9% equity)
AA combos: 1 (drawing dead - 0% equity)
23 hand combos have me crushed
8 ahead
4 tied
Looking at combos of hands, it really looks like I'm absolutely crushed here.
baluga whale theorem stuck out too - when random calls PFR, flop, then c/r turn, 1 pair hands are generally no good
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spoiler:
hero ends up calling
villain shows JTo
hero bricks river
hero: out in 13/66
345 NLHE @ Harrah's New Orleans
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KQo
Ks js 9s ad 8d
Pfr
Barrel 2 street
Fold to psb river
Bad call
K9598 3 clubs third on river (all backdoor)
Bad check flop
Bet got raised (175 -> 500)
Should have folded
Bet draw on turn and check call
2nd pr does not bet
As Pfr does not Cbet that much
hero's note about player 5: Min raise = weakness
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(Aside: At first break b/w levels 3 and 4)
I had heard ads about it while I was walking around and getting to the tournament location on multiple days.
I was able to get a "birthday spin".
1. went to Harrah's rewards and they verified my birthday.
2. Someone from the Harrah's reward center then spun a special "birthday slot machine"
3. The 1 free breakfast or lunch buffet is valid for 30 days only at Harrah's New Orleans (eating hours from 7:00AM-2:30PM).
The max bonus = $1k in slot play!
Subsequently, I went and asked at Harrah's in AC and they were not able to redeem it there...
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Random aside:
An interesting sort of situation:
Jessica (maybe late 20s-early 30s) late regged and sat immediately to my left. We talked a little bit and she mentioned she knew Dustin (a guy who went deep in the NLHE 6-max).
Hero dealt [87o]
folds to hero
Hero raises
everyone folds
The lady I sat next to slapped me on the wrist and kinda made it feel like a mother hitting her son that it was a bad thing to do.
Sadly, she did eventually bust....
Overall, my table became kinda weak-tight around level 5ish...
I felt I could steal a lot preflop and people played their hands face up for the most part (especially telling were bet sizes; large bet size - big hand, etc...)
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Folded 10s to tight player who reraised 1/3 of villain's stack
Raised loose passive w a6o limp in Sb bb
Raised and Cbet jj on k85
Isoed 89o
A98 rainbow
Limped leads
I shove
both players fold
Player reads:
Seat 2
Min raise turn
Does not bet whole stack for value
5
Smallish raise w/ 3kicker
Slowplays nod and bets small on end
Bets pot or on k76 2 tone after being Pfr
Bets sizes his hands based on strength and board danger
9
Barrels turn smallish bet on brick turn
Pfr
Aqo utg
Kj2 1 diamonds
Bb and limpet
Checks 3G
Break (after level 6)
20k
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In 3-4 hands, I was dealt
[QQ]
[KK]
[QQ]
At this point, I had raised 4 in a row and won preflop pot w/o seeing a flop
I had to see a flop on the 3rd one, but still won pot uncontested.
I was also the first with a 3-bet.
I was telling the 1 person to my left (who looked like a recreational player - had LSU cap on) that i was on a rush. We sorta talked about rushes for a little bit as well. (The guy had driven a couple hours for the MTT and didn't necessarily want to stay overnight if the MTT paused for final table...)
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hero dealt: [T7o] in CO
folds to hero in CO
hero raises
folds to BB
BB: calls
Tx 8h 5h 6y Qh
flop:
villain check
hero: bets (don't have exact amount - likely 2/3 pot)
villain: calls
villain check
hero: bets (don't have exact amount - likely 60% pot)
villain: calls
villain leads pot
hero?
Analysis: Hero folds
A draw hit on the river (flush draw). Maybe I played it too tightly, but villain played seemed to play very straightforward.
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Hero dealt AKo
7: raises
folds to hero
Hero 3 bets
folds to 7
7: calls
flop: 953 rainbow
7: leads into me
i bluff raised him
he folds
player read: 5 - Donk leads with flush draw oop after calling flop Pfr
Scared of monotone board as pfr
player read: 3 - Ack that I have raised his bb
hero's stack: 21.5k
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Level 9
Tight for 3-4 rounds
Utg raises 3G
3bet 2s
J33 rainbow
Bet 3/4 of my stack
Only 55% of pot
Villain folds
player read: 10 - Always leads low flop
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Overall impression of my table (from about 40 players to 18 players when there was a redraw for seats)
Overall, the table played very straightforward and I was sad when it finally broke at 18 players.
I raised about 1-1.5x/rotation and was stealing the blinds w/o anyone seeing flops. This happened for about 5-6 levels.
"The cards told me to raise". Basically, if it folded to me, I raised w/ about 30% of my range. I didn't even really try to raise/float some of the PFRs b/c they opened so rarely.
One interesting hand during this "streak":
hero was still in 1 hole
guy in 7 hole - seemed to play very straightforward
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2 tables
only had to move when redraw to 2 tables (sat at same table all night prior to that)
female villain was in 1 hole; she was short stacked and doubled up 2x
9: chip leader had huge # of chips
player read: 7 and 8
Small 3 bet - Ks+
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hero dealt [KK]
chip leader - raises
folds to hero in SB
hero 3bets about 3/4-pot
chip leader calls
flop:
Axx two tone board
Hero bets/villain folds
Analysis:
This actually was not that good of a bet. I think I was playing flow/image at the time, even though this is a simple WA/WB spot and I can easily check/call 2 streets and get value from villain.
villain (seat 7): 5x bet w 10s
chip leader: Called shove range (for about 20+bb) - ajo
chip leader: seemed to bully/may be scared of flops
player 9: Folds to small minraise on button steal
[break]
hero's stack size (approximately, not 100% sure b/c i forgot to write it down) - 46k
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level 10
eight players (about 16 players left at the time)
chip leader raises in CO (raise to 4k at 500/1k/100)
folds to hero in SB with KK
hero - raises to 12k
pot - approx. 25k
a62 2 tone
hero leads small (about 55% pot)
fold
Analysis: Hero probably could have pot controlled there with showdown value in a relatively close WA/WB (way ahead/way behind) even though it is a 3 bet pot.
I ended up stealing 1-2 rounds of blinds from some of the players that had originally moved from my previous table to this table.
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Level 12
Chip Leader Encounter v. 2
60k - chip leader w 100k
Aja
Serious edge on the field as much of the field is weak-tight (ie: play fit/fold post flop) and raising big broadway hands (AK/AQ, pocket pairs) and limping lots of broadway cards)
Hero is pfr - dealt AKo
raised to 3k
villain (chip leader) calls in BB
KQ4 2 clubs
villain: checks
hero: Bets flop (about 3/4 pot - 5.5k)
villain: calls
Kq4a 2 clubs
villain: checks
hero: bets turn (13.775k)
villain: Check raise all in (hero left with about 35-40k if bet/fold)
hero tanks for 3-4 min....
Analysis:
My "in game" thought process:
1. I was contemplating my stack size
2. I thought the only hands he could have played this way were
a: queens
b: jto
After the hand thought analysis:
a. what i forgot was that
b. he only 3 betted with ks (from previous hand about 2 rotations ago)
c. seemed to play extremely straight forward post flop
d. is qq really still in his range?
*e. i forgot to think about what his value raising range is! (This is a decided leak that I'm trying to address now.) ie: how many hands can i beat versus how many beat me?
I only thought about 3 distinct hand combo/sets at the time, but ultimately, there are more.
jt combos: 16 (straight - 9% equity)
aq combos: 4 (worse 2 pair - 95% equity)
kq combos: 4 (worse 2 pair - 95% equity)
a4 combos: ? (worse 2 pair - very unlikely - would villain call flop bet with 1 over)
aj combos: ? (ditto - TPTK - would he float and c/r?)
ak combos: 4 (tied - 50% equity)
qq combos: 3 (behind/crushed - 9% equity)
44 combos: 3 (behind/crushed - 9% equity)
AA combos: 1 (drawing dead - 0% equity)
23 hand combos have me crushed
8 ahead
4 tied
Looking at combos of hands, it really looks like I'm absolutely crushed here.
baluga whale theorem stuck out too - when random calls PFR, flop, then c/r turn, 1 pair hands are generally no good
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spoiler:
hero ends up calling
villain shows JTo
hero bricks river
hero: out in 13/66
(7 game) Mixaments...
A detailed report will eventually come.
Busto: 14/20 - busted in the 5th/6th level in a big bet PLO game. Situation kinda dictated it, as I would have an L of 1 if it got back to LHE.
Many thought the field was the toughest 20 person field in the history of the casino....3-4 "named mixed game" pros made appearances.
Also made a quick road trip to Biloxi, MS (1.5 hrs away). Nothing really to note, except I should have probably went earlier in the day so I could actually see stuff (and view landscape in non-darkness). Lots of ads for the "Southern Poker Championship" in Jan. 2011...
Busto: 14/20 - busted in the 5th/6th level in a big bet PLO game. Situation kinda dictated it, as I would have an L of 1 if it got back to LHE.
Many thought the field was the toughest 20 person field in the history of the casino....3-4 "named mixed game" pros made appearances.
Also made a quick road trip to Biloxi, MS (1.5 hrs away). Nothing really to note, except I should have probably went earlier in the day so I could actually see stuff (and view landscape in non-darkness). Lots of ads for the "Southern Poker Championship" in Jan. 2011...
Thursday, December 9, 2010
12-9-2010 1-2 NLHE at Beau Rivage
Also made a quick road trip to Biloxi, MS (1.5 hrs away). I checked out a couple of "riverboat" casino/poker rooms while I was there (and to augment my chip collection). I also checked out the Hard Rock Cafe (and casino) among other things in Biloxi.
I should have probably went earlier in the day so I could actually see stuff (and view landscape in non-darkness). There were lots of ads for the "Southern Poker Championship" in Jan. 2011...
I played 1-2 NLHE for about an hour (about 4-5 tables going). There was a 2-5 game, but I did not really feel like playing in it.
I should have probably went earlier in the day so I could actually see stuff (and view landscape in non-darkness). There were lots of ads for the "Southern Poker Championship" in Jan. 2011...
I played 1-2 NLHE for about an hour (about 4-5 tables going). There was a 2-5 game, but I did not really feel like playing in it.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
12-8-2010 345 7 Game Mix
12/8/2010
345 Mixed Event (7 game) @ Harrah's New Orleans
9k starting chips
Some named pros in the small field:
Miami John Cernuto
he disappeared for about an hour, likely b/c the structure was so "slow"
Eskimo Clark
Allen Kessler
At one of the tables, at least 2-3 of the guys didn't know some of the games in the mix.
I late regged and missed 2 hands (2-3 min. late)
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6 handed at the time i was dealt a hand
sat down - kessler in 1 hole; hero in 7 hole
hero dealt: J8s
fold
hero raises
A. kessler (CO): calls
3 folds
flop:
QT9 2 spades
QT9 x
QT9 x x - spade hits on the end
hero leads & co calls all streets
Analysis:
It may have been too loose in a cash game to open with this hand 5 handed in LHE...
Everything else is pretty standard.
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LHE: moved to different table for rebalancing 4-5 hands into tourney.
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Table Move:
I played about 3 hands before I was moved to a different table to help with rebalancing due to late registration.
got some early chips when on rush in razz
one hand:
i had (23) A and caught 974 to scoop a pot
another hand:
i had (27)AQQ58
villain: xxx39
peeled b/c it was a big pot (4 players in raised pot...not sure if leak)
Guy decided to randomly just straddle in PLO rounds b/c table seemed "tight".
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hero: seated in 1 hole
LHE:
(asian with long hair - involved with c/r pot and stud/8 hand)
led with JT
c/r on turn with set (6s)
s/8
flat called
villain: (a w) 848a (w) (no flush)
hero: (Kx Kx) 5s 7s Qs 4/6/3 (Kx)
didn't bet qs on 5th street
Hero flat calls every street
Analysis:
I played this super non-standard (and likely leaky).
I could have repped a 4-flush (w/ all lows) by raising 4th/5th and may have gotten him to fold.
River: It turns out I caught 1 of 2 cards in the deck to prevent me from getting scooped.
9.375k at end of level 3
Interestingly, Miami John (who was at my new table seated in 3 hole) left for about an hour...the structure was slow enough that he did not lose that many chips.
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An interesting hand occurred in S/8.
John Cernuto showed: (xx) 7x 2s 6s 5s)
1 other villain showed: Kc 8 Jc 4
other villain had 2-3 flush cards showing as well, but many were high cards (like (xx) Td Ad Jh 5d)
2 other players were battling for flushes for high. (I don't have exact boards unfortunately)
Miami John Cernuto was helping jam the pot as he was the only one with a low draw. It was capped on 4th and 5th.
Miami John Cernuto scooped a huge 3 way pot with a wheel.
He checked with a wheel on 6th. Villain who kept jamming pot (older person) on earlier streets, checked behind on 6th.
He was easily the chip leader and had ~2.5x starting stack (20k? w/ 500/1k limits (250/500 blinds in limit games; 100/200/50 in NLHE rounds)
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level 7:
NLHE
blinds:
200/500/100
hero: dealt 88
7 handed
folds to hero in CO
hero raises 2.5x to 1750
folds to BB
BB: calls
flop:
358 rainbow
villain donk leads about 1/2-2/3 pot
hero calls
turn: (~7-8k)
358K rainbow
check
check
358KT rainbow
villain shoves for remaining stack (about 3000)
hero calls
hero's stack: 2950
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Analysis:
hero: dealt 22 in sb
limped pot (4 players)
check
1/2 psb
call
hero cbet raises all in
villains fold
Analysis:
hero c/r all in (overbet) when flopping 2s on 234 board before table break to 2 tables
[refer to ipod touch notes]
2s on 234
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table breaks:
3-4k
hero's stack: 2950
table breaks to 2 tables of 8 (16 total)
level 8:
PLO (blinds 150/300)
hero sat in about 4 hands (and folded all of them)
hero: dealt KKT5 (1 suit or possibly unsuited)
3 folds
1 limper
hero raises ~1k
3 folds
limper: calls
flop: QJ7 rainbow
villain: checks
hero: bets pot (all in)
villain: calls
villain: shows Ad Qx 9y 3d
board: QJ7QA
Analysis:
Pretty standard to try to get it in on most boards with KKxx with ~10bb. Decent flop for my hand and got my money in good both "preflop" and "flop".
villain wins pot
hero: busto in 14th
345 Mixed Event (7 game) @ Harrah's New Orleans
9k starting chips
Some named pros in the small field:
Miami John Cernuto
he disappeared for about an hour, likely b/c the structure was so "slow"
Eskimo Clark
Allen Kessler
At one of the tables, at least 2-3 of the guys didn't know some of the games in the mix.
I late regged and missed 2 hands (2-3 min. late)
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6 handed at the time i was dealt a hand
sat down - kessler in 1 hole; hero in 7 hole
hero dealt: J8s
fold
hero raises
A. kessler (CO): calls
3 folds
flop:
QT9 2 spades
QT9 x
QT9 x x - spade hits on the end
hero leads & co calls all streets
Analysis:
It may have been too loose in a cash game to open with this hand 5 handed in LHE...
Everything else is pretty standard.
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LHE: moved to different table for rebalancing 4-5 hands into tourney.
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Table Move:
I played about 3 hands before I was moved to a different table to help with rebalancing due to late registration.
got some early chips when on rush in razz
one hand:
i had (23) A and caught 974 to scoop a pot
another hand:
i had (27)AQQ58
villain: xxx39
peeled b/c it was a big pot (4 players in raised pot...not sure if leak)
Guy decided to randomly just straddle in PLO rounds b/c table seemed "tight".
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hero: seated in 1 hole
LHE:
(asian with long hair - involved with c/r pot and stud/8 hand)
led with JT
c/r on turn with set (6s)
s/8
flat called
villain: (a w) 848a (w) (no flush)
hero: (Kx Kx) 5s 7s Qs 4/6/3 (Kx)
didn't bet qs on 5th street
Hero flat calls every street
Analysis:
I played this super non-standard (and likely leaky).
I could have repped a 4-flush (w/ all lows) by raising 4th/5th and may have gotten him to fold.
River: It turns out I caught 1 of 2 cards in the deck to prevent me from getting scooped.
9.375k at end of level 3
Interestingly, Miami John (who was at my new table seated in 3 hole) left for about an hour...the structure was slow enough that he did not lose that many chips.
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An interesting hand occurred in S/8.
John Cernuto showed: (xx) 7x 2s 6s 5s)
1 other villain showed: Kc 8 Jc 4
other villain had 2-3 flush cards showing as well, but many were high cards (like (xx) Td Ad Jh 5d)
2 other players were battling for flushes for high. (I don't have exact boards unfortunately)
Miami John Cernuto was helping jam the pot as he was the only one with a low draw. It was capped on 4th and 5th.
Miami John Cernuto scooped a huge 3 way pot with a wheel.
He checked with a wheel on 6th. Villain who kept jamming pot (older person) on earlier streets, checked behind on 6th.
He was easily the chip leader and had ~2.5x starting stack (20k? w/ 500/1k limits (250/500 blinds in limit games; 100/200/50 in NLHE rounds)
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level 7:
NLHE
blinds:
200/500/100
hero: dealt 88
7 handed
folds to hero in CO
hero raises 2.5x to 1750
folds to BB
BB: calls
flop:
358 rainbow
villain donk leads about 1/2-2/3 pot
hero calls
turn: (~7-8k)
358K rainbow
check
check
358KT rainbow
villain shoves for remaining stack (about 3000)
hero calls
hero's stack: 2950
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Analysis:
hero: dealt 22 in sb
limped pot (4 players)
check
1/2 psb
call
hero cbet raises all in
villains fold
Analysis:
hero c/r all in (overbet) when flopping 2s on 234 board before table break to 2 tables
[refer to ipod touch notes]
2s on 234
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table breaks:
3-4k
hero's stack: 2950
table breaks to 2 tables of 8 (16 total)
level 8:
PLO (blinds 150/300)
hero sat in about 4 hands (and folded all of them)
hero: dealt KKT5 (1 suit or possibly unsuited)
3 folds
1 limper
hero raises ~1k
3 folds
limper: calls
flop: QJ7 rainbow
villain: checks
hero: bets pot (all in)
villain: calls
villain: shows Ad Qx 9y 3d
board: QJ7QA
Analysis:
Pretty standard to try to get it in on most boards with KKxx with ~10bb. Decent flop for my hand and got my money in good both "preflop" and "flop".
villain wins pot
hero: busto in 14th
PLO8: Massive misplay on short stack
PLO8 mtt
(full report at some point....probably not until at least Thursday) - busto in 10th (28 runners/3 pay)
I massively misplayed my short stack...and I'm definitely pissed at my play.
Blinds 300/600
I am on the button with A455 one suit to ace
hero (button): 3k
sb: 30+k
bb: (super tight) 10k
sb - calls
hero raises pot to 2.1k
Mistake #1 - I could have easily raised to 1400 and gotten same number of callers. (I would obviously call a repot all in with this hand).
Basically, the same result happens irregardless of raising to 1400 or 2100. Thus, raise to 1400 and it's not even close. (I can fold if I see a bad flop.)
If he doesn't force me to ship it preflop, i don't have to either.
Mistake #2 - UTG with KJ64
I think I should have waited (3-4 hands) for a spot where I'd get 3 low cards to increase my chances of getting a low that is NOT counterfeited.
2 low cards: ~25%
3 low cards: ~40%
Omaha Planet - Odds of making a Low
The things that irritate/disappoint me the most right now is that:
1. I've shortstacked in PLO8 MTTs and done well before (reference other PLO8 MTT reports)
2. I re-reviewed all the strategy the night before and day of, then promptly didn't use any of it.
3. Admittedly, I am rusty with PLO8 MTTs (although I did play some a couple weeks ago, I did not really get that much of an opportunity. I should have played more of them...). I will definitely need to redevote some time if I want to play the WSOP version in June2011...
If I keep up this trend of not thinking, not playing exploitable poker against fishy villains, and misplay short stack situations, I'll likely be a fish for the rest of my tournament schedule....it's like I've lost faith in everyone/thing and just "gave up" (also in the PLO hi MTT) which is extremely unlikely me...
(full report at some point....probably not until at least Thursday) - busto in 10th (28 runners/3 pay)
I massively misplayed my short stack...and I'm definitely pissed at my play.
Blinds 300/600
I am on the button with A455 one suit to ace
hero (button): 3k
sb: 30+k
bb: (super tight) 10k
sb - calls
hero raises pot to 2.1k
Mistake #1 - I could have easily raised to 1400 and gotten same number of callers. (I would obviously call a repot all in with this hand).
Basically, the same result happens irregardless of raising to 1400 or 2100. Thus, raise to 1400 and it's not even close. (I can fold if I see a bad flop.)
If he doesn't force me to ship it preflop, i don't have to either.
Flop: J9J board
sb pots/hero folds
Mistake #2 - UTG with KJ64
I think I should have waited (3-4 hands) for a spot where I'd get 3 low cards to increase my chances of getting a low that is NOT counterfeited.
2 low cards: ~25%
3 low cards: ~40%
Omaha Planet - Odds of making a Low
The things that irritate/disappoint me the most right now is that:
1. I've shortstacked in PLO8 MTTs and done well before (reference other PLO8 MTT reports)
2. I re-reviewed all the strategy the night before and day of, then promptly didn't use any of it.
3. Admittedly, I am rusty with PLO8 MTTs (although I did play some a couple weeks ago, I did not really get that much of an opportunity. I should have played more of them...). I will definitely need to redevote some time if I want to play the WSOP version in June2011...
If I keep up this trend of not thinking, not playing exploitable poker against fishy villains, and misplay short stack situations, I'll likely be a fish for the rest of my tournament schedule....it's like I've lost faith in everyone/thing and just "gave up" (also in the PLO hi MTT) which is extremely unlikely me...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
12-7-2010 345 PLO8
12/7/2010
345 PLO8 @ Harrah's New Orleans
9k starting chips
8max (final table of 9)
From what I heard from a different person at 1 of the previous MTTs (and the guy talking about how he actually thinks PLO8 is his best game), i found out that John Gottlieb was actually in the field. I never actually got to play against him though.
He was runner up in 1.5k PLO8 WSOP event in 2010! I OVerheard he busted Phil Hellmuth from the final table!
http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?rr=5&grid=764&tid=10862&dayof=
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hero late regged 2 min or so.
An older person (Captain Tom Franklin late regged) and sat next to me. He had fold up glasses, an ipad, and sony headphones and really wasn't paying much attention per se.
He originally had a VPIP of 100 (literally), but eventually tightened up after a couple rotations.
Capt. Tom Franklin was in the SB for this hand.
hero dealt [AKJ5 rainbow]
1 limper
1 fold
hero raises to 200
sb: calls
bb: calls
limper: calls
QJ8 board
checks to hero
hero: bets slightly over 1/2 pot (275)
sb: c/r about 3x of my bet (1025)
limper: folds
hero: tanks/folds
Analysis:
Villain probably thought i was coming in light and check raised me off my hand. Some percentage of the time, hero could 3 bet bluff, although hero does not have any blockers to the nuts (T or 9)
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Captain Tom Franklin
went super short stack
Capt. Franklin was crippled with a3kk vs. a2jt on 9874J board
Bets on every street led him to be super short stacked.
He blind shoved the next hand and busted...
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hero picks up
AAK2 (1 suit to ace)
hero cbets and isolates 1 limper
on a J73 rainbow board, hero cbets and villain folds.
end of level 3
hero: around 15k?
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a fun all in hand
money got all in on the turn
board:
8s 5c 4s qd 7h
As Kx 9d 2x <--- gets 1/6 pot
Ac Ad 3s 2c <--- gets 1/6 pot
Qs 4c Ks Jc <--- gets 1/2 pot
Ah Tx 8d 2h <--- gets 1/6 pot
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hero dealt AA2H (H = 7-K) no suit
hero 3/4 pots monotone Qc 5c 2c board
gets everyone to fold
Analysis:
Hero is bet/folding here after showing preflop aggression. Hero's hand missed this board extremely badly w/o a flush draw.
Ah Kx 5x 2h
7x 7x 4h 3h 7x
villain check/calls every street
Hero bets every street (only about 75% pot on the river)
Analysis:
Hero misses some value by not making larger bet on turn or river. Hero does not necessarily need to pot (for balance purposes for bluffs) but could have bet closer to pot to get max value.
Hero could be 3/4ed when someone holds pocket pair + A2, but that is a very small holding.
Hero is also dealt Ah Ax 9x 2h
gets 2 preflop raises, but no bets on a dry board.
summary: hero is dealt AAWx 3 times in 6 levels. Unfortunately, hero did not stack anyone.
at level 6 break: approximately 17k
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(not involved with this hand)
Ax Ax 2x 3x
vs.
As Ax 2s 7x (suit to ace)
there was a pot raise and pot reraise
money got in on 4s 4x 5x flop
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The previous table was relatively inexperienced after Capt. Tom Franklin busted. They had some ideas, but many didn't care about scooping...
After table move, the table was a bit more experienced.
1 - very tight player
2 - plays lots of PLO8 SNG/MTT (has many gears)
3 - very TAGgy (almost nitty)
4 - PLO hi champ from prevoius day (does play PLO8 too)
5 - hero
6 - competent PLO8 player, seemed to isolate a decent amount
7 - unknown
8 - unknown
villain had shipped the PLO rebuy. I'm not sure how good his PLO8 skills were though...
hero dealt [AA5K (suit to ace)]
villain limps
hero raises limper
villain calls
2 players to flop
caller on button
q62 4s 2s
hero cbets 2/3 pot; bb calls
turn - check/ hero tank/checks (he said he would have c/r all in if i had bet)
river - check/check
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I felt the table was particularly tougher...1 guy seemed to like ISOing me immediately on my left. I didn't feel I was playing my best game...
He seemed to sense my weakness in 2 spots:
I had to limp/fold a hand OOP with some potential against his raise
2. I decided to c/f (not cbet) after being PFR in a sb/bb battle on a relatively wet board with lows.
Overall, did not feel super happy as I felt kinda weak tight...
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CO: about 30-40k
button: about 4k (PLO player)
sb (hero): about 15-17k
bb: about 25k
CO raises about 2.5x (200/400) to about 1000
button ships all in (3.1k)
Ah 2h Jh Kx <--- hero tanks/folds
BB folds
short stack ends up doubling up
hero in SB decides to fold this hand
Analysis: Hero probably can consider calling, but decided to fold b/c wasn't sure how bigger stack would play IP.
CO shows junky K86w hand and button ends up winning "flip".
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hero - dealt A27T (suit to ace)
folds to seat 4 in HJ (effective stacks around 60-70bb)
4: raises preflop
hero calls
J98 2 diamonds
villain bets/hero calls with 2nd nut straight
villain bets turn on Qd turn
hero tank/folds
Analysis: Hero could have played his hand slightly faster. Villain could have been betting a flush draw there.
I underrepped my hand. I could have raised flop w/ 2nd nuts there and (likely) fold if reraised.
Hero could have continued with a low diamond to enable a low draw(3-7)
[hero's stack - ~8k]
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Hero in bb lost a sb/bb "flip" (don't have exact hands, but may have been 55/45 underdog or so, but only scooped ~20% time preflop...) and my stack was down to 3k at 200/400 (not harrington "M" critical, but can't see too many flops w/o pot committment.)
9245 vs. short stacker's A5K8
[hero's stack around 4k]
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AKJT ds
folds to hero in SB
hero folds
hero left with 3.6k in sb (300/600 blinds)
Hero misplayed preflop raising with high only hand as short stack (he could have raised and tried to steal there, but decided not to. Possibly a leak...)
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I massively misplayed my short stack...and I'm definitely pissed at my play.
Mistake #1
Blinds 300/600
Hero on the button with A455 one suit to ace
hero (button): 3k
sb: 30+k
bb: (super tight) 10k
sb - calls
hero raises pot to 2.1k
Mistake #1 - I could have easily raised to 1400 and gotten same number of callers. (I would obviously call a repot all in with this hand).
Basically, the same result happens irregardless of raising to 1400 or 2100. Thus, raise to 1400 and it's not even close. (I can fold if I see a bad flop.)
If he doesn't force me to ship it preflop, i don't have to either.
Flop: J9J board
sb pots/hero folds
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Mistake #2 - UTG with KJ64
I think I should have waited (3-4 hands) for a spot where I'd get 3 low cards to increase my chances of getting a low that is NOT counterfeited.
2 low cards: ~25%
3 low cards: ~40%
Omaha Planet - Odds of making a Low
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10/28 (3 cash)
The things that irritate/disappoint me the most right now is that:
1. I've shortstacked in PLO8 MTTs and done well before (reference other PLO8 MTT reports)
2. I re-reviewed all the strategy the night before and day of, then promptly didn't use any of it.
3. Admittedly, I am rusty with PLO8 MTTs (although I did play some a couple weeks ago, I did not really get that much of an opportunity. I should have played more of them...). I will definitely need to redevote some time if I want to play the WSOP version in June2011...
If I keep up this trend of not thinking, not playing exploitable poker against fishy villains, and misplay short stack situations, I'll likely be a fish for the rest of my tournament schedule....it's like I've lost faith in everyone/thing and just "gave up" (also in the PLO hi MTT) which is extremely unlikely me...
345 PLO8 @ Harrah's New Orleans
9k starting chips
8max (final table of 9)
From what I heard from a different person at 1 of the previous MTTs (and the guy talking about how he actually thinks PLO8 is his best game), i found out that John Gottlieb was actually in the field. I never actually got to play against him though.
He was runner up in 1.5k PLO8 WSOP event in 2010! I OVerheard he busted Phil Hellmuth from the final table!
http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?rr=5&grid=764&tid=10862&dayof=
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hero late regged 2 min or so.
An older person (Captain Tom Franklin late regged) and sat next to me. He had fold up glasses, an ipad, and sony headphones and really wasn't paying much attention per se.
He originally had a VPIP of 100 (literally), but eventually tightened up after a couple rotations.
Capt. Tom Franklin was in the SB for this hand.
hero dealt [AKJ5 rainbow]
1 limper
1 fold
hero raises to 200
sb: calls
bb: calls
limper: calls
QJ8 board
checks to hero
hero: bets slightly over 1/2 pot (275)
sb: c/r about 3x of my bet (1025)
limper: folds
hero: tanks/folds
Analysis:
Villain probably thought i was coming in light and check raised me off my hand. Some percentage of the time, hero could 3 bet bluff, although hero does not have any blockers to the nuts (T or 9)
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Captain Tom Franklin
went super short stack
Capt. Franklin was crippled with a3kk vs. a2jt on 9874J board
Bets on every street led him to be super short stacked.
He blind shoved the next hand and busted...
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hero picks up
AAK2 (1 suit to ace)
hero cbets and isolates 1 limper
on a J73 rainbow board, hero cbets and villain folds.
end of level 3
hero: around 15k?
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a fun all in hand
money got all in on the turn
board:
8s 5c 4s qd 7h
As Kx 9d 2x <--- gets 1/6 pot
Ac Ad 3s 2c <--- gets 1/6 pot
Qs 4c Ks Jc <--- gets 1/2 pot
Ah Tx 8d 2h <--- gets 1/6 pot
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hero dealt AA2H (H = 7-K) no suit
hero 3/4 pots monotone Qc 5c 2c board
gets everyone to fold
Analysis:
Hero is bet/folding here after showing preflop aggression. Hero's hand missed this board extremely badly w/o a flush draw.
Ah Kx 5x 2h
7x 7x 4h 3h 7x
villain check/calls every street
Hero bets every street (only about 75% pot on the river)
Analysis:
Hero misses some value by not making larger bet on turn or river. Hero does not necessarily need to pot (for balance purposes for bluffs) but could have bet closer to pot to get max value.
Hero could be 3/4ed when someone holds pocket pair + A2, but that is a very small holding.
Hero is also dealt Ah Ax 9x 2h
gets 2 preflop raises, but no bets on a dry board.
summary: hero is dealt AAWx 3 times in 6 levels. Unfortunately, hero did not stack anyone.
at level 6 break: approximately 17k
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(not involved with this hand)
Ax Ax 2x 3x
vs.
As Ax 2s 7x (suit to ace)
there was a pot raise and pot reraise
money got in on 4s 4x 5x flop
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The previous table was relatively inexperienced after Capt. Tom Franklin busted. They had some ideas, but many didn't care about scooping...
After table move, the table was a bit more experienced.
1 - very tight player
2 - plays lots of PLO8 SNG/MTT (has many gears)
3 - very TAGgy (almost nitty)
4 - PLO hi champ from prevoius day (does play PLO8 too)
5 - hero
6 - competent PLO8 player, seemed to isolate a decent amount
7 - unknown
8 - unknown
villain had shipped the PLO rebuy. I'm not sure how good his PLO8 skills were though...
hero dealt [AA5K (suit to ace)]
villain limps
hero raises limper
villain calls
2 players to flop
caller on button
q62 4s 2s
hero cbets 2/3 pot; bb calls
turn - check/ hero tank/checks (he said he would have c/r all in if i had bet)
river - check/check
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I felt the table was particularly tougher...1 guy seemed to like ISOing me immediately on my left. I didn't feel I was playing my best game...
He seemed to sense my weakness in 2 spots:
I had to limp/fold a hand OOP with some potential against his raise
2. I decided to c/f (not cbet) after being PFR in a sb/bb battle on a relatively wet board with lows.
Overall, did not feel super happy as I felt kinda weak tight...
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CO: about 30-40k
button: about 4k (PLO player)
sb (hero): about 15-17k
bb: about 25k
CO raises about 2.5x (200/400) to about 1000
button ships all in (3.1k)
Ah 2h Jh Kx <--- hero tanks/folds
BB folds
short stack ends up doubling up
hero in SB decides to fold this hand
Analysis: Hero probably can consider calling, but decided to fold b/c wasn't sure how bigger stack would play IP.
CO shows junky K86w hand and button ends up winning "flip".
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hero - dealt A27T (suit to ace)
folds to seat 4 in HJ (effective stacks around 60-70bb)
4: raises preflop
hero calls
J98 2 diamonds
villain bets/hero calls with 2nd nut straight
villain bets turn on Qd turn
hero tank/folds
Analysis: Hero could have played his hand slightly faster. Villain could have been betting a flush draw there.
I underrepped my hand. I could have raised flop w/ 2nd nuts there and (likely) fold if reraised.
Hero could have continued with a low diamond to enable a low draw(3-7)
[hero's stack - ~8k]
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Hero in bb lost a sb/bb "flip" (don't have exact hands, but may have been 55/45 underdog or so, but only scooped ~20% time preflop...) and my stack was down to 3k at 200/400 (not harrington "M" critical, but can't see too many flops w/o pot committment.)
9245 vs. short stacker's A5K8
[hero's stack around 4k]
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AKJT ds
folds to hero in SB
hero folds
hero left with 3.6k in sb (300/600 blinds)
Hero misplayed preflop raising with high only hand as short stack (he could have raised and tried to steal there, but decided not to. Possibly a leak...)
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I massively misplayed my short stack...and I'm definitely pissed at my play.
Mistake #1
Blinds 300/600
Hero on the button with A455 one suit to ace
hero (button): 3k
sb: 30+k
bb: (super tight) 10k
sb - calls
hero raises pot to 2.1k
Mistake #1 - I could have easily raised to 1400 and gotten same number of callers. (I would obviously call a repot all in with this hand).
Basically, the same result happens irregardless of raising to 1400 or 2100. Thus, raise to 1400 and it's not even close. (I can fold if I see a bad flop.)
If he doesn't force me to ship it preflop, i don't have to either.
Flop: J9J board
sb pots/hero folds
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Mistake #2 - UTG with KJ64
I think I should have waited (3-4 hands) for a spot where I'd get 3 low cards to increase my chances of getting a low that is NOT counterfeited.
2 low cards: ~25%
3 low cards: ~40%
Omaha Planet - Odds of making a Low
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10/28 (3 cash)
The things that irritate/disappoint me the most right now is that:
1. I've shortstacked in PLO8 MTTs and done well before (reference other PLO8 MTT reports)
2. I re-reviewed all the strategy the night before and day of, then promptly didn't use any of it.
3. Admittedly, I am rusty with PLO8 MTTs (although I did play some a couple weeks ago, I did not really get that much of an opportunity. I should have played more of them...). I will definitely need to redevote some time if I want to play the WSOP version in June2011...
If I keep up this trend of not thinking, not playing exploitable poker against fishy villains, and misplay short stack situations, I'll likely be a fish for the rest of my tournament schedule....it's like I've lost faith in everyone/thing and just "gave up" (also in the PLO hi MTT) which is extremely unlikely me...
New Orleans - Brief Summary
(Detailed report to come eventually....)
I have made it down to NO...
So far, 2 tournaments and 7th place in both. Unfortunately, 7/58 (6 pay in NLHE) and 7/20 (3 pay in PLO) means I'm not ITM...
NLHE: 6max
I feel there were some spots where i missed a lot of value (ie: did not extract enough value) with made hands and/or misplayed hands against a maniac where I could have stacked villain multiple times...
Ditto for betting turn/river on a 4 straight board (a235j) with 2 pair against a competent/tight postflop player.
PLO w/ rebuys
It was good to only spend 1 rebuy/1 addon when I binked 2nd set (4433 ds in sb of raised pot) on a J32 rainbow board, 6 on turn should have gotten people to fold (although i guess i would have taken more callers).
I felted a guy during the rebuy period with 54xx even though i had 2 blockers (44)
I was relatively deep until we broke to 1 table.
Kind of wittled down, then got into a dominated situation in PLO in a heads up flip with a short stack (M < 5 for short stack), then went busto when i limp/shoved KQT8 ds against a QQxx from the chip leader.
I think I need to work on mental discipline and thinking through stuff all the time. It was kinda lacking for some stretches of time....
I have made it down to NO...
So far, 2 tournaments and 7th place in both. Unfortunately, 7/58 (6 pay in NLHE) and 7/20 (3 pay in PLO) means I'm not ITM...
NLHE: 6max
I feel there were some spots where i missed a lot of value (ie: did not extract enough value) with made hands and/or misplayed hands against a maniac where I could have stacked villain multiple times...
Ditto for betting turn/river on a 4 straight board (a235j) with 2 pair against a competent/tight postflop player.
PLO w/ rebuys
It was good to only spend 1 rebuy/1 addon when I binked 2nd set (4433 ds in sb of raised pot) on a J32 rainbow board, 6 on turn should have gotten people to fold (although i guess i would have taken more callers).
I felted a guy during the rebuy period with 54xx even though i had 2 blockers (44)
I was relatively deep until we broke to 1 table.
Kind of wittled down, then got into a dominated situation in PLO in a heads up flip with a short stack (M < 5 for short stack), then went busto when i limp/shoved KQT8 ds against a QQxx from the chip leader.
I think I need to work on mental discipline and thinking through stuff all the time. It was kinda lacking for some stretches of time....
Monday, December 6, 2010
12-6-2010 345 PLO with 100 Rebuys
12/6/2010
345 PLO with 100 rebuys @ Harrah's New Orleans
4k starting chips
2k rebuy at 4k chips or less
2k add on
8max (final table of 9)
$100 rebuys were given to the Tournament Director who gives 2k chips for each $100.
$100 rebuys were placed in 1 of the "chip count bags" that are used when chips are backed at the end of the night for play the next day.
2/3 of the players at my table (4 out of 6) took immediate rebuy to 6k in chips.
Funny story:
1 guy randomly sat down at the table and was confused when he got dealt 4 cards.
Next hand, he calls a raise preflop.
On K5K rainbow board, he calls off stack.
Villain: shows T922 (1 suit to 9).
Villain does not rebuy.
1. Needless to say, some people wanted him to rebuy some more, but he left immediately.
2. Many of the MTT people + even the tournament director laughed about it. It became the story that was told repeatedly...
3. I joked that the winner should send a thank you card for the $150 donation to his winnings.
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100/100 blinds
Hero limped with KKJ2 DS
had to fold on TT9 board
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hero: dealt 4433 ds
1 fold
villain raises pot
3 callers
hero calls
flop (5 players - 2500):
23j rainbow
hero pots (bets 2500):
1 call
3 folds
turn
23j6
hero pots river (all in)
villain: calls
villain shows 45xx
river
23j6j
Analysis:
This seems very standard. Thankfully not up against nut top set.
hero's stack:
approximately 15k
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hero dealt on button: [Ac Kc Jc Tx]
(2 folds)
ep: limp
loose player (HE player, not necessarily PLO player) raises
hero: calls
sb: calls
bb: calls
(5 players to flop - 3500)
flop: Tc 5x 3c
leads somewhat small
PFR: repots
hero tanks/folds
Analysis:
Hero can definitely reraise here with huge hand and position; hero played passively for some reason
Hero can try to gamble here and build an even larger stack, but hero realistically only has ~30% equity (nut flush draw outs, some smaller 2 pair outs (unlikely), tptk not likely good)
If there were fewer people in, there's probably enough equity to consider gambling.
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hero's stack at end of rebuy + 1 addon
17.8k
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hero dealt [Ah Ax Qx 9h]
raise preflop
hero decides to flat call
flop:
4x 4c 2c
hero check/folds to bet
Analysis: Hero can raise here some of the time against fit/fold players, but it's not going to be easy to play post-flop b/c it won't flop too many good draws outside of nut flush draws)
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at 9 player final table
3 PSB sized stacks get it in pre
9876 rainbow
vs.
AA74 ss to A
9876 doesn't get there
Analysis: I prefer to have suits; not huge fan of getting it in preflop like that considering stack sizes and hot/cold equity.
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A fun all in hand at the final table:
Tx 8x 2x
all the money gets in on the flop
Tx Tx Jx 9x <--- shortest stack
8x 8x Ts 5s <--- 2nd shortest stack
Qx Jx 9s 7s <--- eventual champ/chip leader
Tx 8x 2x 6s Js
Tx Tx Jx 9x <--- shortest stack
8x 8x Ts 5s <--- 2nd shortest stack - takes main pot
Qx Jx 9s 7s <--- eventual champ/chip leader - takes side pot
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Ac Jx 9x 8c suit to Ace
Ax Kx 6c 3c suit to 6; flush is no good though
hero 2.5 x pot
led HJ
sb call
check
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flop
hero check
check
bet 2/3 pot/fold
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level 7: 15k - blinds 300/600
hero (CO): dealt [Ah Qx 5h 2x]
folds to CO
hero: raises 2.5x pot
SB: repots almost all in
hero: reraises all in
SB: calls
SB: shows As Kx 5s 2x
board gives SB a flush.
hero's stack around 4k (blinds 300/600)
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Qc 8h 3x
QQxx
JT9X (6?)
Jh Th 8c 7c DS (UTG+1)
check
bet
raise
fold
1. chip leader called OOP
2. check raised with double gutter and backdoor flush draws - stressed trying to be as aggressive as possible
3. chip leader gets other players to fold
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busto
hero in SB with Ks Qs th 8h
folds to SB
hero limps
chip leader (BB) - raises
hero repots all in
shows QQxx
chip leader's hand holds up (no over cards/no paired cards/no flush draws for hero)
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7/20
The tournament director actually put the WSOP-C ring out on the table too for people to see.
(3 ITM)
345 PLO with 100 rebuys @ Harrah's New Orleans
4k starting chips
2k rebuy at 4k chips or less
2k add on
8max (final table of 9)
$100 rebuys were given to the Tournament Director who gives 2k chips for each $100.
$100 rebuys were placed in 1 of the "chip count bags" that are used when chips are backed at the end of the night for play the next day.
2/3 of the players at my table (4 out of 6) took immediate rebuy to 6k in chips.
Funny story:
1 guy randomly sat down at the table and was confused when he got dealt 4 cards.
Next hand, he calls a raise preflop.
On K5K rainbow board, he calls off stack.
Villain: shows T922 (1 suit to 9).
Villain does not rebuy.
1. Needless to say, some people wanted him to rebuy some more, but he left immediately.
2. Many of the MTT people + even the tournament director laughed about it. It became the story that was told repeatedly...
3. I joked that the winner should send a thank you card for the $150 donation to his winnings.
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100/100 blinds
Hero limped with KKJ2 DS
had to fold on TT9 board
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hero: dealt 4433 ds
1 fold
villain raises pot
3 callers
hero calls
flop (5 players - 2500):
23j rainbow
hero pots (bets 2500):
1 call
3 folds
turn
23j6
hero pots river (all in)
villain: calls
villain shows 45xx
river
23j6j
Analysis:
This seems very standard. Thankfully not up against nut top set.
hero's stack:
approximately 15k
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hero dealt on button: [Ac Kc Jc Tx]
(2 folds)
ep: limp
loose player (HE player, not necessarily PLO player) raises
hero: calls
sb: calls
bb: calls
(5 players to flop - 3500)
flop: Tc 5x 3c
leads somewhat small
PFR: repots
hero tanks/folds
Analysis:
Hero can definitely reraise here with huge hand and position; hero played passively for some reason
Hero can try to gamble here and build an even larger stack, but hero realistically only has ~30% equity (nut flush draw outs, some smaller 2 pair outs (unlikely), tptk not likely good)
If there were fewer people in, there's probably enough equity to consider gambling.
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hero's stack at end of rebuy + 1 addon
17.8k
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hero dealt [Ah Ax Qx 9h]
raise preflop
hero decides to flat call
flop:
4x 4c 2c
hero check/folds to bet
Analysis: Hero can raise here some of the time against fit/fold players, but it's not going to be easy to play post-flop b/c it won't flop too many good draws outside of nut flush draws)
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at 9 player final table
3 PSB sized stacks get it in pre
9876 rainbow
vs.
AA74 ss to A
9876 doesn't get there
Analysis: I prefer to have suits; not huge fan of getting it in preflop like that considering stack sizes and hot/cold equity.
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A fun all in hand at the final table:
Tx 8x 2x
all the money gets in on the flop
Tx Tx Jx 9x <--- shortest stack
8x 8x Ts 5s <--- 2nd shortest stack
Qx Jx 9s 7s <--- eventual champ/chip leader
Tx 8x 2x 6s Js
Tx Tx Jx 9x <--- shortest stack
8x 8x Ts 5s <--- 2nd shortest stack - takes main pot
Qx Jx 9s 7s <--- eventual champ/chip leader - takes side pot
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Ac Jx 9x 8c suit to Ace
Ax Kx 6c 3c suit to 6; flush is no good though
hero 2.5 x pot
led HJ
sb call
check
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flop
hero check
check
bet 2/3 pot/fold
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level 7: 15k - blinds 300/600
hero (CO): dealt [Ah Qx 5h 2x]
folds to CO
hero: raises 2.5x pot
SB: repots almost all in
hero: reraises all in
SB: calls
SB: shows As Kx 5s 2x
board gives SB a flush.
hero's stack around 4k (blinds 300/600)
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Qc 8h 3x
QQxx
JT9X (6?)
Jh Th 8c 7c DS (UTG+1)
check
bet
raise
fold
1. chip leader called OOP
2. check raised with double gutter and backdoor flush draws - stressed trying to be as aggressive as possible
3. chip leader gets other players to fold
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busto
hero in SB with Ks Qs th 8h
folds to SB
hero limps
chip leader (BB) - raises
hero repots all in
shows QQxx
chip leader's hand holds up (no over cards/no paired cards/no flush draws for hero)
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7/20
The tournament director actually put the WSOP-C ring out on the table too for people to see.
(3 ITM)
Sunday, December 5, 2010
12-5-2010 345 NLHE 6-max
12/5/2010
345 NLHE 6-max @ Harrah's New Orleans
9k starting chips
Much of the field seemed very weak-tight. In the first couple tables, it felt many were open-limping.
Many seemed to play very straightforward as well (very little check raising).
I late regged about 5 min. into tournament.
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2 rotations into first level
3 folds
button: limp
hero (sb): completed with KJo
bb: check
flop:
J84 rainbow
hero: check
bb: check
button: bets
turn: J84K (rainbow)
hero: check
button: bets
hero: calls
river:
hero: leads 1/2 pot
button: calls
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Table Move #1
picked up AKo 2x in a row, but was unable to get more than blinds
2 folds
hero: raises with KJs
1 fold
sb: fold
bb: call
flop: J96 (2 of my suit)
bb: check
hero: bets x of pot
bb: call
turn: blank (does not complete any straights/flushes)
bb: check
hero: bets x of pot
bb: fold
Table Move #2
break at level 3: 10.5k
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short stack in seat 1: seemed to be very aggro with short stack
Table Move #3
moved to table where everyone tells me the maniac in seat #2 had a huge amount of chips (75-80+k)
got so many of them utilizing fold equity
person in seat 4 did a call down and he showed bluff (busted flush draw)
seat #2 had been bleeding chips since, but had a huge stack otherwise
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hands against a maniac (seat #2)
hero raises UTG with small pair
called 3 bet with small pocket pair - may have been marginal call given short stack sizes compared to blinds (~9k starting at level 5 or 6 - 150/30025)
board was free of straight/flush draws
check/called all way/shove river
shove river
call
villain mucks
hero doubles up 18.5k
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person in seat 1: had been very aggro with short stack
hero: dealt [AA]
1 fold
2: raises 3x pot
3: fold
hero: flat calls
sb: shoves for 26k
bb (seat 1): folds
2: folds
hero: calls
sb: shows JJ
hero's hands holds up
Analysis: Hero wants to trap BB who seemed to be shoving/squeezing light. Instead, the solid player in SB shoves.
Hero busts sb
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(maniac)
raise UTG w/ AQo
button calls
flop:
AQx 2 tone? (x is like a 4 or 5)
hero bets 2/3 pot
maniac - button min raises
hero makes sizable 4 bet
maniac folds
Analysis:
Hero probably should have trapped here...
There may not be much that the villain will stack off with that hero beats (sets+)
Could villain stack off lighter?
AQx
k4o - limp in bb
flop: AK4 rainbow
hero: checks
button: bets about 1/2 pot
hero: raises 3x
button: folds
hero stack at dinner break (level 9):
55k
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Random Note: 1 villain picked up aces 3x/5 hands, but were cracked the last time
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60-65k when down to 10 players (2 tables)
Hero faces 12k shove from someone who seemed to be shoving kinda light....
hero has ATo
Analysis:
If villain was shoving 20% hand range, hero is a slight favorite, but it is hard to tell b/c it's a live MTT and people's shove ranges are tighter.
Hero is not super knowledgable about push/shove/call ranges to know for sure though...
Hold'em Simulation ?
4,541,030,208 trials (Exhaustive)
Hand Equity Wins Ties
ATo 50.46% 2,135,453,748 312,173,184
20% 49.54% 2,093,403,276 312,173,184
50k with 9 players remaining
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hero dealt a5o in bb
folds to sb
sb: limps
bb: checks
A325J (monotone)
flop: check/check
turn: hero bets turn
river: hero bets river
villain shows 4x
hero mucks
Analysis: Against a solid/competent TAG, betting river is a huge mistake even with 2 pair. At best, 2 pair is a bluff catcher (I basically turned hand into bluff) and will not get value from competent players.
More often than not, villain will only call with 4x or 46 (raise).
hero
raises with AJo
tight player reraises
hero folds
tight player shows AQo
Analysis:
Hero's equity is not good against tight player's 3 bet range.
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M = 5
16.5k at (1.2k/2.4k/300)
M = 3
12k
folds to hero in Sb
hero raises all in w 4s - no call
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busto hand
(4 handed)
hero's stack: approximately 12k
hero dealt: AJo
2 folds
sb: limps
hero: checks
Ax 9x 6d 8d
flop:
check/check
turn:
bet/raise/call
villain shows: 7d 4d
Ax 9x 6d 8d 5h
Analysis:
Hero usually should raise preflop and should have definitely bet flop. Villain had been playing solid and my preference is to see flop.
Turn call/raise is standard.
Hero out in 7th on bubble (6 pay)
7/58
345 NLHE 6-max @ Harrah's New Orleans
9k starting chips
Much of the field seemed very weak-tight. In the first couple tables, it felt many were open-limping.
Many seemed to play very straightforward as well (very little check raising).
I late regged about 5 min. into tournament.
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2 rotations into first level
3 folds
button: limp
hero (sb): completed with KJo
bb: check
flop:
J84 rainbow
hero: check
bb: check
button: bets
turn: J84K (rainbow)
hero: check
button: bets
hero: calls
river:
hero: leads 1/2 pot
button: calls
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Table Move #1
picked up AKo 2x in a row, but was unable to get more than blinds
2 folds
hero: raises with KJs
1 fold
sb: fold
bb: call
flop: J96 (2 of my suit)
bb: check
hero: bets x of pot
bb: call
turn: blank (does not complete any straights/flushes)
bb: check
hero: bets x of pot
bb: fold
Table Move #2
break at level 3: 10.5k
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short stack in seat 1: seemed to be very aggro with short stack
Table Move #3
moved to table where everyone tells me the maniac in seat #2 had a huge amount of chips (75-80+k)
got so many of them utilizing fold equity
person in seat 4 did a call down and he showed bluff (busted flush draw)
seat #2 had been bleeding chips since, but had a huge stack otherwise
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hands against a maniac (seat #2)
hero raises UTG with small pair
called 3 bet with small pocket pair - may have been marginal call given short stack sizes compared to blinds (~9k starting at level 5 or 6 - 150/30025)
board was free of straight/flush draws
check/called all way/shove river
shove river
call
villain mucks
hero doubles up 18.5k
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person in seat 1: had been very aggro with short stack
hero: dealt [AA]
1 fold
2: raises 3x pot
3: fold
hero: flat calls
sb: shoves for 26k
bb (seat 1): folds
2: folds
hero: calls
sb: shows JJ
hero's hands holds up
Analysis: Hero wants to trap BB who seemed to be shoving/squeezing light. Instead, the solid player in SB shoves.
Hero busts sb
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(maniac)
raise UTG w/ AQo
button calls
flop:
AQx 2 tone? (x is like a 4 or 5)
hero bets 2/3 pot
maniac - button min raises
hero makes sizable 4 bet
maniac folds
Analysis:
Hero probably should have trapped here...
There may not be much that the villain will stack off with that hero beats (sets+)
Could villain stack off lighter?
AQx
k4o - limp in bb
flop: AK4 rainbow
hero: checks
button: bets about 1/2 pot
hero: raises 3x
button: folds
hero stack at dinner break (level 9):
55k
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Random Note: 1 villain picked up aces 3x/5 hands, but were cracked the last time
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60-65k when down to 10 players (2 tables)
Hero faces 12k shove from someone who seemed to be shoving kinda light....
hero has ATo
Analysis:
If villain was shoving 20% hand range, hero is a slight favorite, but it is hard to tell b/c it's a live MTT and people's shove ranges are tighter.
Hero is not super knowledgable about push/shove/call ranges to know for sure though...
Hold'em Simulation ?
4,541,030,208 trials (Exhaustive)
Hand Equity Wins Ties
ATo 50.46% 2,135,453,748 312,173,184
20% 49.54% 2,093,403,276 312,173,184
50k with 9 players remaining
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hero dealt a5o in bb
folds to sb
sb: limps
bb: checks
A325J (monotone)
flop: check/check
turn: hero bets turn
river: hero bets river
villain shows 4x
hero mucks
Analysis: Against a solid/competent TAG, betting river is a huge mistake even with 2 pair. At best, 2 pair is a bluff catcher (I basically turned hand into bluff) and will not get value from competent players.
More often than not, villain will only call with 4x or 46 (raise).
hero
raises with AJo
tight player reraises
hero folds
tight player shows AQo
Analysis:
Hero's equity is not good against tight player's 3 bet range.
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M = 5
16.5k at (1.2k/2.4k/300)
M = 3
12k
folds to hero in Sb
hero raises all in w 4s - no call
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busto hand
(4 handed)
hero's stack: approximately 12k
hero dealt: AJo
2 folds
sb: limps
hero: checks
Ax 9x 6d 8d
flop:
check/check
turn:
bet/raise/call
villain shows: 7d 4d
Ax 9x 6d 8d 5h
Analysis:
Hero usually should raise preflop and should have definitely bet flop. Villain had been playing solid and my preference is to see flop.
Turn call/raise is standard.
Hero out in 7th on bubble (6 pay)
7/58
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Live Poker Trip Planning
After a lot of preparation, I have finally figured out my MTT schedule. Logistics (lodging/rental car) are still pending.
In retrospect, if I had planned my vacation a little better, I would have preferred to be in LA for 2 different simultaneous tournament series (NAPT - LA at the Bike & Commerce Casino - LA Poker Open) or possibly USPC - Atlantic City.
It's an interesting schedule for various reasons:
1. PLO8! (enough said)
2. I've never played a live rebuy tourney with a decent structure. They are offering an NLHE version too, but I'm probably only going to play the 6-max NLHE.
3. A couple of my friends will be out in AC as well. Some will get there before me, but I should see all of them and/or play some MTTs together.
I really wanted to play WSOP-Circuit AC's LO8 MTT ($350 LO8 on 12/10), but the "2 day" format of most of the MTTs in NO (specifically 7 game mix on 12/8) would have caused a very undesirable time crunch to get to AC by 12/10.
7 game mix > LO8 > NLHE
"WSOP Satellite" - New Orleans
12/4-12/13: NO
12/4 7:45a CLE -> NO (MSY)
12/4 11:55a arrive in NO
12/5 1p $345 NLHE 6-max
12/6 5p $345 PLO + 100 Rebuys
12/7 5p $345 PLO8
12/8 5p $345 7 game
12/10 5p $345 NLHE
WSOP Circuit - Atlantic City
12/13-12/19: PHI/AC
12/13 1:10p MSY -> PHL
12/13 4:49p arrive in PHL
12/13 6:30p arrive in AC
12/14 11a #7 - $350 NLHE (2 day)
12/16 11a #8 - $570 NLHE (2 day)
12/19 PHL -> CLE (flight still pending)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Online Poker Update - Draw!
1. FTP recently announced the addition of draw games! (It was almost exclusively PS that had draw games up until now...)
a. The new "10 game mix" (2-7 TD, Badugi, H.O.R.S.E., 2-7 SD, NLHE, and PLO although in a different order than THORSEHA as the PS/WSOP version) should be a welcome change and a lot of new players will probably be experimenting in the game from cash and MTT.
b. I dabbled a bit in some of the draw games on the cash game side when it was introduced on Thursday. One player thought Ace was a good low card in at 200 2-7 TD! I still have problems with PL 5CD though....
c. If time permits, I want to try and play some 10 game MTTs in either the low-mid stakes MTTs or satellites into FTOPS/mini-FTOPS. (This would be in addition to some NLHE/PLO/PLO8 MTTs in preparation for live poker trip in the near future...)
2. Overall, I think my biggest leak is not having a "pre-shot routine" (cite: PLO8 Revealed) which includes things to think about as each hand plays out.
Factors include:
a. opponent type (and how they make mistakes)
b. ranges (preflop and after opponent(s)' actions)
c. turn/river card anticipation (barrel cards, overs, draw fillers, etc...)
d. betting action anticipation (bet/fold, bet/call, etc..)
e. board texture
f. hero handstrength relative to villain
g. appropriate pot size goal planning/streets of value/stack size planning are not always in my immediate thoughts (there's other aspects too).
3. NLHE - For the next month or so, I've changed my NLHE from FR to 6max to try to leak bust. I've historically played full ring since I restarted my online poker career, but have some serious leaks in FR and am a losing player over a significant sample size. I suspect that my mental discipline has been lacking and I'm not thinking about all the different aspects at the time a situation is brought up, am trying to find fold equity that does not exist, or just am generally being too loose aggressive. I may end up switching back to FR (or mixing 6max and FR) in the future, but that would not likely be until 2011. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
4. PLO8 cash is going ok, although I feel that there is still plenty for me to learn and improve upon. Learning common equities and situations will help in this regard. I think I need to be more conscious of the regs, TBH, which will helpfully improve my win rate. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
5. PLO - I'm also learning to play PLO cash. I logged about 80-100 hands/day, although I've increased volume to 200-300 now. I originally 2 tabled, but am trying to add more tables or mix with PLO8 cash.
6. Current plan is to shoot for Iron level this month by 2 tabling RUSH 50PLO8/6m and RUSH 25PLO/6m and adding 25plo8 or 50plo8 ring games (about 1 hour/day). I'd save about 15-25% of my quota for NLHE 6m (2-4 table).
7. Education:
1. I've come up with a couple routines to help with the mental aspect to make sure I'm thinking about various aspects as hands progress (point 2).
2. I'm trying to consistently review my sessions...although I need to probably try to spot bigger trends.
3. I've also been reviewing a bunch of info/doing homework regarding NLHE ranges and reviewing stuff in some of the PLO and PLO8 literature.
4. I've also trying to be more active reading/posting on 2+2 and watching some BlueFire poker videos on NLHE and PLO. I am considering getting coaching to leak bust.
a. The new "10 game mix" (2-7 TD, Badugi, H.O.R.S.E., 2-7 SD, NLHE, and PLO although in a different order than THORSEHA as the PS/WSOP version) should be a welcome change and a lot of new players will probably be experimenting in the game from cash and MTT.
b. I dabbled a bit in some of the draw games on the cash game side when it was introduced on Thursday. One player thought Ace was a good low card in at 200 2-7 TD! I still have problems with PL 5CD though....
c. If time permits, I want to try and play some 10 game MTTs in either the low-mid stakes MTTs or satellites into FTOPS/mini-FTOPS. (This would be in addition to some NLHE/PLO/PLO8 MTTs in preparation for live poker trip in the near future...)
2. Overall, I think my biggest leak is not having a "pre-shot routine" (cite: PLO8 Revealed) which includes things to think about as each hand plays out.
Factors include:
a. opponent type (and how they make mistakes)
b. ranges (preflop and after opponent(s)' actions)
c. turn/river card anticipation (barrel cards, overs, draw fillers, etc...)
d. betting action anticipation (bet/fold, bet/call, etc..)
e. board texture
f. hero handstrength relative to villain
g. appropriate pot size goal planning/streets of value/stack size planning are not always in my immediate thoughts (there's other aspects too).
3. NLHE - For the next month or so, I've changed my NLHE from FR to 6max to try to leak bust. I've historically played full ring since I restarted my online poker career, but have some serious leaks in FR and am a losing player over a significant sample size. I suspect that my mental discipline has been lacking and I'm not thinking about all the different aspects at the time a situation is brought up, am trying to find fold equity that does not exist, or just am generally being too loose aggressive. I may end up switching back to FR (or mixing 6max and FR) in the future, but that would not likely be until 2011. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
4. PLO8 cash is going ok, although I feel that there is still plenty for me to learn and improve upon. Learning common equities and situations will help in this regard. I think I need to be more conscious of the regs, TBH, which will helpfully improve my win rate. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
5. PLO - I'm also learning to play PLO cash. I logged about 80-100 hands/day, although I've increased volume to 200-300 now. I originally 2 tabled, but am trying to add more tables or mix with PLO8 cash.
6. Current plan is to shoot for Iron level this month by 2 tabling RUSH 50PLO8/6m and RUSH 25PLO/6m and adding 25plo8 or 50plo8 ring games (about 1 hour/day). I'd save about 15-25% of my quota for NLHE 6m (2-4 table).
7. Education:
1. I've come up with a couple routines to help with the mental aspect to make sure I'm thinking about various aspects as hands progress (point 2).
2. I'm trying to consistently review my sessions...although I need to probably try to spot bigger trends.
3. I've also been reviewing a bunch of info/doing homework regarding NLHE ranges and reviewing stuff in some of the PLO and PLO8 literature.
4. I've also trying to be more active reading/posting on 2+2 and watching some BlueFire poker videos on NLHE and PLO. I am considering getting coaching to leak bust.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Variance (continued) - Live Play and Upswings
On a positive note, I started at "newly formed tables" and had a pair of small winning sessions
1. I ballooned up 1 buyin, but settled on small win.
2. I had a short 1 hour session and booked a small win.
Recently, I had a 2.2 buyin score just recently (my first true "win" when joining an existing table, although I had played with some of the players in previous sessions)!
I'm still definitely inexperienced when at a brand new table of 9 players at 2-5 (note LV sessions)
I have been logging hours almost weekly since August at live poker venues in Cleveland (Nautica Charity Poker) to play 2-5 NLHE or traveling to Pittsburgh to play at Rivers Casino at either the 2-5 NLHE, 1-3 PLO (w/ 5 bringin), and some 10-20 LO8 or 4-8 LO8 w/ Full Kill.
1. I ballooned up 1 buyin, but settled on small win.
2. I had a short 1 hour session and booked a small win.
Recently, I had a 2.2 buyin score just recently (my first true "win" when joining an existing table, although I had played with some of the players in previous sessions)!
I'm still definitely inexperienced when at a brand new table of 9 players at 2-5 (note LV sessions)
I have been logging hours almost weekly since August at live poker venues in Cleveland (Nautica Charity Poker) to play 2-5 NLHE or traveling to Pittsburgh to play at Rivers Casino at either the 2-5 NLHE, 1-3 PLO (w/ 5 bringin), and some 10-20 LO8 or 4-8 LO8 w/ Full Kill.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Variance - Live Play and Downswings
My recent NLHE live play has been marked by many downswings. I've had a rather extended one, to be honest at 2-5 (5-6 sessions). I generally fear that it's me playing bad, not reacting well to the new players, and not adjusting quickly enough based on their play.
(I've had long downswings online (5-6+ sessions), but it's definitely a combination of leaks + downward variance swing.)
Problem with variance/downswings:
I'm never 100% sure if it's always my mistakes or just variance.
It's not so much the downswings (that's why I have a bankroll), but it's more that I fear I might overadjust for leaks and such.
(I've had long downswings online (5-6+ sessions), but it's definitely a combination of leaks + downward variance swing.)
Problem with variance/downswings:
I'm never 100% sure if it's always my mistakes or just variance.
It's not so much the downswings (that's why I have a bankroll), but it's more that I fear I might overadjust for leaks and such.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Poker Career Direction (Online and Live)
After my return from LV, I've talked with some of my more experienced poker friends regarding career direction in the live/online and cash game (and MTT) realm. I did not play much NLHE cash during my trip...
Rumor has it that draw might get a small resurgence as Full Tilt is likely going to introduce draw games (PL 5 card draw, 2-7 triple draw, 2-7 single draw, badugi, and a N-game mix) in coordination with the FTOPS XVIII starting in a week or so. This has caused me to think more about my direction.
(+s are positives; -s are negatives).
Here's my current thoughts with their feedback:
PLO8
+1. The best chance to get a WSOP/FTOPS/WCOOP/SCOOP bracelet and/or huge MTT score since the game is not that popular.
-1. The game will probably never get that popular. Thus, new "fish" will not be showing up as often. It will become 90+% reg infested by the time I get into higher small stakes cash games.
-2. Live cash games are practically non-existent. MTTs are a rare occurrence.
NLHE
+1. Best table selection: most number of options for live games (everyone is playing NLHE currently).
-1. To reach equivalent stakes (assuming variance was equal) requires a lot more knowledge. NLHE is much more of a "solved game".
-2. By not spending 100% time focused on NLHE cash, I'm definitely moving up at a slower pace...
PLO
+1. The game is definitely not as "solved". The learning curve is definitely less to move up the ladder.
-1. Live games tend to be rare.
-2. Live variance is ...mentally challenging.
Mixed Limit Games (LO8, S/8, etc...)
+1. The fields do seem to be fairly inexperienced, especially in mixed limit games (ie: 8 game mix for example - 2-7TD, HORSE, NLHE, PLO).
-1. There aren't too many games which would be worthwhile in terms of possible live hourly rate. 10/20 and 15/30 games aren't too common and are likely less juicy compared to the equivalent 2-5 big bet game at NLHE/PLO/PLO8.
-2. Spending a lot of time on my Stud Hi game, isn't probably going to earn me a lot of money. LHE might be worthwhile, but it's the same concern as -1.
Rumor has it that draw might get a small resurgence as Full Tilt is likely going to introduce draw games (PL 5 card draw, 2-7 triple draw, 2-7 single draw, badugi, and a N-game mix) in coordination with the FTOPS XVIII starting in a week or so. This has caused me to think more about my direction.
(+s are positives; -s are negatives).
Here's my current thoughts with their feedback:
PLO8
+1. The best chance to get a WSOP/FTOPS/WCOOP/SCOOP bracelet and/or huge MTT score since the game is not that popular.
-1. The game will probably never get that popular. Thus, new "fish" will not be showing up as often. It will become 90+% reg infested by the time I get into higher small stakes cash games.
-2. Live cash games are practically non-existent. MTTs are a rare occurrence.
NLHE
+1. Best table selection: most number of options for live games (everyone is playing NLHE currently).
-1. To reach equivalent stakes (assuming variance was equal) requires a lot more knowledge. NLHE is much more of a "solved game".
-2. By not spending 100% time focused on NLHE cash, I'm definitely moving up at a slower pace...
PLO
+1. The game is definitely not as "solved". The learning curve is definitely less to move up the ladder.
-1. Live games tend to be rare.
-2. Live variance is ...mentally challenging.
Mixed Limit Games (LO8, S/8, etc...)
+1. The fields do seem to be fairly inexperienced, especially in mixed limit games (ie: 8 game mix for example - 2-7TD, HORSE, NLHE, PLO).
-1. There aren't too many games which would be worthwhile in terms of possible live hourly rate. 10/20 and 15/30 games aren't too common and are likely less juicy compared to the equivalent 2-5 big bet game at NLHE/PLO/PLO8.
-2. Spending a lot of time on my Stud Hi game, isn't probably going to earn me a lot of money. LHE might be worthwhile, but it's the same concern as -1.
Monday, July 5, 2010
LV Trip 2010 - Summary (tl;dr)
overall:
1. I was very fortunate to meet a lot of great people (at varying stages in their poker careers) who I hope to keep in contact with and/or see on the online and/or live circuit in the future...
2. I learned a lot about where to proceed in my poker career and a lot of things to work on...
3. Barring some rounding errors in cash games, I am overall about break even (I think maybe slightly under) for the trip.
4. I (somewhat) regret not playing in some of the 15-30 mix at the Rio, or maybe venturing into the 5-10 Big "O" (5 card plo8) game (although i was well underrolled at the time to play 5-10).
5. I also think I could have NLHE cash gamed a decent amount more. But, my main objectives were not to play NLHE. Visiting a lot of the casinos/wandering around Vegas (the Strip is huge and I don't think I even really walked around to all the sights) was a higher priority for me.
6. I seemed to run extremely well in lowball draw games (badugi/2-7 triple draw) up until the Aria 8 game MTT, where I don't think I won a single hand...
7. I seemed to run extremely well in Friday MTTs! (I think I had about 12 tournament lives, straight flushes, my first live MTT cash, etc...)
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MTTs/SNGs
(about 4+6+12+6+6+4+12+4+13+13 = 80 hours)
3/38 in Aria 8 game mix - 550 -> 3024
56/603 at Venetian Deep Stack (NLHE) - 350 -> 627
16/63 at Golden Nugget Stud/8 (7 from bubble)
2 straight flushes in stud/8 (including 1 with full house vs. quads (he was drawing for low) vs. straight flush that would have hit a bad beat if it was a cash game at the Orleans)
22/137 at Golden Nugget PLO/8 (9 from bubble)
my tournament life was on the line about 5-6 times
busted before dinner break in other 6 tournaments (lots of quads in a HORSE MTT)
lost 3 WSOP PLO8 sats (175, 175, 325)
2 cashes out of 10 tournaments + 3 satellites
(3024+627)-[2770+175+175+325]
(3651) - (3445)
+206
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cash games - about 30-40 hours
2-5 NLHE (about 3-4 hours)
a bad play at 2-5 NL at Bellagio put me down about ~40-50 bets on the trip
bellagio: -60
venetian: -20 bets
mgm grand -3.5
-83.5 bets @ 2/5 = 417.5
1-3 or 1-2 NLHE
(about 7 hours)
wynn +10 at 1/3
HR +10 at 1/2 NLHE/PLO
break even (about 5-7 hours of play at various locations)
-28
+20
+30
-28 @ 1/3 = -84
+27 @ 1/2 = +54
-10 @ 1/3 = -30
+40 @ 1/2 = +80
-16 @ 1/3 = -48
+22
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plo8 cash
(about 8 hours)
up 30 bets (5-5)
-15 bets (1-3)
+15 bets @ 5/5 = +75
mixed games:
(about 10 hours)
wynn - -100
venetian: +200
ip: +15
+115
cash: -223
(bad bluff 40 bets) put me very much down in cash
1. I was very fortunate to meet a lot of great people (at varying stages in their poker careers) who I hope to keep in contact with and/or see on the online and/or live circuit in the future...
2. I learned a lot about where to proceed in my poker career and a lot of things to work on...
3. Barring some rounding errors in cash games, I am overall about break even (I think maybe slightly under) for the trip.
4. I (somewhat) regret not playing in some of the 15-30 mix at the Rio, or maybe venturing into the 5-10 Big "O" (5 card plo8) game (although i was well underrolled at the time to play 5-10).
5. I also think I could have NLHE cash gamed a decent amount more. But, my main objectives were not to play NLHE. Visiting a lot of the casinos/wandering around Vegas (the Strip is huge and I don't think I even really walked around to all the sights) was a higher priority for me.
6. I seemed to run extremely well in lowball draw games (badugi/2-7 triple draw) up until the Aria 8 game MTT, where I don't think I won a single hand...
7. I seemed to run extremely well in Friday MTTs! (I think I had about 12 tournament lives, straight flushes, my first live MTT cash, etc...)
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MTTs/SNGs
(about 4+6+12+6+6+4+12+4+13+13 = 80 hours)
3/38 in Aria 8 game mix - 550 -> 3024
56/603 at Venetian Deep Stack (NLHE) - 350 -> 627
16/63 at Golden Nugget Stud/8 (7 from bubble)
2 straight flushes in stud/8 (including 1 with full house vs. quads (he was drawing for low) vs. straight flush that would have hit a bad beat if it was a cash game at the Orleans)
22/137 at Golden Nugget PLO/8 (9 from bubble)
my tournament life was on the line about 5-6 times
busted before dinner break in other 6 tournaments (lots of quads in a HORSE MTT)
lost 3 WSOP PLO8 sats (175, 175, 325)
2 cashes out of 10 tournaments + 3 satellites
(3024+627)-[2770+175+175+325]
(3651) - (3445)
+206
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cash games - about 30-40 hours
2-5 NLHE (about 3-4 hours)
a bad play at 2-5 NL at Bellagio put me down about ~40-50 bets on the trip
bellagio: -60
venetian: -20 bets
mgm grand -3.5
-83.5 bets @ 2/5 = 417.5
1-3 or 1-2 NLHE
(about 7 hours)
wynn +10 at 1/3
HR +10 at 1/2 NLHE/PLO
break even (about 5-7 hours of play at various locations)
-28
+20
+30
-28 @ 1/3 = -84
+27 @ 1/2 = +54
-10 @ 1/3 = -30
+40 @ 1/2 = +80
-16 @ 1/3 = -48
+22
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plo8 cash
(about 8 hours)
up 30 bets (5-5)
-15 bets (1-3)
+15 bets @ 5/5 = +75
mixed games:
(about 10 hours)
wynn - -100
venetian: +200
ip: +15
+115
cash: -223
(bad bluff 40 bets) put me very much down in cash
Various Poker Room Thoughts/Differences/Observations
My poker room rankings (overall room quality)
1. Venetian
2. Aria
3. Wynn
4. Bellagio
5. MGM Grand
2-4 is pretty close. I think the Aria will do well in time (it just opened up in Dec 2009)...
(I never actually played in the Rio's poker room. I just played in the Amazon room for cash/satellites.)
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poker room differences
mirage and mgm grand
the table/felt is raised above the playing surface
it was kind of annoying as cards might get flipped over during dealing as it slides down to the player
mirage - wooden area where chips arelined up
mgm grand - metal
majority of places use all in buttons (large circular button at venetian; all in card size of poker card at Aria, etc...)
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Golden Nugget used event center - same area is used to film High Stakes Poker & Poker After Dark (there's movable walls to make the room smaller).
During one of the PLO8 MTTs (second one), they sectioned the room in half for some other event (it might have been the heads up blackjack tournament)
Aria has a nice tournament area (super large room with at least 24 tables and 2 big projection screens).
Caesar's did not have a large setup for MTTs b/c they didn't get big turn out.
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For specialized tournaments (ie: non-NLHE) at the Golden Nugget, the fields seemed to be somewhat inexperienced.
This may be a byproduct of the Golden Nugget's tournament players, who maybe thought it was more of a novelty, rather than actually knowing how to play most of the games.
The LO8 tournament did seem to have a lot of "Vegas regulars" that played in it. The field seemed to be OK, mainly because the game is somewhat popular and there are regular weekly LO8 tournaments in the area.
The PLO8 MTT had a lot of specialized PLO8 players playing in them.
The stud/8 MTT had about 10-15% specialists; the rest were converted stud players that don't really understand the game.
The PLO MTT was a mixed bag...
The Aria's 8 game mix MTT's players did seem to be a bit more experienced, but it may be due to the higher buyin and that it is not downtown...
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Other Random Happenings:
1. Venetian
2. Aria
3. Wynn
4. Bellagio
5. MGM Grand
2-4 is pretty close. I think the Aria will do well in time (it just opened up in Dec 2009)...
(I never actually played in the Rio's poker room. I just played in the Amazon room for cash/satellites.)
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poker room differences
mirage and mgm grand
the table/felt is raised above the playing surface
it was kind of annoying as cards might get flipped over during dealing as it slides down to the player
mirage - wooden area where chips arelined up
mgm grand - metal
majority of places use all in buttons (large circular button at venetian; all in card size of poker card at Aria, etc...)
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Golden Nugget used event center - same area is used to film High Stakes Poker & Poker After Dark (there's movable walls to make the room smaller).
During one of the PLO8 MTTs (second one), they sectioned the room in half for some other event (it might have been the heads up blackjack tournament)
Aria has a nice tournament area (super large room with at least 24 tables and 2 big projection screens).
Caesar's did not have a large setup for MTTs b/c they didn't get big turn out.
------
For specialized tournaments (ie: non-NLHE) at the Golden Nugget, the fields seemed to be somewhat inexperienced.
This may be a byproduct of the Golden Nugget's tournament players, who maybe thought it was more of a novelty, rather than actually knowing how to play most of the games.
The LO8 tournament did seem to have a lot of "Vegas regulars" that played in it. The field seemed to be OK, mainly because the game is somewhat popular and there are regular weekly LO8 tournaments in the area.
The PLO8 MTT had a lot of specialized PLO8 players playing in them.
The stud/8 MTT had about 10-15% specialists; the rest were converted stud players that don't really understand the game.
The PLO MTT was a mixed bag...
The Aria's 8 game mix MTT's players did seem to be a bit more experienced, but it may be due to the higher buyin and that it is not downtown...
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Other Random Happenings:
plastic setup - one card got ripped in half during the shuffle
brown card was put in green setup at golden nugget
earlier, i had noticed and misread card color before, so i didn't want to point it out upon seeing it because I had been wrong before.
upon 2nd scramble of deck - i noted the color difference
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wsop dealers were treated very badly, almost "non-human"
source: VDS dealer that also worked at the wsop (he was a temp VDS dealer)
one dealer was quietly trying to rack up smaller chips for color up
Sunday, July 4, 2010
350 NLHE @ Venetian (Venetian Deep Stack Series)
Every entry nets you one of three things as a "comp"
1. VDS T-Shirt
2. VDS cap
3. $10 food comp
2 people wore ones from the previous VDS with NAPT and pokerstars patches. Those looked really nice.
Also, the back had a black "PokerStars" logo (with the spade) which looked really nice.
No other tournaments offered anything in terms of comps.
People who late registered are blinded off at a round per 15 min.
The "chips" are not removed from play. They are put back into each subsequent pot (1 sb at a time) for the late registrant (or others) to win.
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starting stack:
12k
initial table (started 8 handed for late registrations)
seemed to be very tight
level 1
hero - dealt AKo
UTG (hero) - raises
2 folds
MP - calls
1 fold
button - reraises somewhat small
UTG - calls
MP - calls
flop:
Ah6c8d
3 checks
turn:
Ah6c8d4d
3 checks
river:
Ah6c8d4d7d
3 checks
Hero: shows AK (pair of aces)
MP: shows tens
LP: says he mucks KK (pair of kings)
Analysis:
Hero was hoping for a cbet from the initial raiser.
Turn could have been a value bet, but I'm not sure if anyone is calling.
River would allow only mean worser hands call.
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level 2:
I raise in EP with 10s
one guy calls
ace high flop (dry board - no flush/straight draws)
checks the whole way to the river...
caller shows Kings
He says he remembered me not betting with big hand earlier and did not bet...
[I later saw him on day 1A at WSOP $10k main event].
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level 3
I raise in MP with 55 (475 at 100/200)
everyone folds to BB who calls.
flop: Kd7d5d
bb: check
hero: bets ~2/3 pot
bb: calls
turn
Kd7d5dKh
bb: checks
hero: checks
river:
Kd7d5dKh5c
bb: checks
hero: bets 1/2 pot
bb: calls
Hero shows: 55 (quads)
villain mucks: AdJd (ace high flush)
Analysis:
I don't know if i'd jam my whole stack in on flop if i got raised. I think I might have check/called, as his range could include naked Ace of diamonds hands. Even though I'm not really happy to see any diamond on the turn. Considering stack sizes (40 bets each), it's a possibility to go either way.
pick up aces UTG
(6 folds)
sb calls
bb - shoves
hero: calls
aces hold
stack: 20.45k
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level 4
2 callers
CO (25k): raises
hero (sb - 20k): calls with AdKd
BB: calls
original limpers: call
(5 players to flop)
flop:
Qd3x2d
4 checks
PFR cbets
hero: check raises pot
3 folds
PFR: calls
turn:
Qd3x2d8h
hero: shoves
PFR: folds
PFR says "You must have a set".
Analysis:
I was fortunate that a "dry board" actually was good to get the PFR to cbet.
The check-raise and subsequent shove on turn was standard, IMO.
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UTG - raises
5 folds
hero (button) - reraises
sb/bb - fold
UTG - calls
flop:
KxKdTd
UTG: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
UTG: calls
turn:
KxKdTdAd
UTG: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
UTG: raises all in (about 1/2 pot sized bet)
hero: folds
Analysis:
At the time, I did not notice there was a raise in front of me, so when I said raise, it was actually a reraise.
When villain calls on a "somewhat dry board" after calling 3 bet, he likely hit the board. The double barrel by hero was very bad. Hero could "represent an ace", but people calling more than likely have a "K" in their range.
Villain told me (after he busted) that he had AK (which fits his action perfectly). He was hoping I had some sort of hand which is why he shoved.
At the time, I definitely was not going to fire a 3rd barrel on the river.
Hero lost 1/4 of stack on this 2nd bet...
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maniac with an overwhelming stack was moved to table
he just randomly did a lot of shoves all in (about 3 times pre and post flop)
I raise in early position with TT
2 callers
maniac shoves
(I said call, not noticing BB still had to act)
BB folds
hero insta-calls
Analysis:
With the amount of shoving from maniac, I did not put villain on a very strong range of hands (top 20%+)...
villain: AdTd
Hero: TT
Hero's tens hold up
doubles up through table "chip leader"
maniac begins to slow down (somewhat) after that
within 15 hands, I received 2 pairs of aces and short stacks overshoved all in (1.5 x pot size shove)
aces stay alive in both cases.
stack: 41k
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level 7
hero (EP): raises with AKo
folds to button
tight player on button - reraises to 4k (stack about 20k)
hero: shoves
button: calls
button: shows QQ
board:
Q9674
button: doubles up
Hero: down to 25k
Analysis:
Positives for 4-bet reraise shove
fold equity
Negatives for 4-bet reraise shove
Player had been playing tight (which was not really much of a factor in my original decision, unfortunately.) I am not sure how much fold equity I truly had.
Overall, I am pretty unhappy that I shoved here. Villain rarely folds, especially in live MTT when reraising. In retrospective, I don't think stacks are shallow enough to let me get away from it even if I check raised the flop or check/call flop -> shove any turn
level 8 - 21k
"poker pro" Scott Bruni (name may be misspelled)
he sat down about 2 rotations ago
MTT pro in EP - raises
I 3 bet with AA
Analysis: I should not have 3 betted. I may have gotten a c-bet out of most of his range on the flop. Most people (who know what they're doing) generally don't call 3 bets OOP very often...
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hero raises in EP with aces
short stack reshoves in LP
aces hold
a couple hands later
folds to hero in CO
Hero raises with TT
folds to BB
BB - shoves (pot sized bet)
hero: calls
BB - shows 77
board runs out: XXX7X
BB - doubles up
hero's stack up about 4k (M + 2) in chips over 5 hands
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level 8
tried to steal in MP with 87s (M = 7)
youngish person reraises me
I decide to fold and not gamble in this spot.
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end of level 10 (dinner break)
15.3k (blinds 800/1.6k/200 ante)
M = 4
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UTG - raises
7 folds
hero (sb): flat calls with KsQs
bb - folds
952 board
hero: shoves (pot sized bet)
UTG: calls
UTG: shows AsJs
board: 952Q7
hero doubles up and stays alive
A couple hands later
folds to hero in MP
hero: raises with TT
player behind me (larger stack) - shoves
hero: calls
board runs:
AKXXT
hero doubles up
Analysis:
Player behind me was still alive with a decent stack, as he seemed to be playing decently well.
Hero feels very bad about the situation.
5-10 hands later
hero picks up AK vs. 44 (shorter stack who shoved) in blinds
4s hold - double up short stack
5-10 hands later
hero picks up Tens
money gets all in preflop
hero flops top set and eliminates player
M = 9-10
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level 13
hero's stack: M = 9 (approx. 75k at 1.2k/2.4k/300)
raise in MP with 6d5d
BB (tight player) calls
flop: KQ9
BB: checks
hero: cbets
BB: raises all in
hero: folds
Analysis:
This is a very bad board to cbet against a tight, short stacked player. 3 paint cards usually indicates he has at least a part of the board
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level 14
hero shoves AJ in MP
player directly behind (who has had 2-3 all ins with hero and others and was still alive) - reshoves
player directly behind - has shorter stack than hero
TT6JJ
hero sucks out and eliminates other player
player was mad at the cards and his "bad run of cards"...
hero did not feel too happy to eliminate player like that (he actually was hoping for chop when the flop was paired).
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hero passes up 1 marginal spot to steal approaching bubble
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bubble stories:
maniac
vs.
1 guy (huge chip stack) - says he's a "cash game player" who calls with Q9s/J8s against all in players (which is a decent strategy).
prior history with showing 5c on bad board (965 2 club board)
(each player had 180-200k in chips) at around level 15-17
raise
reraise
4 bet shove
snap call
board bricks for both players, and "maniac" is eliminated
cash game player - new chip leader: has about 380k chips in player
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I stayed at the same initial table (table 100) until redraw after the money bubble bursted
5 hands at hand for hand
it took about 15 min. to go through
money bubble bursts around 12:30AM (12 hours after tourney started) around level 15
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redraw at 63 players (7 9 handed tables)
first hand at new table (after hand for hand)
hero (M = 4) UTG
hero: shoves with AKo
button goes in tank, calls with AQo
hero's hand holds up and doubles up
80k chips (M = 7 @ 2.5k/5k/500)
seat 2 had been open raising about 5 times in 27 hands...
seat 2 (EP) - raises
hero (BB): picks up TT
hero: just calls
flop: AK7 rainbow
hero: check
2: check
Turn:
AK7J (2 flush)
hero: check
2: small bet
hero: folds
Analysis: Decided to mix up my play and not auto shove preflop.
With 3rd pair on the board, I was hoping to just get to showdown for free. When villain bets, hero is likely behind and folds.
(Villain later says he slowplayed AK (top 2 pair) on flop when I busted.)
(side comment)
seat 2 said a couple hands later - I like to see flops
I told the table - I like to see flops too!
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2 orbits later
hero's M = 5
seat 2 (EP) - raises
hero (BB) - picks up QQ
hero - decides to flat call
flop:
Jh9d2d
hero: checks
2: bets 1/2 pot
hero: calls
turn:
Jh9d2dTs
hero: autoshoves
2: asks me "did i hit a straight"
hero: says that "do you think i had Q8?"
(table talk was bad and he apologized immediately)
2: well, i have outs if I'm wrong - i call
hero: I definitely still have outs
2: shows 22 (set of deuces)
hero: shows QQ (overpair + open ended straight draw)
Jh9d2dTs5c
hero - eliminated
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56/603
(min cash)
63 places paid
Overall, the field seemed to be a mix of players of varying skill levels...
350 -> 627
1. VDS T-Shirt
2. VDS cap
3. $10 food comp
2 people wore ones from the previous VDS with NAPT and pokerstars patches. Those looked really nice.
Also, the back had a black "PokerStars" logo (with the spade) which looked really nice.
No other tournaments offered anything in terms of comps.
People who late registered are blinded off at a round per 15 min.
The "chips" are not removed from play. They are put back into each subsequent pot (1 sb at a time) for the late registrant (or others) to win.
--------------
starting stack:
12k
initial table (started 8 handed for late registrations)
seemed to be very tight
level 1
hero - dealt AKo
UTG (hero) - raises
2 folds
MP - calls
1 fold
button - reraises somewhat small
UTG - calls
MP - calls
flop:
Ah6c8d
3 checks
turn:
Ah6c8d4d
3 checks
river:
Ah6c8d4d7d
3 checks
Hero: shows AK (pair of aces)
MP: shows tens
LP: says he mucks KK (pair of kings)
Analysis:
Hero was hoping for a cbet from the initial raiser.
Turn could have been a value bet, but I'm not sure if anyone is calling.
River would allow only mean worser hands call.
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level 2:
I raise in EP with 10s
one guy calls
ace high flop (dry board - no flush/straight draws)
checks the whole way to the river...
caller shows Kings
He says he remembered me not betting with big hand earlier and did not bet...
[I later saw him on day 1A at WSOP $10k main event].
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level 3
I raise in MP with 55 (475 at 100/200)
everyone folds to BB who calls.
flop: Kd7d5d
bb: check
hero: bets ~2/3 pot
bb: calls
turn
Kd7d5dKh
bb: checks
hero: checks
river:
Kd7d5dKh5c
bb: checks
hero: bets 1/2 pot
bb: calls
Hero shows: 55 (quads)
villain mucks: AdJd (ace high flush)
Analysis:
I don't know if i'd jam my whole stack in on flop if i got raised. I think I might have check/called, as his range could include naked Ace of diamonds hands. Even though I'm not really happy to see any diamond on the turn. Considering stack sizes (40 bets each), it's a possibility to go either way.
pick up aces UTG
(6 folds)
sb calls
bb - shoves
hero: calls
aces hold
stack: 20.45k
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level 4
2 callers
CO (25k): raises
hero (sb - 20k): calls with AdKd
BB: calls
original limpers: call
(5 players to flop)
flop:
Qd3x2d
4 checks
PFR cbets
hero: check raises pot
3 folds
PFR: calls
turn:
Qd3x2d8h
hero: shoves
PFR: folds
PFR says "You must have a set".
Analysis:
I was fortunate that a "dry board" actually was good to get the PFR to cbet.
The check-raise and subsequent shove on turn was standard, IMO.
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UTG - raises
5 folds
hero (button) - reraises
sb/bb - fold
UTG - calls
flop:
KxKdTd
UTG: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
UTG: calls
turn:
KxKdTdAd
UTG: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
UTG: raises all in (about 1/2 pot sized bet)
hero: folds
Analysis:
At the time, I did not notice there was a raise in front of me, so when I said raise, it was actually a reraise.
When villain calls on a "somewhat dry board" after calling 3 bet, he likely hit the board. The double barrel by hero was very bad. Hero could "represent an ace", but people calling more than likely have a "K" in their range.
Villain told me (after he busted) that he had AK (which fits his action perfectly). He was hoping I had some sort of hand which is why he shoved.
At the time, I definitely was not going to fire a 3rd barrel on the river.
Hero lost 1/4 of stack on this 2nd bet...
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maniac with an overwhelming stack was moved to table
he just randomly did a lot of shoves all in (about 3 times pre and post flop)
I raise in early position with TT
2 callers
maniac shoves
(I said call, not noticing BB still had to act)
BB folds
hero insta-calls
Analysis:
With the amount of shoving from maniac, I did not put villain on a very strong range of hands (top 20%+)...
villain: AdTd
Hero: TT
Hero's tens hold up
doubles up through table "chip leader"
maniac begins to slow down (somewhat) after that
within 15 hands, I received 2 pairs of aces and short stacks overshoved all in (1.5 x pot size shove)
aces stay alive in both cases.
stack: 41k
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level 7
hero (EP): raises with AKo
folds to button
tight player on button - reraises to 4k (stack about 20k)
hero: shoves
button: calls
button: shows QQ
board:
Q9674
button: doubles up
Hero: down to 25k
Analysis:
Positives for 4-bet reraise shove
fold equity
Negatives for 4-bet reraise shove
Player had been playing tight (which was not really much of a factor in my original decision, unfortunately.) I am not sure how much fold equity I truly had.
Overall, I am pretty unhappy that I shoved here. Villain rarely folds, especially in live MTT when reraising. In retrospective, I don't think stacks are shallow enough to let me get away from it even if I check raised the flop or check/call flop -> shove any turn
level 8 - 21k
"poker pro" Scott Bruni (name may be misspelled)
he sat down about 2 rotations ago
MTT pro in EP - raises
I 3 bet with AA
Analysis: I should not have 3 betted. I may have gotten a c-bet out of most of his range on the flop. Most people (who know what they're doing) generally don't call 3 bets OOP very often...
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hero raises in EP with aces
short stack reshoves in LP
aces hold
a couple hands later
folds to hero in CO
Hero raises with TT
folds to BB
BB - shoves (pot sized bet)
hero: calls
BB - shows 77
board runs out: XXX7X
BB - doubles up
hero's stack up about 4k (M + 2) in chips over 5 hands
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level 8
tried to steal in MP with 87s (M = 7)
youngish person reraises me
I decide to fold and not gamble in this spot.
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end of level 10 (dinner break)
15.3k (blinds 800/1.6k/200 ante)
M = 4
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UTG - raises
7 folds
hero (sb): flat calls with KsQs
bb - folds
952 board
hero: shoves (pot sized bet)
UTG: calls
UTG: shows AsJs
board: 952Q7
hero doubles up and stays alive
A couple hands later
folds to hero in MP
hero: raises with TT
player behind me (larger stack) - shoves
hero: calls
board runs:
AKXXT
hero doubles up
Analysis:
Player behind me was still alive with a decent stack, as he seemed to be playing decently well.
Hero feels very bad about the situation.
5-10 hands later
hero picks up AK vs. 44 (shorter stack who shoved) in blinds
4s hold - double up short stack
5-10 hands later
hero picks up Tens
money gets all in preflop
hero flops top set and eliminates player
M = 9-10
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level 13
hero's stack: M = 9 (approx. 75k at 1.2k/2.4k/300)
raise in MP with 6d5d
BB (tight player) calls
flop: KQ9
BB: checks
hero: cbets
BB: raises all in
hero: folds
Analysis:
This is a very bad board to cbet against a tight, short stacked player. 3 paint cards usually indicates he has at least a part of the board
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level 14
hero shoves AJ in MP
player directly behind (who has had 2-3 all ins with hero and others and was still alive) - reshoves
player directly behind - has shorter stack than hero
TT6JJ
hero sucks out and eliminates other player
player was mad at the cards and his "bad run of cards"...
hero did not feel too happy to eliminate player like that (he actually was hoping for chop when the flop was paired).
-------
hero passes up 1 marginal spot to steal approaching bubble
-------
bubble stories:
maniac
vs.
1 guy (huge chip stack) - says he's a "cash game player" who calls with Q9s/J8s against all in players (which is a decent strategy).
prior history with showing 5c on bad board (965 2 club board)
(each player had 180-200k in chips) at around level 15-17
raise
reraise
4 bet shove
snap call
board bricks for both players, and "maniac" is eliminated
cash game player - new chip leader: has about 380k chips in player
--------------
I stayed at the same initial table (table 100) until redraw after the money bubble bursted
5 hands at hand for hand
it took about 15 min. to go through
money bubble bursts around 12:30AM (12 hours after tourney started) around level 15
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redraw at 63 players (7 9 handed tables)
first hand at new table (after hand for hand)
hero (M = 4) UTG
hero: shoves with AKo
button goes in tank, calls with AQo
hero's hand holds up and doubles up
80k chips (M = 7 @ 2.5k/5k/500)
seat 2 had been open raising about 5 times in 27 hands...
seat 2 (EP) - raises
hero (BB): picks up TT
hero: just calls
flop: AK7 rainbow
hero: check
2: check
Turn:
AK7J (2 flush)
hero: check
2: small bet
hero: folds
Analysis: Decided to mix up my play and not auto shove preflop.
With 3rd pair on the board, I was hoping to just get to showdown for free. When villain bets, hero is likely behind and folds.
(Villain later says he slowplayed AK (top 2 pair) on flop when I busted.)
(side comment)
seat 2 said a couple hands later - I like to see flops
I told the table - I like to see flops too!
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2 orbits later
hero's M = 5
seat 2 (EP) - raises
hero (BB) - picks up QQ
hero - decides to flat call
flop:
Jh9d2d
hero: checks
2: bets 1/2 pot
hero: calls
turn:
Jh9d2dTs
hero: autoshoves
2: asks me "did i hit a straight"
hero: says that "do you think i had Q8?"
(table talk was bad and he apologized immediately)
2: well, i have outs if I'm wrong - i call
hero: I definitely still have outs
2: shows 22 (set of deuces)
hero: shows QQ (overpair + open ended straight draw)
Jh9d2dTs5c
hero - eliminated
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56/603
(min cash)
63 places paid
Overall, the field seemed to be a mix of players of varying skill levels...
350 -> 627
Saturday, July 3, 2010
550 8 game mix @ Aria
7/2/2010 - 5PM PST start
It was weird to have an MTT start at 5:00PM. Most of the MTTs were noon starts (sans the Binion's 2:00PM start time).
I had been prepping by waking up really late every day to prepare for the late start of the tournament.
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Tournament Structure Info
15k starting stacks
8 handed tables
7 hands per rotation
floor explained that they didn't want button on same person every time
downside (from Zach): not everyone gets button during rotation
38 players (started with 24, 14 late registered by end of first break)
rotation:
(Limit) Omaha 8
Limit Hold 'Em
Limit Stud
Pot Limit Omaha
Limit Stud 8
Limit Badugi
No Limit Hold 'em
Limit Razz
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level 1
QdJd2h
pot - guy
repot - lady
call
turn
QdJd2h6h
pot
repot - all in
call
person hand flop equity turn equity
lady QcQh3h9c 40 65
guy AdKdTx9x 60 35
flop equity:
http://www.propokertools.com/simulations/show?b=QdJd2h&g=oh&h1=QcQh3h9c&h2=AdKdTs9s
turn equity:
http://www.propokertools.com/simulations/show?b=QdJd2h6h&g=oh&h1=QcQh3h&h2=AdKdTs9s
river
QdJd2h6h9h
straight vs. flush
----lady stays alive with backdoor flush 9h
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level 1
PLO Hi
Ac3cAh3h
limper
I raise preflop -
1 caller behind
flop Tc6c4d
villain 1: checks
hero: bets 3/4 pot
villain 2: calls
villain 1: folds
Tc6c4d8h
villain 2: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
villain 2: folds
NLHE
CO raises (australian from Melbourne - I played with 10 game mix at IP)
I 3bet with queens
razz up cards:
9t8k75
(i have (a2)J - gave a walk to lady)
level 2
bricked 6th against 2 better boards
had to fold against 2 boards that didn't brick
stack at end of level 2:
15.5k
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level 3
stud/8
made flush on 5th (only 3 to low)
low never game
ended up getting bets from 1 person in the middle
badugi
couldn't better than 7 low 3-card hand after limping with 52xx
nlhe - 75/150 blinds
aggressive player in big bet games
villain: raises to 400
hero: reraises to 1100 with AJo on button
villain: 4 bets to 2700
hero: folds
end of level 4:
14.5k chips
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nlhe:
24j5
raised preflop by villain 2
villain 1 calls from bb
flop action
villain 1: check
villain 2: bet
villain 1: call
turn
villain 1: check
villain 2: bet
villain 1: raise
villain 2: shove
villain 1: 44
villain 2: a3s
a3s holds up
razz:
picked up 8 low on 5th versus guy
check/i bet/call
stack up to 20k when he show downed a brick in the hole
i went to 5th street next hand, but was forced to fold when i bricked against other player (who wasn't really bluffing too much)
next hand:
bricked 1x with strong board (8 low draw on 4th street)
brick on 5th - called with 2 other people
got to 6th - bricked again and was forced to fold
stack: 14k
lo8
sb versus bb (hero)
sb: raises
hero: 3 bets with AxAxAh5h
sb: calls
7x6h9x
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: calls
7x6h9x5h
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: tanks; folds
observations:
many players in raised (or double raised pots) tended not to fold ever on the flop in LHE or LO8 (mainly the 4 guys and other aggressive players in the pots)
this may be for image building or b/c the pot size is so large in comparison to 1 small bet
*** this is a research point that I'll have to look into)
limped pot with As2h2d3s (in mp - 1 player behind me)
5 players preflop
TsQh7s
bet from early position
1 fold
2 calls
TsQh7s6c
bet
2 calls
i raise
3 calls
TsQh7s6c5s
check
check
bet
call
fold
call
australian (early position) - shows ksqsxx (king high flush)
player behind me - shows naked a2 - quartered
hero shows: nut flush/nut low - 3/4 pot
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side notes:
Balancing tables
Normally, in a game with the button, the player who would be in the BB (based on the button location) would be moved.
In a stud game, the player who was in the same seat number would be moved. (ie: If player 6 busted at a table, player 6 from a different table would be moved to balance).
The TD made a mistake and followed the stud game ruling, even though it was a mixed game with a button. The BB should have moved (and would have changed the whole complexion of the tournament, obviously)
Because of the "wrong ruling", the TD moved the lady off of my table to another table.
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originally 2 out of 4 players in a last longer bet were seated at my table
when 1 table broke, the remaining 2 other players joined my table (until it broke)
it was very funny how some of the players didn't play all the games
1 player didn't play big bet games until other person registered
older player didn't play big bet games and just sat out b/c he wasn't good at them....
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badugi
2 players in on 1st draw
1 player drew the whole way
hero: dealt pat J9 badugi
pre-draw
fold
villain 1: limp
villain 2: limp
hero: raise
(2 folds)
villain 1: call
villain 2: call
[2|2|0]
check
check
bet
fold
call
[1|0]
check
bet
call
[1|0]
check
check
villain shows: J8 badugi and scoops
i contributed 6k into 18k pot
level 6:
stack: 14k
level 6 - 14k
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level 7
NLHE
raise with KK on button - no action from blinds
next hand
folds to cutoff
hero: raise with JJ in CO (~3x bb)
bb calls
flop:
Ks6h5h
villain: check
hero: check
turn:
Ks6h5h 7h
villain: check
hero: bet 2/3 pot
villain: min raise - slightly over min raise
hero: calls
river
Ks6h5h 7h 7c
villain leads for ~1/2 pot size bet
hero: folds
Analysis:
This was likely a mistake to have called the check raise. Against an unknown (without prior knowledge/history), a smallish check raise (or any check raise for that matters) usually means 1 pair is no good, even in a NLHE MTT.
razz:
other door cards (7 handed):
5, 2, 2, 6, x, x
hero: (52)6 in hole
3 folds
villain: (xx)3 completes
hero: raises
all others fold
villain: (xx)38
hero: (52)6j
villain: bets
hero: calls
villain: (xx)385
hero: (52)6j7
villain bets
hero tanks, then folds
Analysis:
3 bet is good because of all the dead cards. Although not as big of a factor, villain has been somewhat aggressive on steals and had shown a brick in the hole in an earlier level.
I can peel 4th b/c there it was 3 bet on 4th + all the dead cards duplicate my hand. I didn't do the math, but I believe this is an acceptable play.
Hero only has 3 big bets left in stack. I could likely be ahead, but I decide to fold. I'm likely peeling in a cash game, but determine that my tournament life is slightly more important. This may have been a mistake.
LHE
raised with aces in MP - no action
raise with AsKs in EP - got 2 callers
cbet 585 flop and got folds from other players
Stud Hi
missed opportunity to
raise from (8c) in front
2c (8c)74c
3 bet with (JsQs)Ts against early position raiser and everyone folded
with my board reading (8h8c)Ah, I got bets from 2 players on 3rd/4th street.
approximately 20k
badugi:
4 folds
1 limper
i raise with 5h4h2cas
blinds fold
limper calls
draws: (villain|hero)
1|1
I make an 8 badugi (8d4h2cAs)
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: calls
1|0
villain: checks
hero: bets
1|0
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: calls
villain shows: 7 badugi
hero shows: 8 badugi
villain: wins bot
razz:
(don't rememember dead cards)
hero: (62)538
1 villain: (57)839
(3 folds)
hero: completes
villain calls
(2 folds)
bet/call on every street (4th/5th)
hero is all in by 5th street
hero's 86 holds up and hero doubles up
hero's stack: 14.5k
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level 9
I am moved to another table (about 20/38 remain)
game rotations work with each table, so the table has a different game going...
PLO
I pick up AdAxTdTc
(folds to hero)
hero: raise on button
1 blind calls
flop: TdKsQd
hero: check
hero cbets
villain: folds
stud/8
villain:
(bringin)
villain: raises
hero completes on 3rd street
everyone folds
villain calls: (wearing VDS shirt)
villain: (xx)AdQs8h
hero: (32)45a
villain checks 4th street and hero bets
on 5th street
villain checks
hero bets
villain examines by stack, raises to put me all in, i call
villain: (AT)AQ86(8)
hero: (32)45a85
villain: shows aces up
hero: shows 5 high straight and 5432a for low
hero scoops
analysis:
I'm not sure the raise on 5th street was smart for villain...although I'm likely betting 6th anyway and getting all in. Unfortunately, I lost 1 big bet of value b/c I was short stacked.
stack: 27k
badugi: stack size drops to 24k due to blinds
level 10 break
stack: 21k
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level 11
PLO
hero dealt (AKT9)
villain shows KK**
hero pots
villain repots
hero calls all in
A2c3c7xtx
hero's hand wins with aces up and doubles up
level 12 break:
34k
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level 13
PLO
hero: dealt in SB AcKcKsJs
raiser in LP
I repot with hand
raiser calls
AK* flop
I cbet
villain folds
villain says he had double (or single) suited rundown)
stud/8
hero has (67)a
hero completes
one caller with 3s
hero: (67)A4
villain: (xx)3sKh
hero bets
villain calls
hero: (67)A45 (no chance of flush)
villain: (xx)3sKh5s
hero bets
villain folds
stack: 75k
badugi:
2 limpers
sb (hero) - limped with A2s5s5h
bb - raises
everyone calls (4 players total)
draws: [2|1|1|1]
hero gets 8 3-card hand
check
bet
call
call
hero: folds
61k as table breaks
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final table redraw:
(seats are rechosen, game is rechosen at random)
(seats are redrawn)
(button redrawn)
(8 cards dealt - highest card is first game to restart rotation)
with 9 players, we lost 2 players (1 at each table)
final table only had 7 players
1: lady (seat 1)
2: older stud player (USA)
3: young guy
4: hero (USA)
5: middle aged man
6: older British person
7: VDS shirt person (he said he's made 2 deep runs previous 2 days (including 1k win at Bellagio's LHE; he was short stack after losing some big pots at the final table; he also requested giving money to bubble person, but seat 5 didn't want anything to do with it)
(level 16)
NLHE
hero in SB
hero - dealt QQ
folds to seat 4
villain: raises (3.5x bb)
hero: 3bets (10x bb)
villain: shoves
hero: calls
villain: shows KQo
hero's hand holds up
hero: stack 100k
villain: ~20k
a couple hands later
villain (seat 4): raises in hijack (2 off button)
hero: reraises with TT (40k)
villain: calls
hero's hand holds up
hero's stack: 114k
seat 3: eliminated
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lady in seat 1 went on a rush after a losing a hand or 2 and was around ~100-120k
seat 6 kept getting big hands + action in badugi and had ~150-170k
seat 7 eventually bubbled (stayed alive a little bit in o8, but lost stack in LHE.
level 17
early position raiser (seat 2)
seat 2: raises
hero: picks up K6K9 (no suit); hero tanks, trying to figure out if flop needs to be seen
hero: repots
seat 2: calls all in
villain: AJT9
hero: K6K9
board: As8s4s2c9h
neither player has spades
villain: doubles up
hero's stack: 79k
a couple hands later
seat 2: raises
hero: picks up AsAx*s*x
(aces with 1 suit)
hero: repots
seat 2: goes in the tank, eventually folds
hero: shows down hand
stud hi
seat 2 had raised about 3 times in rotation with just high cards and got the antes/bringin.
(bringin)
(1 folds)
seat 2: shows (xx)K
seat 2: raises
hero: has (t9)9
hero: 3 bets
(bringin folds)
seat 2: calls
for every street starting on 4th, it went
2: checks
hero: bets
2: calls
boards:
hero: (ts9h)9c6cJc8c(kh)
villain: (xx)KsQdAs9s(xx)
river:
villain: checks
hero: checks
villain: shows busted ace high flush draw
hero: shows 9s to win pot
analysis:
Hero forgot his hand strating on 4th street! (Yes, that is not a typo). I decided to play my board the whole way.
I thought on 6th i actually had 3 8s, or that was my thinking process.
When i saw my actual hand on the river, i decided to check b/c I thought i wouldn't have much fold equity in that spot with so much money in the pot.
I ended up telling him after the hand and when he got eliminated that I normally don't bluff like that. He responded with "I shouldn't have ever called in first place".
It appears I was "value bluffing" with the best hand.
villain tanked 6th before calling
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approximate stack sizes (level 17-18):
(seat 4 lost a couple of big pots in stud/hi to player 1 and became a short stack - ie: can't see all the streets without being all in)
1: 140k
2: 35k
3: 110k <--- hero
4: 30k
5: 200k
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stud hi/lo
(ah8c)6s
9 and 2 (bringin) behind
should have completed
turned out hero may have lost lots of bets; pocket queens in hole
(qq)2
This was definite candidate to steal...i could have peeled a street if reraised, although I'm not sure with my stack size (~5-6 big bets) if it was worth it to gamble to see 4th.
I was probably nitty at this spot.
(88)7 - raise by k
I folded here as well...kinda nitty and probably not a fold in a cash game.
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Player 4 got eliminated in stud/8 as 2 other plaers in the hand. One won high, and a different player got low.
Eventually player 2 got busted in badugi.
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next hand after player 2 eliminated
approximate stack sizes at 3 players:
old english man (seat 6): ~180k
lady (seat 1): ~240k
hero (seat 4): ~61k
total chips in play: 570k (38 * 15k)
badugi (~6 am)
61k (4k-8k 8k-16k)
dead button
1: raises in CO
hero: 3 bets (dealt rough? q964)
6: folds
1: CO folds
[0|2] - she asks me if she should draw 1 or 2 - i said "it's up to you if you want to coinflip" - so she draws 2 (she eventually told me she threw away a jack 3-card hand)
hero: bets
villain: calls
[0|1]
hero: bets
villain: calls
[0|1]
hero: checks
villain: bets
hero: tanks, unhappy to call, but calls for tournament life
hero: shows queen badugi
villain: shows 6 badugi
villain: scoops pot
Analysis:
1. This is essentially a coin flip if villain draws 1 for 3 draws versus pat q badugi. She drew 2 on the first draw though, so I'm not sure about the math (she told me she broke a 3 card J)...
2. I check on the end because my tournament life has much more value than picking up a single bet.
3. Additionally, a Q high badugi is a somewhat marginal "show down" hand in badugi (ie: about an 8-7 against unknown in 2-7 TD). I'm only getting called by hands that beat/outdrew me.
4. If villain bricked on end, most opponents don't bet on end b/c hero has shown huge strength throughout the hand.
5. Unfortunately, I think i'm beat 98% of the time when she bets into me. She could have been snowing, but it's kinda unlikely.
6. My hope was she folded after first draw if she bricked (had to draw 2 again)...
double up puts hero at ~127k in chips (or 101k if it went check/check after 3rd draw)
lady would have had 233k
old man - approximately 180k
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entering heads up play:
lady (seat 1) ~370k
old man (seat 6) - ~180k
1st: $~7.9k
2nd: $~4.7k
3rd: $~3.0k
Old man offered lady a deal:
lady: 6k
man: 5.5k
both she and i were surprised at the deal.
She rather would play for the win, or maybe an ICM deal.
old man told me later (during break, while we were both in the restroom) that he thought it was fair b/c of all the other "tournaments" that he had won - 7 card stud, et al...
IMO, the guy was way out of line. Although he has more live "experience" and tourney wins, she has played a lot online and an ICM deal is really the only way to do it. It seemed rather cocky, and he was telling me this in private too.
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overall, there seemed a good chunk of knowledgable players. I was fortunate to have a good rush of cards during the final 2 tables and final table. I'm not sure how many were truly good at all the games or not. Some definitely had leaks in split pot games...
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3/38
approximate bustout time: 6:25AM
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I watched about 30 min. of heads up (until the lo8 section), then left. Considering how unproductive I was the following day, I probably should have railed the whole thing...
tourney ended approximately 7:45-8:00AM from what I heard
lady - ended up shipping the MTT
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update: After seeing results for various other tournaments (ex) Venetian Deep Stack, etc...) posted on various online sites, I called Kathleen (Aria's poker room host) and asked if the winners list from all the Aria Poker Classic tournaments would ever get posted in [Card Player | Bluff | pokerpages.com]. Unfortunately, it does not sound like the results would ever be published. (I think it's a casino management reason. My guess is the small turnout would not reflect well on the casino....)
7/2/2010 - Aria 8 game mix winners
It was weird to have an MTT start at 5:00PM. Most of the MTTs were noon starts (sans the Binion's 2:00PM start time).
I had been prepping by waking up really late every day to prepare for the late start of the tournament.
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Tournament Structure Info
15k starting stacks
8 handed tables
7 hands per rotation
floor explained that they didn't want button on same person every time
downside (from Zach): not everyone gets button during rotation
38 players (started with 24, 14 late registered by end of first break)
rotation:
(Limit) Omaha 8
Limit Hold 'Em
Limit Stud
Pot Limit Omaha
Limit Stud 8
Limit Badugi
No Limit Hold 'em
Limit Razz
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level 1
QdJd2h
pot - guy
repot - lady
call
turn
QdJd2h6h
pot
repot - all in
call
person hand flop equity turn equity
lady QcQh3h9c 40 65
guy AdKdTx9x 60 35
flop equity:
http://www.propokertools.com/simulations/show?b=QdJd2h&g=oh&h1=QcQh3h9c&h2=AdKdTs9s
turn equity:
http://www.propokertools.com/simulations/show?b=QdJd2h6h&g=oh&h1=QcQh3h&h2=AdKdTs9s
river
QdJd2h6h9h
straight vs. flush
----lady stays alive with backdoor flush 9h
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level 1
PLO Hi
Ac3cAh3h
limper
I raise preflop -
1 caller behind
flop Tc6c4d
villain 1: checks
hero: bets 3/4 pot
villain 2: calls
villain 1: folds
Tc6c4d8h
villain 2: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
villain 2: folds
NLHE
CO raises (australian from Melbourne - I played with 10 game mix at IP)
I 3bet with queens
razz up cards:
9t8k75
(i have (a2)J - gave a walk to lady)
level 2
bricked 6th against 2 better boards
had to fold against 2 boards that didn't brick
stack at end of level 2:
15.5k
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level 3
stud/8
made flush on 5th (only 3 to low)
low never game
ended up getting bets from 1 person in the middle
badugi
couldn't better than 7 low 3-card hand after limping with 52xx
nlhe - 75/150 blinds
aggressive player in big bet games
villain: raises to 400
hero: reraises to 1100 with AJo on button
villain: 4 bets to 2700
hero: folds
end of level 4:
14.5k chips
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nlhe:
24j5
raised preflop by villain 2
villain 1 calls from bb
flop action
villain 1: check
villain 2: bet
villain 1: call
turn
villain 1: check
villain 2: bet
villain 1: raise
villain 2: shove
villain 1: 44
villain 2: a3s
a3s holds up
razz:
picked up 8 low on 5th versus guy
check/i bet/call
stack up to 20k when he show downed a brick in the hole
i went to 5th street next hand, but was forced to fold when i bricked against other player (who wasn't really bluffing too much)
next hand:
bricked 1x with strong board (8 low draw on 4th street)
brick on 5th - called with 2 other people
got to 6th - bricked again and was forced to fold
stack: 14k
lo8
sb versus bb (hero)
sb: raises
hero: 3 bets with AxAxAh5h
sb: calls
7x6h9x
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: calls
7x6h9x5h
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: tanks; folds
observations:
many players in raised (or double raised pots) tended not to fold ever on the flop in LHE or LO8 (mainly the 4 guys and other aggressive players in the pots)
this may be for image building or b/c the pot size is so large in comparison to 1 small bet
*** this is a research point that I'll have to look into)
limped pot with As2h2d3s (in mp - 1 player behind me)
5 players preflop
TsQh7s
bet from early position
1 fold
2 calls
TsQh7s6c
bet
2 calls
i raise
3 calls
TsQh7s6c5s
check
check
bet
call
fold
call
australian (early position) - shows ksqsxx (king high flush)
player behind me - shows naked a2 - quartered
hero shows: nut flush/nut low - 3/4 pot
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side notes:
Balancing tables
Normally, in a game with the button, the player who would be in the BB (based on the button location) would be moved.
In a stud game, the player who was in the same seat number would be moved. (ie: If player 6 busted at a table, player 6 from a different table would be moved to balance).
The TD made a mistake and followed the stud game ruling, even though it was a mixed game with a button. The BB should have moved (and would have changed the whole complexion of the tournament, obviously)
Because of the "wrong ruling", the TD moved the lady off of my table to another table.
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originally 2 out of 4 players in a last longer bet were seated at my table
when 1 table broke, the remaining 2 other players joined my table (until it broke)
it was very funny how some of the players didn't play all the games
1 player didn't play big bet games until other person registered
older player didn't play big bet games and just sat out b/c he wasn't good at them....
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badugi
2 players in on 1st draw
1 player drew the whole way
hero: dealt pat J9 badugi
pre-draw
fold
villain 1: limp
villain 2: limp
hero: raise
(2 folds)
villain 1: call
villain 2: call
[2|2|0]
check
check
bet
fold
call
[1|0]
check
bet
call
[1|0]
check
check
villain shows: J8 badugi and scoops
i contributed 6k into 18k pot
level 6:
stack: 14k
level 6 - 14k
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level 7
NLHE
raise with KK on button - no action from blinds
next hand
folds to cutoff
hero: raise with JJ in CO (~3x bb)
bb calls
flop:
Ks6h5h
villain: check
hero: check
turn:
Ks6h5h 7h
villain: check
hero: bet 2/3 pot
villain: min raise - slightly over min raise
hero: calls
river
Ks6h5h 7h 7c
villain leads for ~1/2 pot size bet
hero: folds
Analysis:
This was likely a mistake to have called the check raise. Against an unknown (without prior knowledge/history), a smallish check raise (or any check raise for that matters) usually means 1 pair is no good, even in a NLHE MTT.
razz:
other door cards (7 handed):
5, 2, 2, 6, x, x
hero: (52)6 in hole
3 folds
villain: (xx)3 completes
hero: raises
all others fold
villain: (xx)38
hero: (52)6j
villain: bets
hero: calls
villain: (xx)385
hero: (52)6j7
villain bets
hero tanks, then folds
Analysis:
3 bet is good because of all the dead cards. Although not as big of a factor, villain has been somewhat aggressive on steals and had shown a brick in the hole in an earlier level.
I can peel 4th b/c there it was 3 bet on 4th + all the dead cards duplicate my hand. I didn't do the math, but I believe this is an acceptable play.
Hero only has 3 big bets left in stack. I could likely be ahead, but I decide to fold. I'm likely peeling in a cash game, but determine that my tournament life is slightly more important. This may have been a mistake.
LHE
raised with aces in MP - no action
raise with AsKs in EP - got 2 callers
cbet 585 flop and got folds from other players
Stud Hi
missed opportunity to
raise from (8c) in front
2c (8c)74c
3 bet with (JsQs)Ts against early position raiser and everyone folded
with my board reading (8h8c)Ah, I got bets from 2 players on 3rd/4th street.
approximately 20k
badugi:
4 folds
1 limper
i raise with 5h4h2cas
blinds fold
limper calls
draws: (villain|hero)
1|1
I make an 8 badugi (8d4h2cAs)
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: calls
1|0
villain: checks
hero: bets
1|0
villain: checks
hero: bets
villain: calls
villain shows: 7 badugi
hero shows: 8 badugi
villain: wins bot
razz:
(don't rememember dead cards)
hero: (62)538
1 villain: (57)839
(3 folds)
hero: completes
villain calls
(2 folds)
bet/call on every street (4th/5th)
hero is all in by 5th street
hero's 86 holds up and hero doubles up
hero's stack: 14.5k
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level 9
I am moved to another table (about 20/38 remain)
game rotations work with each table, so the table has a different game going...
PLO
I pick up AdAxTdTc
(folds to hero)
hero: raise on button
1 blind calls
flop: TdKsQd
hero: check
hero cbets
villain: folds
stud/8
villain:
(bringin)
villain: raises
hero completes on 3rd street
everyone folds
villain calls: (wearing VDS shirt)
villain: (xx)AdQs8h
hero: (32)45a
villain checks 4th street and hero bets
on 5th street
villain checks
hero bets
villain examines by stack, raises to put me all in, i call
villain: (AT)AQ86(8)
hero: (32)45a85
villain: shows aces up
hero: shows 5 high straight and 5432a for low
hero scoops
analysis:
I'm not sure the raise on 5th street was smart for villain...although I'm likely betting 6th anyway and getting all in. Unfortunately, I lost 1 big bet of value b/c I was short stacked.
stack: 27k
badugi: stack size drops to 24k due to blinds
level 10 break
stack: 21k
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level 11
PLO
hero dealt (AKT9)
villain shows KK**
hero pots
villain repots
hero calls all in
A2c3c7xtx
hero's hand wins with aces up and doubles up
level 12 break:
34k
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level 13
PLO
hero: dealt in SB AcKcKsJs
raiser in LP
I repot with hand
raiser calls
AK* flop
I cbet
villain folds
villain says he had double (or single) suited rundown)
stud/8
hero has (67)a
hero completes
one caller with 3s
hero: (67)A4
villain: (xx)3sKh
hero bets
villain calls
hero: (67)A45 (no chance of flush)
villain: (xx)3sKh5s
hero bets
villain folds
stack: 75k
badugi:
2 limpers
sb (hero) - limped with A2s5s5h
bb - raises
everyone calls (4 players total)
draws: [2|1|1|1]
hero gets 8 3-card hand
check
bet
call
call
hero: folds
61k as table breaks
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final table redraw:
(seats are rechosen, game is rechosen at random)
(seats are redrawn)
(button redrawn)
(8 cards dealt - highest card is first game to restart rotation)
with 9 players, we lost 2 players (1 at each table)
final table only had 7 players
1: lady (seat 1)
2: older stud player (USA)
3: young guy
4: hero (USA)
5: middle aged man
6: older British person
7: VDS shirt person (he said he's made 2 deep runs previous 2 days (including 1k win at Bellagio's LHE; he was short stack after losing some big pots at the final table; he also requested giving money to bubble person, but seat 5 didn't want anything to do with it)
(level 16)
NLHE
hero in SB
hero - dealt QQ
folds to seat 4
villain: raises (3.5x bb)
hero: 3bets (10x bb)
villain: shoves
hero: calls
villain: shows KQo
hero's hand holds up
hero: stack 100k
villain: ~20k
a couple hands later
villain (seat 4): raises in hijack (2 off button)
hero: reraises with TT (40k)
villain: calls
hero's hand holds up
hero's stack: 114k
seat 3: eliminated
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lady in seat 1 went on a rush after a losing a hand or 2 and was around ~100-120k
seat 6 kept getting big hands + action in badugi and had ~150-170k
seat 7 eventually bubbled (stayed alive a little bit in o8, but lost stack in LHE.
level 17
early position raiser (seat 2)
seat 2: raises
hero: picks up K6K9 (no suit); hero tanks, trying to figure out if flop needs to be seen
hero: repots
seat 2: calls all in
villain: AJT9
hero: K6K9
board: As8s4s2c9h
neither player has spades
villain: doubles up
hero's stack: 79k
a couple hands later
seat 2: raises
hero: picks up AsAx*s*x
(aces with 1 suit)
hero: repots
seat 2: goes in the tank, eventually folds
hero: shows down hand
stud hi
seat 2 had raised about 3 times in rotation with just high cards and got the antes/bringin.
(bringin)
(1 folds)
seat 2: shows (xx)K
seat 2: raises
hero: has (t9)9
hero: 3 bets
(bringin folds)
seat 2: calls
for every street starting on 4th, it went
2: checks
hero: bets
2: calls
boards:
hero: (ts9h)9c6cJc8c(kh)
villain: (xx)KsQdAs9s(xx)
river:
villain: checks
hero: checks
villain: shows busted ace high flush draw
hero: shows 9s to win pot
analysis:
Hero forgot his hand strating on 4th street! (Yes, that is not a typo). I decided to play my board the whole way.
I thought on 6th i actually had 3 8s, or that was my thinking process.
When i saw my actual hand on the river, i decided to check b/c I thought i wouldn't have much fold equity in that spot with so much money in the pot.
I ended up telling him after the hand and when he got eliminated that I normally don't bluff like that. He responded with "I shouldn't have ever called in first place".
It appears I was "value bluffing" with the best hand.
villain tanked 6th before calling
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approximate stack sizes (level 17-18):
(seat 4 lost a couple of big pots in stud/hi to player 1 and became a short stack - ie: can't see all the streets without being all in)
1: 140k
2: 35k
3: 110k <--- hero
4: 30k
5: 200k
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stud hi/lo
(ah8c)6s
9 and 2 (bringin) behind
should have completed
turned out hero may have lost lots of bets; pocket queens in hole
(qq)2
This was definite candidate to steal...i could have peeled a street if reraised, although I'm not sure with my stack size (~5-6 big bets) if it was worth it to gamble to see 4th.
I was probably nitty at this spot.
(88)7 - raise by k
I folded here as well...kinda nitty and probably not a fold in a cash game.
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Player 4 got eliminated in stud/8 as 2 other plaers in the hand. One won high, and a different player got low.
Eventually player 2 got busted in badugi.
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next hand after player 2 eliminated
approximate stack sizes at 3 players:
old english man (seat 6): ~180k
lady (seat 1): ~240k
hero (seat 4): ~61k
total chips in play: 570k (38 * 15k)
badugi (~6 am)
61k (4k-8k 8k-16k)
dead button
1: raises in CO
hero: 3 bets (dealt rough? q964)
6: folds
1: CO folds
[0|2] - she asks me if she should draw 1 or 2 - i said "it's up to you if you want to coinflip" - so she draws 2 (she eventually told me she threw away a jack 3-card hand)
hero: bets
villain: calls
[0|1]
hero: bets
villain: calls
[0|1]
hero: checks
villain: bets
hero: tanks, unhappy to call, but calls for tournament life
hero: shows queen badugi
villain: shows 6 badugi
villain: scoops pot
Analysis:
1. This is essentially a coin flip if villain draws 1 for 3 draws versus pat q badugi. She drew 2 on the first draw though, so I'm not sure about the math (she told me she broke a 3 card J)...
2. I check on the end because my tournament life has much more value than picking up a single bet.
3. Additionally, a Q high badugi is a somewhat marginal "show down" hand in badugi (ie: about an 8-7 against unknown in 2-7 TD). I'm only getting called by hands that beat/outdrew me.
4. If villain bricked on end, most opponents don't bet on end b/c hero has shown huge strength throughout the hand.
5. Unfortunately, I think i'm beat 98% of the time when she bets into me. She could have been snowing, but it's kinda unlikely.
6. My hope was she folded after first draw if she bricked (had to draw 2 again)...
double up puts hero at ~127k in chips (or 101k if it went check/check after 3rd draw)
lady would have had 233k
old man - approximately 180k
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entering heads up play:
lady (seat 1) ~370k
old man (seat 6) - ~180k
1st: $~7.9k
2nd: $~4.7k
3rd: $~3.0k
Old man offered lady a deal:
lady: 6k
man: 5.5k
both she and i were surprised at the deal.
She rather would play for the win, or maybe an ICM deal.
old man told me later (during break, while we were both in the restroom) that he thought it was fair b/c of all the other "tournaments" that he had won - 7 card stud, et al...
IMO, the guy was way out of line. Although he has more live "experience" and tourney wins, she has played a lot online and an ICM deal is really the only way to do it. It seemed rather cocky, and he was telling me this in private too.
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overall, there seemed a good chunk of knowledgable players. I was fortunate to have a good rush of cards during the final 2 tables and final table. I'm not sure how many were truly good at all the games or not. Some definitely had leaks in split pot games...
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3/38
approximate bustout time: 6:25AM
550 -> 3027
Ok, this was my first live cash and was moderately excited (probably due to the time of morning) - I decided to take a picture with my camera phone before I cashed it into the cashier.
Ok, this was my first live cash and was moderately excited (probably due to the time of morning) - I decided to take a picture with my camera phone before I cashed it into the cashier.
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I watched about 30 min. of heads up (until the lo8 section), then left. Considering how unproductive I was the following day, I probably should have railed the whole thing...
tourney ended approximately 7:45-8:00AM from what I heard
lady - ended up shipping the MTT
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update: After seeing results for various other tournaments (ex) Venetian Deep Stack, etc...) posted on various online sites, I called Kathleen (Aria's poker room host) and asked if the winners list from all the Aria Poker Classic tournaments would ever get posted in [Card Player | Bluff | pokerpages.com]. Unfortunately, it does not sound like the results would ever be published. (I think it's a casino management reason. My guess is the small turnout would not reflect well on the casino....)
We would like to thank you for playing in our ARIA Classic 2010. Congratulations for placing 3rd on the 8 Game Mix on Friday July 2, 2010. Please find attached Final Winners List. We do look forward to seeing you play here at ARIA soon.
7/2/2010 - Aria 8 game mix winners
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