$125 PLO MTT with $100 rebuys.
2500 starting chips with 2500 chip rebuys when stack <= 2500. 5000 chip add on after 4 levels.
Blinds start at 25/50.
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Player reads:
1 "youngish guy originally from Shaker Heights high school"
2 older guy with glasses; possibly British (ended up running deep possibly)
3 hero
4 guy with glasses; seemed to talk about folded hands sometimes
5 "London" person; also played some cash games
6
7 middle aged guy; very nitty (opened few hands)
8 guy with a small card protector, initally bought in for double stack
9 guy with blonde, slicked back hair
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Table initially started 5 handed
Only 2 players bought in for a double stack (hero & seat 8)
Hero's stack: 5000
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Hero chopped an early limped pot at 25/50 level with AQxx on Qxxxx board.
Blinds: 50/100
Hero dealt on button: AKT7 (AK) (T7) ds
4 limpers
Hero reraises to 400
BB: 3b to 1700
other players fold
Hero: reraises AI
AKT7 ds < AJT3 ss
Hero is out of chips and double rebuys (4 entries)
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Hero dealt in CO: AJ96 (AJ) ss
(4 players - 400 in pot)
Flop: J64 two tone (hero has no FD)
4 checks
(4 players - 400 in pot)
Turn: J64Q two tone
2 checks
Hero: bets 300
Vil: raises to 1200
2 folds
hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Limping with suited ace seems ok.
Flop: Many hands are calling with 4 players in. Hero should have thought about bet/calling here.
Turn: Hero waited for "blank turn". This didn't complete any draws, but hero got raised by a hand that backed into something.
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Hero dealt in EP: AA52 (A2) suited
1 limp:
Hero raised
limper: calls
(2 players - 900 in pot)
KQJ two tone (hero has BDFD)
limper: donks near PSB
hero: folds
Analysis:
Flop: Hero doesn't have enough to get villain to fold as a "nut blocker play" plus this really hits villain's limp/call range as villain didn't seem too crazy.
Hero adds chips for 2500 as hero lost some chips in the smaller pots and fell below 2500.
Hero's rebuy count: 5
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Hero's stack: 4800
Hero dealt in MP: KKxx ss
Hero raises to 900.
Short stack: reraises AI for 2500 total.
Hero: calls
Short stack (seat 9): Shows QQ76 and rivers straight.
KKxx < QQ76 on J4258.
Hero rebuys 1x.
Hero's rebuy count: 6
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Blinds: 100/200
At one of the other tables, 5 people ended up all in preflop (given their stacks are between 10-25BB).
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Hero dealt in MP: KK65 rainbow
7 (EP): raises to 700
folds to hero
Hero: 3-bets to 2000
6 (2500 in chips): goes all in
7: reraises all in
Hero: calls.
7: shows AA85 ss
6: shows AT98 ds
KK65 r > aa85 ss > at98 ds on qt423 no flush draw
Analysis:
Preflop: Over 50-60 hands, player had few VPIP and first time villain had raised....Maybe it's too small of a sample size to jam preflop...
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Hero's stack at break:
13800 200 400 after 5000 addon
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Shortly after break:
Hero dealt in UTG+1: AAK5 rainbow
1 fold
Hero: limps
3 folds
6: raises pot
Hero: reraises pot (leaving ~2000 chips behind)
6: tanks for a while, then calls
AAK5 r < JT98 ss on J728T.
Analysis:
Preflop: TBH, this should have been a small raise preflop and more effectively jam.
Hero's thought process on limp/reraise is some live villiains will fold (incorrectly) knowing they are putting their money in badly.
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Blinds: 200/400
Hero's stack: 1000
blinds pass as hero had bad hands for a 3-4 way pot.
hero with 400 in chips
Hero limped all in with suited ace and flopped BDFD. Hero bricks and is out in 40.
Hero out: 40/58 (122 rebuys)
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
1-3 PLO PLO8 mix cash game at Commerce
1-3 blinds. 300 max buyin.
The game changed from PLO to PLO8 every 8 hands.
The dealer button had a "Hi" and "Lo" side that flipped over when the game changed.
Additionally, small blind is taken immediately for rake, even if there is no drop.
There were 1-2 tables running during my session.
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player reads: none really
1
2
3
4
5 hero?
6
7
8
9
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No reads on villain in hand.
40BB effective ($120) for villain.
Hero dealt: AT42 double suited
folds to hero
hero raises to $15
villain: calls in BB
(2 players - $20 in pot)
Flop: AT6 (rainbow, hero has BDFD)
villain: checks
hero: bets $15
villain: calls
(2 players - $50 in pot)
Turn: AT68 (brings hero NFD on turn)
villain: checks
hero: bets $40
villain: calls
(2 players - $130 in pot)
AT689
villain: checks
hero: checks
Hero chops pot as villain shows 23xx.
Analysis:
Preflop/Flop/Turn: This seems ok.
River: There's thin value to bet as worse hands like A25x may call a river bet.
The game changed from PLO to PLO8 every 8 hands.
The dealer button had a "Hi" and "Lo" side that flipped over when the game changed.
Additionally, small blind is taken immediately for rake, even if there is no drop.
There were 1-2 tables running during my session.
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player reads: none really
1
2
3
4
5 hero?
6
7
8
9
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No reads on villain in hand.
40BB effective ($120) for villain.
Hero dealt: AT42 double suited
folds to hero
hero raises to $15
villain: calls in BB
(2 players - $20 in pot)
Flop: AT6 (rainbow, hero has BDFD)
villain: checks
hero: bets $15
villain: calls
(2 players - $50 in pot)
Turn: AT68 (brings hero NFD on turn)
villain: checks
hero: bets $40
villain: calls
(2 players - $130 in pot)
AT689
villain: checks
hero: checks
Hero chops pot as villain shows 23xx.
Analysis:
Preflop/Flop/Turn: This seems ok.
River: There's thin value to bet as worse hands like A25x may call a river bet.
Monday, November 11, 2013
350 NLHE Bounties MTT at Best Bet Jacksonville
$350 NLHE MTT with Bounties
10k starting chips. Blinds start at 25/50.
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Late Registrant Table
1 woman who was in the HORSE MTT (shortish hair)
2
3 man
4 African American guy
5
6
7 guy who took bounty card - Hero didn't realize seat card = bounty
8 older woman
9 older woman with glasses?
10 Hero
Hero jumps into his first NLHE MTT with bounties. (Also, this is the first live NLHE MTT in 2+ years.)
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Blinds: 100/200
Hero played some small pots early after limping behind, but folded to action.
Hero also played raised pots, but couldn't win any showdowns.
Effective stacks: ~8000
Hero dealt in SB: 75ss
folds to hero in SB
Hero raises to 500
BB: calls
(2 players - 1000 in pot)
Flop: 7h 7d 5d
hero: bets 700
BB: calls
(2 players - 2400 in pot)
Turn: 7h 7d 5d Tc
hero: checks
BB: bets 1500
hero: calls
(2 players - 5400 in pot)
River: 7h 7d 5d Tc Qd
hero shoves river for ~8000
BB: calls
BB shows Queen high flush and is out of MTT.
Hero picks up bounty and almost doubles up.
Analysis:
Hero raised against an unknown and guessed that she could be an MTT random as she also played HORSE and busted quickly.
Villain seemed to be very exploitably aggressive in the 4-5 hands before this hand played out.
Preflop: This seems ok as long as hero doesn't just give up.
Flop: Most of hero's range should cbet here.
Turn: Hero emulates missing and allows aggressive villain to bet for hero.
River: This card is great as it looks like a bluff on a scare card. Hero may get hands as weak as 2 pair to call.
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Hero's stack: 17800 @ 150/300/25
Hero received a black card. Not realizing it was a bounty card, hero almost gave it away by accident before receiving black chip for bounty :(
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Hero dealt UTG: JJ
Hero (seat 7) - raised UTG to 750
3 (or 4): called
10 (button) - called
blinds fold
(3 players - 2925 in pot)
Flop: J63 rainbow
Hero: bets 1500
3: calls
10: calls
(3 players - 7425 in pot)
Turn: J635 two tone
Hero: bets 3500
3: calls
10: calls
(3 players - 17925 in pot)
River: J6355 two tone
Hero: checks
3: checks
10: checks
Analysis:
Preflop: Standard.
Flop: Standard, but argument to check and slowplay.
Turn: Standard to setup river shove...and wose hands like pair+straight draw call but argument to check and slowplay.
River: Hero had no reason to check river back in hopes someone tries to steal. Are villains really going to bet as a bluff here? More likely, they may call with worse...so, this seems like a missed value bet.
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Second Table
1 20s African american man
2
3 middle aged Caucasian
4 [Indian person; 20s]
5 African American woman who was looking to bust; eventually younger white guy replaces him (20s)
6 Hero
7 older, bigger guy
8 middle aged guy?
9 ? younger guy?
10 african american guy with long hair
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Short stack was tilted in big blind with 10bb. Hero iso folded kqs against limp reshove.
Blinds: 200/400/50
BB (seat 8): ~4k (10 BB)
UTG (seat 1): ~20k (50 BB)
Hero (seat 6): ~28k (60BB)
UTG (1): limps
folds to hero
Hero: raises with KQs
BB: reraises all in
1: reraises all in
Hero: sighs/folds
Analysis:
Hero thought limper would fold instead of reraise all in. Hero had no real reads on any of the players.
FWIW, a number of people were telling me "we knew this person was going all in...". My guess is it's the same group of regs that play these tournaments...
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Blinds: 200/400/50
Hero dealt in CO: 97s
Hero's image (outside of preflop raise/fold) - TAG.
No real reads on villain (seat 7)
folds to hero
hero: raises to 1000
7: calls
all other players fold
(2 players - 2950 in pot)
Flop: 833 (rainbow)
hero: bets 1500
7: calls
(2 players - 5950 in pot)
Turn: 8335 (hero picks up BDFD)
hero: bets 3500
7: calls
(2 players - 12950 in pot)
River: 83355 (rainbow)
hero: checks
7: checks
Villain called with pair.
Hero folds.
Analysis:
Preflop/Flop: The overall line (preflop/flop) seem very standard.
Turn: This seems like a good spot to 2 barrel. Hero picks up some backdoor equity as well.
River: Hero could 3 barrel, but it's hard to know if villain can fold a pair to 3 barrels...
Hero's stack: 22425 @ 200/400
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Blinds: 300/600/75
No reads:
Hero's dealt AKo. 9k stack reraises behind hero.
AK > KQ
Hero's stack: 32900
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Observation: In these small stakes MTTs, people make lots of blocking bets with flush draws.
Unsure of true accuracy given that hero hasn't played a live NLHE MTT in years, and hero rarely plays live NLHE cash games.
Another observation: A rookie dealer (who had been chip runner in past) was dealing to my table. It's a horrible spot for a rookie dealer b/c they have to collect antes (which is another step that is more complicated...). Dealer should have came in prior to antes starting.
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Hero dealt: TT
20BB stack in earlier position raised to 2400.
Hero 3b.
20BB stack folds.
Hero's stack: 32800 400 800 100.
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Hero dealt: AKo
Short stack with about ~10k raises to ~2000.
Hero reraised all in with AKo
AKo > ATs when hero rivers broadway.
Hero's stack: 46300 @ 500 1000 100
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At break: 43600 800 1600.
Guy with small stack called hero raise and folded with <10bb .="" br="">32 remaining. 16 pay.
Hero gets moved to another table.
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Third Table
1 middle aged guy/no reads
2 middle aged guy/no reads
3 [Kevin]
4 middle aged guy/no reads
5 woman initially before middle aged person
6 [Derek]
7 old guy with a really big stack; turned out to be fish
8 young guy; "folded 8s instead of squeezing; folded Ts when Derek & hero jammed with AK]
9 Hero
10 ["Keith"] - his girlfriend was railing and helping out getting gum/food, etc...
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Hero dealt in MP: QQ
1 limp
5 (lady): raises
Hero: raises AI
5: calls
QQ > AKo
89600 @ 800/1600/200
Observation: There has been a lot of open limping.
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Hero dealt: AQo
Player's stacks are about 40BB deep.
UTG (tighter player): raises
CO: calls
Hero: calls?
Analysis: Hero feels like it's a spew to jam if tighter player is really tight. Or is hero wrong and not squeezing here is bad?
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Blinds: 1000/2000/300
Hero: dealt AA
7/cutoff (80k, old man): raises to 6500
8/Button (40k, middle aged man): calls
9/SB (younger 20-ish guy): calls
hero: raises to 30k
7: reraises AI
8: folds
9: tanks for a while, then folds
hero: calls
7: shows AK
9: says he folded 88
board runs 87J53 (flopping set for seat 9) and hero scoops big pot.
Hero's stack: 175k, as 7 had hero covered by 6k.
Analysis:
Hero doesn't know right size to raise here. 20k? 30k? AI?
Squeeze seems to be best even with a medium strength hand (and not just top of range).
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Hero raised to 5k with 88.
Hero was raised all in on by a short stack (without reads) for 10k.
88 < JJ for 19.5k
Hero's on the bbuble. There was a 2 table bubble as 16 places were paid out.
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preflop squeeze size raising:
Blinds: 1000/2000/200
UTG: raises to 6k
2 callers
Big Stack squeezes to 25k in position.
other players fold
Perhaps hero's raise sizing in a NLHE MTT setting is too big. Maybe it should be closer to 3/4 pot sized raise to "risk less chips and generate same amount of fold equity".
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As hero sat at this table, some dynamics were forming.
1. 3-bet dynamic was forming as hero noticed seat 6 was raising often as PFR. Hero began to notice and start 3-betting light. It had succeeded 2x.
2. Against seat 10, it had folded to hero in SB. 2 times, hero folded junk OOP. Both seat 10 and hero were relatively deep (ranging from 40-60+BB deep)
3. Hero talked with seat 3 [Kevin] on break regarding 3-bet/4-bet note about 1 hand.
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Hero: dealt 66
6: raised to 5k
folds to hero
hero (button): raised to 15k
6: villain folds
Hero wins preflop.
Analysis: Hero forgot to think about is this a 3b/jam or 3b/f spot.
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Blinds: 1500/3000/500
This is the last hand before break. Currently, MTT is still on the bubble. Table had been playing fairly tight overall.
Hero dealt in HJ: 5s 4s
folds to hero
hero (CO): raises to 7000
10 (But - 200k): calls
1 (SB - 100k): calls
(3 players - ~23k)
Flop: Qc 2c 6s
SB: checks
Hero: bets 12k
But/10: calls
SB: folds
(2 players - ~47k)
Turn: Qc 2c 6s 5c
Hero: Thinks, then bets 25k
But/10 (200k): reraised small to 60k
Hero: Thinks for a couple minutes, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: This seems ok to open at a tighter table.
Flop: Hero's betting gut shot as it likely misses villain's ranges (consisting of broadway cards). Small pairs could call as could flush draws.
Turn: What is villain's range on flop? Does it consist more of pairs that will call? Will they fold to 2nd barrel? Hero thought they would so hero was going to "turn hand into bluff" and bet/fold his low equity hand...
Should hero be check/folding here? bet calling?
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Hero's stack at break: 127k 2000 4000 500
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AI situation involving 3 players (including seat 6):
6: raised preflop and got 2 callers
6: checks
second shortest stack: bets
short stack: calls AI
6: check raises AI
second stack: calls
Short stack ships and big stack check raises on 76t monotone.
shortest stack had JTo
second shortest stack had 76o
6 (large stack) had Kx Kd (2nd nut flush draw)
Board: 76TT7 (3 flush on flop/turn/river)
Analysis:
Not sure how accurate this is, but the check raise by seat 6 seems fine on a monotone board as some players may easily bet worse hands and then seat 6 can reraise all in (bad pairs, naked nut flush draw, etc...)
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Hero eventually gets ITM after nearly 2 levels of actually being in the bubble (maybe 20 hands).
Read: After the bubble burst, Hero noticed seat 4 3-bet and fold as UTG.
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Hero was PFR (raising broadway range in LP) and is called by BB.
Flop: AA7 two tone
Villain seemed to hesitate before checking to hero.
Hero: bets
Villain check raises about 3/4 pot.
Hero folds.
Analysis: Hero needs to be paying more attention to physical reads especially in live MTT. Hero could have easily made a delayed cbet with most of range, giving villain chance to reveal hand strength by acting first on turn.
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Hero dealt in SB: AKo
folds to seat 4
4: raises to 9k
folds to seat 8
8: calls
folds to hero
Hero: raises to 30k
4: reraises all in to 60k
8: thinks/folds
Hero: calls
8 - shows AKo
Board: TTJ32
Chopped pot
Analysis: Villain didn't seem like total nit, so I think this is fine as worse hands like AQ might be jamming here.
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blinds: 2000/4000/500
Hero dealt in BB: QQ
folds to CO
CO: limps
But: limps
SB: folds
Hero: raises to 14k
CO: folds
But: calls
Hero bets dry flop (like T33r?) and wins pot.
Analysis: Hero raised too small preflop. Hero could probably have made the raise to 20k and gotten same caller.
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Hero didn't c/r shove random late position PFR on 929 board. Hero wasn't sure why...
Hero's stack: 90k at 2500 5000 500
Hero dealt: AKo
(folds to SB)
SB: reraises AI for 40k (8bb)
Hero: calls
AK > T8.
136k at 2500 5000 500
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Hero lost some chips by raise/folding preflop.
Hero's stack at break: 100000 @ 3000/6000/1000
11 or 12 players remained on 2 tables.
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Just after the break: Seat 6 continued to be opening fairly regularly. Hero decided to take a stand.
Hero dealt: JTs
6: raises to 15k
Hero: raises all in for 99k
6: thinks for a little bit, then calls.
6: shows 88.
JTs > 88.
Hero flops a J (doesn't remember full board run out).
Analysis:
Hero's not sure if this is really a good hand (equity wise) to jam here. Hero's rarely behind, but not usually ahead either...
There was likely a good amount of fold equity though.
Eventually, final table bubble bursts and seats are redrawn for final table. The floor also gave us Best Bet Jacksonville T-shirts for making the final table (although they didn't have enough of the bigger sizes...)
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Final Table
1 ["Keith"] - tighter player who folded JJ face up
2 [Derek]
3 Hero
4 quiet, older man
5
6 guy who seemed to push for "getting bounty chips paid out for each player]
7 Guy with glasses who I briefly mentioned that I was 3b/fold (he 3 bet a ton)
8 younger guy in 20s-30s?
9 ?
10 maniac lady
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(against seat 1)
Blinds: 3k/6k/1k1's stack size:
Reads:
Seat 1 was player who had seen me play very tight early on as we played a couple hours together.
Hero: Dealt T8s
(folds to seat 1)
1 (HJ - 200k): raises to 18k
2: folds
3 (hero/Button - 200k): raises to 60k
other players fold
1: tanks for a while, then folds JJ face up
Seat 1 said he wouldn't know what to do on various flops (like low flops such as 752r)
I have been so nitty to guy as big blind against another guy. I got him to fold jj.
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Hero and seat 7 were 200k+ deep (35BB).
Hero was PFR in late position raising to 15k at 3k/6k/1k, but seat 7 3-bet me twice. First when villain was the SB; then 2nd time as CO.
Hero raise/folded J9s.
Hero flatted second time with KQs and c/f on T66 rainbow board.
Analysis: Maybe hero should have 4 bet. Maybe hero should have floated 2 streets...
Villain knew hero was likely competent and sometimes opening wide. Hero's very unsure of 3b/4b ranges and needs to review these spots.
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Hero was more active at final table, opening 3 pots in 12-13 hands at the final table.
Hero noticed seat 2 was opening wide.
Hero dealt on button: JJ
folds to seat 2
2: reraises all in
hero: raises all in
JJ > T9o
Hero's stack: 245k
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blinds: 4k/8k/1k
Seat 10 (lady) seemed to be kind of crazy and was opening a lot of pots in a couple orbits.
10's stack: ~170k
Hero's stack: 240k
Hero dealt in LP: A4s
10: raises to 24k
folds to hero
hero: raises to 55k
10: calls
(2 players - 122k)
Flop: J85 two tone (hero has nut flush draw)
10: bets all in (115k)
Hero: calls
10 shows: ATo
Turn/River: J8536 (2-flush, flush never completes.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero thinks villain might raise/fold, but this was likely a mistake for live villain. Villain is raising fairly wide based on hero's perception of range, but this is a thin value raise.
Flop: Hero also doesn't have position and is forced to call it off with right price + possibly best hand sometimes.
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Hero's stack: 60k @ 4k/8k/1k
Hero dealt in SB: Q4s
folds to hero in SB
Hero: raises all in
BB: thinks for a while, then folds.
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A couple hands later:
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k
Hero dealt in MP: AJs
10: raises to 30k
Hero: reraises all in for 75k
10: calls
10: shows T9s (same flush draw)
Board: 9839A (no flush draw).
Hero out in 7th.
Analysis:
Preflop: With such wide villain preflop range, this is a shove for value.
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7/140 for $980.
6 bounties + got last 1 back when 7 handed = 7 bounties @ $100 = $700
Hero crippled two players to M less than 1 (3 bb) but no bounty.
Total: $1680
Stack mid-way through MTT
Bounty Card
Winnings + 7 bounties
Overall Analysis: Hero felt that he played horribly and was making very bad decisions in 10-30 BB poker. Hero's adding "pushbot poker" to the eventual to do list hopefully soon.
10k starting chips. Blinds start at 25/50.
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Late Registrant Table
1 woman who was in the HORSE MTT (shortish hair)
2
3 man
4 African American guy
5
6
7 guy who took bounty card - Hero didn't realize seat card = bounty
8 older woman
9 older woman with glasses?
10 Hero
Hero jumps into his first NLHE MTT with bounties. (Also, this is the first live NLHE MTT in 2+ years.)
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Blinds: 100/200
Hero played some small pots early after limping behind, but folded to action.
Hero also played raised pots, but couldn't win any showdowns.
Effective stacks: ~8000
Hero dealt in SB: 75ss
folds to hero in SB
Hero raises to 500
BB: calls
(2 players - 1000 in pot)
Flop: 7h 7d 5d
hero: bets 700
BB: calls
(2 players - 2400 in pot)
Turn: 7h 7d 5d Tc
hero: checks
BB: bets 1500
hero: calls
(2 players - 5400 in pot)
River: 7h 7d 5d Tc Qd
hero shoves river for ~8000
BB: calls
BB shows Queen high flush and is out of MTT.
Hero picks up bounty and almost doubles up.
Analysis:
Hero raised against an unknown and guessed that she could be an MTT random as she also played HORSE and busted quickly.
Villain seemed to be very exploitably aggressive in the 4-5 hands before this hand played out.
Preflop: This seems ok as long as hero doesn't just give up.
Flop: Most of hero's range should cbet here.
Turn: Hero emulates missing and allows aggressive villain to bet for hero.
River: This card is great as it looks like a bluff on a scare card. Hero may get hands as weak as 2 pair to call.
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Hero's stack: 17800 @ 150/300/25
Hero received a black card. Not realizing it was a bounty card, hero almost gave it away by accident before receiving black chip for bounty :(
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Hero dealt UTG: JJ
Hero (seat 7) - raised UTG to 750
3 (or 4): called
10 (button) - called
blinds fold
(3 players - 2925 in pot)
Flop: J63 rainbow
Hero: bets 1500
3: calls
10: calls
(3 players - 7425 in pot)
Turn: J635 two tone
Hero: bets 3500
3: calls
10: calls
(3 players - 17925 in pot)
River: J6355 two tone
Hero: checks
3: checks
10: checks
Analysis:
Preflop: Standard.
Flop: Standard, but argument to check and slowplay.
Turn: Standard to setup river shove...and wose hands like pair+straight draw call but argument to check and slowplay.
River: Hero had no reason to check river back in hopes someone tries to steal. Are villains really going to bet as a bluff here? More likely, they may call with worse...so, this seems like a missed value bet.
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Second Table
1 20s African american man
2
3 middle aged Caucasian
4 [Indian person; 20s]
5 African American woman who was looking to bust; eventually younger white guy replaces him (20s)
6 Hero
7 older, bigger guy
8 middle aged guy?
9 ? younger guy?
10 african american guy with long hair
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Short stack was tilted in big blind with 10bb. Hero iso folded kqs against limp reshove.
Blinds: 200/400/50
BB (seat 8): ~4k (10 BB)
UTG (seat 1): ~20k (50 BB)
Hero (seat 6): ~28k (60BB)
UTG (1): limps
folds to hero
Hero: raises with KQs
BB: reraises all in
1: reraises all in
Hero: sighs/folds
Analysis:
Hero thought limper would fold instead of reraise all in. Hero had no real reads on any of the players.
FWIW, a number of people were telling me "we knew this person was going all in...". My guess is it's the same group of regs that play these tournaments...
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Blinds: 200/400/50
Hero dealt in CO: 97s
Hero's image (outside of preflop raise/fold) - TAG.
No real reads on villain (seat 7)
folds to hero
hero: raises to 1000
7: calls
all other players fold
(2 players - 2950 in pot)
Flop: 833 (rainbow)
hero: bets 1500
7: calls
(2 players - 5950 in pot)
Turn: 8335 (hero picks up BDFD)
hero: bets 3500
7: calls
(2 players - 12950 in pot)
River: 83355 (rainbow)
hero: checks
7: checks
Villain called with pair.
Hero folds.
Analysis:
Preflop/Flop: The overall line (preflop/flop) seem very standard.
Turn: This seems like a good spot to 2 barrel. Hero picks up some backdoor equity as well.
River: Hero could 3 barrel, but it's hard to know if villain can fold a pair to 3 barrels...
Hero's stack: 22425 @ 200/400
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Blinds: 300/600/75
No reads:
Hero's dealt AKo. 9k stack reraises behind hero.
AK > KQ
Hero's stack: 32900
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Observation: In these small stakes MTTs, people make lots of blocking bets with flush draws.
Unsure of true accuracy given that hero hasn't played a live NLHE MTT in years, and hero rarely plays live NLHE cash games.
Another observation: A rookie dealer (who had been chip runner in past) was dealing to my table. It's a horrible spot for a rookie dealer b/c they have to collect antes (which is another step that is more complicated...). Dealer should have came in prior to antes starting.
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Hero dealt: TT
20BB stack in earlier position raised to 2400.
Hero 3b.
20BB stack folds.
Hero's stack: 32800 400 800 100.
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Hero dealt: AKo
Short stack with about ~10k raises to ~2000.
Hero reraised all in with AKo
AKo > ATs when hero rivers broadway.
Hero's stack: 46300 @ 500 1000 100
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At break: 43600 800 1600.
Guy with small stack called hero raise and folded with <10bb .="" br="">32 remaining. 16 pay.
Hero gets moved to another table.
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Third Table
1 middle aged guy/no reads
2 middle aged guy/no reads
3 [Kevin]
4 middle aged guy/no reads
5 woman initially before middle aged person
6 [Derek]
7 old guy with a really big stack; turned out to be fish
8 young guy; "folded 8s instead of squeezing; folded Ts when Derek & hero jammed with AK]
9 Hero
10 ["Keith"] - his girlfriend was railing and helping out getting gum/food, etc...
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Hero dealt in MP: QQ
1 limp
5 (lady): raises
Hero: raises AI
5: calls
QQ > AKo
89600 @ 800/1600/200
Observation: There has been a lot of open limping.
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Hero dealt: AQo
Player's stacks are about 40BB deep.
UTG (tighter player): raises
CO: calls
Hero: calls?
Analysis: Hero feels like it's a spew to jam if tighter player is really tight. Or is hero wrong and not squeezing here is bad?
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Blinds: 1000/2000/300
Hero: dealt AA
7/cutoff (80k, old man): raises to 6500
8/Button (40k, middle aged man): calls
9/SB (younger 20-ish guy): calls
hero: raises to 30k
7: reraises AI
8: folds
9: tanks for a while, then folds
hero: calls
7: shows AK
9: says he folded 88
board runs 87J53 (flopping set for seat 9) and hero scoops big pot.
Hero's stack: 175k, as 7 had hero covered by 6k.
Analysis:
Hero doesn't know right size to raise here. 20k? 30k? AI?
Squeeze seems to be best even with a medium strength hand (and not just top of range).
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Hero raised to 5k with 88.
Hero was raised all in on by a short stack (without reads) for 10k.
88 < JJ for 19.5k
Hero's on the bbuble. There was a 2 table bubble as 16 places were paid out.
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preflop squeeze size raising:
Blinds: 1000/2000/200
UTG: raises to 6k
2 callers
Big Stack squeezes to 25k in position.
other players fold
Perhaps hero's raise sizing in a NLHE MTT setting is too big. Maybe it should be closer to 3/4 pot sized raise to "risk less chips and generate same amount of fold equity".
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As hero sat at this table, some dynamics were forming.
1. 3-bet dynamic was forming as hero noticed seat 6 was raising often as PFR. Hero began to notice and start 3-betting light. It had succeeded 2x.
2. Against seat 10, it had folded to hero in SB. 2 times, hero folded junk OOP. Both seat 10 and hero were relatively deep (ranging from 40-60+BB deep)
3. Hero talked with seat 3 [Kevin] on break regarding 3-bet/4-bet note about 1 hand.
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Hero: dealt 66
6: raised to 5k
folds to hero
hero (button): raised to 15k
6: villain folds
Hero wins preflop.
Analysis: Hero forgot to think about is this a 3b/jam or 3b/f spot.
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Blinds: 1500/3000/500
This is the last hand before break. Currently, MTT is still on the bubble. Table had been playing fairly tight overall.
Hero dealt in HJ: 5s 4s
folds to hero
hero (CO): raises to 7000
10 (But - 200k): calls
1 (SB - 100k): calls
(3 players - ~23k)
Flop: Qc 2c 6s
SB: checks
Hero: bets 12k
But/10: calls
SB: folds
(2 players - ~47k)
Turn: Qc 2c 6s 5c
Hero: Thinks, then bets 25k
But/10 (200k): reraised small to 60k
Hero: Thinks for a couple minutes, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: This seems ok to open at a tighter table.
Flop: Hero's betting gut shot as it likely misses villain's ranges (consisting of broadway cards). Small pairs could call as could flush draws.
Turn: What is villain's range on flop? Does it consist more of pairs that will call? Will they fold to 2nd barrel? Hero thought they would so hero was going to "turn hand into bluff" and bet/fold his low equity hand...
Should hero be check/folding here? bet calling?
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Hero's stack at break: 127k 2000 4000 500
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AI situation involving 3 players (including seat 6):
6: raised preflop and got 2 callers
6: checks
second shortest stack: bets
short stack: calls AI
6: check raises AI
second stack: calls
Short stack ships and big stack check raises on 76t monotone.
shortest stack had JTo
second shortest stack had 76o
6 (large stack) had Kx Kd (2nd nut flush draw)
Board: 76TT7 (3 flush on flop/turn/river)
Analysis:
Not sure how accurate this is, but the check raise by seat 6 seems fine on a monotone board as some players may easily bet worse hands and then seat 6 can reraise all in (bad pairs, naked nut flush draw, etc...)
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Hero eventually gets ITM after nearly 2 levels of actually being in the bubble (maybe 20 hands).
Read: After the bubble burst, Hero noticed seat 4 3-bet and fold as UTG.
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Hero was PFR (raising broadway range in LP) and is called by BB.
Flop: AA7 two tone
Villain seemed to hesitate before checking to hero.
Hero: bets
Villain check raises about 3/4 pot.
Hero folds.
Analysis: Hero needs to be paying more attention to physical reads especially in live MTT. Hero could have easily made a delayed cbet with most of range, giving villain chance to reveal hand strength by acting first on turn.
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Hero dealt in SB: AKo
folds to seat 4
4: raises to 9k
folds to seat 8
8: calls
folds to hero
Hero: raises to 30k
4: reraises all in to 60k
8: thinks/folds
Hero: calls
8 - shows AKo
Board: TTJ32
Chopped pot
Analysis: Villain didn't seem like total nit, so I think this is fine as worse hands like AQ might be jamming here.
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blinds: 2000/4000/500
Hero dealt in BB: QQ
folds to CO
CO: limps
But: limps
SB: folds
Hero: raises to 14k
CO: folds
But: calls
Hero bets dry flop (like T33r?) and wins pot.
Analysis: Hero raised too small preflop. Hero could probably have made the raise to 20k and gotten same caller.
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Hero didn't c/r shove random late position PFR on 929 board. Hero wasn't sure why...
Hero's stack: 90k at 2500 5000 500
Hero dealt: AKo
(folds to SB)
SB: reraises AI for 40k (8bb)
Hero: calls
AK > T8.
136k at 2500 5000 500
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Hero lost some chips by raise/folding preflop.
Hero's stack at break: 100000 @ 3000/6000/1000
11 or 12 players remained on 2 tables.
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Just after the break: Seat 6 continued to be opening fairly regularly. Hero decided to take a stand.
Hero dealt: JTs
6: raises to 15k
Hero: raises all in for 99k
6: thinks for a little bit, then calls.
6: shows 88.
JTs > 88.
Hero flops a J (doesn't remember full board run out).
Analysis:
Hero's not sure if this is really a good hand (equity wise) to jam here. Hero's rarely behind, but not usually ahead either...
There was likely a good amount of fold equity though.
Eventually, final table bubble bursts and seats are redrawn for final table. The floor also gave us Best Bet Jacksonville T-shirts for making the final table (although they didn't have enough of the bigger sizes...)
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Final Table
1 ["Keith"] - tighter player who folded JJ face up
2 [Derek]
3 Hero
4 quiet, older man
5
6 guy who seemed to push for "getting bounty chips paid out for each player]
7 Guy with glasses who I briefly mentioned that I was 3b/fold (he 3 bet a ton)
8 younger guy in 20s-30s?
9 ?
10 maniac lady
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(against seat 1)
Blinds: 3k/6k/1k1's stack size:
Reads:
Seat 1 was player who had seen me play very tight early on as we played a couple hours together.
Hero: Dealt T8s
(folds to seat 1)
1 (HJ - 200k): raises to 18k
2: folds
3 (hero/Button - 200k): raises to 60k
other players fold
1: tanks for a while, then folds JJ face up
Seat 1 said he wouldn't know what to do on various flops (like low flops such as 752r)
I have been so nitty to guy as big blind against another guy. I got him to fold jj.
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Hero and seat 7 were 200k+ deep (35BB).
Hero was PFR in late position raising to 15k at 3k/6k/1k, but seat 7 3-bet me twice. First when villain was the SB; then 2nd time as CO.
Hero raise/folded J9s.
Hero flatted second time with KQs and c/f on T66 rainbow board.
Analysis: Maybe hero should have 4 bet. Maybe hero should have floated 2 streets...
Villain knew hero was likely competent and sometimes opening wide. Hero's very unsure of 3b/4b ranges and needs to review these spots.
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Hero was more active at final table, opening 3 pots in 12-13 hands at the final table.
Hero noticed seat 2 was opening wide.
Hero dealt on button: JJ
folds to seat 2
2: reraises all in
hero: raises all in
JJ > T9o
Hero's stack: 245k
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blinds: 4k/8k/1k
Seat 10 (lady) seemed to be kind of crazy and was opening a lot of pots in a couple orbits.
10's stack: ~170k
Hero's stack: 240k
Hero dealt in LP: A4s
10: raises to 24k
folds to hero
hero: raises to 55k
10: calls
(2 players - 122k)
Flop: J85 two tone (hero has nut flush draw)
10: bets all in (115k)
Hero: calls
10 shows: ATo
Turn/River: J8536 (2-flush, flush never completes.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero thinks villain might raise/fold, but this was likely a mistake for live villain. Villain is raising fairly wide based on hero's perception of range, but this is a thin value raise.
Flop: Hero also doesn't have position and is forced to call it off with right price + possibly best hand sometimes.
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Hero's stack: 60k @ 4k/8k/1k
Hero dealt in SB: Q4s
folds to hero in SB
Hero: raises all in
BB: thinks for a while, then folds.
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A couple hands later:
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k
Hero dealt in MP: AJs
10: raises to 30k
Hero: reraises all in for 75k
10: calls
10: shows T9s (same flush draw)
Board: 9839A (no flush draw).
Hero out in 7th.
Analysis:
Preflop: With such wide villain preflop range, this is a shove for value.
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7/140 for $980.
6 bounties + got last 1 back when 7 handed = 7 bounties @ $100 = $700
Hero crippled two players to M less than 1 (3 bb) but no bounty.
Total: $1680
Stack mid-way through MTT
Overall Analysis: Hero felt that he played horribly and was making very bad decisions in 10-30 BB poker. Hero's adding "pushbot poker" to the eventual to do list hopefully soon.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
240 HORSE MTT at Best Bet Jacksonville
$240 HORSE
10k starting chips. Limits start at 50/100.
Hero late registered and was the youngest player by at least 20 years.
As I sat down, dealer said "are you sure you want to enter this tournament?" which I responded yes.
Table Reads:
1 Hero
2 older guy
3 older guy, but seemed to "look" aggressive
4 guy with glasses
5
6 "40ish" old person
7 "guy with glasses"?
8 oldish woman; not petite
10k starting chips. Level 3 limits are 200/400.
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Stud Hi:
Hero went on a heater early in the stud hi rounds after first sitting down.
Late register just before level 3. 10475 from 10000 starting
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LO8:
limits: 400/800
Hero dealt in BB: AK42 (K2) ss
3: raised UTG
folds to seat 8
8: calls
BB (Hero): calls
(3 players - 6.5 small bets)
Flop: A7Q rainbow
hero: checks
3: bets
8: calls
hero: raises
3: calls
8: calls
(3 players - 6.25 big bets)
Turn: A7q9 rainbow
hero: bets
3: calls
8: calls
(3 players - 9.25 big bets)
River: A7Q9T rainbow
Hero: bets
3: folds
8: thinks for a while, then calls
8: shows Q7xx (no low) and scoops.
Analysis:
Preflop: An argument could be made to 3b, but suits are non-nut.
Flop: Hero had a great 2 way hand, flopped tptk + 2nd nut low draw. Hero decides to check raise field to get more bets and/or possibly give chance to bluff someone off better hand by river. Maybe this was too optimistic given no reads...
Turn: Hero was semi-bluffing by trying to push out one or both villains to increase scoop chances. (There is preference that villain has low hand).
River: Hero continues bluff and almost got it to work...
Hero's stack: 5275 600 1200 limits
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Razz:
Hero had to call 3 completes with completely live razz hands, then fold on 4th street brick 3 way...
Hero's stack: 1850 @ 800 1600 limits.
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Razz:
Bust. Had good hand as partial bring in a52.
Hero was partial bring in with (A5)2, but bricked on 4th and was already all in.
Hero out: ~48/52
10k starting chips. Limits start at 50/100.
Hero late registered and was the youngest player by at least 20 years.
As I sat down, dealer said "are you sure you want to enter this tournament?" which I responded yes.
Table Reads:
1 Hero
2 older guy
3 older guy, but seemed to "look" aggressive
4 guy with glasses
5
6 "40ish" old person
7 "guy with glasses"?
8 oldish woman; not petite
10k starting chips. Level 3 limits are 200/400.
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Stud Hi:
Hero went on a heater early in the stud hi rounds after first sitting down.
Late register just before level 3. 10475 from 10000 starting
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LO8:
limits: 400/800
Hero dealt in BB: AK42 (K2) ss
3: raised UTG
folds to seat 8
8: calls
BB (Hero): calls
(3 players - 6.5 small bets)
Flop: A7Q rainbow
hero: checks
3: bets
8: calls
hero: raises
3: calls
8: calls
(3 players - 6.25 big bets)
Turn: A7q9 rainbow
hero: bets
3: calls
8: calls
(3 players - 9.25 big bets)
River: A7Q9T rainbow
Hero: bets
3: folds
8: thinks for a while, then calls
8: shows Q7xx (no low) and scoops.
Analysis:
Preflop: An argument could be made to 3b, but suits are non-nut.
Flop: Hero had a great 2 way hand, flopped tptk + 2nd nut low draw. Hero decides to check raise field to get more bets and/or possibly give chance to bluff someone off better hand by river. Maybe this was too optimistic given no reads...
Turn: Hero was semi-bluffing by trying to push out one or both villains to increase scoop chances. (There is preference that villain has low hand).
River: Hero continues bluff and almost got it to work...
Hero's stack: 5275 600 1200 limits
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Razz:
Hero had to call 3 completes with completely live razz hands, then fold on 4th street brick 3 way...
Hero's stack: 1850 @ 800 1600 limits.
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Razz:
Bust. Had good hand as partial bring in a52.
Hero was partial bring in with (A5)2, but bricked on 4th and was already all in.
Hero out: ~48/52
Saturday, November 9, 2013
PLO8 cash gaming at Best Bet Jacksonville
1-2, $100 min, no max
Hero bought in for $700 to cover table
Reads:
1 seemed like an LO8 player; older player
2 no reads
3 hero
4 woman, seemed kinda spewy
5 older male?
6 older male?
7 older male?
8 tighter player
9 "NLHE" Player - seemed to be betting often
Overall, there were many fishy players. This seemed to include a woman who seemed to be an opposite player and not understand PLO8 too much.
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Notes:
Hero missed some value when turning a wheel and not check raising villain on 3 straight board (where A2 was naked wheel only).
J54K3 (two tone on flop/turn/river)
Villain (woman in seat 4) bet small on flop/turn to allow hero to continue with naked gutshot + nut low.
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Woman had bet small relative to size of pot; hero had NFD + wrap on 3 low board
hero dealt in HJ: KJT9 (KJ)(T9) ds
1 player raised preflop
5 callers
(6 players - $70 in pot)
Flop: Q4A (two tone on flop, no hero flush draw)
all players check
(6 players - $70 in pot)
Turn: Q4A6 (two tone on flop, no hero flush draw)
3 checks
hero checks
woman (betting after me) - bets 50% pot
2 other players call
hero: tanks/calls
(4 players - $210 in pot)
River: Q4A6T (two tone on flop, no hero flush draw)
9: checks
hero: bets $210
woman jams all in
1 other player folds
9: folds
woman shows 32xx for nut low
Analysis:
Hero should have went for check/raise and raised a little less than pot. Hero would have easily trapped other players for bets instead of woman reraising over hero and others folding.
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Overall, hero won some pots with bluffs, and was able to value bet to show a profit. Sadly, there were some missed spots where hero could have increased win rate.
Hero bought in for $700 to cover table
Reads:
1 seemed like an LO8 player; older player
2 no reads
3 hero
4 woman, seemed kinda spewy
5 older male?
6 older male?
7 older male?
8 tighter player
9 "NLHE" Player - seemed to be betting often
Overall, there were many fishy players. This seemed to include a woman who seemed to be an opposite player and not understand PLO8 too much.
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Notes:
Hero missed some value when turning a wheel and not check raising villain on 3 straight board (where A2 was naked wheel only).
J54K3 (two tone on flop/turn/river)
Villain (woman in seat 4) bet small on flop/turn to allow hero to continue with naked gutshot + nut low.
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Woman had bet small relative to size of pot; hero had NFD + wrap on 3 low board
hero dealt in HJ: KJT9 (KJ)(T9) ds
1 player raised preflop
5 callers
(6 players - $70 in pot)
Flop: Q4A (two tone on flop, no hero flush draw)
all players check
(6 players - $70 in pot)
Turn: Q4A6 (two tone on flop, no hero flush draw)
3 checks
hero checks
woman (betting after me) - bets 50% pot
2 other players call
hero: tanks/calls
(4 players - $210 in pot)
River: Q4A6T (two tone on flop, no hero flush draw)
9: checks
hero: bets $210
woman jams all in
1 other player folds
9: folds
woman shows 32xx for nut low
Analysis:
Hero should have went for check/raise and raised a little less than pot. Hero would have easily trapped other players for bets instead of woman reraising over hero and others folding.
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Overall, hero won some pots with bluffs, and was able to value bet to show a profit. Sadly, there were some missed spots where hero could have increased win rate.
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