Tuesday, July 10, 2007

My brain hurts

Just played for four straight hours and made 160. Thats all? I stacked a 200BB deep player at 100NL and had some other nice all ins yet I feel like I didnt play good. I mean my 100NL play was superioir but I got owned at 50NL. PtBB/100 21 @100NL -20 @50NL. Just sick. Had some major donks that I kept c betting and it was just stupid poker.

Here are some hands even though I almost was going to wait to post till later. I will post some hands now and tomorrow try to write a thought provoking blog.

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Villian was 22/2/0.6 http://www.pokerhand.org/?1249767 what I am wondering is basically this, do I raise bigger on the flop? Honestly I doubt he is folding this draw. Can I fold to his donk turn bet? I really was pissed I called river. I just think it is a huge leak as I can only beat a bluff basically. I knew he was going to show me the A of spades too. This might be just a variance hand and my leak was not getting away from it I am not sure?

Is this a spot to get it all in? http://www.pokerhand.org/?1249780 villian is a nit running 17/11/3 I guess not too nitty. I think I will run his range through pstove and check this one out. I am really trying to find good spots to push big draws. Was this a spot and was my draw strong enough?

Maybe here? Please ignore outcome as I couldnt get it to hide the results. Looking at it now I think I just call flop raise and if I hit yeah! If I miss hope he donk bets or pitch it. What do you think? http://www.pokerhand.org/?1249787 at the time I dont think I thought through his range enough.

I have so many more I could post but I will leave at these. Thanks for all the feedback so far as well as the sweat sessions. I am not sure how impactful they are just yet but I think they have really helped to get my mind turning over each hand and have gotten me to start truly thinking deeper on the game.

7 comments:

jethro said...

Hand 1: I like your preflop and flop raise. Good raise on the flop. Turn is icky, i just call his $5. River all you're beating is a bluff, but he only bets $15 into a ~$60 pot. I still think you should fold, but it's a tough spot.

Hand 2: I definitely raise this flop. You have plenty of outs and might even get a weak J to fold. If he shoves you can fold. As you played it it looks exactly like what you have - a draw. Raise up the flop, figure out where you are in the hand. If he calls you can reevaluate on a blank turn. And if a heart comes in it looks less like you have it.

Hand 3: You played this draw better than hand 2, even though the other draw was much stronger. I just realized opp is a short stack with only $40, so i definitely get it in with him here. Against a 100bb stack, most of the time i don't put in the 3rd raise on the flop. You only have a FD and 1 overcard. Most of the time i call his raise (if he has 100bb) and reevaluate on the turn. I wouldn't be too worried about losing to a set in this spot with these stack sizes.

Dice said...

Hand 1: Reraise his flop bet to at least pot. Way too many draws out there and donks like to lead small on their draws anyway. If he has 55,88- god bless him b/c hes getting your stack. Try to better define your hand early on. The turn and river bring the two worst cards in the deck. Call the $5 bet but Id be very reluctant to call a river vlaue bet especially after the draw hits. But those odds hes giving you do look pretty.

Hand 2: Raise his flop bet 2.5-3x. Hopefully this will buy you a free river. Nitty villain leads into you, an UTG raiser. Was there anything that would lead him to believe you were raising somewhat light from EP?

Hand 3: You played this optimally, imho. By playing your drawing hands quick it will allow you to play your big hands quick.

Anonymous said...

Hand 1: I don't see anything he could play this way that you beat on the river. But I find it hard myself to lay down to bets that are so small compared to pot size. I'm not sure how big of a leak this is, but it raises a point I want look deeper into.

Hand 2: I like a raise on the flop and looking to get it all in there with the draw and 2 overs. If he does just call, you have postion and get to see the river for free a lot if the turn blanks.

Hand 3: I like your play here.

Gregory Lynn said...

H1: I think the flop raise should definitely be bigger. If my math is right, he had to call 15 to win 41 and he can reasonably expect to have 12 outs and from your perspective he probably has the flush draw or the queen and either way you want to make him pay.

More later after my boss leaves...

PGK said...

Hand 1: Good preflop and flop raise. Turn is a terrible card and I don't see a reason to raise his min bet. River is awful as he either hit the ace/spades or both here and I doubt he's bluffing 15. Just fold it, but I hate it too and make this call all the time.

Hand 2: I have no idea why you wouldn't raise that flop with a huge draw.

Hand 3 won't open for me right now oh well!

Pete

Gregory Lynn said...

Working for a living sucks.

H2: I'll join the chorus and say raise the flop while you can still fold to a push and hope you get a free river out of it if he calls.

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