Posts Tagged ‘bad beat’

I really had no idea what to put UTG+1 on here, but I didn’t think he’d play anything better than 99 this way on the flop. Obviously the K is rather unlikely to hit him, and while his turn bet is weird, I also wasn’t sure he’d check Kings on the river. Given the number of draws out there, though, I do think his line is a good one. I still like my value bet, though, even if knowing he can occasionally have a K.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $4.00 BB (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($162)
Hero (Button) ($414.60)
SB ($309)
BB ($413)
UTG ($522.60)
UTG+1 ($544)
MP1 ($889.40)
MP2 ($335.80)
MP3 ($634.10)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 9
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $16, 4 folds, Hero calls $16, SB calls $14, 1 fold  Read the complete post...

The problem: I’ve usually got the best hand, but I don’t think a bet is getting called by worse.

The solution: Bet small and call the check-raise.

The catch: They always have it.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $50.00 BB (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($5810)
SB ($5107)
BB ($13717)
UTG ($10095)
MP ($5000)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, Q
UTG bets $150, 1 fold, Hero calls $150, 2 folds

Flop: ($375) 9, 8, Q (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($375) K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $123, UTG calls $123

River: ($621) 10 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $222, UTG raises to $1140, Hero calls $918

Total pot: $2901 | Rake: $2

Results:
Hero mucked K, Q (two pair, Kings and Queens).
UTG had J, Q (straight, King high).
Outcome: UTG won $2899  Read the complete post...

This year’s WSOP journey ended for me about an hour ago. Out of more than 7000 players, I finished 87th and won just shy of $80,000. There was nothing dramatic about it. I lost two very standard pre-flop hands to Eric Baldwin, once with A4s < KJs for a 700K pot and once with A8s < JTs for a 1.6M chip pot. Then I made a standard preflop shove with A7, got called by QQ, and lost.

There is always a modest amount of disappointment when it’s all over, but of course all in all I’m quite pleased with the result. I’m also very happy that for the first time ever I feel like I played through this whole tournament without making any big mistakes and with only a few small ones. That doesn’t mean that everything always went my way, but as they say you play the cards you’re dealt, and I believe that I would play most of them the same way if I had it to do all over again.  Read the complete post...

Today was everything that Wednesday was not, namely fun and profitable. I had a very enjoyable table and showed a handsome profit to boot.

Early on I doubled up with Q’s vs. 9’s on a 4h 4s 3h 2h board. We both had a heart, so he was in real bad shape there.

Then after getting a kind of aggro image I opened to 1100 with Ad 9s UTG+1 at 200/400/25. Two loose guys on my left call and decent tourney player on button makes it 4400. I 4-bet him to 12K, and he called quite quickly. I was ready to be done with the hand, but I flopped Qd 6d 5d, so I had to go with it. I get 16K, and he quickly called again. The turn was 4s, and at this point even if I knew he had a pair I was basically committed to the pot, so I shoved my last 25K. He tanked for a long time and made what I think was a good call with JJ no diamond. Unfortunately for him I drilled the Jd on the river to double up again.  Read the complete post...

Villain is a high-stakes MTT and SNG player who’s recently been sitting in the shallow high-stakes cash games as well. Despite his success, my opinion of him is that he makes a lot of borderline-bad calls and shoves. Probably I just think that because historically he’s run well vs. me in tournaments. This is the best example I could find in 2 minutes, which isn’t really that bad but is a good example of him being a little psycho and opening a can of run-good on me:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $50.00 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($2500)
UTG ($2595)
MP ($4341)
Hero (CO) ($2573)
Button ($6413)
SB ($3456)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, A
UTG bets $100, 1 fold, Hero raises to $250, Button raises to $663, 3 folds, Hero raises to $2573 (All-In), Button calls $1910

Flop: ($5321) 4, Q, K (2 players, 1 all-in)  Read the complete post...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $20.00 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($3733)
Hero (BB) ($2918)
UTG ($2394)
MP ($2100)
CO ($2000)
Button ($5294)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 8
1 fold, MP bets $60, CO calls $60, 2 folds, Hero raises to $240, MP raises to $480, 1 fold, Hero calls $240

Flop: ($1030) 3, 2, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $220, Hero raises to $2438 (All-In), MP calls $1400 (All-In)

Turn: ($4270) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($4270) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $4270 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had J, 8 (flush, Jack high).
MP had A, K (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero won $4267

Yep, I’m ahead post-flop:

Board: 3s 2c 3c
Dead:

equity     win     tie           pots won     pots tied
Hand 0:     53.283%      52.83%     00.45%                523             4.50   { Jc8c }
Hand 1:     46.717%      46.26%     00.45%                458             4.50   { AdKh }  Read the complete post...

Granted my flop call isn’t the greatest, but I think most of his bluffing range is just giving up pretty much any turn, so I’m not too worried about getting bluffed out when I’m ahead.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 600/1200 Blinds 150 Ante (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t42883)
Hero (MP3) (t52081)
CO (t54591)
Button (t21349)
SB (t35452)
BB (t57997)
UTG (t24520)
UTG+1 (t14051)
MP1 (t65282)
Hero’s M: 16.53

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 3, 3
4 folds, Hero bets t2888, 3 folds, BB calls t1688

Flop: (t7726) 7, 7, 10 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t4444, BB raises to t10800, Hero calls t6356

Turn: (t29326) 3 (2 players)
BB bets t44159 (All-In), Hero calls t38243 (All-In)

River: (t105812) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t105812

Results:
BB had 7, 5 (full house, sevens over fives).
Hero had 3, 3 (full house, threes over sevens).
Outcome: BB won t105812

It freaking sucks to river the second nuts and have to make a crying call with it. I’m pretty surprised the guy wasn’t more aggressive with it when I showed so much weakness on the turn, but I can’t see what else he plays like this on the river, let alone what worse hand would call a raise.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (3 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($1314)
BB ($1000)
Hero (Button) ($1473)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 5
Hero bets $20, 1 fold, BB calls $10

Flop: ($45) J, 7, K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($45) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15, BB calls $15

River: ($75) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $60, Hero calls $60

Total pot: $195 | Rake: $1

Results:
Hero had 6, 5 (straight, eight high).
BB had 10, 9 (straight, Jack high).
Outcome: BB won $194