Posts Tagged ‘bad beat’
Thin Value Bet in Weird Spot
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
Inducing the Check-Raise Bluff
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
87th
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.
WSOP Day 2: Fun and Profitable
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.
Call That Down
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)
Best Hand Won
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 }
Resucked
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
Least I Lost the Minimum
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