Posts Tagged ‘double barrel’

I’ve been taking a beating in heads up games recently. There were one or two cases of bad game selection, but for the most part I don’t think I’ve playing or running all that badly. I’m losing to people against whom I’m pretty confident I have an edge, not because of bad luck or consistently bad play, but because I keep making like one big mistake per match. And the thing is, no matter how well you play 99% of your hands, you can’t afford to make a 100BB+ mistake, not even once. That just isn’t a handicap you can overcome.

Here was tonight’s. I was up about four buy-ins across on this guy across all the tables we were playing when this happened:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $50.00 BB (2 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($8949.50)
BB ($28887)  Read the complete post...

This time I’m on the receiving end. Villain is ordinarily a pretty big nit, but he doesn’t like me much and seems to enjoy putting moves on me. I was calling any river, though obviously this one makes it a lot easier.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($2559.15)
BB ($2539.50)
UTG ($3669.15)
Hero (MP) ($2545)
CO ($2069)
Button ($3038)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K, 10
1 fold, Hero bets $45, 1 fold, Button calls $45, 2 folds

Flop: ($117) 10, 3, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $88, Button raises to $225, Hero calls $137

Turn: ($567) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $450, Hero calls $450

River: ($1467) 10 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $2316 (All-In), Hero calls $1823 (All-In)

Total pot: $5113 | Rake: $3  Read the complete post...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $4.00 BB (2 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($1000)
Hero (SB) ($1807.80)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 6
Hero bets $12, BB calls $8

Flop: ($25.60) 3, 5, 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $19, BB raises to $64, Hero calls $45

Turn: ($153.60) 4 (2 players)
BB bets $72, Hero raises to $211, BB calls $139

River: ($575.60) J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1520 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: $575.60 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
Hero didn’t show 10, 6 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $575.10  Read the complete post...

What a run. In the last two days I’ve 20x’ed my chips without ever seeing TT, QQ, KK, or AA. I did have AK quite a few times today, though, and I connected with a few flops when it counted.

I stole more than my share of pots for a few hands, then made a questionable 4-bet shove with AKo. UTG+1 had raised to 2500, and I called with AKo next to his act. Then Brian Jensen re-raised to 8500, the raiser folded, and I shoved like 55K. He snap-called with KK, and then though I turned a flush draw, I couldn’t get there on the river. I probably should have just 3-bet the original raiser, and that would have had the added advantage of being able to get away if Brian cold 4-bet. Anyway, that didn’t help.  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 and I had been heads up for a while, and based on how he’d been playing, I was pretty confident he had either a flush or a bluff on the turn but not a full house. My intention was to shove over a river bet and rep the full house myself if the hearts missed. On this particular card, of course, he can’t bet a flush, so I got to make a far cheaper bluff.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB ($2692.50)
Hero (SB) ($5191.75)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 2
Hero bets $30, BB calls $20

Flop: ($64) 6, 4, 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $44, BB calls $44

Turn: ($152) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $111, BB raises to $350, Hero calls $239

River: ($852) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $555, 1 fold  Read the complete post...

This is another example of making a move with one of the best possible bluffs. The flop float is a little more questionable.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $6.00 BB (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($1771.35)
MP ($1505.40)
Button ($1541.80)
Hero (SB) ($1718.80)
BB ($516)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, J
1 fold, MP bets $18, 1 fold, Hero calls $15, 1 fold

Flop: ($48) 2, 7, 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $36, Hero raises to $99, MP raises to $252, Hero calls $153

Turn: ($552) 10 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $270, Hero raises to $1447.60 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: $1092 | Rake: $2

Results:
Hero didn’t show Q, J.
Outcome: Hero won $1090  Read the complete post...

I usually overbet in situations where my opponent’s range consists primarily of hands that are strong but not too strong. Particularly if this is obvious to both of you, the overbet turns even the stronger part of his range into a bluff-catcher by representing either an extremely strong hand or a bluff. Particularly since less skillful and nittier players tend to overbet only their strong hands, a well-timed overbet bluff can chase an opponent off of a hand that would have called a normal bet.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $6.00 BB (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($600)
BB ($609)
UTG ($723.15)
MP ($600)
Button ($1428.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, 7
3 folds, Hero bets $24, BB calls $18

Flop: ($48) 4, J, A (2 players)
Hero bets $36, BB calls $36

Turn: ($120) K (2 players)
Hero bets $99, BB calls $99  Read the complete post...