Posts Tagged ‘six-max’

This isn’t going to work against a lot of opponents, but against very tough opponents, it’s essential:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $20.00 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (MP) ($4429.50)
CO ($7120)
Button ($2587)
SB ($4449.30)
BB ($4169)
UTG ($712.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 4, 4
UTG calls $20, Hero bets $90, 1 fold, Button calls $90, 2 folds, UTG calls $70

Flop: ($300) 3, 4, 6 (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $187, Button calls $187, 1 fold

Turn: ($674) J (2 players)
Hero bets $444, Button calls $444

River: ($1562) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1225, Hero calls $1225

Total pot: $4012 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button had 6, 7 (one pair, sixes).
Hero had 4, 4 (three of a kind, fours).
Outcome: Hero won $4009

This guy isn’t calling the turn with a bare draw, so I’m not too concerned about him having the flush. He could have a big draw, something like Ah5h, that he chose to “slowplay”, or maybe a flush with the Jh, but I don’t think he has a flush too often. His most likely hand is something marginal with showdown value, either a bare pair that was bluff catching or a pair plus draw.  Read the complete post...

The last two weeks have been pretty hectic (more on that soon), and I’ve barely played at all. Here’s the most interesting hand I could find without much effort from my “archives”:

No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (5 handed) – Hold’em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($3183.65)
SB ($1679.40)
BB ($2204)
Hero (UTG) ($3188.50)
MP ($1998.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, 10
Hero bets $42.50, 2 folds, SB calls $37.50, BB calls $32.50

Flop: ($127.50) 9, Q, 4 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $99, 1 fold, BB calls $99

Turn: ($325.50) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $255, BB calls $255

River: ($835.50) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $690, 1 fold

Total pot: $835.50

Results:
Hero had K, 10 (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $1530

Ordinarily I would say this isn’t a good board to bluff into two players, but it’s a little different against two guys calling out of the blinds. To put it simply, I just think my range is so much stronger than theirs on this board that I can expect to take it down on enough turns/rivers if not immediately on the flop. I’m not betting my full range on the flop, but an overcard and a gutshot is good enough.  Read the complete post...

That was quick. Today was the $320 6-max, not the $500 Stud/8, which is actually tomorrow. Mkind was the only named I recognized at the table. Hand 1 I flopped a set of 7′s on 678 flop, raised some dude’s c-bet, bet the turn, and he folded. Then I called MKind’s raise with As8s on my button, called his bet into two players on a 964ss flop. The turn was a 5, they both checked to me, and I figured this board would be sufficiently scary to fire at. The other guy put in a little check-raise, making me think he’d turned the nuts, so I called and folded to a bet on a board-pairing, non-spade river.

There were two overly aggressive players at the table. One of them opened to 60 (still at 10/20 level), Mkind called, I made 280 with AK in my BB, the first guy thought a bit and 4-bet to 1100. I played with this guy a bit in the first WCOOP event I played and thought he was kinda weak and almost certainly a satellite qualifier. His big 4-bet made me discount AA/KK even though I expected him to be playing scared. I shoved with no fold equity, he called with TT and won the flip. Not that his play is awful, but I think calling with TT and our stacks (about 115 BB effective) is much better than 4-betting and committing his whole stack.