Post Archives Category: NLHE Cash

Heads Up With a Psychopath

This guy wasn’t great, but he was better than I gave him credit for sometimes. In particular, he did a reasonable job of adapting to my thin calls and not bluffing in some obvious spots, which should have made me … Read more…

Wow, That is Not What I Expected to See

Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 5 PlayersLeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter Hero (BTN): $1,000SB: $1,083BB: $1,300UTG: $230.20CO: $866.90 Pre-Flop: Q A dealt to Hero (BTN)2 folds, CO calls $10, Hero raises to $50, SB folds, CO calls … Read more…

Merry Christmas, Matusow

I saw The Mouth sitting with a full stack at a 25/50 NLHE table along with a guy from my buddy list. The waiting list was 7 deep, but I hopped on anyway. I’ve never played with Mike Matusow myself, … Read more…

I Just Can’t Not Brag About River Check-Raises

Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 2 PlayersLeggoPoker Hand History Converter SB: $1,408.50Hero (BB): $1,525 Pre-Flop: 4 4 dealt to Hero (BB)SB raises to $30, Hero calls $20 Flop: ($60) J 7 7 (2 Players)Hero checks, SB bets … Read more…

The Stork

These hands were all against StorkDelaMork. He’s a regular in the mid- to high stakes on FTP, pretty tight but also smart and capable of tricky play. I Don’t Fold Sets Full Tilt Poker, $10/$20 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 … Read more…

So You Don’t Fold to Little Bets?

Full Tilt Poker, $10/$20 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 5 Players LeggoPoker Hand History Converter Hero (BTN): $3,400.50 SB: $2,154 BB: $2,077 UTG: $3,869.50 CO: $3,701 Pre-Flop: A T dealt to Hero (BTN) UTG folds, CO calls $20, Hero raises to … Read more…

Several 3-Bet Pots Vs Same LAGtard

For those who don’t know, LAGtard refers to a player who is loose and aggressive to a fault. He’s often a reasonably smart and tricky opponent who just gets too fancy and ends up making some fundamental mistakes such as … Read more…

Fun Calls

Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 4 PlayersLegoPoker Hand History Converter Hero (BB): $1,142UTG: $1,241BTN: $3,029.05SB: $1,411 Pre-Flop: A Q dealt to Hero (BB)UTG folds, BTN raises to $30, SB folds, Hero raises to $102, BTN calls $72 … Read more…

I can’t believe this didn’t work

Heads up against a decent player. He’s not great by any means, but generally when I’m playing heads up I look for softer competition. Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 2 PlayersLegoPoker Hand History Converter BB: $1,000Hero (SB): … Read more…

Very Rewarding Hand

So I was playing at a random 5/10 table the other day and had been at the table for only a few dozen hands when this happened: Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold’em, $10 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy … Read more…

Worst Play Ever?

I’m not exaggerating, I really can not think of another hand that I’ve seen played as badly as this guy played his JJ. The only other contender is when people in tournaments post like half their stack in the BB … Read more…

Bluffing With an Overpair

This was from a full ring table, where the game plays very differently than at a 6-max table. There are more fish, in general, but you get fewer opportunities to play hands with them. There are also some real nits … Read more…

My First Night as a 5/10 Grinder

Now that the WSOP is over, I really want to scale back my tournament play and focus on improving at 6-max no limit ring games. My recent winnings have given me enough of a roll that I want to dive … Read more…

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