Monday, September 29, 2008

Not A Bad Weekend

I put in 22k hands over the weekend, running very well on Saturday in terms of equity, but ran into an incredibly sick number of cooler hands on Sunday to limit my earning to ~$1.8k ($1.4k winnings, $400 rakeback). Here are the graphs:



I had several really weird hands during my sessions, the strangest of which I'll post below. Villain is a ~15/12/4 reg who seems pretty aggro. Note that I probably play the hand pretty badly, I'll try to analyze it street by street in the HH.

Keep in mind that we are 185bb deep.

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 7 Players
SB: $186.90 (186.9 bb)
Hero (BB): $237.15 (237.2 bb)
MP1: $198.80 (198.8 bb)
MP2: $100 (100 bb)
MP3: $154.35 (154.4 bb)
CO: $69.30 (69.3 bb)
BTN: $100 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with Th Qs
5 folds, SB raises to $4, Hero raises to $14.50, SB calls $10.50

Villain likes to steal blinds, so I bluff 3-bet. He should be very reluctant to call here since we are so deep, and the deeper the stacks the more position matters.

Flop: ($29) 9s Ts Jh (2 players)
SB bets $25, Hero calls $25

One would think that a big pair would have 4-bet preflop given the stack sizes. Thus, villain's hand looks very much like a set here that doesn't want to peel a card. That said, we have deep stacks and an OESD + pair, so I'm just not ready to fold with my implied odds. That said, trying not to be results oriented, folding may actually be the correct play here.

Turn: ($79) 2s (2 players)
SB bets $50, Hero calls $50

I pick up a flush draw as well. If villain has a set, then my flush outs are good and I have a 14 out draw, getting 2.5:1 on my money with solid implied odds as well. He could also have some 2-pair hands I have Q outs against. I probably don't have much fold equity (people always prove to me I have more FE than I think I do however), so shoving doesn't seem great. Shoving is probably better than calling here though. What an ugly spot. I play bad and call.

River: ($179) Kd (2 players)
SB bets $97.40 and is all-in, Hero calls $97.40

Gin card for us, snap call. WTF on villain's part, way to bluff off 185BBs.

Results: $373.80 pot ($3.00 rake)
SB showed Ac 6c (high card Ace) and lost (-$186.90 net)
Hero showed Th Qs (a straight, Nine to King) and won $370.80 ($183.90 net)

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