I've complained now and then about the strength of the Canadian Dollar relative to the US one over the past two years, in which the $CDN has gained an enormous amount of ground. In fact, it's been worth more than the USD for the entire year so far, and today is at what has got to be something like a 30+ year high.
You might think this would be good for Canada in general, but in reality it is a mixed bag economically. For me however, it is obviously almost entirely negative. Back in 2008 when I started this blog, the CDN was running around 0.80 USD with obvious fluctuations. Lets use that number as a baseline for a few calculations for kicks. At 0.80, 1USD = 1.25CDN. So, in my native currency I wasn't really playing 100NL - I was playing 125NL. 200NL was 250NL, etc.
Today, 1 CDN = 1.037 USD. This means when I'm playing 100NL, I'm effectively playing 96NL in the currency I care about. So in a sense, I've "moved down" in stakes without actually doing so. It sucks. Hopefully the USD gets back to par sometime in the next year.
The weekend was pretty solid poker wise. I didn't quite get the volume I wanted in Saturday due to the games dying, but didn't fail Friday. On Friday, I had two pots against the same player who while is somewhat loose/weak preflop, is one of the spewiest of his kind I have ever encountered postflop. I had seen him before over the past couple months and probably stacked him once or twice previous to our encounters this weekend, but the hands below speak for themselves. For the record, its because of hands like this that I can still win even when I can't win a flip, 85/15, etc!
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed)
BB ($100)
UTG ($111.60)
UTG+1 ($100)
MP1 ($244.40)
Hero (MP2) ($211.50)
CO ($105.55)
Button ($117.15)
SB ($184.60)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9♦, 9♣
2 folds, MP1 bets $2, Hero calls $2, CO calls $2, Button calls $2, 2 folds
Flop: ($9.50) 9♠, 3♦, A♦ (4 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $7.50, 2 folds, MP1 raises to $15, Hero raises to $39.50, MP1 calls $24.50
Turn: ($88.50) 7♠ (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $65.50, MP1 calls $65.50
River: ($219.50) 6♠ (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $104.50 (All-In), MP1 calls $104.50
Total pot: $428.50 | Rake: $3
Results:
MP1 had 6♥, 5♥ (one pair, sixes).
Hero had 9♦, 9♣ (three of a kind, nines).
Outcome: Hero won $425.50
Yeah, he called the flop 3b with no pair no draw.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)
BB ($40)
UTG ($100)
UTG+1 ($97.50)
MP1 ($100)
MP2 ($300.65)
Hero (MP3) ($113)
CO ($92.60)
Button ($100)
SB ($198.10)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A♠, A♦
3 folds, MP2 bets $2, Hero raises to $8, 4 folds, MP2 calls $6
Flop: ($17.50) 8♣, A♥, 2♠ (2 players)
MP2 bets $8, Hero calls $8
Turn: ($33.50) 4♦ (2 players)
MP2 bets $216, Hero calls $97 (All-In)
River: ($227.50) 9♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: $227.50 | Rake: $3
Results:
MP2 had J♣, 9♥ (one pair, nines).
Hero had A♠, A♦ (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $224.50
Overshoving 97bbs drawing dead, a bold plan.
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