3/6: Total Profit = +$6 Time Spent Playing: 1 Hour
4/8 Kill: Total Profit = +$65 Time Spent Playing: 3 Hours
Overall 4/26: TP = +$71 TSP: 4 Hours
Overall (4/8K) 4/14: TP = +$195 TSP: 9 Hrs 50 Min BB/HR: 2.48BB/HR
Overall 4/14: TP = +$169 TSP: 11 Hrs 30 min $/HR: $14.70/HR
No time to write about it now, but I will come back.
Quick re-cap of 3/6
QQ > 22 after 22 flops a set :)
AK < Q2 rivered flush
AJ < J8 rivered flush
Quick re-cap of 4/8
AK and AQ > ??
44 < KK set over set on flop; capped flop, 3-bets on turn with 3 players
A7 > A8 Battle of Blinds
AA > Q8
AA < AT capped Pre-flop
So Tommy and I finally made our way to the 4/8 table after about 45 minutes of watching basketball and playing for a good hour at 3/6. I load up for another rack, and seat 8 immediately takes notice. He thought I was buying in for two more racks (plus the rack I had from 3/6) and said, "whoa looks like we have an action player." So far from the truth haha...
Seat 8 (Feliz) turned out to be a pretty solid player, played tight and fast (alot like me...that's how I think I play anyway) and he talked ALOT. This was really good though, because I immediately started shooting the shit with the guy and made Tommy join in once in awhile. Tommy told me after the session was over that I should talk more often, because it seemed like I was involved in a lot of hands (even though I was just chatting it up) because I was so vocal.
Anyway, I'll give you a quick description of all the players. Seat 1 was first occupied by a Lag-ish player (KK vs. 44 Villain) and then he later moved to seat 2. I can't remember the original seat 2 doing too much. Seat 3 was one of the more solid older asian players. Didn't play many hands, and I don't remember clashing with him at all. Seat 4 was my arch nemesis for the night. He had a very annoying catch-phrase ("Check this!") whenever he had a monster and would fire out a bet. Very loose PF raising standards, but he became your typical calling station after the flop. Only bet with a good hand, etc. Seat 5 was occupied the entire night by a beautiful older (30s) asian girl who loved to reach over and grab my arm and pinch me whenever she would have flopped a big hand but folded pre-flop. She was the prettiest and best smelling "fish" I've ever played with haha...Seat 6 was yours truly, seat 7 was originally a LAP, but was later replaced with a Lag, seat 8 was Feliz (Tag) and seat 9 was my friend Tommy (a little bit of a Lap at times, but mostly tag)...
The first couple orbits I folded a ton, and I remember feeling nervous because of it. I was hoping too many people wouldn't take notice that I hadn't played any hands yet. Sometime around orbit three I remember getting AQ and AK in LP and winning a couple pots without a showdown. I remember completely whiffing with AQ, but everyone folded to a flop bet. The AK hand I think I turned a king and seat 4 called down until the river, where he folded, must have missed a draw of some sort.
Anyway, this leads up to my set over set hand which was just brutal. I was running pretty well (up $80 or so), and I can't even remember how I won all that, but I get 44 in LP, and here's the HH from Cardplayer:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47680
Disgusting hand, but judging from the response from the guys over at CP, I guess I played it correctly. Some called for a turn cap, which given my read on this guy, would have been a little spew-ish. He was talking so much and seemed to be so in love with his hand that when he 3-Bet the turn, I knew I was behind. Oh well...
The rest of the night went okay, and I ended up leaving up $65 from the 4/8K game and like $6 from the 3/6 game. Nothing earth-shaking, but it brought up my BB/HR and it was a winning session. Sometimes I wish all sessions could be like this. Win most of the hands you're "supposed to," lose a couple you should have won, and eek out 2BB/Hr....
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Session No.2 Monday Night (4/23) Part II
So, like I said, I was on a complete heater and had well over 400 chips in front of me. The game slowly but surely dwindled down to less and less players. The wife in seat 8 went busto pretty quickly, her husband (Seat 7) followed her away and left his monsterous chip stack at the table, seat 4 (Lag) was gone soon after, and after the donk in seat 2 busted, we were down to 5 players.
The players who remained had been doing okay so far. David (Seat 3) was running really well, and we hadn't really clashed much. Diane (Seat 6) started whining to the floorman as soon as it got down to six players. She hates playing short-handed (I absolutely love SH by the way) and she wouldn't quit bitching. She was down almost two buy-ins at this point and was visibly frustrated. The other regular (Seat 9) was about break even from what I could tell and had been pretty quiet. Cesar (Seat 5) was up and had been playing pretty aggressively after the flop, yet before the flop I saw him simply cold-call AKs and JJ against David in a couple of hands. This observation would affect how I played the following hand.
It was KQs UTG 5-Handed so I raised, David folded, Cesar called, and the BB calls. Flop came K-High with 2 clubs so I bet, Cesar raised, the BB folds, and I simply call. The turn is a blank but I still check. In hindsight I probably should of led out, but for some reason I thought he had AK or a set at this point, but still couldn't find a fold. He bets the turn and I just call. The river is another blank and it checks through. He shows KJ and I kick myself for not playing a tad more aggressively...
I slowly but surely turned up my aggression in LP and I picked on David a little bit while he was in the SB. I made sure if I was playing a hand I was coming in for a raise, and it worked pretty well as I picked up a couple kill pots by simply raising pre-flop and continuing to fire. Eventually David takes off and we're down to 4-handed. We play a couple orbits before seat 9 leaves and now it's 3-handed. Dianne is bitching the entire time and is tilting/calling everything down in sight. Finally a floorman comes over and has us draw cards for the two remaining seats at the only other 4/8 K table. Dianne drew a Ten, Cesar drew a King, and I flipped over a 3 of spades. Rigged! I have roughly 500 chips in front of me and now I have to wait for a spot to open.
I sat there talking to my dealer friend for a couple minutes before the floorman tells me he has a NL seat available. I figure "what the hell" and cash out $310 and save my remaining $200 to go to the NL table. While I'm at the cage I make it a point to flirt with a very cute Asian girl. She asked me if I had a good night and wondered why I was leaving so early. I said "yeah I came up a good amount, but I'm still playing." She got confused so I had to explain how my 4/8 game broke and now I'm off to donk off my 200 chips that were still at the other table. She smiled and wished me luck, telling me to bring back more chips to cash in...sadly, my profit was only going to go down from here.
Anyway, I sat for a couple orbits at NL and saw like one flop. Finally a 4/8 spot opened up and Diane was still bitching. I was ready to move to seat 7 when I hear "hello I'm moving there" from Dianne. Umm...okay. So I realized that she's trying to move there, but she was currently playing her BB. Great, I had to wait three hands after seat 7 left before I could play a hand.
So I finally sit down and am ready to choke Dianne, especially since she leaves 5 hands after I tried to sit down and she never returns. Next time I see her I'm going to kick her in the throat... Haha anyway this table was pretty shitty for me. Here's how it went in a nutshell.
QQ < KK on a Ten-high board, capped PF, led the flop, called down once raised
JJ < A4 on a AK4 flop vs. three other players
JJ < TT when the dude turns a set
AK < A8 after I C-bet a blank flop and A8 calls only to hit an 8 on the turn
99 < ??
I don't feel like bitching, so I won't, but I ran soooooooooo good in the first part of my 4/8 session and this last hour was the exact opposite. I'm lucky I didn't lose more, as I picked up a couple hands while I was there, but those 5 hands above killed me. Namely the last three, they were the last three hands I played and they came in about a 10-hand span.
I'll probably talk about the 99 hand a little more later on, maybe when I have time I'll make a thread over at CP about it.
Anyway, thanks for reading...I think I'm going again Wednesday night, so stay tuned!
The players who remained had been doing okay so far. David (Seat 3) was running really well, and we hadn't really clashed much. Diane (Seat 6) started whining to the floorman as soon as it got down to six players. She hates playing short-handed (I absolutely love SH by the way) and she wouldn't quit bitching. She was down almost two buy-ins at this point and was visibly frustrated. The other regular (Seat 9) was about break even from what I could tell and had been pretty quiet. Cesar (Seat 5) was up and had been playing pretty aggressively after the flop, yet before the flop I saw him simply cold-call AKs and JJ against David in a couple of hands. This observation would affect how I played the following hand.
It was KQs UTG 5-Handed so I raised, David folded, Cesar called, and the BB calls. Flop came K-High with 2 clubs so I bet, Cesar raised, the BB folds, and I simply call. The turn is a blank but I still check. In hindsight I probably should of led out, but for some reason I thought he had AK or a set at this point, but still couldn't find a fold. He bets the turn and I just call. The river is another blank and it checks through. He shows KJ and I kick myself for not playing a tad more aggressively...
I slowly but surely turned up my aggression in LP and I picked on David a little bit while he was in the SB. I made sure if I was playing a hand I was coming in for a raise, and it worked pretty well as I picked up a couple kill pots by simply raising pre-flop and continuing to fire. Eventually David takes off and we're down to 4-handed. We play a couple orbits before seat 9 leaves and now it's 3-handed. Dianne is bitching the entire time and is tilting/calling everything down in sight. Finally a floorman comes over and has us draw cards for the two remaining seats at the only other 4/8 K table. Dianne drew a Ten, Cesar drew a King, and I flipped over a 3 of spades. Rigged! I have roughly 500 chips in front of me and now I have to wait for a spot to open.
I sat there talking to my dealer friend for a couple minutes before the floorman tells me he has a NL seat available. I figure "what the hell" and cash out $310 and save my remaining $200 to go to the NL table. While I'm at the cage I make it a point to flirt with a very cute Asian girl. She asked me if I had a good night and wondered why I was leaving so early. I said "yeah I came up a good amount, but I'm still playing." She got confused so I had to explain how my 4/8 game broke and now I'm off to donk off my 200 chips that were still at the other table. She smiled and wished me luck, telling me to bring back more chips to cash in...sadly, my profit was only going to go down from here.
Anyway, I sat for a couple orbits at NL and saw like one flop. Finally a 4/8 spot opened up and Diane was still bitching. I was ready to move to seat 7 when I hear "hello I'm moving there" from Dianne. Umm...okay. So I realized that she's trying to move there, but she was currently playing her BB. Great, I had to wait three hands after seat 7 left before I could play a hand.
So I finally sit down and am ready to choke Dianne, especially since she leaves 5 hands after I tried to sit down and she never returns. Next time I see her I'm going to kick her in the throat... Haha anyway this table was pretty shitty for me. Here's how it went in a nutshell.
QQ < KK on a Ten-high board, capped PF, led the flop, called down once raised
JJ < A4 on a AK4 flop vs. three other players
JJ < TT when the dude turns a set
AK < A8 after I C-bet a blank flop and A8 calls only to hit an 8 on the turn
99 < ??
I don't feel like bitching, so I won't, but I ran soooooooooo good in the first part of my 4/8 session and this last hour was the exact opposite. I'm lucky I didn't lose more, as I picked up a couple hands while I was there, but those 5 hands above killed me. Namely the last three, they were the last three hands I played and they came in about a 10-hand span.
I'll probably talk about the 99 hand a little more later on, maybe when I have time I'll make a thread over at CP about it.
Anyway, thanks for reading...I think I'm going again Wednesday night, so stay tuned!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Session No.2 Monday Night (4/23) Part I
3/6: TP = -$32 TSP: 30 Mins
4/8 Kill (1): TP = +$310 TSP: 1 Hr 20 Mins
4/8 Kill (2): TP = -$90 TSP: 1 Hour
Overall 4/8K 4/23: TP = +$220 TSP: 2 Hrs 20 Mins BB/HR: 11.8BB/HR
Overall 4/23: TP = +178 TSP: 3 Hours $/HR: $59/HR
Overall 4/8K since 4/14: TP = +130 TSP: 6 Hrs 50 Mins BB/HR: 2.38/HR
Overall since 4/14: TP = +$98 TSP: 7 Hours 30 min $/HR: $11.73/HR
So on a whim I decided to go to Cache tonight (Monday) and attempt to have a small-ish session. I get there around 8:40pm or so and am first up on the 4/8K waiting list. I sit at 3/6 for a couple orbits and immediately regret it. The players were slow and retarded...I played two orbits and found myself down $32. Finally they opened a new 4/8K game and I got away from that table as quickly as possible.
JJ < QQ
AK < KQ
The 4/8K game was brand new, so I decided to re-load and bring 200 chips to the table. I sit at seat one and notice most everyone is buying in for 1 rack. I know a couple of the other players at the table, regulars I suppose, they both suck. Calling station donks. They're in seats 6 (Diane) and 9 (Chuck). An aggressive couple was in seats 7 and 8, as they played fast and loose and seemed like a bit of a team. Seat 2 (Random Asian dude) turned out to be a complete donk, but it took me a few orbits to find that out. Seat 3 was solid (David) and had a great run of cards slightly less awesome than my own. Seat 5 (Cesar) was an aggro older gentleman who played a little loose and aggro pf and post-flop, but seemed to know what he was doing. Seat 4 was a Lagtard and pretty aggro before and after the flop.
So I folded a lot the first orbit or so, watching the aggressive asian couple own the table. The chick went broke pretty quick because of their antics, but he had built a nice chip stack by the time my big hand came around. I get AQs (diamonds) on the button in a Kill-pot. Here's the HH from Cardplayer:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47600
Monster pot! Seriously, the turn call is a tad loose for my liking, but I think it's a break-even or slightly +EV decision overall. After being pissed off for the majority of my session, I was now grinning ear to ear and enjoying the stacking of my $220+ pot...
Moving along, I find some more folds, limp/miss with a couple SCs in LP, and finally get a big hand. This time it's AQ...suited...diamonds. I think this hand likes me :) Here's the HH from Cardplayer:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47620
So...known aggro guy (Seat 4) has been betting out with his TP-medium kickers like they're gold. I've also seen him cap with A9os PF and then 3-Bet the flop when he flopped an Ace. I have the nut flush draw, a gut-shot straight draw, and an overcard, so I go nuts and cap the flop, bringing another player along with us. I actually considered the Villain might have two pair, but then he checked the turn when the Ace came out. This gives me TP, the nut-flush draw, straight draw (though it may have completed someone else's straight. I still bet, both players called, and now I was worried. Do I have the best hand at this moment? I wasn't so sure anymore. Maybe they realized I had been playing rather patiently so far so they feared that maybe I had flopped a set and their two pair was no good? All this flashed through my mind when a brick hit the river. I decided to check/call any bets and it ends up getting checked through. My AQ holds up and I rake in another good pot.
After this I go unconscious. I pick up a couple more pots and my stack is monsterous. I'll finish the second part of this big run later...
4/8 Kill (1): TP = +$310 TSP: 1 Hr 20 Mins
4/8 Kill (2): TP = -$90 TSP: 1 Hour
Overall 4/8K 4/23: TP = +$220 TSP: 2 Hrs 20 Mins BB/HR: 11.8BB/HR
Overall 4/23: TP = +178 TSP: 3 Hours $/HR: $59/HR
Overall 4/8K since 4/14: TP = +130 TSP: 6 Hrs 50 Mins BB/HR: 2.38/HR
Overall since 4/14: TP = +$98 TSP: 7 Hours 30 min $/HR: $11.73/HR
So on a whim I decided to go to Cache tonight (Monday) and attempt to have a small-ish session. I get there around 8:40pm or so and am first up on the 4/8K waiting list. I sit at 3/6 for a couple orbits and immediately regret it. The players were slow and retarded...I played two orbits and found myself down $32. Finally they opened a new 4/8K game and I got away from that table as quickly as possible.
JJ < QQ
AK < KQ
The 4/8K game was brand new, so I decided to re-load and bring 200 chips to the table. I sit at seat one and notice most everyone is buying in for 1 rack. I know a couple of the other players at the table, regulars I suppose, they both suck. Calling station donks. They're in seats 6 (Diane) and 9 (Chuck). An aggressive couple was in seats 7 and 8, as they played fast and loose and seemed like a bit of a team. Seat 2 (Random Asian dude) turned out to be a complete donk, but it took me a few orbits to find that out. Seat 3 was solid (David) and had a great run of cards slightly less awesome than my own. Seat 5 (Cesar) was an aggro older gentleman who played a little loose and aggro pf and post-flop, but seemed to know what he was doing. Seat 4 was a Lagtard and pretty aggro before and after the flop.
So I folded a lot the first orbit or so, watching the aggressive asian couple own the table. The chick went broke pretty quick because of their antics, but he had built a nice chip stack by the time my big hand came around. I get AQs (diamonds) on the button in a Kill-pot. Here's the HH from Cardplayer:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47600
Monster pot! Seriously, the turn call is a tad loose for my liking, but I think it's a break-even or slightly +EV decision overall. After being pissed off for the majority of my session, I was now grinning ear to ear and enjoying the stacking of my $220+ pot...
Moving along, I find some more folds, limp/miss with a couple SCs in LP, and finally get a big hand. This time it's AQ...suited...diamonds. I think this hand likes me :) Here's the HH from Cardplayer:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47620
So...known aggro guy (Seat 4) has been betting out with his TP-medium kickers like they're gold. I've also seen him cap with A9os PF and then 3-Bet the flop when he flopped an Ace. I have the nut flush draw, a gut-shot straight draw, and an overcard, so I go nuts and cap the flop, bringing another player along with us. I actually considered the Villain might have two pair, but then he checked the turn when the Ace came out. This gives me TP, the nut-flush draw, straight draw (though it may have completed someone else's straight. I still bet, both players called, and now I was worried. Do I have the best hand at this moment? I wasn't so sure anymore. Maybe they realized I had been playing rather patiently so far so they feared that maybe I had flopped a set and their two pair was no good? All this flashed through my mind when a brick hit the river. I decided to check/call any bets and it ends up getting checked through. My AQ holds up and I rake in another good pot.
After this I go unconscious. I pick up a couple more pots and my stack is monsterous. I'll finish the second part of this big run later...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Session No. 1 Saturday Night (4/14-15) Part II
Alright well after a couple of big hands, playing out of my blinds, and a couple of minor hands, I found myself below $100 in chips without winning a single hand! The drought went until about 3am, when I finally won a hand with...pocket Aces (believe it or not...haha). I don't remember how the hand played out, but I think I had them UTG vs. three other players, bet the flop, then won the hand. At this point, however, I was down about $140 or so...
Anyway, around 3:30am, the table became a little more short-handed (6-7 players) and I started to actually pick up a few pots. Unfortunately, I had to move over to another table, and was down around $110 or so when I got there. I had a much better run of cards at this new table, as one of the first hands I received was AQ of hearts. Here's the HH from Cardplayer
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47433
This hand lightened my mood up a little bit and actually made me crack a smile, something I probably hadn't done much of so far that night. While this hand may look completely standard to some people, I'll see some players check this turn when the King comes out. I'm HU, and my opponent either has a Queen with a weaker kicker than mine, or he is drawing. Unless he has the King of clubs (drawing for the club flush) or KQ, I am likely still ahead here, and should bet this turn. When the river pairs the board with the King of Hearts, I figure that is a great card for me. The flush draw missed, the straight draw missed, and I'm probably getting paid off by a bunch of weaker Q's. I see a lot of players check this river, and in my opinion, at Cache Creek and many other 4/8 tables around the world, checking here is a mistake. Enough weaker Queens or even a pair of 8's might look me up here.
The table ended up becoming even more short-handed, as we went from seven players down to six, and sometimes we were as low as five. I turned my aggression up in LP and found myself stealing a little bit in position either PF or with some Continuation bets (C-bets). I finally got caught one time when I open-raised with A7os OTB vs. the BB who defended. Here's the HH on CP:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47435
On the turn I have a double gutshot, an overcard, and maybe some fold equity. I'm torn on whether I should fire and pray for a fold, or check and take the free card. This guy was probably the most solid player at the table at the time (besides myself of course *wink*) and was very capable of CR'ing me here if he thought I was weak. After the hand I heard him talking to his buddy (we were across the table and he probably thought I couldn't hear him; he was in the 2 seat, I was in the 7) about how he thought I had AK. I'm pretty sure he calls me down if he hit any piece of this board, simply because I had been getting away with a lot lately. Still, by checking the turn, I felt like I might be letting him bluff me out on the river with smaller overcards. Someone help...
Anyway, this table wraps up a couple orbits later, but not before I get JJ in the small blind, raise pf, flop a set, and keep betting until I river quads. No High Hand for the night though. Anyway, I draw the 4 of clubs and lose to the other three players, so I am forced to wait about 20 mins before I can play again on one of the two remaining tables. I am up a whopping $7 at this point, but have 307 yellow chips in my possession. I walk over to talk to my friend Tommy to see how he's been doing, and he asks how much I was up. I point to the seven yellow chips out of the rack and say "there's the profit right there."
I end up playing the last 1hr+ at Tommy's table. Unfortunately, I can't think of much that happened. I remember flopping TP and a straight draw that didn't come through, raising with JJ and having an AK4 flop, and turning trips with a lower kicker than my opponent. Nothing I really feel like writing too much about. Like I mentioned before, I ended up losing $90 overall in this session, and feel like maybe it could have been a combination of rust and bad cards. I hate making excuses for myself, and will be the first one to admit if I played a hand incorrectly, but I can only think of a couple hands I'd like to play better.
Overall, I'd say I played alright when given the opportunity, and I really prefer playing live short-handed against these weaker players. Early on was probably my most profitable table, and I really wish I could have made some hands against them. Also, I think towards the end of the session, I was getting extremely tired, as I had been up for about 22 hours by the time 6am rolled around. It's probably not a good idea to play when I've been up that long, and next time I'll try and play when I'm fresh.
That's all for now, comments would be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, around 3:30am, the table became a little more short-handed (6-7 players) and I started to actually pick up a few pots. Unfortunately, I had to move over to another table, and was down around $110 or so when I got there. I had a much better run of cards at this new table, as one of the first hands I received was AQ of hearts. Here's the HH from Cardplayer
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47433
This hand lightened my mood up a little bit and actually made me crack a smile, something I probably hadn't done much of so far that night. While this hand may look completely standard to some people, I'll see some players check this turn when the King comes out. I'm HU, and my opponent either has a Queen with a weaker kicker than mine, or he is drawing. Unless he has the King of clubs (drawing for the club flush) or KQ, I am likely still ahead here, and should bet this turn. When the river pairs the board with the King of Hearts, I figure that is a great card for me. The flush draw missed, the straight draw missed, and I'm probably getting paid off by a bunch of weaker Q's. I see a lot of players check this river, and in my opinion, at Cache Creek and many other 4/8 tables around the world, checking here is a mistake. Enough weaker Queens or even a pair of 8's might look me up here.
The table ended up becoming even more short-handed, as we went from seven players down to six, and sometimes we were as low as five. I turned my aggression up in LP and found myself stealing a little bit in position either PF or with some Continuation bets (C-bets). I finally got caught one time when I open-raised with A7os OTB vs. the BB who defended. Here's the HH on CP:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47435
On the turn I have a double gutshot, an overcard, and maybe some fold equity. I'm torn on whether I should fire and pray for a fold, or check and take the free card. This guy was probably the most solid player at the table at the time (besides myself of course *wink*) and was very capable of CR'ing me here if he thought I was weak. After the hand I heard him talking to his buddy (we were across the table and he probably thought I couldn't hear him; he was in the 2 seat, I was in the 7) about how he thought I had AK. I'm pretty sure he calls me down if he hit any piece of this board, simply because I had been getting away with a lot lately. Still, by checking the turn, I felt like I might be letting him bluff me out on the river with smaller overcards. Someone help...
Anyway, this table wraps up a couple orbits later, but not before I get JJ in the small blind, raise pf, flop a set, and keep betting until I river quads. No High Hand for the night though. Anyway, I draw the 4 of clubs and lose to the other three players, so I am forced to wait about 20 mins before I can play again on one of the two remaining tables. I am up a whopping $7 at this point, but have 307 yellow chips in my possession. I walk over to talk to my friend Tommy to see how he's been doing, and he asks how much I was up. I point to the seven yellow chips out of the rack and say "there's the profit right there."
I end up playing the last 1hr+ at Tommy's table. Unfortunately, I can't think of much that happened. I remember flopping TP and a straight draw that didn't come through, raising with JJ and having an AK4 flop, and turning trips with a lower kicker than my opponent. Nothing I really feel like writing too much about. Like I mentioned before, I ended up losing $90 overall in this session, and feel like maybe it could have been a combination of rust and bad cards. I hate making excuses for myself, and will be the first one to admit if I played a hand incorrectly, but I can only think of a couple hands I'd like to play better.
Overall, I'd say I played alright when given the opportunity, and I really prefer playing live short-handed against these weaker players. Early on was probably my most profitable table, and I really wish I could have made some hands against them. Also, I think towards the end of the session, I was getting extremely tired, as I had been up for about 22 hours by the time 6am rolled around. It's probably not a good idea to play when I've been up that long, and next time I'll try and play when I'm fresh.
That's all for now, comments would be greatly appreciated.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Session No.1 Saturday Night (4/14-15) Part I
4/8: Total Profit = -$90 Time spent playing = 1:30am-6am
Well like I mentioned before, this was my first live session in quite awhile. This was my first time in Cache Creek's new room, and it looked really nice. I believe it now has 28 tables (compared to only 12 before) and the room is nicely spaced out. The waiting list was non-existent for me (maybe it's because it was 1:30am...me and Tommy went after work) and we were seated right away.
I join a 4/8 Kill table, buy-in for $200, and immediately recognize one player from my last live session a few months ago. He's the villain from a couple HHs I posted at Cardplayer entitled "Plethora of Beats." I flopped a set of threes vs. his TP-6 kicker and he went on to make a running boat.
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45880
Anyway, the session started out extremely slow. I take my place in the number two seat and watched the table attentively. I decided there was one solid player (directly to my right) in seat one, a couple LAGs (one to my direct left) in seats three and five and the rest were loose/calling station types. This was a typical 4/8 K table at Cache, where a bunch of players limp into the pot, and then they'll call down with very marginal holdings. Anyway, I finally get a decent hand in my third orbit or so. Here's the HH I posted on Cardplayer:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47404
I'll take advice for whether or not i should post the HHs here or just give you a link to Cardplayer, but I think the HHs look better over there. Anyway, after the hand I was somewhat torn on how I played it. I liked it because it was an aggressive line and it usually will get me a free river card. I was also hoping for a bit of an over-aggressive overall image from this hand, so that perhaps I could get action with my bigger hands later on. Fundamentally, I don't like this line all that much. I'm open-ended, but I don't have any overcards, and a six is the only card that gives me the nuts. A Jack would simply give me the 2nd nuts, and anyone with AQ (not completely unlikely for a 4/8 table to chase their gutshot) would have the nut-hand.
The next hand I was involved in was JJ UTG in a Kill-Pot. JJ is tough enough to play UTG as it is, but throw in the Kill pot and being UTG, and that can be downright terrifying. Here's the HH:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47411
The villain in this hand was a young kid and short on chips, so I thought he could be raising there with a a couple of different draws or even a lower PP than me (TT-77), perhaps putting me on a whiffed AK while also trying to scare off any people with weak draws. As it played out, I think I have to bet that flop/put him all-in. I don't really like his play at all there pre-flop with KQs after I raised from UTG, but after the flop came out he had to play it the way he did, and overall it worked out for him.
Anyway, I have a paper due tomorrow that I should probably finish up, so I will post the 2nd half of this session tomorrow.
Well like I mentioned before, this was my first live session in quite awhile. This was my first time in Cache Creek's new room, and it looked really nice. I believe it now has 28 tables (compared to only 12 before) and the room is nicely spaced out. The waiting list was non-existent for me (maybe it's because it was 1:30am...me and Tommy went after work) and we were seated right away.
I join a 4/8 Kill table, buy-in for $200, and immediately recognize one player from my last live session a few months ago. He's the villain from a couple HHs I posted at Cardplayer entitled "Plethora of Beats." I flopped a set of threes vs. his TP-6 kicker and he went on to make a running boat.
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45880
Anyway, the session started out extremely slow. I take my place in the number two seat and watched the table attentively. I decided there was one solid player (directly to my right) in seat one, a couple LAGs (one to my direct left) in seats three and five and the rest were loose/calling station types. This was a typical 4/8 K table at Cache, where a bunch of players limp into the pot, and then they'll call down with very marginal holdings. Anyway, I finally get a decent hand in my third orbit or so. Here's the HH I posted on Cardplayer:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47404
I'll take advice for whether or not i should post the HHs here or just give you a link to Cardplayer, but I think the HHs look better over there. Anyway, after the hand I was somewhat torn on how I played it. I liked it because it was an aggressive line and it usually will get me a free river card. I was also hoping for a bit of an over-aggressive overall image from this hand, so that perhaps I could get action with my bigger hands later on. Fundamentally, I don't like this line all that much. I'm open-ended, but I don't have any overcards, and a six is the only card that gives me the nuts. A Jack would simply give me the 2nd nuts, and anyone with AQ (not completely unlikely for a 4/8 table to chase their gutshot) would have the nut-hand.
The next hand I was involved in was JJ UTG in a Kill-Pot. JJ is tough enough to play UTG as it is, but throw in the Kill pot and being UTG, and that can be downright terrifying. Here's the HH:
http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47411
The villain in this hand was a young kid and short on chips, so I thought he could be raising there with a a couple of different draws or even a lower PP than me (TT-77), perhaps putting me on a whiffed AK while also trying to scare off any people with weak draws. As it played out, I think I have to bet that flop/put him all-in. I don't really like his play at all there pre-flop with KQs after I raised from UTG, but after the flop came out he had to play it the way he did, and overall it worked out for him.
Anyway, I have a paper due tomorrow that I should probably finish up, so I will post the 2nd half of this session tomorrow.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Welcome to my Blog
The goal of this blog is to successfully track my live play results deeper than just "total profit" and "hours spent playing." I am close to graduating from UC Davis with my Bachelor's Degree in Psych, so my live play has taken a backseat to school over the past few months. Saturday night (4/14/07) was my first night back to Cache Creek in over two months. I hope to start playing semi-regularly (once a week) live again, and work my way up in stakes.
At the beginning of this month, I heard a rumor from my buddy that Cache Creek had started spreading 10/20, and that perhaps this was my time to move up in limits from my usual 4/8 Kill game. Unfortunately, I went to CC on Saturday night and there was zero interest in a 10/20 game and most of the dealers I am cool with said they had yet to see a 10/20 game in progress. So much for moving up?
Still, my last few sessions at the 4/8 Kill game have been slight losers, and I'm actually left pondering whether or not I should be in a hurry to move up at all. I know (or at least think I know) that I am a solid player and would be able to "hang" up there, and many of the guys from Cardplayer have said that I seem like I am ready, but I think I need to run well for a couple 4/8 K sessions before I attempt any move upwards.
Also, as a slight warning, I'm going to use this blog more as a place of information and reference for myself, and it won't necessarily be a great read. Most of my readers will probably be guys from Cardplayer or +1 who will most likely find this stuff interesting, but if you're a casual reader and just want to be entertained, this blog might not be for you.
Anyway, that's the intro. Hopefully I can make this as interesting, fun, and informative as possible. Thanks for reading.
At the beginning of this month, I heard a rumor from my buddy that Cache Creek had started spreading 10/20, and that perhaps this was my time to move up in limits from my usual 4/8 Kill game. Unfortunately, I went to CC on Saturday night and there was zero interest in a 10/20 game and most of the dealers I am cool with said they had yet to see a 10/20 game in progress. So much for moving up?
Still, my last few sessions at the 4/8 Kill game have been slight losers, and I'm actually left pondering whether or not I should be in a hurry to move up at all. I know (or at least think I know) that I am a solid player and would be able to "hang" up there, and many of the guys from Cardplayer have said that I seem like I am ready, but I think I need to run well for a couple 4/8 K sessions before I attempt any move upwards.
Also, as a slight warning, I'm going to use this blog more as a place of information and reference for myself, and it won't necessarily be a great read. Most of my readers will probably be guys from Cardplayer or +1 who will most likely find this stuff interesting, but if you're a casual reader and just want to be entertained, this blog might not be for you.
Anyway, that's the intro. Hopefully I can make this as interesting, fun, and informative as possible. Thanks for reading.
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