4/8-Kill: TP = +$25 TT: 3 Hrs
Wtf...had to play 4-handed for like 20 minutes before the old guy in seat nine finally got tired of playing short-handed. I did okay...started off terrible, but ended on a pretty okay note. Might play tomorrow night...we'll see I guess.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Session No. 74 Capitol Monday Night (1/14)
4/8-Kill: TP = +$220 TT: 6 Hrs
Ugh, was up somewhere around +$340 at one point, but proceeded to free-fall from there. Set of Jacks lost to a turned straight in a kill pot, then I lost with top and bottom pair on the flop to top-two...oh well. I was involved in quite a few big pots...
Hand 1:
Pre-flop I raise with a couple red nines somewhere in EP. Called in a ton of spots.
Flop: 9:c:4:c:2:s:
Donk in the BB leads out, I raise, called in like four spots, BB three-bets, I cap...called in every spot...huge pot now. Donk in BB starts yelling to pair the board (something he said a couple hands earlier when he had a flush draw)
Turn: A:c:
Booooooo! Donk leads, I call, called behind in a couple spots
River: 7:c:
Swing and a miss...BB bets, some guy calls behind me before I can even act so I fold. BB shows K:c:2:c: and rakes in my huge pot.
Hand 2:
Pre-flop: Limped in every spot but one, I look down at Black Kings OTB. I raise, both blinds call, the five limpers call...
Flop: K:h:9:h:7:s:
Small-blind looks at me and donk-bets...called in four spots, I raise, sb calls, everyone else calls
Turn: 3:c:
Checked to me, I bet, two calls
River: 2:c:
Yay I have the nuts. Checked to me, I bet, one caller (SB)
SB: "Wow yeah that's good" :)
Hand 3:
Pre-flop: Kill pot, limped in a couple spots, I raise somewhere in MP with JJ, called by the blinds and the two early limpers, I have position on the table.
Flop: Q:c:J:s:9:h:
SB checks, BB donk-bets, call, call, Hero raises, SB folds, BB 3-bets, call, fold, Hero caps, two calls
Turn: T:c:
Fuck? BB bets, call, Hero calls
River: 5:d:
BB Bets, fold, Hero calls
BB had KQ
No complaints from me though. Aside from that last hand I posted and the last couple of orbits in general, I ran pretty well and had a lot of fun. The table was extremely friendly for some reason as we all traded jokes and stories. I usually don't take a liking to the players I play against very often, but tonight was different for some reason.
Anyway, probably playing tonight (Tuesday) with the Superdonk. Tony, if you want to go, hit me up.
Ugh, was up somewhere around +$340 at one point, but proceeded to free-fall from there. Set of Jacks lost to a turned straight in a kill pot, then I lost with top and bottom pair on the flop to top-two...oh well. I was involved in quite a few big pots...
Hand 1:
Pre-flop I raise with a couple red nines somewhere in EP. Called in a ton of spots.
Flop: 9:c:4:c:2:s:
Donk in the BB leads out, I raise, called in like four spots, BB three-bets, I cap...called in every spot...huge pot now. Donk in BB starts yelling to pair the board (something he said a couple hands earlier when he had a flush draw)
Turn: A:c:
Booooooo! Donk leads, I call, called behind in a couple spots
River: 7:c:
Swing and a miss...BB bets, some guy calls behind me before I can even act so I fold. BB shows K:c:2:c: and rakes in my huge pot.
Hand 2:
Pre-flop: Limped in every spot but one, I look down at Black Kings OTB. I raise, both blinds call, the five limpers call...
Flop: K:h:9:h:7:s:
Small-blind looks at me and donk-bets...called in four spots, I raise, sb calls, everyone else calls
Turn: 3:c:
Checked to me, I bet, two calls
River: 2:c:
Yay I have the nuts. Checked to me, I bet, one caller (SB)
SB: "Wow yeah that's good" :)
Hand 3:
Pre-flop: Kill pot, limped in a couple spots, I raise somewhere in MP with JJ, called by the blinds and the two early limpers, I have position on the table.
Flop: Q:c:J:s:9:h:
SB checks, BB donk-bets, call, call, Hero raises, SB folds, BB 3-bets, call, fold, Hero caps, two calls
Turn: T:c:
Fuck? BB bets, call, Hero calls
River: 5:d:
BB Bets, fold, Hero calls
BB had KQ
No complaints from me though. Aside from that last hand I posted and the last couple of orbits in general, I ran pretty well and had a lot of fun. The table was extremely friendly for some reason as we all traded jokes and stories. I usually don't take a liking to the players I play against very often, but tonight was different for some reason.
Anyway, probably playing tonight (Tuesday) with the Superdonk. Tony, if you want to go, hit me up.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Session No. 73 Cache Thurs Night (1/10)
4/8-Kill: TP = +$170 TT: 5 Hrs
Yeah yeah I lost some money at 3/6 trying to win the aces cracked promotion, but fuck that, I'm not letting that skew my results. Anyway, I ran pretty abysmal to start the evening, ran good in the middle, then kinda just ran even-keel toward the end.
About an hour into the 4/8 game my old nemesis Dominic (rude foreign guy, hates Tony) showed up and basically questioned why me and Tony always play together. I should have been a smartass and pointed at the Superdonk and said "I play way more with this guy than I do with Tony"...anyway, I didn't really like having both Tony and the SD at my table...I think 3 TAGs is about two too many TAGs to my liking for one table...but whatever. Okay well Dominic snapped off a two-outer on Tony kinda early into the session, but I had Tony's back...
Hero has the kill-button in MP
Pre-flop:
Couple limpers, four folds, Dominic raises from the BB, call call, Hero calls with 63 of hearts (yeah yeah, a little too loose...but hey, it's my kill-pot and this douchebag is raising just for that reason...besides I have position on him)
Flop: 7:d:3:c:3:d:
Boooooyah. Dominic bets, one caller, I raise, Dominic calls, limper calls.
Turn: 8:s:
Dominic checks, limper checks, Hero bets, Dominic raises, fold, Hero calls. Shit...I immediately thought this guy had 77 or 88...oh well, that's what I get for defending with kaka...
River: 3:s:
Boom.
He had 77 btw...
<---runs like a Kenyan (on crack)
1-outer FTW!
After that the session was fairly standard...won some, lost some, and my chips didn't really move up or down all that much. Not sure if I'm going back tomorrow night or not...guess we'll see.
Yeah yeah I lost some money at 3/6 trying to win the aces cracked promotion, but fuck that, I'm not letting that skew my results. Anyway, I ran pretty abysmal to start the evening, ran good in the middle, then kinda just ran even-keel toward the end.
About an hour into the 4/8 game my old nemesis Dominic (rude foreign guy, hates Tony) showed up and basically questioned why me and Tony always play together. I should have been a smartass and pointed at the Superdonk and said "I play way more with this guy than I do with Tony"...anyway, I didn't really like having both Tony and the SD at my table...I think 3 TAGs is about two too many TAGs to my liking for one table...but whatever. Okay well Dominic snapped off a two-outer on Tony kinda early into the session, but I had Tony's back...
Hero has the kill-button in MP
Pre-flop:
Couple limpers, four folds, Dominic raises from the BB, call call, Hero calls with 63 of hearts (yeah yeah, a little too loose...but hey, it's my kill-pot and this douchebag is raising just for that reason...besides I have position on him)
Flop: 7:d:3:c:3:d:
Boooooyah. Dominic bets, one caller, I raise, Dominic calls, limper calls.
Turn: 8:s:
Dominic checks, limper checks, Hero bets, Dominic raises, fold, Hero calls. Shit...I immediately thought this guy had 77 or 88...oh well, that's what I get for defending with kaka...
River: 3:s:
Boom.
He had 77 btw...
<---runs like a Kenyan (on crack)
1-outer FTW!
After that the session was fairly standard...won some, lost some, and my chips didn't really move up or down all that much. Not sure if I'm going back tomorrow night or not...guess we'll see.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Session No. 72 Cache Tues (1/8)
4/8-Kill: TP = +$235 TT: 4 Hrs
Yes you read that correctly, after getting back in town from Jackson Tuesday night, I drove to the Superdonk's house, picked him up, and off we went to Cache to play something I actually play well...limit! We got there around 8pm or so and I immediately got involved in some juicy pots.
Hero has 88 UTG.
Pre-flop: Hero raises, I think everyone but a couple spectators on the rail called this raise pre-flop...
Flop: 863
Nice. Bet, called by a ton of people
Turn: Board gets uglier
Bet, called by a few people
River: One possible straight combo is out, but I still bet and get called in a couple spots.
Set of eights were good obv.
After that I couldn't get a hand to hold until I get mixed up in a nice kill-pot. Hero has KJ of diamonds in the cutoff...I raise, get four callers (awesome).
Flop: A:d:T:c:8:s:
Decent flop. I have a backdoor flush draw to go with my gutty, and I can represent the ace since I've been playing pretty solid. It checks to me, and I c-bet, hoping the button folds and I can check-behind on the turn if I get too many callers and see a free river. Instead I get called by all but one player...oh well.
Turn: Q:s:
Hallelujah praise Jesus! Checks to me, I bet, donk OTB raises, kid in the BB calls off his last $30, folds to me and I 3-bet. Donk calls. Worst case scenario is I'm chopping/the guy has a freeroll to the spades, after he only calls the 3-bet I'm guessing he has some crappy two pair.
River: 4:c:
Complete blank...thank you thank you thank you. I bet, donk calls, I show the nuts and rake in a monster pot. <3 Kill pots <3 Live poker
Villain had j9os btw for a smaller straight...tough beat I guess, but that's why you don't call my raises with off-suit gap connectors pre-flop against me.
After that the rest of the night was pretty standard...aside from this ridiculous free slot tournament going on for the rest of the month...I definitely need to bring my Ipod with me tomorrow (Thursday)...stay tuned for updates.
Yes you read that correctly, after getting back in town from Jackson Tuesday night, I drove to the Superdonk's house, picked him up, and off we went to Cache to play something I actually play well...limit! We got there around 8pm or so and I immediately got involved in some juicy pots.
Hero has 88 UTG.
Pre-flop: Hero raises, I think everyone but a couple spectators on the rail called this raise pre-flop...
Flop: 863
Nice. Bet, called by a ton of people
Turn: Board gets uglier
Bet, called by a few people
River: One possible straight combo is out, but I still bet and get called in a couple spots.
Set of eights were good obv.
After that I couldn't get a hand to hold until I get mixed up in a nice kill-pot. Hero has KJ of diamonds in the cutoff...I raise, get four callers (awesome).
Flop: A:d:T:c:8:s:
Decent flop. I have a backdoor flush draw to go with my gutty, and I can represent the ace since I've been playing pretty solid. It checks to me, and I c-bet, hoping the button folds and I can check-behind on the turn if I get too many callers and see a free river. Instead I get called by all but one player...oh well.
Turn: Q:s:
Hallelujah praise Jesus! Checks to me, I bet, donk OTB raises, kid in the BB calls off his last $30, folds to me and I 3-bet. Donk calls. Worst case scenario is I'm chopping/the guy has a freeroll to the spades, after he only calls the 3-bet I'm guessing he has some crappy two pair.
River: 4:c:
Complete blank...thank you thank you thank you. I bet, donk calls, I show the nuts and rake in a monster pot. <3 Kill pots <3 Live poker
Villain had j9os btw for a smaller straight...tough beat I guess, but that's why you don't call my raises with off-suit gap connectors pre-flop against me.
After that the rest of the night was pretty standard...aside from this ridiculous free slot tournament going on for the rest of the month...I definitely need to bring my Ipod with me tomorrow (Thursday)...stay tuned for updates.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Session No. 71 Jackson Mon/Tues (1/7-1/8)
1/2 NL: TP = -$30 TT: 12 Hrs
So I played a good 12 hours or so combined for Monday and Tuesday. I played the majority of those hours on Monday (nine hours) and then a quick session Tuesday. I'd say I definitely have some things to work on (which would include bet-sizing, developing a looser-image, being more aggro on later streets, etc) but I think my overall play was pretty good. I got my money in bad once, but I think that was unavoidable. And you guys know I usually don't like to complain, but I did get three-outered twice and two-outered once...all in some very significant pots. I won't dwell on those for too-long:
- Trip 3's (A3) on a 337 flop, K on the turn vs KQ...we get it all-in on the turn ($220+ pot), River is a King.
- I flop trip tens with KT vs JT...turn is a Jack. ($400+ pot)
- I turn trip Aces with A9 out of the BB against A8. River is an eight ($300+ pot)
So besides those, I did okay...I think. This next hand was pretty awesome...
Hero has 99 UTG+2. Villain with KQ and JT up there in those bad beat hands raises to $12 UTG (he claimed to have Aces, dunno bout that). Villain UTG+1 calls (he ends up having KK...zomg thanks for not re-raising). Hero calls with $360 behind (implied odds FTW!), Villain1 covers, Villain2 has about $200 in his stack.
So the flop is fantastically awesome aside from a couple diamonds:
Flop: 9:d:7:d:4:c:
Villain1 leads out $50 and I immediately thought he had a really big hand. First off, he hadn't raised very much at all pre-flop, so along with him being UTG, I put two and two together and decided he has an over-pair...please double me up! Villain2 then raised to $100. Wow, didn't see that coming...I was thinking he might have a diamond-draw or another over-pair (maybe tens?) or possibly a smaller set (that'd be even more awesome!). I tanked for a few seconds...and then decided to shove. After reading the forums on what to do in this spot, I thought shoving was the best play. I want Villain1 to maybe put me an a smaller over-pair or a flush draw and just make it look like I am trying to push him off his hand.
Villain1 suprisingly folded (not sure if he had aces, but he seemed really sincere about it the rest of the night, even as we were both cashing out) and then villain2 (pocket kings) tanks for like thirty-seconds. He immediately said "I think you have a set...god you have a set don't you?" I didn't respond, but in my mind I was just hoping he would commit the last of his ~$80 or so and let me please for once this trip dodge a freaking two-outer. Villain finally calls, the board bricks out, and I rake in my biggest pot of the trip. Boom.
So I played a good 12 hours or so combined for Monday and Tuesday. I played the majority of those hours on Monday (nine hours) and then a quick session Tuesday. I'd say I definitely have some things to work on (which would include bet-sizing, developing a looser-image, being more aggro on later streets, etc) but I think my overall play was pretty good. I got my money in bad once, but I think that was unavoidable. And you guys know I usually don't like to complain, but I did get three-outered twice and two-outered once...all in some very significant pots. I won't dwell on those for too-long:
- Trip 3's (A3) on a 337 flop, K on the turn vs KQ...we get it all-in on the turn ($220+ pot), River is a King.
- I flop trip tens with KT vs JT...turn is a Jack. ($400+ pot)
- I turn trip Aces with A9 out of the BB against A8. River is an eight ($300+ pot)
So besides those, I did okay...I think. This next hand was pretty awesome...
Hero has 99 UTG+2. Villain with KQ and JT up there in those bad beat hands raises to $12 UTG (he claimed to have Aces, dunno bout that). Villain UTG+1 calls (he ends up having KK...zomg thanks for not re-raising). Hero calls with $360 behind (implied odds FTW!), Villain1 covers, Villain2 has about $200 in his stack.
So the flop is fantastically awesome aside from a couple diamonds:
Flop: 9:d:7:d:4:c:
Villain1 leads out $50 and I immediately thought he had a really big hand. First off, he hadn't raised very much at all pre-flop, so along with him being UTG, I put two and two together and decided he has an over-pair...please double me up! Villain2 then raised to $100. Wow, didn't see that coming...I was thinking he might have a diamond-draw or another over-pair (maybe tens?) or possibly a smaller set (that'd be even more awesome!). I tanked for a few seconds...and then decided to shove. After reading the forums on what to do in this spot, I thought shoving was the best play. I want Villain1 to maybe put me an a smaller over-pair or a flush draw and just make it look like I am trying to push him off his hand.
Villain1 suprisingly folded (not sure if he had aces, but he seemed really sincere about it the rest of the night, even as we were both cashing out) and then villain2 (pocket kings) tanks for like thirty-seconds. He immediately said "I think you have a set...god you have a set don't you?" I didn't respond, but in my mind I was just hoping he would commit the last of his ~$80 or so and let me please for once this trip dodge a freaking two-outer. Villain finally calls, the board bricks out, and I rake in my biggest pot of the trip. Boom.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Session No. 70 Jackson Friday (1/4)
1/2 NL: TP = +$60 TSP = 5 Hrs
Alright well even though the weather was uber-shitty, I rode with my friend Todd to Jackson Rancheria. Todd's playing in a couple big tournaments Monday and Tuesday up there, so he wanted to go up Friday to make sure he bought in and was registered ahead of time. After registering, we sat down and play some 1/2NL. I knew ahead of time the limit games would be scarce (they had one 3/6 table going lol!) so I was ready to play some NL cash.
To be honest, I was pretty lost on a few key situations, something that almost never happens to me in limit. The players were pretty soft though, so I made money despite those few mistakes.
I can't really remember any hands to go into them in detail, but I picked up Aces a couple times and then flopped a set of threes once, but besides that I actually ran somewhat cold. I was able to c-bet a couple times to take down some decent pots, and I even made a successful semi-bluff. On the flipside, I put a guy who was short-stacked and flopped a set of Queens all-in with my nut-flush draw (he boated up on the turn lol) and then I lost a good chunk of my stack with AQ vs A4 of clubs (guy turned his flush).
I think pre-flop went, Villain limped, Hero raised to $10, villain called.
Flop: Q:c:7:d:5:c:
Check, Hero bets $15, Villain Calls
Turn: 3:c:
Check, Hero bets $30, Villain calls
River: T:c:
Check, Check
I show my Queen and the villain (obv frustrated) showed A:c:4:c:. To be honest, he's not getting any more money out of me anyway. If he raises the turn I'm gone and if he donks the river I'm folding there too.
Anyway, I'm going up to Jackson again Monday/Tuesday with Todd, so wish me luck and hopefully this limit-donk can run good and make some money playing NL :)
Alright well even though the weather was uber-shitty, I rode with my friend Todd to Jackson Rancheria. Todd's playing in a couple big tournaments Monday and Tuesday up there, so he wanted to go up Friday to make sure he bought in and was registered ahead of time. After registering, we sat down and play some 1/2NL. I knew ahead of time the limit games would be scarce (they had one 3/6 table going lol!) so I was ready to play some NL cash.
To be honest, I was pretty lost on a few key situations, something that almost never happens to me in limit. The players were pretty soft though, so I made money despite those few mistakes.
I can't really remember any hands to go into them in detail, but I picked up Aces a couple times and then flopped a set of threes once, but besides that I actually ran somewhat cold. I was able to c-bet a couple times to take down some decent pots, and I even made a successful semi-bluff. On the flipside, I put a guy who was short-stacked and flopped a set of Queens all-in with my nut-flush draw (he boated up on the turn lol) and then I lost a good chunk of my stack with AQ vs A4 of clubs (guy turned his flush).
I think pre-flop went, Villain limped, Hero raised to $10, villain called.
Flop: Q:c:7:d:5:c:
Check, Hero bets $15, Villain Calls
Turn: 3:c:
Check, Hero bets $30, Villain calls
River: T:c:
Check, Check
I show my Queen and the villain (obv frustrated) showed A:c:4:c:. To be honest, he's not getting any more money out of me anyway. If he raises the turn I'm gone and if he donks the river I'm folding there too.
Anyway, I'm going up to Jackson again Monday/Tuesday with Todd, so wish me luck and hopefully this limit-donk can run good and make some money playing NL :)
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Session No. 69 Cache Tues (1/1)
4/8-Kill: TP = +$65 TT: 5 Hrs
What better way to bring in the new year than to go play some live pokah? Tony called me around 1pm or so and woke me up out of my tired stupor to go play at Cache. The Superdonk was already out playing, so I figured going up to watch him donk off some chips would be worth the trip itself...
Now tonight is Friday and I just got back in from playing 1/2 NL at Jackson with my friend Todd, but I'll do my best to give you a rundown of some interesting hands. The first hand I really played at the table was KQos from EP. I raise, get a couple of callers behind me, and then the BB tags along.
Flop: Q:d:T:d:3:c:
Check, I bet, call, Button raises, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, fold, call
Turn: 4:s:
Bet, call
River: 9:d:
Check, bet, call
Genius on the button shows Q9os and rakes in my pot...ugh...lame. I check/called expecting to see a couple diamonds, maybe even a goofy straight or something like that after the snap-calls I got on the flop and turn, but Q9? Whatever...
After that I ran a little better, built up a stack somehow to around +$130, but then I ended up donking it off down to $60 somehow...yeah I told ya, my memory is shot. I've been on a terrible sleeping pattern for the last week...
One more hand...oh this one was pretty sick actually.
I limp behind a couple limpers in LP with A:c:8:c:, BB checks. About five players see a flop of...
Flop: T:c:6:c:3:s:
Checks to me, I bet, called in a few spots
Turn: 7:c:
Boom. Checks to me, I bet, SB raises, two players fold the action back to me, I 3-bet, SB caps. Interesting...I remember thinking "glad I'm blocking the straight-flush with my 8:c:"
River: K:h:
Bet, I raise, SB 3-bets, I four-bet, dealer says "eight more to call" and the SB looks at the dealer and asks "eight more?" I somewhat hurriedly pipe in and say "it's HU, so you could keep raising if you want" which got a few chuckles out of the other players. I was kinda pissed the dealer didn't say it was unlimited raising on the river since we were Heads-up...anyway he ends up just calling and angirly mucks K2 of clubs. What'd he think I had?
That's all for now...I'll blog about the NL session tomorrow (Saturday)...I'm gonna go crash now.
What better way to bring in the new year than to go play some live pokah? Tony called me around 1pm or so and woke me up out of my tired stupor to go play at Cache. The Superdonk was already out playing, so I figured going up to watch him donk off some chips would be worth the trip itself...
Now tonight is Friday and I just got back in from playing 1/2 NL at Jackson with my friend Todd, but I'll do my best to give you a rundown of some interesting hands. The first hand I really played at the table was KQos from EP. I raise, get a couple of callers behind me, and then the BB tags along.
Flop: Q:d:T:d:3:c:
Check, I bet, call, Button raises, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, fold, call
Turn: 4:s:
Bet, call
River: 9:d:
Check, bet, call
Genius on the button shows Q9os and rakes in my pot...ugh...lame. I check/called expecting to see a couple diamonds, maybe even a goofy straight or something like that after the snap-calls I got on the flop and turn, but Q9? Whatever...
After that I ran a little better, built up a stack somehow to around +$130, but then I ended up donking it off down to $60 somehow...yeah I told ya, my memory is shot. I've been on a terrible sleeping pattern for the last week...
One more hand...oh this one was pretty sick actually.
I limp behind a couple limpers in LP with A:c:8:c:, BB checks. About five players see a flop of...
Flop: T:c:6:c:3:s:
Checks to me, I bet, called in a few spots
Turn: 7:c:
Boom. Checks to me, I bet, SB raises, two players fold the action back to me, I 3-bet, SB caps. Interesting...I remember thinking "glad I'm blocking the straight-flush with my 8:c:"
River: K:h:
Bet, I raise, SB 3-bets, I four-bet, dealer says "eight more to call" and the SB looks at the dealer and asks "eight more?" I somewhat hurriedly pipe in and say "it's HU, so you could keep raising if you want" which got a few chuckles out of the other players. I was kinda pissed the dealer didn't say it was unlimited raising on the river since we were Heads-up...anyway he ends up just calling and angirly mucks K2 of clubs. What'd he think I had?
That's all for now...I'll blog about the NL session tomorrow (Saturday)...I'm gonna go crash now.
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