Very short session, only 17 hands, and I ended up losing my whole BI. Holding KK UTG I bet 3.5xBB only to get 3-bet by the BB. I then 4-bet and the BB 5-bets all-in. At this point I put him on either AA, KK, and QQ (this is the micro limits so people do 5-bet with QQ and sometimes lower) and decide to find out exactly what my opponent would risk his stack with. You guessed it (as did I), AA. Oh well, now I know I need to sometime let go of KK.
See you on the felt.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Session Review
Had a longer than usually session yesterday where I really didn't pick up any monster hands. I did pick up a fair amount of middle to low pocket pairs, which in the end, didn't help me either.
Over 105 hands, playing NL10 on RedKings, I only won 4 of them, with 2 of them holding 99. The problem is that the amounts won in those hands never exceeded 10BB. On the flip side, I lost 23 hands, the majority being from the SB and BB, so no big financial lose there. I did however, lose my 2 biggest pots when holding 88. Both times I was against short stacked players, so I had a feeling I was probably behind, but I couldn't be stacked, so I decided to gamble. The biggest lost came against AA, while the other was againstAKs where my opponent flopped the nut flush and I turned a flush. Not great decisions on my part, but I'm still learning.
Overall, here's how my stats finished off:
VP$IP: 11
PFR: 3
AgF: 2
BR: $-2.79
Since I'm playing tight ABC poker, I don't expect my PFR and AgF to be too high unless I can go on a with catching good cards.
On a side note, I also played 50 hands on Doyle's Room playing NL4, and ended up that session up $1.69. Between the two, my loses are minimal, but the hands played and experience gained will help me over the long run.
See you on the felt.
Over 105 hands, playing NL10 on RedKings, I only won 4 of them, with 2 of them holding 99. The problem is that the amounts won in those hands never exceeded 10BB. On the flip side, I lost 23 hands, the majority being from the SB and BB, so no big financial lose there. I did however, lose my 2 biggest pots when holding 88. Both times I was against short stacked players, so I had a feeling I was probably behind, but I couldn't be stacked, so I decided to gamble. The biggest lost came against AA, while the other was againstAKs where my opponent flopped the nut flush and I turned a flush. Not great decisions on my part, but I'm still learning.
Overall, here's how my stats finished off:
VP$IP: 11
PFR: 3
AgF: 2
BR: $-2.79
Since I'm playing tight ABC poker, I don't expect my PFR and AgF to be too high unless I can go on a with catching good cards.
On a side note, I also played 50 hands on Doyle's Room playing NL4, and ended up that session up $1.69. Between the two, my loses are minimal, but the hands played and experience gained will help me over the long run.
See you on the felt.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Session recap
Played a little on the weekend and didn't have time to post a recap of what happened.
Over the course of a little more than 1 hour, I managed to finish up over 2/5ths of a buy-in playing NL10 on RedKings. I was also playing on Doyle's room and finished up over 1/2 of a BI playing NL4 during that same time.
When I went back to review my hands, I decided to take a different approach. This time I listed all my hands from the RK session (Doyle's room is part of the Cake network which don't allow software like PT3 to breakdown the hands, so no data is available) to see where I won and lost the most money. Over 65 hands I only had 3 winning hands, while having about 15 losing hands. The losing hands where all hands where I either was in the blinds or limped in, except for one. That means, apart from the one other hand which I will get to shortly, my loses didn't amount to much (at most it was $0.75). Now for that bigger than that blinds losing hand, it played out like this.
From EP I raise it up to $0.35 with AKo and get 2 callers. Being OOP I'm not liking it too much. The flop brings 359 rainbow and the SB leads out for almost all the pot and I quickly fold. Figuring I was drawing very thin (maybe 2 overs and a weak straight draw, but no flush draw) and having only invested 3.5xBB, it wasn't worth chasing. So this hand brought my losing total to around $1. Combine that with my winning hands, and I finished up.
My biggest hand was against 2 opponents and played out like this.
Form the CO I pick up QQ and raise it to $0.45 (there was already 2 limpers). The BTN calls and the SS in the BB re-shoves for $1.25 more. The limpers fold and I call knowing I can't lose anymore to the SS. The BTN also comes along. The flop brings TT9 (2 suites) and I lead out (essentially putting the BTN all-in). Now, the more I think about this, the more I'm realizing that this bet might be a leak in my game. With a coordinated flop, I'm probably behind the BTN's pre-flop calling range of hands and leading into him/her is not good. I should have probably just checked to control the pot, but I was looking to push the BTN out and take on the SS with my over pair. The BTN calls all-in and turns over AQo. The SS then turns over KK for the lead in the main pot, but I'm ahead in the side pot (which is now bigger than the main pot). The turn and river bring the other 2 K's and the SS wins the main pot with quads, while I empty the BTN's stack into mine, bringing me up (even though I lost some money to the SS).
Overall, both tables were good and I'm happy with my play thus far playing NL cash games.
See you on the felt.
Over the course of a little more than 1 hour, I managed to finish up over 2/5ths of a buy-in playing NL10 on RedKings. I was also playing on Doyle's room and finished up over 1/2 of a BI playing NL4 during that same time.
When I went back to review my hands, I decided to take a different approach. This time I listed all my hands from the RK session (Doyle's room is part of the Cake network which don't allow software like PT3 to breakdown the hands, so no data is available) to see where I won and lost the most money. Over 65 hands I only had 3 winning hands, while having about 15 losing hands. The losing hands where all hands where I either was in the blinds or limped in, except for one. That means, apart from the one other hand which I will get to shortly, my loses didn't amount to much (at most it was $0.75). Now for that bigger than that blinds losing hand, it played out like this.
From EP I raise it up to $0.35 with AKo and get 2 callers. Being OOP I'm not liking it too much. The flop brings 359 rainbow and the SB leads out for almost all the pot and I quickly fold. Figuring I was drawing very thin (maybe 2 overs and a weak straight draw, but no flush draw) and having only invested 3.5xBB, it wasn't worth chasing. So this hand brought my losing total to around $1. Combine that with my winning hands, and I finished up.
My biggest hand was against 2 opponents and played out like this.
Form the CO I pick up QQ and raise it to $0.45 (there was already 2 limpers). The BTN calls and the SS in the BB re-shoves for $1.25 more. The limpers fold and I call knowing I can't lose anymore to the SS. The BTN also comes along. The flop brings TT9 (2 suites) and I lead out (essentially putting the BTN all-in). Now, the more I think about this, the more I'm realizing that this bet might be a leak in my game. With a coordinated flop, I'm probably behind the BTN's pre-flop calling range of hands and leading into him/her is not good. I should have probably just checked to control the pot, but I was looking to push the BTN out and take on the SS with my over pair. The BTN calls all-in and turns over AQo. The SS then turns over KK for the lead in the main pot, but I'm ahead in the side pot (which is now bigger than the main pot). The turn and river bring the other 2 K's and the SS wins the main pot with quads, while I empty the BTN's stack into mine, bringing me up (even though I lost some money to the SS).
Overall, both tables were good and I'm happy with my play thus far playing NL cash games.
See you on the felt.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Session Review
First off, I probably should have went to bed instead of playing. I was tired, but I don't think it affected my play. I just had an itch to play, so I did, and ignored any need for sleep.
Bare with me as I'm going from memory here, so the board cards, bets, and memory of the play may be a little off.
Early on I picked up 66 from the BTN in a limped pot. I called and 4 people saw the flop. 843 (all diamonds) and I've got middle pair, weak flush draw (yes 1 of my 6's was a diamond) and a back-door straight draw. Checked to me and I decide to see where I stand. Half pot bet and only 1 caller. OK, I'm not that good, so shut it down. A black J his the turn and we both check (should I have continued to show strength?). River is a 5 (not diamonds) and my opponent bets the pot. I fold wondering if my check on the turn gave him the courage to bet the not so scary river card. Down a bit early on.
A few hands later I get dealt AKo and raise it up. Only the villain from above comes along (he was in the BB). Flop is all low cards that are un-coordinated and he shoves his remaining $1.87 into a $0.75 pot. Not worth chasing so I fold. Now down some more.
A while later I pick up 99 in the BB. Only 1 other player limps and being OOP I just check. The flop comes J9J (full house for me) and the pot is only $0.25, so I check hoping my opponent gets frisky. Nothing on the flop, turn or river for my opponent to bet at me and I end up winning $0.24 ($0.01 rake) with the flopped nuts. Since my opponent didn't bet, I doubt he would have called any bets from me.
By this time I've been playing about 30 mins and have only played 12% of my hands. You can say I was tight, but at this level, tight doesn't mean anything.
Shortly after my big win, I pick up JJ in MP and raise it up 3.5xBB. I get a caller from the CO and then the BB decides to 3-bet to 10xBB. Just before he 3-bet I was looking at his/her PT3 numbers and noticed that they only call PFR 7% (over 90 hands) and that their VPIP was 9. You'd think that this would have triggered something about the fact that they are probably re-raising with a pretty good hand, but no, I just called OOP with Jacks! The other person also called. The flop comes T96 with 2 suits. I check, as does the other caller, but Mr. 3-bet puts out a half pot bet. Having an over pair I decide to min re-raise. The other player folds and now Mr. 3-bet goes all-in. At this point I figure I'm behind, but with it only costing me $0.93 more into a $8.48 pot, I reluctantly call. My opponent shows QQ and I don't improve and take a big hit ($4.93) to my already depleted stack.
Because of this hand I have found another leak in my game. Always pay attention to your opponent's PT3 numbers and tread lightly if they are a tight/solid player. Had I paid a little more attention, I could have saved myself $3.93. I think I still call the flop, but once my opponent shows strength on the flop, I should have shut it down. On a side note, earlier on in this session, I was paying attention to my opponents numbers when I wasn't in a hand and a tight player raised from MP and I was able to put him on exactly the hand he ended up going to showdown with and that made me feel good. Now I just need to be able to do that every hand. Practice, practice, practice.
After that loss, I played another 25 hands looking to catch some cards and make some money back, but also sticking to my rule of either playing 1 hour or losing 1 BI. I know that I probably should have topped up my stack (back to $10 to maximize my potential with big hands), but since I'm trying to limit my losses to 1 buy-in in a night, I didn't want to invest more money. Unfortunately, the only hand I picked up during that stretch was 99, but quickly folded on the flop when the board shows AJT.
Here are my numbers for the night:
Hands: 60
VP$IP: 10
PFR: 5
AgF: 3
BR: -$7.02
Overall, not a good night and now I'm even more tired than before I went to bed. That should mean that I won't play tonight, but you just never know how I will be feeling when the time comes.
See you on the felt.
Bare with me as I'm going from memory here, so the board cards, bets, and memory of the play may be a little off.
Early on I picked up 66 from the BTN in a limped pot. I called and 4 people saw the flop. 843 (all diamonds) and I've got middle pair, weak flush draw (yes 1 of my 6's was a diamond) and a back-door straight draw. Checked to me and I decide to see where I stand. Half pot bet and only 1 caller. OK, I'm not that good, so shut it down. A black J his the turn and we both check (should I have continued to show strength?). River is a 5 (not diamonds) and my opponent bets the pot. I fold wondering if my check on the turn gave him the courage to bet the not so scary river card. Down a bit early on.
A few hands later I get dealt AKo and raise it up. Only the villain from above comes along (he was in the BB). Flop is all low cards that are un-coordinated and he shoves his remaining $1.87 into a $0.75 pot. Not worth chasing so I fold. Now down some more.
A while later I pick up 99 in the BB. Only 1 other player limps and being OOP I just check. The flop comes J9J (full house for me) and the pot is only $0.25, so I check hoping my opponent gets frisky. Nothing on the flop, turn or river for my opponent to bet at me and I end up winning $0.24 ($0.01 rake) with the flopped nuts. Since my opponent didn't bet, I doubt he would have called any bets from me.
By this time I've been playing about 30 mins and have only played 12% of my hands. You can say I was tight, but at this level, tight doesn't mean anything.
Shortly after my big win, I pick up JJ in MP and raise it up 3.5xBB. I get a caller from the CO and then the BB decides to 3-bet to 10xBB. Just before he 3-bet I was looking at his/her PT3 numbers and noticed that they only call PFR 7% (over 90 hands) and that their VPIP was 9. You'd think that this would have triggered something about the fact that they are probably re-raising with a pretty good hand, but no, I just called OOP with Jacks! The other person also called. The flop comes T96 with 2 suits. I check, as does the other caller, but Mr. 3-bet puts out a half pot bet. Having an over pair I decide to min re-raise. The other player folds and now Mr. 3-bet goes all-in. At this point I figure I'm behind, but with it only costing me $0.93 more into a $8.48 pot, I reluctantly call. My opponent shows QQ and I don't improve and take a big hit ($4.93) to my already depleted stack.
Because of this hand I have found another leak in my game. Always pay attention to your opponent's PT3 numbers and tread lightly if they are a tight/solid player. Had I paid a little more attention, I could have saved myself $3.93. I think I still call the flop, but once my opponent shows strength on the flop, I should have shut it down. On a side note, earlier on in this session, I was paying attention to my opponents numbers when I wasn't in a hand and a tight player raised from MP and I was able to put him on exactly the hand he ended up going to showdown with and that made me feel good. Now I just need to be able to do that every hand. Practice, practice, practice.
After that loss, I played another 25 hands looking to catch some cards and make some money back, but also sticking to my rule of either playing 1 hour or losing 1 BI. I know that I probably should have topped up my stack (back to $10 to maximize my potential with big hands), but since I'm trying to limit my losses to 1 buy-in in a night, I didn't want to invest more money. Unfortunately, the only hand I picked up during that stretch was 99, but quickly folded on the flop when the board shows AJT.
Here are my numbers for the night:
Hands: 60
VP$IP: 10
PFR: 5
AgF: 3
BR: -$7.02
Overall, not a good night and now I'm even more tired than before I went to bed. That should mean that I won't play tonight, but you just never know how I will be feeling when the time comes.
See you on the felt.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Session Review
Had another good session tonight. Stuck to my tight game plan and it paid off for me.
Here's a couple of hands.
BTN just lost a big hand when his trip Ace's lost to a river'd straight so I put him more on tilt than anything.
A few hands later, this happened.
$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem • 8 Players • OnGame - RedKings
What would you do?
And here's a hand that I got lucky with, but who's folding on the flop?
Overall I saw 54 hands and finished with the following stats:
VP$IP: 11
PFR: 7
AgF: 1
BR: +$7.47
See you on the felt.
Here's a couple of hands.
BTN just lost a big hand when his trip Ace's lost to a river'd straight so I put him more on tilt than anything.
$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem • 9 Players • OnGame - RedKings
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG: $2 |
| UTG+1: $10.18 |
| MP1: $9.58 |
| MP2: $12.86 |
| MP3: $1.79 |
| CO: $18.63 |
| BTN: $3.24 |
| SB: $15.32 |
| Hero (BB): $9.87 |
- Pre-Flop ($0.15, 9 players)
Hero is BB
- Flop ($8.42, 3 players, 2 all-in)
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- Turn ($8.42, 3 players, 2 all-in)
- River ($8.42, 3 players, 2 all-in)
- Final Pot: $5.52
- Hero shows PAIR KING
- MP3 shows PAIR NINE
- BTN shows PAIR SIX
- Hero wins $11.29 (net +$4.91)
- MP3 lost $1.79
- CO lost $0.10
- BTN lost $3.24
A few hands later, this happened.
$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem • 8 Players • OnGame - RedKings
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG: $8.93 |
| UTG+1: $12.31 |
| MP1: $10 |
| Hero: $15.35 |
| CO: $1.73 |
| BTN: $10.19 |
| SB: $2.80 |
| BB: $17.01 |
- Pre-Flop ($0.15, 8 players)Hero is MP2
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.35, CO goes all-in $1.73, 2 folds, BB calls $1.63, $1.38 to Hero ($15)?
What would you do?
And here's a hand that I got lucky with, but who's folding on the flop?
$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem • 8 Players • OnGame
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG: $10.41 |
| Hero: $14.65 |
| MP1: $10.33 |
| MP2: $1.85 |
| CO: $2.90 |
| BTN: $13.67 |
| SB: $3.19 |
| BB: $21.19 |
- Pre-Flop ($0.15, 8 players)Hero is UTG+1
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1 fold, Hero raises to $0.35, 4 folds, SB calls $0.30, 1 fold
- Flop ($0.80, 2 players)
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SB checks, Hero bets $0.50, SB goes all-in $2.84, Hero calls $2.34
- Turn ($6.48, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- River ($6.48, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- Final Pot: $6.48
- SB shows THREE_OF_A_KIND THREE
- Hero shows FULL_HOUSE KING THREE
- Hero wins $6.16 (net +$2.97)
- SB lost $3.19
Overall I saw 54 hands and finished with the following stats:
VP$IP: 11
PFR: 7
AgF: 1
BR: +$7.47
See you on the felt.
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