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lol, I can hz prop bets? $100/mile imo

You should've been included in that list of people I say "Hell no," to.

You would think, but no one remembers poor, old Dustin anymores.... Sad

fucking Marine Corps. Razz

Nice to see my blog all the way on the bottom. I've been sleeping on my blog since I don't find it very interesting to write about poker especially since, if I write daily, it would probably end up being very results-oriented and that's what I'm aiming NOT to do. In an effort to become more results-oriented, I took that shitty bankroll tracker out of my signature and replaced it with a much sexier signature.

After speaking to Dranger about the whole idea of blogs today, I've decided to use this blog to chronicle my real-life happenings as they connect to poker. Also, I would like to at LEAST have my monthly graphs here so I can follow my progress in case I ever lose my database (and it's nice to have it all in one place).

Yup, my September graph...in the middle of October. My worst month ever...and it all ties in with my real-life. As has been written in my blog, I was going through IRL shit and basically tilted throughout the entire first half of September. No bad beats, no coolers, just good ol' fashioned playing when I shouldn't have been playing. However, I didn't play much this first half, which I think may have been a good thing. However, with all the crap that was on my mind, my game was pretty damn swongy and I didn't allow myself to string together consistent wins. Bad poker month was rooted in a bad real-life month. That is not at all a coincidence.

As for October, it started out meh but I've gotten my shit together. I will not be commenting on exactly how I'm doing (as it doesn't matter). Also, I don't plan on commenting on moving up. I probably won't have one set day to move up. I will transition myself into 50NL when I see fit.

With school, poker has taken the backseat. I am not happy about this very much. I love the game...I love learning the game, I love thinking about the game, and I love the positive effects the game brings on real-life. For instance, there are days where I choose not to go out to the bar and drink (wasting money and brain cells) to stay in and play poker. I've cut my drinking way down and replaced it with poker. This is positive any way you cut it.

Also, I began to exercise and try to get in some type of fucking shape. I actually want to put this priority in front of poker as well (as it doesn't take much time to go outside and jog 2-3 miles). With exercise comes better tilt control and a more positive mindset (this includes increased confidence). There is no reason I shouldn't be running every day...but I have to keep my eye on the ball (that's been a bit tough for me to do).

I will be setting goals for myself both in poker and in real-life and writing these goals here in this blog. The goals will start small and hopefully snowball into something bigger. For starters, I will be going for a 2+ mile run once this rain gets the fuck out. Also, I will be cutting down on my portion sizes of food. As Americans (I can't really comment on other countries), we're used to this disproportionate serving size of food. I must make a conscious effort to break this habit. Also, I've been trying to sleep 7+ hours per day and have been doing great. However, I've been slacking on that goal. This goal is back on the list. Three small goals. As for my bigger goal, I hope to regularly run in 5K races by 2010.

For more on real-life and its effect on poker, read this article: http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-and-life.php

Shameless plugs ftw.

Good luck in all things, life and poker sir. It's always nice to be mentioned in a blog imo. Smile

I should do the same thign you're doing with the fitness. I've been slackign the last 3-5 days.

So one misconception about the idea of blogs that I was wrong about...I felt that it'd be weird to post more than once per day and that it's necessary to post at least once per day. Fuck that, I post when I want.

Anywho, just came back from a nice job. New York is freezing right now though; so my lungs weren't feeling to gravy. I have to buy warmer clothes for my torso (any suggestions?) and start rocking the skull cap when I go out for a jog. Other than that, it was a success.

I'm on a hot tea kick right now...which I think is a good thing. I don't know much about tea except that it's delicious. I'm thinking about ordering a good amount of green tea online (again, any suggestions?). I will also put the lower portions aspect of my goal into practice starting today and hopefully it will snowball into an easy habit (kinda like when I forced myself to like water).

As for poker, I have work tonight & tomorrow and a midterm on Monday. I hope to squeeze some in this weekend, but it isn't necessarily on my priorities list. If worst comes to worst, I'm back to playing regular poker by next week.

That is all.

WOOOOP

And lol at forcing yourself to like water. Try drinking hot ass canteen water while you're hiking and your mouth is filled with dust/dirt from everyone dragging their feet so you're basically drinking warm mud. Tap water = the nizzles nowadays. Smile

Alright, well today was my last midterm for a while. I pretty much pwned it and that pumped me up. I got back home with a shitload of energy so I think I'm gonna jog it off. I'll probably be jogging three miles instead of my usual two right about when I'm finished writing this. Being that I only had three hours of sleep last night since I was studying, I'll probably be crashing later today.

With midterms over, I'll have more time to focus on poker. Everything is going well on that side of things. I paid off a large chunk of my credit card debt today and it looks like I may be out of debt before 2010. It makes me happy that I won't be making a gay resolution such as "pay off my debt" or "get healthy" (I hate the idea of resolutions fwiw). If anything, my resolution will basically be maintenance, which isn't really a resolution at all. Life is on an upswing again.

Good to hear it all going okay booger. Upswings in life are definitely nice. Keep on heading in the right direction. I need to start jogging again ive turned into a lardass the past year. haha

I like where things are going here.

First and foremost, I lolpwned my C++ midterm. I took it on Tuesday and felt uberconfident in my pwnage. We got our exams back today and I got a 40...out of 40 bitches. BOOM HEADSHOT!

So my body seems to be getting accustomed to my daily (quasi-daily) jogging. Admittedly, I was tired as shit when I first started. It sucked. By the time my day finished, I didn't really have any juice to focus on poker. I was focused on relaxing in bed. As my body gets used to my daily running, it becomes easier to come back home, shower, and keep my day rolling.
I think my body is beginning to get addicted to the exercise (yes, that really happens), which is a great thing. By jogging, I get all my energy out and am not as excited (emotionally; in the negative sense of the word) to play poker. Instead of getting pissed when I lose or pumped when I win, my emotions remain neutral. This is probably the most important change to my poker game as of late.
Lastly, I'm on a crazy tea kick. Tea is fucking amazing. I seriously recommend it to all on FTR. Drinking boiling water takes time (it's fucking hot). Sitting and slowly drinking tea is more relaxing than it sounds. Also, the caffeine kick is pretty sweet (get over it, caffeine isn't as bad for you as you think). I just drank some tea, wrote a bit for FTR, and am ready to run. I plan on getting back and playing some poker (playing at ~4pm is pretty good since the players are lolbad at that time). After playing, studying some programming will ensue and the day will end with more poker.

Since some may be wondering, poker is going well. I should note now that I probably won't be making as many poker updates as a "poker blog" should. There will be no talk of buy-ins or money until the end of each month (maybe). Those of you who I speak with will know how I am doing (kinda). I am doing this to keep my emotions as neutral as possible. To quote Primetime:

Quite the interesting weekend...not too proud about it. The weekend started out great, I was getting my work done, playing well, and enjoying myself. My birthday was on Saturday where I basically told myself I was getting drunk. I ended up getting sick (though I think it was the flavored liquor that did it) by the end of the night and felt like total shit the next day.

I've almost gotten to the point where I feel getting drunk is a complete waste. I forget everything of the night before, I'm hungover like crazy the next day, and I'm just disappointed in myself. However, what I can say, is that I usually never drink like this. I'm usually quite responsible and only drink three or four beers (max). I guess since it was my birthday, I saw it as an opportunity to get a little extreme. However, I'm too old for that shit. I’m 23 and I probably should start acting it. I’m pretty damn mature for my age, but I wouldn’t mind cutting out my reckless drinking (even if it is just once a year).

I probably wouldn’t be as disappointed in myself had it not been for the fact that I was speaking to this girl at the bar (and she was basically in the bag). However, being that I’m an poopyhead, I got too drunk and probably made a fool out of myself (not that I would remember). So again, getting wasted is exactly that, a waste. Even though I never really get drunk unless it’s my birthday, but even once a year is still too much.

I didn’t run at all on my birthday (Saturday) or Sunday. I’m pretty upset about that as well. Losing a day because I’m hungover is unacceptable. Perhaps it’s just the birthday blues and the feeling of getting older. I haven’t achieved much and I’m actually a bit backwards (being that I had to return to school after realizing medicine wasn’t for me).

tl;dr
1) BooG is getting older
2) BooG shouldn’t be getting drunk
3) BooG shouldn’t NOT be getting the girl because he chose to get drunk
4) BooG shouldn’t be drinking any flavored liquors
5) BooG needs to be running every day

kudos imo

*Last edited by BooG690 on Tue, 03 Nov 2009, 3:19pm; edited 1 time in total*

Alright. Another update from me. October sucked balls poker-wise. I was running hot in 50NL, but once that ended, it all toppled down. I simply cannot beat 50NL. 25NL comes easy but 50NL is kicking my ass. So I'm just going to bitch and whine about how I can't beat a stake.

Psyche. Fuck that. I'm gonna do something about it. I seemed to balance out the studying (school), poker play, and jogging in October. It's been OK...but I forgot one vital part: studying for poker. So I'm going to add that to my set of balls to juggle. I will require myself to study poker before any poker play begins (unless I have a day off from school; I will allow myself to play poker in the mornings, don't ask me why). Also, I've gotten myself a coach who should help me make the transition from 25NL into 50NL when I choose to take another shot.

Real-life is going well. I'm owning my computer programming class and linear algebra is beginning to make sense (I'm sure it'll stop making sense again soon though). I've got a bunch of social events I want to attend in November and work is also picking up so that's always good.

Also, for those that actually read this thing, I will be posting hands where:
1) I am confused of villain's range or am faced with a difficult decision.
2) villain showed down with a hand on the river that I failed to include in his range.
3) I bet for thin value with worse than top-pair.

Here's where the fun comes in. For those of you who read this, I'll ask you guys to flame, berate, and make me feel like trash for my poor poker play. You know you wanna...kthx.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Replayer from Poker Hands Replayer

Hero (Button) ($34.05)
SB ($26.85)
BB ($29.25)
UTG ($86.30) - A 40/22 fish who is pretty passive
MP ($25.80) - A 62/22 over 39 hands. Haven't seen much postflop play.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 10

, 10

UTG bets $0.75, MP calls $0.75, Hero raises to $3, 3 folds, MP calls $2.25
I choose to three-bet for value here against these two loose/passive fish. I expect their calling ranges to both be wide.

Flop: ($7.10) 9

, 8

, K

(2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks
When I was playing, I felt I should opt for "pot control" here and check through and perhaps get thin value out of later streets. I did not want the pot to get too large in the earlier streets with only second pair. Also, it may help convince villain that I do not have the king and make him more likely to call with worse hands on the turn.

Turn: ($7.10) 5

(2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $4, MP calls $4
Here, I chose to bet for thin value. I bet a little more than half the pot (to both keep the pot small and get value out of his small pair hands). Villain's calling range probably looks something like: {77-55,A9,KJ+,KTs,Q9s,J9s+,T9s,97s}. However, that's assuming he checks on the turn with KQ. I think I may be overestimating villain's passiveness. He may have a lot less kings than I think as he probably bets the turn with his KQ hands.

River: ($15.10) 3

(2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks
I feel like I may have missed more thin value from villain here. Of course, this is dependent on if villain calls two streets with a pair of nines (or lower pocket pairs). I chose to check since I thought villain's calling range would be comprised of far more kings than nines but I am now second-guessing myself. Again, villain's check on the turn almost tells me he barely has kings in his range. I probably should have bet ~$6 here.

Hand looks good to me Boog, I don't bet this river here because he can have JJ + QQ being passive preflop and play exactly this way. Also given this is a 3-bet pot I'd expect him to be more passive than usual with weakish kings so don't discount them from his range imo. It's close though and I certainly don't hate a bet.

Hope you get to grips and start pwning the fiddy NLs soon. When you get back up there I'll donate some more BIs to you.

I was feeling the same way since Oct was also horrible for me and was more or less BE. Novemeber has began with an 8BI upswing though in the 3k I've played so far so there is hope. I don't think there's such a huge differecne between 25 and 50Nl presonally, at least not so much of one that you should crush one stake and fail to beat the other.

A lot of it might just be varaince. Play more 50NL as soon as possible, table select and pwn some fish to get your confidence back.

Laterz man.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Replayer from Poker Hands Replayer

CO ($80.55)
Hero (Button) ($47.75)
SB ($25)
BB ($25.35)
UTG ($25) - Only nine hands on player. FWIW, he's been 50/25 in those nine hands. The best reads I have on player come from this hand; he posted UTG and check/called preflop. I'm going to assume his passiveness preflop translates into passiveness postflop. Though not always true, I have to make a generalization at this point.
MP ($27.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A

, K

UTG (poster) checks, 2 folds, Hero bets $1.25, 2 folds, UTG (poster) calls $1
I haz AKs, I raise for value. Standard.

Flop: ($2.85) K

, J

, 3

(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2, UTG calls $2
I flopped a TPTK. I expect villain's calling range to be wide here (again, I'm assuming fish). {Kx, Jx, QT, T9, PPs} all come to mind.

Turn: ($6.85) 5

(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.75, UTG raises to $12.50, Hero folds
Sweet. I got check-raised by a player that I assume to be passive. Here we see Beluga's Theorem at work. I cannot really think of anything I beat here. I really don't imagine villain playing his flush draws like this...but let's assume he does. We will also assume villain never folds his flush draw to my shove. Using the EV equation: 0 = 32.35x - 18(1-x) where x = my equity, my shove of $18 would need an equity of 35.75% to be breakeven. Villain would need to have a whole bunch of flush draws in addition to his {KJ,55,33} for my shove to be even close to breakeven. Again, villain probably doesn't play his flush draws very aggressively and this is a standard fold (IMO).

Total pot: $14.35 | Rake: $0.70

Results:
UTG didn't show
Outcome: UTG won $13.65

OK...so a standard hand, right? I agree. However, this is a spot where I would usually think "OMGFISH, I SHOVE." However, this thinking really makes no sense. It probably should be the opposite: "OMGFISH RAISED? SNAPFOLD!" Fish are usually passive. Here, we're not sure villain is a fish, but we will make that assumption. In the past, I probably would have shoved this and be stunned when I saw KJ or a set. It's sad really. I guess I just wanted to post this hand to show that I'm trying to grow as a player...

Nh BooG! It's good to see that ur not making spew calls/shoves in this spot. I just learned the Baluga's Theorem for the 5th time yesterday, too lol. I keep feeling the need to stack off with AQ on a Q high board on the turn vs a passive tard and they show up with the nizzles, and I'm always left thinking, "lolwut." SO gg us imo.

I'm confused how you can have 9 hands on someone and their vpip/pfr be a multiple of 5?

Cuz BooG is good like that imo.

I actually really like that idea for a fitness program Outlaw. I've been getting lazy as shit. Sad

Something like that would seriously motivate me to get off my ass and do some running.

Speaking of running ... I've got a 1/2 marathon in Texas a week from this Sunday. Smile

@ Outlaw: That wouldn't be a bad idea tbh. It would be nice to have a thread where we all share stories, motivate each other, etc. etc.

@ Illfavor: You would notice something like that. I think if you get folded to on the BB, it counts as a hand but does not affect your VPIP/PFR (as you did not have an opportunity to do either).

OK, so time for another hand. It comes from a session two days ago. This session was actually one of the most fun sessions I've had in a long time. A reg and I were getting into it, pretty much battling like crazy.

It started out with me directly to his right. He was three-betting me like crazy and was he was really becoming a hassle. However, I was stubborn, chose to stay, and tried to beat him OOP (genius move, I know). Admittedly, I was getting killed and folding a whole lot to his three-bets. When I'd call his three-bets, I'd be put in spots where it was difficult for me to call. My four-bets, however, were pretty successful against him. Soon, I finally let my pride go and got the fuck off that table. Luckily, I didn't lose much.

I found another table and I just so happened to sit on his left (I swear, it wasn't on purpose). Sweet. Time to make his life a living hell, amirite? I three-bet him a shitton and even four-bet two of his three-bets rather lightly. He appeared at another one of my tables (this time directly across from me). We didn't get into it much at that table (except for the second hand which is the whole point of this analysis).

Anywho, this was one of the three-bet hands from the table where I was sitting directly to his right. He's rather aggressive. I've seen him shove a few flops against other opponents. He's also a winning player...I PTRed him while playing to see if he was a spewtard or if there was, in fact, a method to his madness.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Replayer from Poker Hands Replayer

CO ($42.20)
Button ($25)
SB ($25.35) - Villain I was warring with was 33/31/5.2 with a 25% 3bet percentage, a 90% flop cbet, and a 51% ATS. I read this for being spewy but he is in fact a winning player according to PTR (I understand that doesn't necessarily make him "good"). It was a swongy graph...but still a winning player.
Hero (BB) ($41)
UTG ($55.70)
MP ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q

, Q

4 folds, SB bets $1, Hero raises to $3, SB calls $2
So looking back on it now, I may have wanted to three-bet him larger. I guess I wanted to make it look as "bluffy" as possible and the "standard 3x" may have helped me look bluffy imo. With our history (my three-betting his raises at this table), I expected villain to call a bit loosely. {AJs-A2s,KQs,suited connectors,JJ-88} are all hands I put into his three-bet calling range. I expect him to four-bet the top of his range here since he knows I'd probably be playing back and/or calling looser given our history.

Flop: ($6) 5

, 10

, 9

(2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5, SB raises to $22.35 (All-In), Hero calls $17.35
I've seen this all before. Three-bettor cbets, this villain shoves. I put villain on any draw, a pair of tens, a pair of nines, sets, and possibly overpairs that he chose to call preflop. Given a range like this, I felt I was way ahead and I called.

Turn: ($50.70) 3

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($50.70) 7

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $50.70 | Rake: $2.50

Results:
SB had 9

, 8

(one pair, nines). - Standard for villain
Hero had Q

, Q

(one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $48.20

OK, sweet. My read was correct and I won a nice pot. More importantly, I was pumped that I took this villain down. The score was currently 1-0.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Replayer from Poker Hands Replayer

SB ($26.05)
BB ($29.40)
UTG ($16.25)
Hero (MP) ($30.45)
Button ($27.70)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J

, J

1 fold, Hero bets $1, 2 folds, BB raises to $3.50, Hero raises to $7.75, BB calls $4.25
I four-bet villain and he calls. At the time, I thought nothing of it. I felt everything was standard. In hindsight, this is the first time villain called one of my four-bets. Does this mean villain actually has a hand or did villain adjust? At the time, I put his range at about the same kind of range he called with last hand. The four-bet probably took many suited-connectors out of his range...but I didn't really take that into account at the time. Mistake by me I guess.

Flop: ($15.60) K

, Q

, 10

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7, BB raises to $21.65 (All-In), Hero calls $14.65
I'll be honest, the flop startled me a little bit. I thought "Holy shit, I have a royal/straight flush draw." But then I thought, "Shit, it hit villain's range pretty hard as well." Villain could have easily had a set or a pair bigger than mine but I wasn't really scared of those type of hands since I had a ton of outs against those kind of hands. Hands in which he has an A

or a made straight suck since I lose a lot of equity. But then again, we're playing a range of hands and I'm most likely ahead of that range. So I choose to bet on the small side and hopefully induce a shove. I get what I want and instacall with my massive equity.

My thinking on the flop was all planned out before I even clicked a button. I'm pretty happy about that. I'm also happy that I stood my own against a lagtard and played well against him. I'm not sure I like the four-bet in the second hand too much, but besides that, I played well (I think). This little confrontation was a large confidence booster. Anywho, that's really all for now. I guess I just wanted to share a reg war that I had with everybody who reads this.

Nice Boog, pwn dem lagtards good.

Who was this btw. I regulated 25NL on stars quite a bit chances are I know a bit about him.

I like the way you played those hands given the history. I am at 25NL currently myself, I don't think its bad form to give villain's name here. (unless it someone who posts here lol)

ITS ME OBV (jk)

@ Outlaw, Carroters: Get your own fish Razz

OK, so more analysis. Kthx.

I was probably more confused about this hand than I should have been. I will analyze this hand as it should clear things up.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Replayer from Poker Hands Replayer

BB ($26.30)
UTG ($30.45)
Hero (MP) ($45.45)
CO ($41.65)
Button ($40.60)
SB ($17.40) - Villain is your standard 44/23 fish. Passive with a 40% fold to cbet.

Preflop: Hero is MP with 9

, 9

1 fold, Hero bets $1, 2 folds, SB calls $0.90, 1 fold

Flop: ($2.25) 8

, 5

, 7

(2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB calls $2
Again, fish doesn't fold to many cbets. His range is probably decently wide here, something like: {JJ-99,66,AT+,A8-A7,KJ+,JT,T9s,97s+,76s,65s,54s}. Value bet ftw.

Turn: ($6.25) 4

(2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
I feel this card hit his range harder than most would think. I am probably behind his continuing range here since I'm only really beating 8x. I'm giving villain a continuing range of: {JJ-99,66,A8s,T8s+,98s,76s,65s,54s}. There's a ton of two-pair type hands that beat me here now so I choose to check the turn, re-evaluate the river, and possibly get some river value out of hands that definitely wouldn't have called my turn bet. Is this the right play? Is villain's assigned continuing range OK?

River: ($6.25) Q

(2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB calls $2
Villain checks the river as well. Villain would be trying to get value from his straight/two-pair type hands here on the river. I may have let Qx catch-up, but there probably weren't too many of those hands that called the flop anyway. That leaves me with the one-pair hands that will probably only call a small bet.

I'm pretty sure I played this hand OK...there probably wasn't much value in betting the turn. Position helped me win this hand as I get a lot of information from villain's river check that I would not have had OOP. Position ftw.

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Wow. I feel like I've been away from the action for forever...and it's only been a week and a half. Last week I went to Tampa and I spent most of the week either getting errands out the way or actually in the sweet, sweet sun (actually, Tampa was a bit windy, but whatever).

The trip itself was great; getting there sucked. My flight was delayed due to rain and shit here in NY. Since I had a connecting flight (money be tight), I missed my flight out of Fort Lauderdale and was stuck in that airport with a 12-hour layover...to get onto a flight to Orlando (that was the next flight anywhere near Tampa). Therefore, I had to rent a car in Orlando and drive my ass to Tampa. So imagine a 12-hour layover followed by an excruciating 2-hour drive. Ehh...whatever, I had a good time. Sadly, as I was playing phone tag with Spirit Air about my delayed flight, I chose to bring my phone into the bathroom while I took a steamy shower. Bad move. Long story short: goodbye Storm, hello Droid.

Well, I arrived back in New York on Monday. I had a shitload of work to do for school (tests are starting again), a shitload of work to do for moneys*, and other errands that I needed to do after missing the weekend here in NY (probably wasn't the best weekend to leave). Anyway, I finally caught up today and I told myself that I need to get back into the poker groove. It's amazing how long it takes me to get things going again...but yeah, I'm here. Expect hand analysis any time now.

And dear IRC: I miss you guys. Embarassed

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Good to see you back around updating your blog, shitty that you ran into some complications with your trip but great to see you had a good time.

Get in IRC when you can dude, and gl getting that schoolwork finished.

I went to the gym tonight and am a bit tired. I really, really wanted to play some poker tonight...but it probably wouldn't be a good idea. But I still got that itch, sooooo...ANALYSIS.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Replayer from Poker Hands Replayer

CO ($26) - This is the villain from the previous hands that I warred with. Again, he is a 28/25/4.8 with a 16.8% 3b, 33% fold to 3b, and 83% flop cbet. I probably wouldn't mind getting a hand like AQs AIPF against this villain.
Button ($28.70)
SB ($27.30)
Hero (BB) ($25)
UTG ($104.45) - 77/10 dumb fish
MP ($25) - 46/43 over 30 hands. Due to the small sample, I will assume he is a lagtard until proven wrong.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q

, A

UTG calls $0.25, MP bets $1.25, CO calls $1.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $4.50, UTG calls $4.25, MP calls $3.25, CO calls $3.25
So in retrospect, I pretty much hate my 3bet here. Actually, I loathe it. Given villains' stats, I shouldn't expect them to fold much. Also, I'm OOP against three other players so my 3bet should probably be bigger (as played {acronym Renton hates}). At the time, I felt as if a call OOP without initiative was pretty bad. I also hated a fold against these villains since I was most likely ahead of their range...so I raised. I would love to hear other opinions on this. Please let me know here or PM me on IRC or somethin'.

All three villains probably have a wide range since most seem pretty fishy. I am leaning towards broadway cards with the occasional mid-pocket pair. I also think SCs are in CO's range.

Flop: ($18.10) 5

, 2

, 8

(4 players)
Hero bets $20.50 (All-In)
I get my flush draw and two overcards. I am a favorite against pocket pairs that missed their sets and a huge favorite against any other suited spades. If villain were to hit his set, I am a 25% underdog. I put these types of hands in villains' calling ranges. With only one bet left, I choose to go all-in as I am ahead of their calling range. I don't think it would have been better to check with the risk of it being checked through and losing a ton of equity on the turn (though my friend in the CO would have probably bet but i don't think it was worth the risk).

This hand was an awkward and confusing hand for me since the situation was pretty non-standard. I don't think I played it horribly, but I do have my doubts. Feel free to flame me. Thanks.

A bigger 3bet PF = smaller flop shove, so thats one reason for 3betting larger, but as played this is totally fine. You have so much FE its gross, and you will be ahead a lot of the time they snap it off with 99-JJ and worse PPs or like A9 lol.

nh

you DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT LOATHE PREFLOP!!!!! if these people never fold to 3b's then you're doing it for value with the best hand. i think we should be ok getting it in against ANY of the villains too. the sizing is weird 'cause the pot's getting so big, but since they're all fish, you might as well just make it bigger, like 5-5.50. against regs, we'd wanna make it 4.50-4.75 to make them think they have FE i think (i might be wrong though)

postflop is really awkward, but we shouldn't ever fold and there's only a psb left and shoving is def better than c/c (obv), so process of elimination........shove

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Replayer from Poker Hands Replayer

CO ($26.15)
Button ($19.35) - 24/18 over 18 hands. No reads.
SB ($27.60)
BB ($25)
Hero (UTG) ($31.55)
MP ($31.20)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9

, 9

Hero bets $1, 2 folds, Button calls $1, 2 folds
Hmm...so I have a relative unknown calling from the button. I'll put him on {TT-22, suited connectors,A2s+,ATo+,KQo,KTs+} range.

Flop: ($2.35) 2

, Q

(2 players)
Hero bets $1.50, Button calls $1.50
I probably should have bet larger here. His calling range is mostly TT-33 (33ish hands being optimistic) and flush draws.

Turn: ($5.35) J

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks
I can't see villain calling my bet here with worse pocket pairs. He is most likely calling with a flush draw. My reason for checking here is to get more value out of his smaller pocket pairs on the river (he has more pocket pairs than flush draws here). I really don't think my hand is strong enough to protect here so I check.

River: ($5.35) 2

(2 players)
Hero bets $2.75, Button calls $2.75
Nice. Board paired. At this point, I'm reminded of the possible random A2 he may have called my flop bet with. His flush draws missed and he's still calling a ~.5PSB with a lesser pocket pair. So I bet...and win moneys.

Total pot: $10.85 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
Button mucked 5

, 5

(two pair, Queens and fives).
Hero had 9

, 9

(two pair, Queens and nines).
Outcome: Hero won $10.35

Hey BooG, general 10nl question:
I've done a few sessions there and have noticed a lot of short stackers (20 - 30BB). I havent seen a lot of shoves with showdown yet...

What is a good calling range? I can assume hands like AQ/AK are in their but do we want to call a SS shove with say 99? Are they shoving w/ mid PP?

Funny thing with them is they still do a lot of limp calling and then folding on flop....just wasting money it seems....

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