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gotta tell ya....variance is my biotch.
i ran pretty well and lost 10 BBs. i know, "thats not much." but, it felt like it should have been a positive session. i had reads. i used them well. i made a terrific crying call on a four flush board....to see my villain was bluffing the river.
oh well.
the nice thing about limit is that a bb is a bb is a bb. sure, they amount to dollars. but, they are all bb's. whether its 10 bbs equaling $10 or 10 bb's equaling $100 bb's. its only 10 bb's. and, in relative terms, it aint much. i think we lose sight of that from time to time. LHE always seems to help me keep that in perspective.
here is a use of a read. talk about thin value. villain had been getting a bit out of line with weak hands, and i am always inclined to call down with decent/marginal hands in HU pots...
0.5/1 Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
UTG ($21.30)
CO ($16.05)
BTN ($11.75)
SB ($16.25)
Hero ($36.30)
Pre-flop: (1.5 SB, 5 players) Hero is BB
2 folds, BTN calls, SB calls, Hero checks
Flop: (3.0 SB, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, BTN raises, SB folds, Hero 3-bets, BTN calls
Turn: (4.5 BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, BTN calls
River: (6.5 BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, BTN calls
Final Pot: 8.5 BB
Hero shows:
BTN shows:
Hero wins 8.1 BB ( won +4.1 BB )
BTN lost 4.0 BB
SB lost 0.5 BB
here is another use of a read.
villains were kind of tight (playing high cards only). i make a sweet implied call pf. well under their ranges and getting 7:1. they will never suspect two pair on this flop, and it is very unlikely one of them has a 7. K gives me more callers, possibly AA, AK will raise so i bet to drive out the 3rd guy when/if villain raises. and, river pairs the fucking K to screw me....so i thought.
in case you will wonder why i didnt lead the flop, i dont want to take the initiative, and dont think they will raise a donk bet. i wanted to wait for a turn card to knock one of these players out after the pfr'r fires the 2nd barrel on an "innocent" looking flop. that K, however, changed things. i lead out because i feel he will raise it with AK/AA and THAT will knock the 3rd guy out.
0.5/1 Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
UTG ($12.75)
CO ($43.90)
BTN ($61.55)
SB ($12.35)
Hero ($24.50)
Pre-flop: (1.5 SB, 5 players) Hero is BB
UTG calls, 1 fold, BTN raises, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls
Flop: (8.0 SB, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets, 1 fold, SB calls, Hero calls
Turn: (5.5 BB, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, SB folds, Hero 3-bets, UTG calls
River: (11.5 BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls
Final Pot: 13.5 BB
Hero shows:
UTG shows:
Hero wins 13.0 BB ( won +7.5 BB )
BTN lost 1.0 BB
SB lost 1.5 BB
UTG lost 5.5 BB
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