2013: Make or break

Been playing very well so far in 2013, and I think this blog is helping keep me accountable. I think I played my best session in several years today in terms of focus and not making mistakes.

Up $701 today, and $0 avoidable losses that I can tell. Also not too many interesting spots. Most hands my dynamic and image was paying off, and I was reading flow pretty well.

Been running 23/19 this month with an 11% 3bet. I think those are good numbers for me, pretty tight overall but very aggro. Not cold-calling very much. The one spot I might get exploited is that I'm folding to 60% of 4bets, but we'll see how that plays out.

Not too many interesting hands from today, but here are a couple:

A few hands


21)
Villain and I have been battling a fair bit. I 3bet him earlier with AK and he called AQ oop and c/c a low flop with AQ and I won at showdown. This is a spot where I think his flop peeling range is wide enough that if I bet small I have to double, or my flop bet is spew.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO ($647) 162bb
griffey24 (BTN) ($525.50) 131bb
SB ($346.80) 87bb
BB ($223.60) 56bb

Pre-Flop: ($6, 4 players) griffey24 is BTN
CO raises to $12, griffey24 raises to $36, 2 folds, CO calls $24

Flop: ($78, 2 players)
CO checks, griffey24 bets $35, CO calls $35

Turn: ($148, 2 players)
CO checks, griffey24 bets $70, CO folds

Final Pot: $148

griffey24 wins $286 (net +$145)

CO lost $71


22)
This hand is probably the most questionable hand of my session. Villain is very aggro spazzy type. If I'm going to be cbetting this small in 3bet pots, I have to be able to take some stands in good spots. My turn shove I think is pretty merged, I wouldn't be surprised getting called by like 99+ sometimes and FD's other times, or maybe even AJ/AQ or something.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($499) 125bb
CO ($160.10) 40bb
BTN ($760) 190bb
griffey24 (SB) ($408) 102bb
BB ($433) 108bb

Pre-Flop: ($6, 5 players) griffey24 is SB
2 folds, BTN raises to $8, griffey24 raises to $32, 1 fold, BTN calls $24

Flop: ($68, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $18, BTN raises to $60, griffey24 raises to $150, BTN calls $90

Turn: ($368, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $226, BTN folds

Final Pot: $368

griffey24 wins $817 (net +$409)

BTN lost $182


Winnings on year: $3,260 (7800 hands)
Avoidable on year: $1,830

Played a pretty long session today, and it was the first somewhat difficult session of the year. Think people were catching on to my rampant folding to 4bets, cause I was getting 4bet a ton this session.

Down $750 this session, which wasn't so bad given I was down like $1800 at one point.

I'm going to keep posting avoidable losses hands for my own good, but people should chime in on other types of hands they want to see (as opposed to bet sizing hands). Let me know! Also feel free to reply to hands I post even if you don't play those stakes. Feels like I'm talking to myself right now

Avoidable losses for the session $500.

Avoidable Losses

23)
This hand I'm counting as $150 avoidable. On the river, it's obviously an avoidable play but I think given his sizing and that I block JT, he folds a TON here. Though it's important for me to make a note that he's capable of betting so small with such a strong hand, cause most ppl really make their hand faceup there with the sizing.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($677.60) 169bb
UTG+1 ($1,141.60) 285bb
griffey24 (CO) ($517) 129bb
BTN ($401) 100bb
SB ($422) 106bb
BB ($521.50) 130bb

Pre-Flop: ($6, 6 players) griffey24 is CO
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $12, griffey24 calls $12, 3 folds

Flop: ($30, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $22, griffey24 calls $22

Turn: ($74, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $38, griffey24 calls $38

River: ($150, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $76, griffey24 goes all-in $445, UTG+1 calls $369

Final Pot: $1,040
UTG+1 shows

griffey24 shows


UTG+1 wins $1,037 (net +$520)

griffey24 lost $517


24)
This one I dislike, partially cause villain is a huge fish (which I didn't know entirely at the time of this hand), and I just don't like my turn sizing. If I'm going to run a triple here I need to size turn a lot smaller (to leave more left on the river, and also have his river range be wider).
Avoidable losses $165.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($168) 84bb
UTG+1 ($489.62) 245bb
CO ($304.85) 152bb
BTN ($206) 103bb
griffey24 (SB) ($196) 98bb
BB ($229) 115bb

Pre-Flop: ($3, 6 players) griffey24 is SB
2 folds, CO raises to $5, 1 fold, griffey24 raises to $20, 1 fold, CO calls $15

Flop: ($42, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $13, CO calls $13

Turn: ($68, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $45, CO calls $45

River: ($158, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $118, CO calls $118

Final Pot: $394
CO shows

griffey24 shows


CO wins $391 (net +$195)

griffey24 lost $196


Bet sizing

25)
This is just a random "people do dumb stuff when you bet small" kinda spot. River is obv close, given I'm likely chopping with a lot of his range as well, but his timing just didn't make sense.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($223.17) 112bb
UTG+1 ($375.20) 188bb
CO ($288.65) 144bb
BTN ($200) 100bb
SB ($539) 270bb
griffey24 (BB) ($197) 99bb

Pre-Flop: ($3, 6 players) griffey24 is BB
3 folds, BTN raises to $5, 1 fold, griffey24 raises to $20, BTN calls $15

Flop: ($41, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $12, BTN calls $12

Turn: ($65, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $16, BTN calls $16

River: ($97, 2 players)
griffey24 checks, BTN bets $72, griffey24 calls $72

Final Pot: $241
griffey24 shows

BTN shows


griffey24 wins $238 (net +$118)

BTN lost $120


26)
This hand I had pretty good reads on villain. So far he's been raising all flops with top pairs and strong hands, so he'd for sure be raising a strong hand here. My turn plan was to c/r him here and he made my life even easier betting so small. On the river I think I'm ahead of his range that would play this way (not raise flop, b/c so small on turn), that I just went to bluff catch.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($482.50) 241bb
griffey24 (UTG+1) ($287.60) 144bb
CO ($194.80) 97bb
BTN ($361.25) 181bb
SB ($210) 105bb
BB ($197) 99bb

Pre-Flop: ($3, 6 players) griffey24 is UTG+1
1 fold, griffey24 raises to $6, CO calls $6, 3 folds

Flop: ($15, 2 players)
griffey24 bets $10, CO calls $10

Turn: ($35, 2 players)
griffey24 checks, CO bets $13, griffey24 raises to $40, CO calls $27

River: ($115, 2 players)
griffey24 checks, CO bets $58, griffey24 calls $58

Final Pot: $231
griffey24 shows

CO shows


griffey24 wins $228 (net +$114)

CO lost $114


Winnings on the year: $2,600 (12k hands)
Avoidable losses on the year: $2,330