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Just table-selected hard and found some good games at nl400.

Won about 1k riiight away then just lost everything for the next hour. I'm checking my results but I don't really wanna look.

edit : just checked and I lost 650$ in 354 hands.

Nothing was even bad but in this case I REALLY should have just stopped after winning a couple buyins, although I know I was massively +ev at all of the tables I played. Building my confidence is probably more important than anything right now.

Here are the big pots I lost :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:29:01 ET 2008
Table Table 128279 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: A_C_K_E_T ( $171.50 USD )
Seat 5: orbit7777 ( $410.17 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $490.30 USD )
Seat 1: charlett21 ( $412.50 USD )
Seat 3: thxforthado1 ( $115.90 USD )
orbit7777 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
charlett21 folds.
A_C_K_E_T folds.
thxforthado1 folds.
orbit7777 calls [$2 USD]
HERO raises [$16 USD]
orbit7777 calls [$16 USD]
** Dealing Flop **
orbit7777 checks.
HERO bets [$24 USD]
orbit7777 raises [$52 USD]
HERO is all-In.
orbit7777 is all-In.
** Dealing Turn **
** Dealing River **
orbit7777 shows two pairs, Tens and Fours.
HERO shows a pair of Fours.
HERO wins $80.13 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Fours.
orbit7777 wins $818.34 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Tens and Fours.


Cold-caller here was an unknown. Since I want to keep my variance low, I think the correct play was just to fold :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:07:30 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304434 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: HERO ( $827.64 USD )
Seat 2: davidross ( $399.36 USD )
Seat 4: Luckyyl ( $376.22 USD )
Seat 3: Neil_Trahey ( $399.60 USD )
Seat 1: ReteDaPesca ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: xBORMANx ( $150.50 USD )
davidross posts small blind [$2 USD].
Neil_Trahey posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
Luckyyl folds.
HERO raises [$14 USD]
xBORMANx is all-In.
ReteDaPesca calls [$150.50 USD]
davidross folds.
Neil_Trahey folds.
HERO is all-In.
ReteDaPesca is all-In.
** Dealing Flop **
** Dealing Turn **
** Dealing River **
HERO shows two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
xBORMANx shows two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
ReteDaPesca shows a full house, Queens full of Tens.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 24 2008 00:08 ET
HERO wins $427.64 USD from side pot #2 with two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
ReteDaPesca wins $499 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Queens full of Tens.
ReteDaPesca wins $454 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Tens.


Like I said before, I want to keep my variance low but I was so sure this opponent was bluffing I couldn’t help calling. He was running 69/12 and was a classic strong=weak player :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:00:00 ET 2008
Table Table 126324 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: BertholdHeisterkamp ( $1,479.40 USD )
Seat 3: dauger93 ( $348 USD )
Seat 4: MirjamWLoVe ( $406 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: KYPHIKOBA ( $244 USD )
dauger93 posts small blind [$2 USD].
MirjamWLoVe posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
HERO raises [$14 USD]
KYPHIKOBA folds.
BertholdHeisterkamp folds.
tranmerd has joined the table.
dauger93 calls [$12 USD]
MirjamWLoVe folds.
** Dealing Flop **
dauger93 checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Turn **
dauger93 bets [$36 USD]
HERO calls [$36 USD]
** Dealing River **
dauger93 is all-In.
HERO calls [$298 USD]
dauger93 shows high card Ace.
HERO shows high card Ace.
dauger93 wins $698 USD from the main pot with high card, Ace with King kicker.


Villain knows nothing about me and he’s running 29/26. We haven’t tangled. The cold-call preflop was to induce the 63/1 station to overcall from the blinds (even though I’m way ahead of villain opening range). I wanted to make it clear I was never folding on the turn :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:03:26 ET 2008
Table Table 127409 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: MirjamWLoVe ( $563.60 USD )
Seat 4: shoqi ( $434.24 USD )
Seat 6: addict68 ( $663.43 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $468 USD )
Seat 5: ReteDaPesca ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: Anaialeite ( $394 USD )
MirjamWLoVe posts small blind [$2 USD].
shoqi posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
addict68 raises [$14 USD]
HERO calls [$14 USD]
Anaialeite folds.
MirjamWLoVe folds.
shoqi folds.
** Dealing Flop **
addict68 bets [$24 USD]
HERO calls [$24 USD]
** Dealing Turn **
addict68 bets [$68 USD]
HERO raises [$202 USD]
addict68 raises [$556 USD]
HERO did not respond in time
HERO folds.
addict68 does not show cards.
addict68 wins $906 USD

Last one : taking myself to value-town vs a 63/0 who didn’t seem to enjoy folding any pair postflop.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:05:35 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304434 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: HERO ( $1,083 USD )
Seat 2: davidross ( $415.36 USD )
Seat 4: Luckyyl ( $181.36 USD )
Seat 3: Neil_Trahey ( $399.60 USD )
Seat 1: ReteDaPesca ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: xBORMANx ( $80 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
xBORMANx posts big blind [$4 USD].
ReteDaPesca is sitting out
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO
davidross raises [$12 USD]
Neil_Trahey folds.
Luckyyl calls [$12 USD]
HERO calls [$10 USD]
xBORMANx folds.
** Dealing Flop **
HERO bets [$24 USD]
davidross folds.
Luckyyl calls [$24 USD]
** Dealing Turn **
HERO bets [$45 USD]
Luckyyl calls [$45 USD]
** Dealing River **
HERO bets [$101 USD]
Luckyyl is all-In.
HERO shows two pairs, Jacks and Sixes.
Luckyyl shows a flush, Ace high.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 24 2008 00:06 ET
HERO wins $0.64 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Sixes.
Luckyyl wins $376.22 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.

So that’s that. I don’t really know what the plan is besides continuing to table-select hard and hope to play and run well.

Looking back at those big hands it’s clear that the self-valueownage and turn bluff hands are way too high-variance for my roll at nl400 right now. The AJ call I don’t regret at all since I was as close to 100% sure villain was bluffing as I could possibly be.