I’m tilted so gonna stop. The hands that set me off were just coolers so no point in talking about them.

There were def a couple of interesting spots though that I think are worth posting… Such as :

This turn spot was really really tough.

Villain here had been playing pretty insane in his first few orbits, betting full pot with a wide range postflop and raising random amounts preflop (from 2x all the way to 5x).

I considered 3-betting pre, but figured he’d be calling almost 100% of the time and I’d be OOP with about a potsized bet left and air a pretty big % of the time on the turn. Another reason for the flat call pre is that I think he c-bets flops that I hit well (A high or T high) 100% of the time so I’m getting nice implied odds when I do hit… usually.

When he 2-barrels the turn with 3 of us seeing it, I really have to think about folding my hand. The 3rd player in was basically just adding dead money to the pot (he had any pair, any hand like QJ looking to hit the turn, any gutter, any A... etc). I had just made a huge call with bottom pair vs the villain though and felt like he would be tilt-potting a decent % of the time so I just decided to go with it. The gut was telling we to be careful and I almost folded… Meh.

Table "Zartura" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 3: Riverrdr1 (£102.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Nh_sir sits out
Seat 5: HERO (£186.79 in chips)
Seat 6: jinmaster (£59.29 in chips)
HERO: posts small blind £0.50
jinmaster: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
Riverrdr1: raises to £5
HERO: calls £4.50
jinmaster: calls £4
----- FLOP -----
HERO: checks
jinmaster: checks
Riverrdr1: bets £14
HERO: calls £14
jinmaster: calls £14
----- TURN -----
HERO: checks
jinmaster: checks
Riverrdr1: bets £43
HERO: raises to £86
jinmaster: folds
Riverrdr1: is all-in £40.45
Returned uncalled bets £2.55 to HERO
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows (Two Pairs, Aces and Threes, Jack high)
Riverrdr1: shows (Two Pairs, Aces and Threes, King high)
Riverrdr1 collected £221.90 from Main pot

Here’s I think the most interesting hand of the session. Villain here was running about 26/14 and had twice 4-bet my squeezes (I folded pretty strong hands both times) and also called down a 2-barrel with top pair weak kicker (I showed down a turned straight draw and the riv went check-check) that picked up a straight draw on the turn. So he definitely views me as aggressive.

On the other hand he’s seen me check overpairs on the flop (although I only did it a couple times vs nits whose range consisted of sets and underpairs that whiffed… but he doesn t necessarily know that and could potentially view me as trappy). So I check the flop looking to fold to his bet (since I’d doubt he folds anything as strong as A-high but will check behind with a bunch of marginal hands allowing me to value-bet 1, maybe 2 streets when I hit a 6-outer).

After he checks behind his hand looks to me like a small pair or A or K high. There’s a small chance he has a monster… but there are just so few hands that hit that flop hard. Also, I’m pretty sure he’d try to take the pot down with air (in this spot I’d definitely consider A or K high stronger than “air”) after I check so his range to me looks a LOT like A high or a small pair going for pot control since I may be trapping with something like QQ.

The turn call is my worst play in this hand, but I really felt like I had a hand that could check-raise almost any non-Ace, non spade river and value-bet and K or J. Also I don’t like the regs to think they can auto-bet when I check OOP. Also, he pretty much never has a flush here for obvious reasons.

The river comes perfect for me. Also his bet size is great since it shifts his range towards monsters and bluffs. All big spades missed and I don’t see him value-betting this strongly with a rivered Q (what can I call him with that he beats?). But I can’t call profitably since A high will win the showdown a good % of the time so I go for a fake value-checkriase to get him off air (which for the most part will have big spades), small pairs that are bluffing (pretty unlikely imo). I don’t encounter many players at this level capable of calling a checkraise without a very strong hand here.

Table "King" Seat 4 is the button.
Seat 1: leraner ($105.55 in chips)
Seat 2: Jacktar13 ($127.45 in chips)
Seat 3: pity ($107.75 in chips)
Seat 4: basket114 ($441.55 in chips)
Seat 5: HERO ($317.55 in chips)
Seat 6: BMWCoupe ($390.20 in chips)
HERO: posts small blind $1
BMWCoupe: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
leraner: folds
Jacktar13: folds
pity: folds
basket114: folds
HERO: raises to $7
BMWCoupe: calls $5
----- FLOP -----
HERO: checks
BMWCoupe: checks
----- TURN -----
HERO: checks
BMWCoupe: bets $8
HERO: calls $8
----- RIVER -----
HERO: checks
BMWCoupe: bets $20
HERO: raises to $65
BMWCoupe: calls $45
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows (A Pair of Tens, King high)
BMWCoupe: shows (Three of a kind, Tens, Ace high)
BMWCoupe collected $157 from Main pot

This hand is interesting because of the double-trapping going on. The river was a close spot since JJ pretty much equals AA… so what can villain have? Also, we have history with villain, who is a huge nit (14/8… cold-calling AK preflop etc). bluffraising (?) things like 99 on QQJ boards… so he can definitely show up with a random bluff here.

Only problem is that it looks like suuuch a value-raise. Bleh. One of the reasons for the flop check was that I figured his flop bluffraising range would be pretty balanced (since I’d seen him bluffraise underpairs on paired boards before). A pretty tough hand.

Table "Erlidge" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: booberoo (£110.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Razor666 (£98.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Caballa45 (£270.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Xeneizez (£134.40 in chips)
Seat 5: HERO (£115.64 in chips)
Seat 6: Magic1an (£36.05 in chips)
Caballa45: posts small blind £0.50
Xeneizez: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
HERO: raises to £3.50
Magic1an: folds
booberoo: folds
Razor666: calls £3.50
Caballa45: folds
Xeneizez: folds
----- FLOP -----
HERO: checks
Razor666: checks
----- TURN -----
HERO: bets £6
Razor666: calls £6
----- RIVER -----
HERO: bets £15
Razor666: raises to £45
HERO: calls £30
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Razor666: shows (Three of a kind, Eights, Ten high)
HERO: mucks hand
Razor666 collected £107.50 from Main pot

This is a fun one. Villain here is repping a set, 2 pair or a big draw. I decide to take the “let’s see a safe turn card and get it in” line. Results are amusing.

Table "Gas" Seat 4 is the button.
Seat 1: BMWCoupe ($326.55 in chips)
Seat 2: leraner ($231.60 in chips)
Seat 3: pity ($153.14 in chips)
Seat 4: HERO ($201.65 in chips)
Seat 5: basket114 ($243.95 in chips)
Seat 6: Litchy86 ($136.94 in chips)
basket114: posts small blind $1
Litchy86: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
BMWCoupe: folds
leraner: folds
pity: folds
HERO: raises to $7
basket114: folds
Litchy86: calls $5
----- FLOP -----
Litchy86: checks
HERO: bets $12
Litchy86: raises to $34
HERO: calls $22
----- TURN -----
Litchy86: bets $78
HERO: raises to $156
Litchy86: is all-in $17.94
Returned uncalled bets $60.06 to HERO
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows (A Pair of Eights, Jack high)
Litchy86: shows (High Card Queen)
HERO collected $271.88 from Main pot

This is a pretty huge turn call and it looks pretty spewy. I made it simply because of the timing of villain’s INSTA-shove. I think if he had a pair with his draw, he’d have thought much much longer.

Table "Ludwig" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: sam31 (£36.10 in chips)
Seat 3: HERO (£102.65 in chips)
sam31: posts small blind £0.50
HERO: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
sam31: calls £0.50
HERO: raises to £4
sam31: calls £3
----- FLOP -----
HERO: bets £6
sam31: calls £6
----- TURN -----
HERO: checks
sam31: bets £26.10 and is all-in
HERO: calls £26.10
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
sam31: shows (High Card King)
HERO: shows (High Card Ace)
HERO collected £71.20 from Main pot

Gl everybody. I’ll try to keep this thread interesting.