I'll preface this post with a graph of my last 50k hands at teh lowstakes :
Nothing sicko, but def solid results.
Now today. I managed to drop 3.5k in 2k hands without playing a single hand of nl500.
I dropped 1.4k to a single villain playing HU at nl200. This is a pretty bad sign, but fwiw I felt like I was playing pretty well and I def felt like I had an edge on the guy.
To be honest, I sat with the player - who I think is a decent - just for the challenge of beating up on a reg. Ppl were coming in and out at the table but it was pretty much HU for about 45 minutes.
Obv I'd be much better off just playing any medium-soft nl500 game I can find and it's probably a bad result of my BR nittiness, since I am sitting with over 100 buyins for nl200. Err... I WAS sitting on over 100 buyins for nl200 at the start of the day.
I'm not even really tilted but I thought I'd post some hands from the HU match and see if anybody has any input.
Villain was a pretty laggy reg who seemed to RR a pretty strong range but didn't like to fold to 3-bets.
Here was the 1st big pot we played :
At this point he had no reason to think I was overaggro or spewy. I’m 3-betting a very polarized range of junk and big hands to combat his loose 3-bet calling that will easily put me in lots of tough spots with air if I c-bet a decent frequency.
1)
Table "Gas" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: HERO ($228 in chips)
Seat 3: abunga ($99.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain ($328.28 in chips)
Villain: posts small blind $1
HERO: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
Villain: raises to $8
HERO: raises to $24
Villain: calls $16
----- FLOP -----
HERO: bets $35
abunga sits out
Villain: calls $35
----- TURN -----
HERO: bets $81
Villain: raises to $269.28 and is all-in
HERO: is all-in $88
Returned uncalled bets $100.28 to Villain
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Villain: shows
(A Pair of Nines, Ace high)
HERO: shows(A Pair of Eights, Jack high)
Villain collected $455 from Main pot
So right away, I see that he’s not afraid of getting it in light, and my image is kind of shot.
This next hand is kind of gross. At the time, I felt like his range was polarized to 333 and draws. I didn t think about the fact that he could have Kx with hearts that would prob snap the turn, figuring that I'd shove the flop with better made hands.
2)
Table "Gas" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: HERO ($218.90 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain ($530.58 in chips)
HERO: posts small blind $1
Villain: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
HERO: raises to $7
Villain: calls $5
----- FLOP -----
Villain: checks
HERO: bets $11
Villain: raises to $28
HERO: calls $17
----- TURN -----
Villain: bets $46
HERO: raises to $183.90 and is all-in
Villain: calls $137.90
----- RIVER ------
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows
Villain: shows
(Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Six high)
Villain collected $436.80 from Main pot
This next big hand seemed kind of standard to me. I dunno, I’ve been playing mainly 6 max lately because none of the regs at these stakes sit with me until it s 3-handed so my only experience has been with drunk fish. Maybe this is spewy?
3)
Table "Gas" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: HERO ($297.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain ($668.03 in chips)
Villain: posts small blind $1
HERO: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
Villain: raises to $6
HERO: raises to $23
Villain: calls $17
----- FLOP -----
HERO: bets $32
Villain: calls $32
----- TURN -----
HERO: checks
Villain: bets $48
HERO: raises to $242.75 and is all-in
Villain: calls $194.75
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows(A Pair of Fives, King high)
Villain: shows
Villain collected $594.50 from Main pot
4)
Once again, not sure what to say here. He hasn’t slowplayed anything preflop (that I’ve seen at showdown) and he can’t really have any non-set made hands here… or at least that s what I thought :
Table "Gas" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: HERO ($228.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain ($948.78 in chips)
HERO: posts small blind $1
Villain: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
HERO: raises to $7
Villain: calls $5
----- FLOP -----
Villain: checks
HERO: bets $11
Villain: raises to $28
HERO: calls $17
----- TURN -----
Villain: bets $52
HERO: raises to $193.30 and is all-in
Villain: calls $141.30
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows(A Pair of Kings, Jack high)
Villain: shows
(A Pair of Kings, Ace high)
Villain collected $455.60 from Main pot
5)
Now I’ve grinded him back a bit (he’s been calling me down really light and I haven’t been bluffing much) and this happens. Nothing to say, just kind of a throw-up-in-your-mouth-that-this-happens-when-running-bad special :
Table "Gas" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: HERO ($481.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain ($886.78 in chips)
HERO: posts small blind $1
Villain: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
HERO: raises to $7
Villain: raises to $20
HERO: calls $13
----- FLOP -----
Villain: bets $27
HERO: raises to $92
Villain: raises to $178
HERO: raises to $461.40 and is all-in
Villain: calls $283.40
----- TURN -----
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows(Three of a kind, Tens, Ace high)
Villain: shows
Villain collected $961.80 from Main pot
Obviously, that was the nail in my coffin. Here’s the last 100bb+ pot. I misread my hand and thought I had a straight, but I really don’t mind this shove on this board even if I knew that I only had Q high :
6)
Game #6072363173: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/07/09 - 04:47:22 (UK)
Table "Gas" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: HERO ($205.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain ($1361.18 in chips)
HERO: posts small blind $1
Villain: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to HERO
HERO: raises to $7
Villain: calls $5
----- FLOP -----
Villain: checks
HERO: bets $11
Villain: raises to $28
HERO: calls $17
----- TURN -----
Villain: bets $49
HERO: raises to $170.30 and is all-in
Villain: calls $121.30
----- RIVER -----
----- SHOW DOWN -----
HERO: shows
Villain: shows
Villain collected $409.60 from Main pot
I’d love to hear any comments from ppl who have more experience playing HU vs regs.
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