Operation: 'A' game

A real job DOES get in the way of pokerz. Good luck transitioning.

Was messing around with a few things in my last session.

Tried betting and raising bigger in some spots, as I usually raise pretty small. Started this out while thinking that I should implement aspects of other people's games that annoy me.

Also tried figuring out a game plan vs a good reg who calls a TON in the blinds (seemingly vs anyone's open) and c/r a TON of flops. Pretty sure he raises a huge portion of his range instead of c/c, and he probably feels he needs to given howmany hands he's playing out of the blinds.

I'm not sure what my best plan is vs him. I think I'm getting hit hard by variance because I've started calling his flop raises with strong hands, but he keeps out-drawing me. It's happened the last 3 or 4 times now, though I have to stick with it because I really think thats best given his range.

Here are a couple hands vs him.

1) really?.. regs defending A6o vs utg opens need to be punished.

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

Stacks:
griffey24 (CO) ($844.10)
BTN ($602.10)
SB ($501)
BB ($544.90)

Pre-Flop: ($6, 4 players) griffey24 is CO
griffey24 raises to $12, 2 folds, BB calls $8

Flop: ($26, 2 players)
BB checks, griffey24 bets $16, BB raises to $39, griffey24 calls $23

Turn: ($104, 2 players)
BB bets $44, griffey24 calls $44

River: ($192, 2 players)
BB bets $64, griffey24 calls $64

Final Pot: $320
BB shows


BB wins $318 (net +$159)

griffey24 lost $159


Hand 2)
-if this raising range is so wide, then I think raising these particular turns becomes more profitable

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

Stacks:
griffey24 (BTN) ($566.75)
SB ($767.50)
BB ($487.90)

Pre-Flop: ($6, 3 players) griffey24 is BTN
griffey24 raises to $8, SB folds, BB calls $4

Flop: ($18, 2 players)
BB checks, griffey24 bets $12, BB raises to $36, griffey24 calls $24

Turn: ($90, 2 players)
BB bets $65, griffey24 raises to $150, BB folds

Final Pot: $305

griffey24 wins $303 (net +$109)

BB lost $109

Yesterday was a pretty damn tilting poker day!

Played a couple cash sessions and was getting just EV rocked and variance in general was mocking me. Ended up down about $3.8k, and this downswing just doesn't want to end. Was about $2.3k under EV as well, which doesn't help.

Then I grinded a betfair freeroll. About 200 entrants and only top two places pay out, $5.7k each. I pretty much never play tourneys. Alex and I both had chip leads starting with about 20 or so people left and rode it out to top three. I had the third place person all-in on 3 different occasions with the best hand, and he spiked each time. I'd eventually go out to Alex's QJs vs my 77, to a fitting J river. Donkaments are tiltinggggg.. especially bubbling them.

Every session I play I'm very happy with 97% of my play, but not happy with about 2-3 hands. Sadly, those 2-3 hands are generally avoidable stackoffs which end up making a big difference. One was a very questionable call of a 4bet (after 3betting a guy a ton, and him finally 4betting when stacks were somewhat deepish - with KJs - and stacking post). The other was 5bet shoving 99 vs Alex after he iso'd a limper to 4x on the button. I'm sure I had one more hand too, which adds up to about $1k-$1200 of my $3.7k in losses. Not insignificant, and is a consistent theme that needs to be fixed!

In the red for the second month in a row now. Hoping this run bad ends soon. When I was running hot I was "feeling bad" about it. Remind me not to do that anymore!

Things are lookin' up!

Sounds like me, alex and ravageur all won betfair suite seats to UFC in Toronto!