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Weekend lessons learned
So there I was...
Got the ok from the little lady to spend the day at the tables and before the last word was out of her mouth, I was out the door.
Within an hour at the $1/$2 tables I had gained about $100 on small hands in position. Three hours later I had tripled my buyin to $900 through good cards and good plays.
Then the slow spiral down began.
In the BB I am dealt there are 3 limpers and a raise to $10 from the button, SB folds. I reraise to $25 and am called by only the BTN. $42 in the pot.
Flop comes so I bet $35 as a cbet which is called by the button. I'm thinking the button must have a small range to call both bets, but he seems inexperienced and going too far with trash hands. Unless he flopped a set, I'm not too concerned, and I really only see a set of tens in his range. $112 in the pot.
Turn hits not really a scary card but the board is wetter with connectors so I play a little more thoughtfully in the possible hands the button could hold. I decide to check. BTN checks. Now I'm pretty sure I have the best hand. Villain usually bets in position with a good hand when checked to.
River is Ok worst case scenarios: quad 7s which I discard; full house, again not likely in my perceived range of his hands; trip tens possible but he probably would have bet on the turn, same with a set of fours.
I finally put him on A-10 for two pair. I under bet the pot at $65 which is called. Villain turns over for a set of sevens.
The button travels all the way around again, but this time I'm in the SB waking up with pocket threes. I'll play to set mine if everyone limps in, and what do you know nearly the whole ring limps in. $14 in the pot. Here's the flop:
Woo hoo, flopped a boat. I bet $15. Fold, fold, fold, call, fold, fold, reraise from the CO (villain) to $30.
i don't suspect anyone has the other three, playing A-3, and I don't think anyone hit a set of 8 's, no one reraised preflop either so pocket aces are a slim possibility. I think at worst I'm playing against trip aces. Two players against and I think I can isolate the Villain with a large bet. He's short stacked and I have a mound in front of me. Villain plays trash too far and plays poor hands out of position. To him trip aces probably look like the nuts and I think I can squeeze all his money out of him. His stack is $65 on top. I bet $95 to put the villain all in and to make the other caller fold. MP2 folds, villain calls all in, pot is $219. Since its heads up I toss in my pocket 3s showing the full house
Turn hits looks good. River comes
Villain thought he lost with his A-Q because he was behind from the flop. Dealer had to point out he won.
So to not make this a novel... The other hands were things like having a double gut buster with the right odds and three callers not make the straight; pocket kings getting cracked by trip 9s; Pocket tens catching a flop of A-K-Q playing from the SB; and the one thing I've never done before - barreled air each street.
I'm trying to increase my range of plays as everyone does. I just picked the wrong time to do it. I get dealt OOP. Everyone folds to the villain on the button who has just sat down and bets $10. I figure the BB will fold and I'm SB. I call since I had been playing real tight the past hour with all the beats.
Flop comes 8-3-10 rainbow. I make a pot sized bet of $22, villain calls, pot is $66.
Turn comes 2. I'm hoping to hit a card, but I also think I can push him off the pot. $50 bet, called. Pot is $166. And this is where I needed to engage the brain. Why would the villain be calling?
River lands 7. Great all small cards, I decide to barrel air after a minute deliberation. $150. Villain calls with pocket jacks.
Lesson learned the hard way.
Not much happened after that for me since I had been whittled down from $900 to less than a hundred over the hours. I hit felt shortly there after. Although I want every day to be a winning day, not every one can be. Barring a few hands, including that last one, I think most of my playing was good playing over the day. My great hands where there was big pots got cracked and that hurt me the most.
More to come later in the week.
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