Killer Weekend

After playing Friday and Saturday, I was up a whopping $1,107 + rakeback and bonuses, for a red hot winrate of 14.91ptbb/100. That's by far the most in just two days of play so I was pretty happy to say the least.

On Sunday I decided to play just a few tourneys to avoid putting any sort of dampener on the cash game success. I played pretty well and had a couple decent cashes but where things really went well was the $20+2 heads-up shoot-out I decided to play on stars. The field started out with 217 people. With the top 32 making the money, that meant winning three consecutive matches just to cash.

I managed to do that, and then some. When it was all said and done, I finished 2nd for a very nice score of $651. It didn't even occur to me, as dupie later mentioned, to ask my final table opponent for a chop. It would have been a pretty smart thing to do, considering we were essentially playing a $500 match, with first place getting $1171. Oh well, live and learn. With that said, I did my best to win the match, but my opponent was a pretty good player and I came up short.

So all in all, I ended up winning somewhere around $1750 this weekend which is pretty awesome!


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Here are some hands from the cash game play:

Hand 1: 100NL (bluff pick-off)
Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - LUPOSWOLF ($37.30 in chips)
Seat 6 - RONB1 ($49.60 in chips)
Seat 1 - Hero ($235.95 in chips)
Seat 2 - ROADRUNNER16 ($123.35 in chips)
Seat 3 - ENFYS ($22.80 in chips)
Seat 4 - BRUCELEROY7 ($184.77 in chips)
RONB1 - Posts small blind $0.50
Hero - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
ROADRUNNER16 - Folds
ENFYS - Folds
BRUCELEROY7 - Calls $1
LUPOSWOLF - Calls $1
RONB1 - Calls $0.50
Hero - Checks

Flop:
[ ]
RONB1 - Checks
Hero - Bets $3 -- bet out with tp
BRUCELEROY7 - Folds
LUPOSWOLF - Calls $3 -- could be anything.. flush draw, straight draw, overs
RONB1 - Folds

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
Hero - Bets $7
LUPOSWOLF - Calls $7

River:
[ ] [ ]
Hero - Checks
LUPOSWOLF - Bets $11 -- flush and straight didn't come, and if he has a queen i still need to call
Hero - Calls $11

Showdown:
LUPOSWOLF - Shows [ ] (One pair, fours)
Hero - Shows [ ] (Two Pair, sevens and fours)
Hero Collects $43.20 from main pot

Hand 2: 100NL (when not to cbet)
Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - LUPOSWOLF ($35 in chips)
Seat 6 - RONB1 ($48.60 in chips)
Seat 1 - Hero ($290.20 in chips)
Seat 2 - ROADRUNNER16 ($121.35 in chips)
Seat 3 - ENFYS ($40 in chips)
Seat 4 - BRUCELEROY7 ($190.12 in chips)
RONB1 - Posts small blind $0.50
Hero - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
ROADRUNNER16 - Raises $3 to $3
ENFYS - Folds
BRUCELEROY7 - Folds
LUPOSWOLF - Calls $3
RONB1 - Calls $2.50
Hero - Raises $15 to $16 -- squeeeeze!
ROADRUNNER16 - Calls $13
LUPOSWOLF - Calls $13
RONB1 - Folds

Flop:
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Hero - Checks -- oops, total airball, and i'm not cbetting into 2 villains oop with such a co-ordinated flop
ROADRUNNER16 - Bets $30
LUPOSWOLF - Folds
Hero - Folds -- just let it go
ROADRUNNER16 - returned ($30) : not called

Hand 3: 100NL (when to cbet)
Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - ONIDNASUCKU ($219.80 in chips)
Seat 2 - BRS1313 ($45.55 in chips)
Seat 3 - JK88 ($90.90 in chips)
Seat 4 - LSUTIGER27 ($58.95 in chips)
Seat 5 - Hero ($113.90 in chips)
BRS1313 - Posts small blind $0.50
JK88 - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
LSUTIGER27 - Calls $1
Hero - Raises $4.50 to $4.50
ONIDNASUCKU - Calls $4.50
BRS1313 - Folds
JK88 - Calls $3.50
LSUTIGER27 - Calls $3.50

Flop:
[ ]
JK88 - Checks
LSUTIGER27 - Checks
Hero - Bets $14 -- flop is totally dry with no draws and only one real "overcard", good spot to cbet
ONIDNASUCKU - Folds
JK88 - Folds
LSUTIGER27 - Folds
Hero - returned ($14) : not called

Hand 4: 100NL (nice hold)
Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - FASTCREEPER ($193.50 in chips)
Seat 5 - OSDAD1 ($36 in chips)
Seat 6 - DNW31218 ($94.18 in chips)
Seat 1 - QJPOKER07 ($102.50 in chips)
Seat 2 - BRUCELEROY7 ($168.26 in chips)
Seat 3 - Hero ($135 in chips)
OSDAD1 - Posts small blind $0.50
DNW31218 - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
QJPOKER07 - Calls $1
BRUCELEROY7 - Folds
Hero - Raises $4.50 to $4.50
FASTCREEPER - Folds
OSDAD1 - Folds
DNW31218 - Folds
QJPOKER07 - Calls $3.50

Flop:
[ ]
QJPOKER07 - Checks
Hero - Bets $8 -- bet tp
QJPOKER07 - Raises $17.25 to $17.25 -- min checkraise looks very drawy since a made hand should bet out or cr more on such a wet flop
Hero - Calls $9.25

Turn:
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QJPOKER07 - Bets $45
Hero - All-In(Raise) $113.25 to $113.25 -- turn bricks, so if our hand was good on flop it should still be good now and I don't want any draws to get there on the river for cheap
QJPOKER07 - All-In $35.75
Hero - returned ($32.50) : not called

River:
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Showdown:
QJPOKER07 - Shows [ ] (One pair, sixes)
Hero - Shows [ ] (Two Pair, tens and sixes) -- nice hold
Hero Collects $203 from main pot

Another important thing about the last hand: just calling the flop check-raise and letting the turn brick off cuts villain's equity in half, and avoids us coinflipping had we gotten it in on the flop.

Strong Finish

I'm looking to finish July in a strong way and tonight's session helped quite a bit. Over 2,500 hands of 6-tabling 50NL I finished +$342 for a 13ptbb/100 winrate, which is very solid. I ran pretty well, and only took a couple coolers, so that was nice. All in all it was a very fun session. :)

Here are some of the more interesting hands:

Hand 1: 50NL (Getting it in with equity)
Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - JKARP464 ($27.35 in chips)
Seat 6 - _YAN_ ($108.45 in chips)
Seat 1 - Hero ($72.25 in chips)
Seat 2 - TRANT014666 ($20.45 in chips)
Seat 3 - RADON3313 ($20 in chips)
Seat 4 - KAB00MO ($55.54 in chips)
_YAN_ - Posts small blind $0.25
Hero - Posts big blind $0.50
RADON3313 - Posts $0.50
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
TRANT014666 - Calls $0.50
RADON3313 - Checks
KAB00MO - Raises $3.75 to $3.75
JKARP464 - Calls $3.75
_YAN_ - Folds
Hero - Raises $15.75 to $16.25 -- standard repop with AKs out of the BB
TRANT014666 - Folds
RADON3313 - Folds
KAB00MO - Calls $12.50
JKARP464 - Calls $12.50

Flop:
[ ]
Hero - Checks -- setup for crai
KAB00MO - All-In $39.29 -- looks like they're doing it for me
JKARP464 - All-In $11.10 -- cool
Hero - Calls $39.29 -- since there was no 4-bet preflop I don't have either villain on AA/KK so I figure I have 15 clean outs and this is an easy shove

Turn:
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River:
[ ] [ ] -- weee

Showdown:
Hero - Shows [ ] (Flush, ace high)
KAB00MO - Shows [ ] (One pair, tens)
JKARP464 - Shows [ ] (One pair, sevens)
Hero Collects $55.17 from side pot-1
Hero Collects $81.01 from main pot

Hand 2: 50NL (Letting villains catch up)
Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - _YAN_ ($117.49 in chips)
Seat 2 - TEFLON_DON ($92.75 in chips)
Seat 3 - ROCKY78 ($38.90 in chips)
Seat 4 - STUART2640 ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 5 - Hero ($63 in chips)
TEFLON_DON - Posts small blind $0.25
ROCKY78 - Posts big blind $0.50
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
STUART2640 - Calls $0.50
Hero - Raises $2.25 to $2.25 -- iso the limper
_YAN_ - Folds
TEFLON_DON - Folds
ROCKY78 - Calls $1.75
STUART2640 - Calls $1.75

Flop:
[ ]
ROCKY78 - Checks
STUART2640 - Checks
Hero - Bets $4 -- smallish cbet to get them to come along. this flop is very dry so they both might fold but i have to try to build this pot somehow. important thing here is to let villains catch up but still have a pot of some value
ROCKY78 - Calls $4
STUART2640 - Folds

Turn:
[ ] [ ] -- great card
ROCKY78 - Checks
Hero - Bets $8 -- $8 into ~$14 should get any ace to give me action
ROCKY78 - Calls $8

River:
[ ] [ ]
ROCKY78 - Checks
Hero - Bets $31 -- an ace is calling here almost always, so overbet for value
ROCKY78 - All-In $24.65
Hero - returned ($6.35) : not called

Showdown:
Hero - Shows [ ] (Four of a kind, tens)
ROCKY78 - Mucks (AJ)
Hero Collects $76.80 from main pot

Key thing again was letting villain catch up with his AJ and have a sizeable pot waiting for him when he does.

Hand 3: 50NL (How not to play QQ)
Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - DECON32 ($158.50 in chips)
Seat 2 - CRAZYDUTCH23 ($56.99 in chips)
Seat 3 - Hero ($142.03 in chips)
Seat 4 - BICKYBRICLY ($62.39 in chips)
Seat 5 - MISSY922 ($99.48 in chips)
Seat 6 - ROYALSTARS ($129.22 in chips)
CRAZYDUTCH23 - Posts small blind $0.25
Hero - Posts big blind $0.50
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
BICKYBRICLY - Folds
MISSY922 - Calls $0.50
ROYALSTARS - Calls $0.50
DECON32 - Folds
CRAZYDUTCH23 - Calls $0.25
Hero - Raises $3 to $3.50
MISSY922 - All-In(Raise) $98.98 to $99.48 -- wow, sweet present
ROYALSTARS - Folds
CRAZYDUTCH23 - Folds
Hero - Calls $95.98

Flop:
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Turn:
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River:
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Showdown:
Hero - Shows [ ] (One pair, aces)
MISSY922 - Shows [ ] (One pair, queens)
Hero Collects $196.46 from main pot

Villain shoved $100 in PF with QQ and that's just totally terrible on every level. Shoving 200 BBs with QQ will fold out any hand that QQ has beaten and the only hands that will call are KK and AA, which have QQ crushed.

Amusing chat that shows villain has absolutely no clue:

SIMPLESTYLE wins ($196.46) with (One pair, aces).
MISSY922: and the setups begin for friday night at ap
MISSY922: lmao
SIMPLESTYLE: ya, shoving $100 with QQ and getting called by AA is a setup
SIMPLESTYLE: got it
MISSY922: lmao
MISSY922: nah not a setup
<<>>
SIMPLESTYLE wins ($5.20 chips).
You've been awarded 4 Credits + 1 FAME Status Point.
MISSY922: ur right i should of just folded
MISSY922: good point
MISSY922: lmao
SIMPLESTYLE: you donkey
MISSY922: no way ur serious
SIMPLESTYLE: what hands do you think will call for $100
MISSY922: humanly impossible
SIMPLESTYLE: grow up
MISSY922: lmao
MISSY922: yeah i mean there are 2 hands that beat qq
MISSY922: should automatically assume
MISSY922: since its online poker
<<>>
DECON32 wins ($14.25 chips).
MISSY922: aslong as ur not on drugs
SIMPLESTYLE: i don't think you understand what i'm saying to you
SIMPLESTYLE: so i'll just stop
MISSY922: thats the main thing
MISSY922: ok
MISSY922: lol