Recognition Beat

This is probably the most bizarre things that has happened during a session. I'm playing on a site on the merge network, just 1-tabling 100nlhu because there isn't much action on the site. I'm playing a guy named LisaJonez who is semi-decent with some spewy tendencies. I'm up a good bit with no major showdowns when the following happens.

I open ATo and he 3bets. I defend and see an A-high flop. He fires each street, and I just call him down with my pair of aces. He shows down QTo for Q-high on the river after shoving in his stack, and I rake in the 290bb pot.

At this point he starts telling me that I'm owning him and that he should quit me, but he keeps playing.

In a few hands I open with AA and he 3bets. I just call and we see a dry flop. He cbets and I raise. He 3-bet shoves and I call. He has an oesd which hits on the turn, and he drags a 200bb pot.

This chat then happens:

So basically:

• i call the guy down and drag a big pot
  
• he starts talking about how i'm owning him
  
• he asks me whether i'm on 2p2 and recognizes my sn from a thread i made about my $1k day (see last post)
  
• he sucks out in a 200bb pot and quits me
  
• he tells me that we used to play on AP where he repeatedly called me a fish/donkey/etc but he now respects my game
  
• he wants me to do an interview for his poker podcast

Wtf just happened? I don't know whether to be pissed for being quit on or being happy that this guy respects my game and wants to interview me.

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Ship the 1k day at 50nl hu!



Most interesting hand I could find:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($217.05)
Button ($64)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, A

Button raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $5, Button calls $3.50

Flop: ($10) J, 6, 4 (2 players)

Hero checks, Button checks

Turn: ($10) 6 (2 players)

Hero checks, Button bets $6.50, Hero calls $6.50

River: ($23) J (2 players)

Hero checks, Button bets $14.50, Hero calls $14.50

Total pot: $52 | Rake: $0.50

Who Says There Are No Hand Ranges in HU

Seat 1:BB ($147.90)

Dealer, Posts small blind $0.50

Seat 2:Button%20')">Button ($100)

Dealt to Button

Preflop: (Pot: $1.50)

RAISE Button, to $3
CALL BB, $2

Flop: (Pot: $6)

CHECK BB
BET Button, $4
CALL BB, $4

Turn: (Pot: $14)

CHECK BB
BET Button, $11
RAISE BB, to $28
RAISE Button, to $93 and is ALL-IN
FOLD BB
RETURN Button, $65


No 3bet preflop and no check-raise on the flop pretty much clears his range of any aces he wants to stack off with. If he shows up with like A6o here then god bless. Obviously this was against a thinking opponent, which is where hand range analysis applies best.

Timing Tells

Timing tells play a bigger role heads-up than in 6-max and full ring simply because heads-up requires more focus from hand to hand. As a result, detecting and exploiting timing tells can be pretty profitable.

Here's one I noticed recently:

When villains open or limp their buttons quickly most of the time, and they suddenly take a few extra seconds to act, they tend to have a weaker hand. This is especially true if the villain is multi-tabling.

A villain I was playing gave off this tell. I searched to see if he had multiple tables open and he did. I then 3-bet him every time he took extra time to open his button and he folded each time.

Of course, a better opponent may observe that you have picked up on their timing tell. The most obvious response to blatant 3-bet steals is a 4-bet re-steal. 5-bet shoves work in those spots, but only against those opponents who are willing to 4-bet bluff in the first place. Otherwise you'll just be running into the nuts.

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Updated graph just because I like posting my nice graphs:

Ironic

And lol at what is happening in Canadian politics right now. What a charade.