Day 2

I played a fair bit yesturday but unfortunately things started off pretty poor and then got progressively worse until I finally had a good evening session before my pc decided to BSOD my ass during a deep stacked hand at 5/10 where I had just flopped a set!! Overall I finished break even. I decided to play a bit at party during the day when the table selection is bad on interpoker and my first session there for months didn't go too well. I don't know what it is but I have never done well at party cash games, either because I dont adapt to the players properly or the software puts me on tilt or whatever I've just never done well. Hopefully I can change that pretty soon.


Anyway since there are loads of hands to go through and I want to start playing soon I will just stick to the big pots.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124738
Standard.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124741

Probably should have shut down on the turn since I doubt I can get him to fold 88/99 or a jack, not to mention overpairs/sets.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124752
lol


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124755

I played this hand very badly, I dont mind betting the flop even though he CC PF because he could have AK/AQ but once he calls I need to either bluff or shut down.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124762

This hand is a bit crappy too. The problem is that its very hard for me to ever get away from an overpair given my image. The problem on the turn is that the 7 didn't seem to change anything regarding hands that call the flop ie no draws completely and I doubt he floats with 77 there (although it is possible). The more likely outcome is that he now has a combo draw ie pair+ flush draw or or pair+ straight draw, however is this was the case then why not raise more since the big advantage of playing those hands aggressively is fold equity. So This lead me to believe that he was just making a delayed bluff and so I called the turn and obviously then I have to call the river too. Whether or not it was the right move I'm not sure since I don't really know enough about the player but I'm inclined to say it was a mistake.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124777

I love short handed although this was almost HU given the nature of the short stack.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124794This hand may look like spew but I think its ok since it is a blind battle and I have a little bit of history with this guy from our short handed exploits. The flop is pretty standard, its unlikely he has a big ace since he would have rr pf and its unlikely that he raises a small ace for value since he opens himself up to a reraise/shove on a draw heavy board so my initial thought was that he had a draw or a bluff. The turn didn't really change anything in my mind and so I played to maximize my expectation given my thought about his likely holdings and I just check called, check raising may also be an option but I thought this guy might try and shove the river so I just called. The river brings a scare card ie the perfect card to bluff at so I called given my good pot odds as well. I think the guy read my hand well but didnt realise he was against a calling station.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124815
This was a pretty fun hand and I think it works well in the long run since it really looks like I have AK or AA (I hope anyway). Also since I sometimes overbet shove for value I need to (very) occasionally overbet bluff too so my opponents cant always say overbet = monster.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124823
HU against a good player who seemed to be playing a lot of 6max tables as well as HU, I think he plays a little too tight though and I'm sure I can beat him.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124858
This wasn't funny.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124860
If the jack or a ten hadn't come I would 3barrel since I was almost certain he had a small ace or middle pair but his range improves a lot with that card and there is no way I can rep the jack so gg me.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124866
It sucks when they have the hand you are trying to represent.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124868
Standard.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124870
Had odds against the donk.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124879
Almost died on the river.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124885
Calling station.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124891
GG owned.

Annoyingly I've lost have of this blog post since my wireless died half way through and I don't want to do it all again.