Good session

I just finished playing Colin HU - he beat me again but it was basically a crap shoot at the end since the blinds got so high, the turning point in the match was when I 3bet shove the flop with a gutshot and he called with top pair, I think he had a 4 or 5-1 chip lead on me but the blinds were at a nice level so I was able to shove my way back into contention and then I won a 30/70 in his favour to get a small chiplead and basically from there we let the crap shoot commence. While I was playing colin I also had some 600nl tables open and I ended up getting some nice hands and having another good session.

Anywayzzz back to the hands from last session.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134049
Pretty standard really but it shows the advantages of a loose image.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134051
Again pretty standard, we are 4 handed so my call isn't that loose, I think that I probably should have minraised his cbet here since there arent any draws on (that he is likely to have) so I dont have to be worried about being shoved off the best hand that much.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134066
This hand is pretty messed up and obv a shity spot. I haven't been at the table that long and this hand has happened almost instantly after the last one (hence my reload hasnt come through). I think in hindsight I prefer bet/folding the turn since opponent seemed like a fairly weak player, if he had called then I still think c/c a small/medium bet on the river is good against this type of player.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134106
How not to play KK as a short stack.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134108
I probably should have bet more on the turn but I wasn't that scared of any cards and I wanted to keep this guy around since he was a complete 100% good old fashioned donkey - the type I haven't seen in ages. On the river he had like 4-1 odds so I really don't know what he had - I'm guessing a FD.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134120
Very standard, if I dont hit an openended straight flush draw on the turn I probably check behind, I think you can argue for just calling the checkminraise but shoving is also good too imo.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134126
Zzzz Boring.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134129
As I said, donkey.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134131
A good spot to flat call on the turn since I obviously have no fold equity and he has a monster since hes a weak player.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134137
Its been a while since I gave a beat like this although I did have 7 outs, again both the guys in the BB and SB were retards so I limped on the button with 65o hoping to hit a good flop and I did.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134145
Erm, I really don't understand this.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134147
Or this.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134151
Pretty standard hand really but I'm undecided whether betting the turn or check/calling is best, ideally we both check the turn then I can bet any river and fold to a raise but checking and then being forced to call isnt really that great (obv check raising is spew without a read). On the other hand betting almost turns my hand into a bluff and I'm sort of screwed on the river.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134174
Standard really.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134184At the end of my first session this guy sat down who was the same guy I had the mamoth HU match with over the weekend. I seemed to have the edge early on though since I purposely tightened up a bit since I had been playing very aggressively towards the end of our last match. Clearly hitting TPTK in a RR pot against someone who thinks I am crazy and who doesn't have a full stack = get stack in fast. I think that calling the turn then shoving the river is best because it might look like I'm trying to bluff (obv I would bet a FD on the flop the majority of the time so if he thinks about my river shove then he can't think I have the flush that often) and therefore get value from hands like 99 while at the same time making sure he can't check any lower aces.

Thats the end of the first session today, its getting late and I can't be bothered to do the second session - you would be suprised how long it takes to actually write all this stuff.

Quick summary of the match with Colin...

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134217
I think checkminraising definitely has its place HU and I sometimes like to add it in for confusion, unforunately Colin generally knows how to deal with it.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134223
This hand I played badly. I don't mind turning my hand into a bluff on the turn but I need to follow it up with a river bet if that is my intention, alternatively just checking the turn and check/calling the river is also a viable option. Obviously Colin played the hand fine.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134229
Minraise time again.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134232
Pretty standard HU play.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134237
This is my attempt at representing the jack by donking the flop to induce the raise but against Colin who knows that I won't have the jack that often here it isn't as good. :( Against an unknown the play works well because they "should" fold a7 there but Colin clearly made the right call against me.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134244
Suckout FTW? It appears that my former ties with Lee Jones still hold sway.

From then on it was basically a cointoss which Colin won - probably deservedly given that I sucked out before.

Gl at the tables everyone.