First hand back playing 75-150 seat 6 raises to 350 and we call from the SB with JQ. Flop comes 7QK. We check and he checks. Turn comes 6d putting 3 diamonds (inc king) on board. We bet 400 and he calls. River comes 4d giving us second best flush. We bet 800 and he calls. We show our Qd. He shows Jd and folds.
Next hand seat 5 limps and we limp from the button with 33. Flop comes 46Q. BB bets 350 and we call everyone else folds. Turn comes 9. He checks and we bet 750. He folds.
We bet 300 with A9s from seat 5 and the button raises to 1050. We call. Flop comes 236. We check and he checks. Turn comes A. We bet 900. He calls. River comes J. We bet 1600 and he calls with AK to take the pot.
We raise to 550 from seat 5 with 88 and get calls from the button and the BB. Flop comes 9JK. BB bets 800 and we fold.
Seat 7 bets 375 and the button calls and we call from the BB with JK. Flop comes 6TJ. We bet 850. Seat 7 calls. The turn comes 9. We bet 1700 and he calls. River comes 4. We bet 3400 and he raises to 8000. Hmmmm. We lose to an overpair, a set, JQ or JA, all of which are very possible. We fold and he shows JQ. Wow. Ouch.
Things were going so well. We have 14,300 now, just under the starting stack. That's fine.
Seat 3 raises to 350 and we call from the SB with TQ. BB calls and flop comes 468. Good flop for a bluffing blind. We bet 550. BB folds and seat 3 calls. Turn comes K. We check and he bets 1100. Hmmmm. His flat call post flop means he probably doesn't have a pocket pair so the question is whether he has a king, which is not at all impossible but seems less than 50%. Nothing to back that statement than my occasionally wrong gut. We raise to 2400. He goes into the tank and folds. I suspect he had Ax.
We raise to 350 from seat 7 with AQh - our first premium hand of the day. The button re-raises to 950. Hmmmm. We could re-raise but if he has a premium hand he will raise and we will have to fold. Let's see the flop. We call and the flop comes 8JK. Not what we were looking for. He could have JJ KK or AK. We check and he bets 1050. We just call. Turn is a miracle T giving us a straight. We check and he bets 2200. We can call and slow play but then we have to hope he bets the river. Or we can raise he and if he calls bet into him again on the river. We already did the slow play thing with this guy when we had the full house. We raise to 6200. He calls. That's great. Our only fear is that he has a set and rivers a full house. River comes J pairing the board. If he has a Set or a J with a 8T or K, he has a boat and we're dead. Of course he shouldn't pre-flop raise with any of those jack hands. We check and he pushes all in. Hmmmm. The pot is about 16500 before he bets and it's now about 8,000 to us to win almost 25,000.
Now it's a strange probability question. If there is less than a 75% chance he has a boat we should call. He is betting like he has one. But he is also the aggressive player at the table. That doesn't mean he doesn't have it, just that it's less compelling to look solely at his bet to make a prediction. He would also bet this way with JA or KA, which we beat, or QA, which we tie.
This is a toss up, maybe a little against us if he's not an aggressive player. We call and he shows KJh for the boat. I should have put more weight on a suited KJ as something he might pre-flop raise with.
Okay - that was fast. But tomorrow we are back in Stud8 again. So we wont be blogging tomorrow because it's too difficult to blog about stud.
All the best,
Donkey
Monday, June 16, 2014
NLH - Rounds 1-2
Back in the saddle!!!! We start with 15,000 in chips. Today's game is 8-handed no limit hold'em.
First hand everyone folds to us on the button and we raise to 250 with Q7 hoping to buy the 50-75 blinds. SB calls and flop comes 46T. He checks. To press or check? We check. Turn comes Q. Perfect. He bets 350, probably with a pair from the flop. We smooth call. River comes 2. Wow. Couldn't have asked for a better river. He bets 525 and we min raise to 1050 hoping he will call. He folds.
In seat 5 we raise to 225 with QT and get called by seat 6 (playing 6 handed at the moment). Flop comes 6QK with 2 spades. Hmmmm, does he have a K? Bet 300 and he calls. Turn comes 8h. Bet 525 and he calls. River comes As. Worst possible card. If he is calling with TJ (open ended straight draw), two spades or an ace he has us beat. Oh, and lets not forget he could have a K! We check. He bets 1050 and we fold.
Odd note - the Chinese dealer just reminder two German players that it's English only at the table when there are cards out. Everyone started laughing because they were speaking English - the accent was so heavy the dealer couldn't understand them.
Seat 4 raises to 225 and we call with A9d. Bb calls and flop comes 69T with one diamond. Bb checks and seat 4 continuation bets 350. We are probably good with our 9 but let's check his pulse. We min raise to 700 and surprisingly the bb calls. Seat 4 folds - no pulse. Turn comes 4d giving us the but flush draw and likely doing nothing for the bb. He checks. We have a lot of big cards - an ace a 9 or any diamond - that's 14 cards. We don't want to have to see the river though. We bet 1600 and he folds.
Seat 3 raises to 200 and everyone folds to us in the BB with 56c. We call and the flop comes 67K with 1 club. We bet 200 as a prod. He raises to 800 as something more like a punch than a prod. We fold.
Now at a full table we raise to 225 from seat 7 with AT. The button and BB call and the flop comes 57J with 2 spades. The BB checks and we bet 350. They both call. Turn comes 2s. BB checks. Bluffing didnt look good before the third spade hit. We check and the button bets 775. We all fold.
From seat 5 we raise to 200 with 66 and get called by the blinds. Flop comes 799 and they check. We bet 400 and they both call. Turn comes 5 giving us a gut shot straight draw with our 2 pair. They check and we bet 600. They both call. River comes 3. They check. Unlikely they will both fold to a bet now and they have to have something better than we to call (ie if we bet now they will fold losers and call with winners, which is bad). We check and the BB takes it down with a T7.
Playing 50-100 now.
Seat 6 raises (a woman who oddly looks much like my cousin) to 275 and the SB calls. We call from the BB with JQ and the flop comes 8QK with 2 clubs. SB checks we check and seat 6 bets 400. SB folds and we cal. Turn comes 4c. We consider the bluff but check. She bets 1050. Easy board to bluff into. We call. River comes Td. Big card but not a club. We check. She checks. We show the Q and she mucks.
We raise from the button with A8s to 275 and get called by the BB. Flop comes 299 with 2 hearts. He checks and we bet 325. He raises to 975. Hmmm. Good bluff most likely but we cant call and then face another bluff on the turn. If we call and (even if we hit our ace) he bets 2200 on the turn, what will we do? Better to fold now.
We raise to 325 from seat 4 with JJ and get raised to 925 by seat 7. Hmmmm. He likely has pocket tens or higher or a big ace. We call hoping to get a J. 3 low cards would be good but in light of his hand options would leave us somewhat unsure of where to go. Flop comes 56K. We check. He bets 1025. We call mostly to see what he does on the turn. The turn comes 9. We check and he bets 2100. Well, there's our answer. We fold.
Next hand we limp with 33 from seat 3 and get raised to 325 by seat 4. We call and the flop comes 239 with 2 hearts. Giddey-up. He has been pretty aggressive so we check. He bets 525 and we call. The turn comes 2. Amazing - now we have a boat and no fear of the straight or flush draws. We check and he bets 850. We call and the river comes Qh. Hopefully he has a flush or a Q. We check and he bets 2650. Wow! Unless he has pocket queens or deuces we have the winner. We raise another 4000 and he starts asking us about our hand. We openly mock him explaining that it's irrelevant because he has no flush no 2 and no queen and no chance to win this his absurdly large river bet. He eventually folds.
Last hand of the round. People are folding and getting up from the table. The small blind races to 300. We are in the big blind with 78. Not a great hand heads up, but there is a good chance that he is bluffing from the small blind hoping that we want to get up and go on break. We raise to 900 and, unfortunately, he calls. The flop comes 38K. Good flop for us. He checks and we bet 900. He calls and the turn comes Jack. Not good. He checks and we bet 1625 hoping to convince him that we hit the king. Unfortunately, he calls. The river comes a 6. That is a pretty meaningless card. He checks. Not sure what he's been calling us with, but we cannot fire a huge river bet in hoping that he will fold now. We check and he shows ace queen. We take it down with our 8s.
Good couple of rounds for us. We were up a couple thousand before the last hand and finish round 2 with just over 20,000 in chips.
First hand everyone folds to us on the button and we raise to 250 with Q7 hoping to buy the 50-75 blinds. SB calls and flop comes 46T. He checks. To press or check? We check. Turn comes Q. Perfect. He bets 350, probably with a pair from the flop. We smooth call. River comes 2. Wow. Couldn't have asked for a better river. He bets 525 and we min raise to 1050 hoping he will call. He folds.
In seat 5 we raise to 225 with QT and get called by seat 6 (playing 6 handed at the moment). Flop comes 6QK with 2 spades. Hmmmm, does he have a K? Bet 300 and he calls. Turn comes 8h. Bet 525 and he calls. River comes As. Worst possible card. If he is calling with TJ (open ended straight draw), two spades or an ace he has us beat. Oh, and lets not forget he could have a K! We check. He bets 1050 and we fold.
Odd note - the Chinese dealer just reminder two German players that it's English only at the table when there are cards out. Everyone started laughing because they were speaking English - the accent was so heavy the dealer couldn't understand them.
Seat 4 raises to 225 and we call with A9d. Bb calls and flop comes 69T with one diamond. Bb checks and seat 4 continuation bets 350. We are probably good with our 9 but let's check his pulse. We min raise to 700 and surprisingly the bb calls. Seat 4 folds - no pulse. Turn comes 4d giving us the but flush draw and likely doing nothing for the bb. He checks. We have a lot of big cards - an ace a 9 or any diamond - that's 14 cards. We don't want to have to see the river though. We bet 1600 and he folds.
Seat 3 raises to 200 and everyone folds to us in the BB with 56c. We call and the flop comes 67K with 1 club. We bet 200 as a prod. He raises to 800 as something more like a punch than a prod. We fold.
Now at a full table we raise to 225 from seat 7 with AT. The button and BB call and the flop comes 57J with 2 spades. The BB checks and we bet 350. They both call. Turn comes 2s. BB checks. Bluffing didnt look good before the third spade hit. We check and the button bets 775. We all fold.
From seat 5 we raise to 200 with 66 and get called by the blinds. Flop comes 799 and they check. We bet 400 and they both call. Turn comes 5 giving us a gut shot straight draw with our 2 pair. They check and we bet 600. They both call. River comes 3. They check. Unlikely they will both fold to a bet now and they have to have something better than we to call (ie if we bet now they will fold losers and call with winners, which is bad). We check and the BB takes it down with a T7.
Playing 50-100 now.
Seat 6 raises (a woman who oddly looks much like my cousin) to 275 and the SB calls. We call from the BB with JQ and the flop comes 8QK with 2 clubs. SB checks we check and seat 6 bets 400. SB folds and we cal. Turn comes 4c. We consider the bluff but check. She bets 1050. Easy board to bluff into. We call. River comes Td. Big card but not a club. We check. She checks. We show the Q and she mucks.
We raise from the button with A8s to 275 and get called by the BB. Flop comes 299 with 2 hearts. He checks and we bet 325. He raises to 975. Hmmm. Good bluff most likely but we cant call and then face another bluff on the turn. If we call and (even if we hit our ace) he bets 2200 on the turn, what will we do? Better to fold now.
We raise to 325 from seat 4 with JJ and get raised to 925 by seat 7. Hmmmm. He likely has pocket tens or higher or a big ace. We call hoping to get a J. 3 low cards would be good but in light of his hand options would leave us somewhat unsure of where to go. Flop comes 56K. We check. He bets 1025. We call mostly to see what he does on the turn. The turn comes 9. We check and he bets 2100. Well, there's our answer. We fold.
Next hand we limp with 33 from seat 3 and get raised to 325 by seat 4. We call and the flop comes 239 with 2 hearts. Giddey-up. He has been pretty aggressive so we check. He bets 525 and we call. The turn comes 2. Amazing - now we have a boat and no fear of the straight or flush draws. We check and he bets 850. We call and the river comes Qh. Hopefully he has a flush or a Q. We check and he bets 2650. Wow! Unless he has pocket queens or deuces we have the winner. We raise another 4000 and he starts asking us about our hand. We openly mock him explaining that it's irrelevant because he has no flush no 2 and no queen and no chance to win this his absurdly large river bet. He eventually folds.
Last hand of the round. People are folding and getting up from the table. The small blind races to 300. We are in the big blind with 78. Not a great hand heads up, but there is a good chance that he is bluffing from the small blind hoping that we want to get up and go on break. We raise to 900 and, unfortunately, he calls. The flop comes 38K. Good flop for us. He checks and we bet 900. He calls and the turn comes Jack. Not good. He checks and we bet 1625 hoping to convince him that we hit the king. Unfortunately, he calls. The river comes a 6. That is a pretty meaningless card. He checks. Not sure what he's been calling us with, but we cannot fire a huge river bet in hoping that he will fold now. We check and he shows ace queen. We take it down with our 8s.
Good couple of rounds for us. We were up a couple thousand before the last hand and finish round 2 with just over 20,000 in chips.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Out in 3rd
Correctly read the opponent with a small pair. Had a lot of big cards and a couple chances to hit one of them. Unfortunately i didn't hit and he did. More poker tomorrow. Thanks for playing along.
All the best,
Donkey
All the best,
Donkey
Up and down
4 diamonds best pair and an inside straight draw. Missed it all and in pretty sure he rivered a second pair to take it down. Cant bitch though. Luck has been on our side quite a bit.
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Eric Kurtzman
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Terrible
Drawing into a356 with 4 diamonds we hit a 5!
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Eric Kurtzman
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3
Way short stacked.
Shove time soon. Last hand we had a bad low draw and two pair with a possible raiser behind us. Turned out to be a great fold.
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Eric Kurtzman
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Shove time soon. Last hand we had a bad low draw and two pair with a possible raiser behind us. Turned out to be a great fold.
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Eric Kurtzman
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Stud
Just folded 2247 to aces showing. Can't hit a straight with that.
This is coming late. Didn't hit send on time. Go to break with 447
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Eric Kurtzman
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This is coming late. Didn't hit send on time. Go to break with 447
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Eric Kurtzman
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Stud
That wasn't just a wheel. Donkey brought the whole f'n truck.
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Eric Kurtzman
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Stud
That's a hand i will rue for a while. I knew he either made a low, made a set or made aces up and still put 80 in after. Donkey!
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Eric Kurtzman
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Ouch
Can't fold too many times on 5 at now but drawing to a low doesn't make sense when the guy who looks high is pounding away and there's a potential raiser behind us.
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Eric Kurtzman
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Stud
Too hard to do this by text.
I'm now the small stack on the table and chipping down 5k per hand in antes. Will have to take a swing before too long.
I'm now the small stack on the table and chipping down 5k per hand in antes. Will have to take a swing before too long.
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F&@"ck
For those of you watching we had 3 solid starting hands that turned to total shit.
Stack size fallen but still over 200
Stack size fallen but still over 200
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Live feed (5 min delay). Where is my Skywell Gear? In wearing a Gap tshirt
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Stud8
We ended day two of the stud eight or better tournament with 490,000 chips, more than 100 times that we began with. There are only 12 players remaining, and tomorrow eight will advance to the final table, which will also be played tomorrow.
Donkey is very excited to lift a leg on a final table leg.
For now, it is time to try to forget about poker and sleep. That is going to be difficult.
Your Zen Donkey
Donkey is very excited to lift a leg on a final table leg.
For now, it is time to try to forget about poker and sleep. That is going to be difficult.
Your Zen Donkey
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Stud8
I am not blogging about it, but in case any of you are on the Internet, we are playing the stud 8 or better game and there are 24 players left. Giddey-up!!!
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Eric Kurtzman
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
NLH
So I decided to focus a little more on cards and less on taking notes. In that light, only two big hands to talk about.
Seat 4 raised to 400 and 5 called. We call from the button with Ace two of diamonds. Flop comes to 22K. Seat 4 bets 900. Seat 5 folds and we just call hoping to get more action. The turn comes Q. Unless he has pocket queens or pocket kings, we are set. He bets 1700 into us. Again, we call looking for more action on the river. The only risky possibilities other than pocket queens or kings would be if he is playing some crazy hand like a 10 Jack, but even that only gives him four outs. And, of course, there is no way that he has that hand. Most likely, he has a king, so if the king rivers, that is our true risk. The river comes and Ace, giving us a full house. Now, we are also worried that he could have pocket aces giving him a bigger full house. He bets 4000 into us. We push all in for a total of 7400 and he calls showing AK. We double up.
We scratch, kick, and stomp our way up to about 28,000 in chips.
Seat 4 raises to 500, the button calls, and we simply call from the small blind with ace queen. The flop comes 5TQ. We slow play it and check. Seat 4 checks and the button bets 800. We call, continuing the slow play, but Seat 4 raises to 2200. The button calls and is now 1400 to us. Seat four most likely thought the button was trying to buy the pot and took our flat call as a sign of weakness. He likely hoped that his raise would win the pot. We have no idea what the button has that would result in a bet on a call. There is a broad range of possibilities, including an open ended straight draw or a Qx.
The turn comes another queen. Giddyup! We check, continuing the slow play, and seat 4 bets 4000 into the pot of about 7000. The button folds and we min-raise to 8000. Seat 4 calls.
The river comes 9. It would be extraordinarily unlikely that seat four would be playing either pocket nines or a Jack King in light of the betting that's far. Possible but unlikely. It is time to take as much money from him as we can.
We have about 17,000 in chips, and the pot is over 22000. We bet 8000 mimicking the turn bet and hopefully drawing him in to call. He goes into the tank and then pushes all in. We have a great hand and are pot committed so we put 9000 more in. He turns over 55. He flopped a set of fives and turned a full house.
Donkey going home. Going to shake this off and come back tomorrow. It has been a rough series.
Seat 4 raised to 400 and 5 called. We call from the button with Ace two of diamonds. Flop comes to 22K. Seat 4 bets 900. Seat 5 folds and we just call hoping to get more action. The turn comes Q. Unless he has pocket queens or pocket kings, we are set. He bets 1700 into us. Again, we call looking for more action on the river. The only risky possibilities other than pocket queens or kings would be if he is playing some crazy hand like a 10 Jack, but even that only gives him four outs. And, of course, there is no way that he has that hand. Most likely, he has a king, so if the king rivers, that is our true risk. The river comes and Ace, giving us a full house. Now, we are also worried that he could have pocket aces giving him a bigger full house. He bets 4000 into us. We push all in for a total of 7400 and he calls showing AK. We double up.
We scratch, kick, and stomp our way up to about 28,000 in chips.
Seat 4 raises to 500, the button calls, and we simply call from the small blind with ace queen. The flop comes 5TQ. We slow play it and check. Seat 4 checks and the button bets 800. We call, continuing the slow play, but Seat 4 raises to 2200. The button calls and is now 1400 to us. Seat four most likely thought the button was trying to buy the pot and took our flat call as a sign of weakness. He likely hoped that his raise would win the pot. We have no idea what the button has that would result in a bet on a call. There is a broad range of possibilities, including an open ended straight draw or a Qx.
The turn comes another queen. Giddyup! We check, continuing the slow play, and seat 4 bets 4000 into the pot of about 7000. The button folds and we min-raise to 8000. Seat 4 calls.
The river comes 9. It would be extraordinarily unlikely that seat four would be playing either pocket nines or a Jack King in light of the betting that's far. Possible but unlikely. It is time to take as much money from him as we can.
We have about 17,000 in chips, and the pot is over 22000. We bet 8000 mimicking the turn bet and hopefully drawing him in to call. He goes into the tank and then pushes all in. We have a great hand and are pot committed so we put 9000 more in. He turns over 55. He flopped a set of fives and turned a full house.
Donkey going home. Going to shake this off and come back tomorrow. It has been a rough series.
NLH - 6 handed
We are back in the saddle. Today we play six handed no limit hold em. Couple of interesting features. First, this is a high buy in tournament, so we will have a smaller field of better players. Second, because there are only six players at each table, the hands that play will be different. For example, an Ace Jack is a decent hand with 10 players, but a much stronger hand with only six as it is much less likely that someone else has an ace with a king or queen or a high pair. Conversely, suited connectors (eg 67h) that can play very well with 10 players, are not as good in this smaller game. There is simply less chance that if you hit your hand, someone else will be there to pay you off.
We start with 15000 in chips.
Seat 4 raises to 200 and we call from the button with 66. Flop comes 458 with 2 spades. Probably didn't hit him. He checks and we check for the free card. Turn comes 9s. We have a spade flush draw but really want the 6 or 7 for a straight or set. He checks and we bet 350 hoping he will fold. He doesn't. River comes Jc. He checks. Unlikely he will fold to a bet now as if he has overcards he may have hit the jack and the only thing the river hurts him with is a high spade flush draw or TT. We check and he shows TT with the Ts. Pure comedy. He probably wouldn't have folded anyway.
We get slowly chipped down to 12,500. Seat 3 raises to 200 and we call from the button with 56h. Flop comes 239 with one spade and 2 diamonds. He checks and we bet 400 to see if he will fold. He plays the double reverse and raises to 1000. It's 600 to us, which only makes sense if we think we can win 7000 if we hit a 4. The pot already has over 1300 and his check raise would indicate he's willing to invest more. So we call and pray for a black 4. Turn comes 4c. Totally sick. Also, Guns n Roses Get in the Ring starts playing. He bets 1500 and we raise to 3500. He calls. River comes Js. He checks. We have the nuts. How much can we get him for? He didn't re raise the turn and the river probably hurt him if anything. We bet 4600 and he snap calls showing 33 for a set. We take it down. We probably could have gotten all his chips if we had pushed all in. Oh well, happy to take a huge pot down.
Seat 3 raises to 225 and gets calls from seat 4 and 5. The button raises to 700 and we call from the BB with 55. 4 players see the flop for 700 each, creating a pot well justifying our call, but the flop comes AK8 and we fold very quickly.
I do t recall the preflop action but we were out of position heads up with AQd and the flop came AK5 rainbow. We checked and he bet 325. We just called. Turn came 9, unlikely to benefit him, so we are probably in the lead. We check and he bets 350. An oddly small amount. We raise to 1150 which he likely views as a check raise bluff. He calls. River comes 6. He likely has a K. We bet 1500. He calls and mucks when we show our cards.
Seat 3 raises to 250 and gets called by 4 and the button. We raise to 1250 from the Bb with TT and seat 3 folds but seat 4 raises to 3500. Another 2250 makes sense if we think we win 18000 if we flop a T. He doesn't have quite that much. Also, we are out of position and won't know what to do if the flop is three rags and he bets it. He is representing QQ or better. We reluctantly fold.
Next hand seat 3 raises to 250 and gets 2 callers. We simply call from the SB with AQ. Flop comes 348 of clubs and we fold to the betting.
We play a few more hands like these, losing 3-700 per hand and find ourselves back to 18000 in chips. Respectable, and playing 50-100.
In Seat 4 we raise to 250 with ATh and get called by the button and the BB. Flop comes 467 with 2 hearts. BB bets 350 and we raise to 1050. Our pre flop action followed here represents an overpair. Hopefully he folds, but it's fine if he doesn't too with our but flush draw and 2 over cards. He calls and the Qd turns. He checks. The Q is a scary card for him. We bet 1350 and he calls. The river comes 2s. Total rag. He checks and we check. He shows 67. He flopped 2 pair. We muck our cards.
Starting to get frustrating that we have only had one piece of good (although really good) luck and one good hand since we sat down. Lots of ugly flops though, so at least we didn't spend too much chasing losers.
Last hand of Rpund 2 we raise in seat 4 to 250 with 9Ts and get calls from seat 5 and the SB. Flop comes 29T with 2 clubs. Giddey-up. SB checks and we bet 800. Very large bet at this point but Seat 5 calls. The turn is Ah. We bet 1350 and he calls again. He could have an A or a set, but as we have a 9T, he would only have a decent shot at a set of 2s. He could also be on a club flush draw. River comes Ac. Not good. If he has an A or a club he beats us. We bet 1400, largely to stop him from making a larger bet if he hit a flush. He goes into the tank and then calls with QQ to take it down with aces and queens.
Thankfully we are in break now. I don't understand the last hand in any way. Preflop he called when he should've raised. Post flop he called when he should've raised. If I were still in the hands after his multiple raises, he should have folded when the turn came in Ace. I really have no idea what just happened, but we end the round with 9000 chips, our smallest stack yet.
Your bewildered Donkey
We start with 15000 in chips.
Seat 4 raises to 200 and we call from the button with 66. Flop comes 458 with 2 spades. Probably didn't hit him. He checks and we check for the free card. Turn comes 9s. We have a spade flush draw but really want the 6 or 7 for a straight or set. He checks and we bet 350 hoping he will fold. He doesn't. River comes Jc. He checks. Unlikely he will fold to a bet now as if he has overcards he may have hit the jack and the only thing the river hurts him with is a high spade flush draw or TT. We check and he shows TT with the Ts. Pure comedy. He probably wouldn't have folded anyway.
We get slowly chipped down to 12,500. Seat 3 raises to 200 and we call from the button with 56h. Flop comes 239 with one spade and 2 diamonds. He checks and we bet 400 to see if he will fold. He plays the double reverse and raises to 1000. It's 600 to us, which only makes sense if we think we can win 7000 if we hit a 4. The pot already has over 1300 and his check raise would indicate he's willing to invest more. So we call and pray for a black 4. Turn comes 4c. Totally sick. Also, Guns n Roses Get in the Ring starts playing. He bets 1500 and we raise to 3500. He calls. River comes Js. He checks. We have the nuts. How much can we get him for? He didn't re raise the turn and the river probably hurt him if anything. We bet 4600 and he snap calls showing 33 for a set. We take it down. We probably could have gotten all his chips if we had pushed all in. Oh well, happy to take a huge pot down.
Seat 3 raises to 225 and gets calls from seat 4 and 5. The button raises to 700 and we call from the BB with 55. 4 players see the flop for 700 each, creating a pot well justifying our call, but the flop comes AK8 and we fold very quickly.
I do t recall the preflop action but we were out of position heads up with AQd and the flop came AK5 rainbow. We checked and he bet 325. We just called. Turn came 9, unlikely to benefit him, so we are probably in the lead. We check and he bets 350. An oddly small amount. We raise to 1150 which he likely views as a check raise bluff. He calls. River comes 6. He likely has a K. We bet 1500. He calls and mucks when we show our cards.
Seat 3 raises to 250 and gets called by 4 and the button. We raise to 1250 from the Bb with TT and seat 3 folds but seat 4 raises to 3500. Another 2250 makes sense if we think we win 18000 if we flop a T. He doesn't have quite that much. Also, we are out of position and won't know what to do if the flop is three rags and he bets it. He is representing QQ or better. We reluctantly fold.
Next hand seat 3 raises to 250 and gets 2 callers. We simply call from the SB with AQ. Flop comes 348 of clubs and we fold to the betting.
We play a few more hands like these, losing 3-700 per hand and find ourselves back to 18000 in chips. Respectable, and playing 50-100.
In Seat 4 we raise to 250 with ATh and get called by the button and the BB. Flop comes 467 with 2 hearts. BB bets 350 and we raise to 1050. Our pre flop action followed here represents an overpair. Hopefully he folds, but it's fine if he doesn't too with our but flush draw and 2 over cards. He calls and the Qd turns. He checks. The Q is a scary card for him. We bet 1350 and he calls. The river comes 2s. Total rag. He checks and we check. He shows 67. He flopped 2 pair. We muck our cards.
Starting to get frustrating that we have only had one piece of good (although really good) luck and one good hand since we sat down. Lots of ugly flops though, so at least we didn't spend too much chasing losers.
Last hand of Rpund 2 we raise in seat 4 to 250 with 9Ts and get calls from seat 5 and the SB. Flop comes 29T with 2 clubs. Giddey-up. SB checks and we bet 800. Very large bet at this point but Seat 5 calls. The turn is Ah. We bet 1350 and he calls again. He could have an A or a set, but as we have a 9T, he would only have a decent shot at a set of 2s. He could also be on a club flush draw. River comes Ac. Not good. If he has an A or a club he beats us. We bet 1400, largely to stop him from making a larger bet if he hit a flush. He goes into the tank and then calls with QQ to take it down with aces and queens.
Thankfully we are in break now. I don't understand the last hand in any way. Preflop he called when he should've raised. Post flop he called when he should've raised. If I were still in the hands after his multiple raises, he should have folded when the turn came in Ace. I really have no idea what just happened, but we end the round with 9000 chips, our smallest stack yet.
Your bewildered Donkey
Monday, June 2, 2014
NLH
Today we are playing no limit hold em, but only six people at the table. I am sitting at Seat 5 on my table and will refer to people at the table by their actual seat, as opposed to where they are vis-à-vis the button.
The action with six hands moves far too fast to write about every hand, but here is a selection from the day of extreme swings in luck.
Playing 25-25 with 4500 in chips.
Button at Seat 1. Everyone folds to us in seat 5 and we raise to 75 with JQ. The BB raises to 225 and we see the flop come 445. He bets flop 275 and we call. The turn comes 9 and he checks. We check and the river comes 8. He checks and we bet 775 into the pot of just over 1000. If he has a naked king, he should fold. He folds and we pick it up. Not sure that was a great bet, but he showed a lot of weakness with the 2 checks.
Seats 3 and 4 fold and we raise to 75 with KK. The BB calls from Seat 2 and the flop comes 378. He checks and we bet 175. He calls and the turn comes T. He checks and we bet 375. He calls and the river comes 8 pairing the board. With KK pairing the board is good if you think your opponent has 2 pair, but he's been calling the whole way and the top board card paired, so it's just too likely he has an 8. He checks and we check, happy to miss a betting opportunity rather than let him raise us off our hand. He shows Q8 to take the pot down. Kind of sick.
QJ v AT AQTJ6
Playing 50-100 we raise to 275 from seat 4 with AJd and get called by Seat 5 and the BB. Flop comes AQJ rainbow. The BB checks and we bet 550 into the approx 900 pot. Seat 5 calls and the BB folds. The turn comes 7 and we bet 1050. Seat 5 raises to 2450. Hmmmmm. Unlikely he has a set as he would not have called the flop bet with 77, and we have one of the Aces and one of the Jacks. He could have QQ or AQ or TK for the straight. There's about 4400 in the pot and we put 1400 more in to see the river. River comes T. Any K is a straight. We check and he checks. He shows AQ to take it down.
We are now short stacked and live for about 20 hands either folding or pushing all in. We actually push about six times with some of the best hands we've ever seen in such a short period. Twice with AK, once with AJs, KQs and TJs. No one calls for a while and we build back up a little.
Seat 3 raises to 200 and we push all in for 1450 with KQ. He class and shows 66. It's a race. Flop comes A56 all hearts. He has a set, but we have the Qh, so we still have about a 33% chance with our flush draw. Turn 9d. River Th gives us the flush. When the chips went in it was a race, so this isn't really a bad beat, but it feels that way. In any case, we are happy to double up.
Seat 6 raises to 275 and gets calls from the button and the SB. We call from the BB with 69h. The flop comes 478 giving us an open ended straight draw. The pot is about 1100 and we push all in. Everyone folds.
We are up to 4125 in chips.
Seat 1 bets 200 and 3 calls. We call from bb with 9T and flop comes 249. We bet 400 and seat 1 calls. Turn comes 5 putting second heart on board. We bet 850 and he folds. We are in a good rhythm of picking up chips.
Seat 2 bets 275 and gets calls from seat 3 and seat 4. We call from the Button with AJh and the BB calls. Normally we would raise with this hand but there are a lot of players and we're in great position so let's go slowly. 5 of us see the 47Q flop. Everyone checks to us. Someone could be slow playing a Q so we check and hope for an A to turn. Turn comes K and again everyone checks to us. Someone could still have a Q we check hoping for a T to give us a straight. River comes J. Seat 2 bets 525. Seats 3 and 4 fold. Could he have a J? If that's all he has, our A kicker will win. We call and the BB folds. He shows 55 and we take it down with our pair of jacks.
Seat 3 bets 200 and we call from button w k9s. SB calls and flop comes 469 w 2 clubs. SB bets 450 and seat 3 pushes all in for 1300. Our K9 is probably good. Top pair with K kicker. He could have clubs? Or something like TT. In any case, if we are going to battle here we only want to fight one hand. For example, if the BB has 78 we don't want to deal with his straight draws on top of what Seat 3 has. We push all in and the BB folds. Seat 3 shows 95c. He needs a club or a 5, so her has 12 outs, which gives us a slight advantage (56%). The turn and river are red and we take the pot down.
Seat 4 is the Button and raises to 200. We Call w 79s from SB and BB raises to 700. Button calls and we call. Kind of wish we had folded to the 200 bet but the pot odds are attractive and if we hit our hand this should be good. 28Q rainbow flop. We did not hit our hand. Check. BB bets 600 and button folds. Bluff or fold. We fold.
There are now 3 big stacks at our table, each with about 9000 in chips - us, seat 3 and seat 6.
Seat 3 raises to 250 and we call from the SB with 35c. Not a great hand but if it hits we may take a big piece of seat 3s big stack. Seat 6 calls from the BB - even better. Flop comes 47T, all clubs. We flopped a flush, and even have a gut shot straight flush draw. The problem is that our flush is low, another club kills us. We bet 550 into the 750 pot, determined to make people pay to fish for a club. The BB raises to 1900 and seat 3 folds. Wow. What could he have? Most likely he has one club but not 2, giving him 8 outs (the 6c is no good for him as it gives us a straight flush) - that would make us a 68% favorite. He could have a set, which is less likely, but would also justify his play, and would make us about a 70% favorite. Not likely he's playing a big pocket pair because he didn't raise preflop. Not likely to be playing a straight draw because the flush is too likely to draw to a straight. The short of it is that unless he is playing a made flush, unless he has 2 clubs in his hand, we are way ahead. We push all in and he calls with TK, the K being a club. So he had top pair and a big club. The pair is barely relevant. We are a 67% favorite. The turn comes 5s, but the river comes 9c giving him the flush. Ouch!
A few hands later Seat 6 raises to 300. The SB folds and we push all in from the BB with out me 325 and QKd. He shows KTo. We are a huge favorite, but he flops a T and ultimately takes it down.
It was a very fast day. We rallied from short stack to table chip leader before taking a bad beat for 95+% of our chips and then another bad beat for our last 325. Oh well.
Going to take a few days off, but will jump back into a HORSE tournament on Sunday. HORSE is too difficult to blog about so you wont hear from me for about a week.
Until then,
Your Donkey
The action with six hands moves far too fast to write about every hand, but here is a selection from the day of extreme swings in luck.
Playing 25-25 with 4500 in chips.
Button at Seat 1. Everyone folds to us in seat 5 and we raise to 75 with JQ. The BB raises to 225 and we see the flop come 445. He bets flop 275 and we call. The turn comes 9 and he checks. We check and the river comes 8. He checks and we bet 775 into the pot of just over 1000. If he has a naked king, he should fold. He folds and we pick it up. Not sure that was a great bet, but he showed a lot of weakness with the 2 checks.
Seats 3 and 4 fold and we raise to 75 with KK. The BB calls from Seat 2 and the flop comes 378. He checks and we bet 175. He calls and the turn comes T. He checks and we bet 375. He calls and the river comes 8 pairing the board. With KK pairing the board is good if you think your opponent has 2 pair, but he's been calling the whole way and the top board card paired, so it's just too likely he has an 8. He checks and we check, happy to miss a betting opportunity rather than let him raise us off our hand. He shows Q8 to take the pot down. Kind of sick.
QJ v AT AQTJ6
Playing 50-100 we raise to 275 from seat 4 with AJd and get called by Seat 5 and the BB. Flop comes AQJ rainbow. The BB checks and we bet 550 into the approx 900 pot. Seat 5 calls and the BB folds. The turn comes 7 and we bet 1050. Seat 5 raises to 2450. Hmmmmm. Unlikely he has a set as he would not have called the flop bet with 77, and we have one of the Aces and one of the Jacks. He could have QQ or AQ or TK for the straight. There's about 4400 in the pot and we put 1400 more in to see the river. River comes T. Any K is a straight. We check and he checks. He shows AQ to take it down.
We are now short stacked and live for about 20 hands either folding or pushing all in. We actually push about six times with some of the best hands we've ever seen in such a short period. Twice with AK, once with AJs, KQs and TJs. No one calls for a while and we build back up a little.
Seat 3 raises to 200 and we push all in for 1450 with KQ. He class and shows 66. It's a race. Flop comes A56 all hearts. He has a set, but we have the Qh, so we still have about a 33% chance with our flush draw. Turn 9d. River Th gives us the flush. When the chips went in it was a race, so this isn't really a bad beat, but it feels that way. In any case, we are happy to double up.
Seat 6 raises to 275 and gets calls from the button and the SB. We call from the BB with 69h. The flop comes 478 giving us an open ended straight draw. The pot is about 1100 and we push all in. Everyone folds.
We are up to 4125 in chips.
Seat 1 bets 200 and 3 calls. We call from bb with 9T and flop comes 249. We bet 400 and seat 1 calls. Turn comes 5 putting second heart on board. We bet 850 and he folds. We are in a good rhythm of picking up chips.
Seat 2 bets 275 and gets calls from seat 3 and seat 4. We call from the Button with AJh and the BB calls. Normally we would raise with this hand but there are a lot of players and we're in great position so let's go slowly. 5 of us see the 47Q flop. Everyone checks to us. Someone could be slow playing a Q so we check and hope for an A to turn. Turn comes K and again everyone checks to us. Someone could still have a Q we check hoping for a T to give us a straight. River comes J. Seat 2 bets 525. Seats 3 and 4 fold. Could he have a J? If that's all he has, our A kicker will win. We call and the BB folds. He shows 55 and we take it down with our pair of jacks.
Seat 3 bets 200 and we call from button w k9s. SB calls and flop comes 469 w 2 clubs. SB bets 450 and seat 3 pushes all in for 1300. Our K9 is probably good. Top pair with K kicker. He could have clubs? Or something like TT. In any case, if we are going to battle here we only want to fight one hand. For example, if the BB has 78 we don't want to deal with his straight draws on top of what Seat 3 has. We push all in and the BB folds. Seat 3 shows 95c. He needs a club or a 5, so her has 12 outs, which gives us a slight advantage (56%). The turn and river are red and we take the pot down.
Seat 4 is the Button and raises to 200. We Call w 79s from SB and BB raises to 700. Button calls and we call. Kind of wish we had folded to the 200 bet but the pot odds are attractive and if we hit our hand this should be good. 28Q rainbow flop. We did not hit our hand. Check. BB bets 600 and button folds. Bluff or fold. We fold.
There are now 3 big stacks at our table, each with about 9000 in chips - us, seat 3 and seat 6.
Seat 3 raises to 250 and we call from the SB with 35c. Not a great hand but if it hits we may take a big piece of seat 3s big stack. Seat 6 calls from the BB - even better. Flop comes 47T, all clubs. We flopped a flush, and even have a gut shot straight flush draw. The problem is that our flush is low, another club kills us. We bet 550 into the 750 pot, determined to make people pay to fish for a club. The BB raises to 1900 and seat 3 folds. Wow. What could he have? Most likely he has one club but not 2, giving him 8 outs (the 6c is no good for him as it gives us a straight flush) - that would make us a 68% favorite. He could have a set, which is less likely, but would also justify his play, and would make us about a 70% favorite. Not likely he's playing a big pocket pair because he didn't raise preflop. Not likely to be playing a straight draw because the flush is too likely to draw to a straight. The short of it is that unless he is playing a made flush, unless he has 2 clubs in his hand, we are way ahead. We push all in and he calls with TK, the K being a club. So he had top pair and a big club. The pair is barely relevant. We are a 67% favorite. The turn comes 5s, but the river comes 9c giving him the flush. Ouch!
A few hands later Seat 6 raises to 300. The SB folds and we push all in from the BB with out me 325 and QKd. He shows KTo. We are a huge favorite, but he flops a T and ultimately takes it down.
It was a very fast day. We rallied from short stack to table chip leader before taking a bad beat for 95+% of our chips and then another bad beat for our last 325. Oh well.
Going to take a few days off, but will jump back into a HORSE tournament on Sunday. HORSE is too difficult to blog about so you wont hear from me for about a week.
Until then,
Your Donkey
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