11/26 : +35
Here's my latest piece before I start talking about cards
Soooo, yesterday in a very short period of time I was able to drop $2185...well today in a relatively short amount of time (2 and a half hours) I was able to make all of that along with a whopping 35 bucks! The contrast between days I can't put into words. Rollercoast maybe? It's true about what I've read in other HU blogs (whasssupppps) You really need to be able to play with the mindset of 'did I play well?' as opposed to 'losing lots of money sucks'. I was able to just close the door on playing yesterday with the thought of playing today, well rested and with a fresh mindset. I started off pretty solid even after losing a game 77 to 66 with a spiked 6 on the river all in preflop. At one point I was 6-3 then I think I won something like 6-7 in a row. It was pretty fun. Honestly I'm a little tired and it feels like it should be Sunday not Tuesday so I'm not going to do an in depth hand analysis or talk about bankroll management (which I will do in my next post). I'll just leave you with what was the most important hold of the session.
Seat 1: maxv2 (1990 in chips)
Seat 2: PiS.ToTo (1010 in chips)
PiS.ToTo: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Kc Ks]
PiS.ToTo: raises 40 to 60
maxv2: raises 120 to 180
PiS.ToTo: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d 8d]
maxv2: bets 250
PiS.ToTo: raises 580 to 830 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 580
*** TURN *** [7s 7d 8d] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d 8d 8s] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Kc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
PiS.ToTo: shows [Th 9d] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
maxv2 collected 2020 from pot
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
11/16 : +315
So I figure that a good way to go about this blog is to just post weekly. I'm relatively busy and it's hard to add something like this to my daily routine. However, this will be easy to maintain weekly and it'll make for more interesting material as far as what's going on in my life. Today was a pretty good day, I drove back to Orono from Portland and watched football until about 8. Then I played just 2 games, one against Layne Flack "Reloadthis" for $215 and another against a super aggressive guy. I felt a little bad about the game against Flack, he timed out a lot and I picked up some free pots mid-hand that could've gone either way because he wouldn't act in time. In the end I made a good call with 99 on a Q67Q7 board and then flipped for his half stack (750) and won 44 vs QJ. Then I lost a flip against the other guys half stack after knocking him down, then got into an awful situation after the flop at 50/100 blinds, here's how it went.
Seat 1: grubel9 (1285 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1715 in chips)
grubel9: posts small blind 50
maxv2: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [6d As]
grubel9: calls 50
maxv2: raises 200 to 300
grubel9: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [9h 4s 6h]
maxv2: bets 300
grubel9: raises 685 to 985 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 685
*** TURN *** [9h 4s 6h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [9h 4s 6h Ad] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [6d As] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
grubel9: shows [7h 8h] (high card Ace)
maxv2 collected 2570 from pot
I really didn't expect him to call the raise pre-flop, I just wanted to take it down there...but that didn't work out. Then I flopped middle pair top kicker and was pretty much committed after my $300 lead out. I know it wasn't a great play, but this guy was over aggressive so I went with it. Somehow I won, I was about 32% after the flop, but that A on the turn shifted me to 68% which was nice. So I ended up done for the day after just two games...nice. Let me know if there's anything in particular anyone would like me to talk about! Peace
So I figure that a good way to go about this blog is to just post weekly. I'm relatively busy and it's hard to add something like this to my daily routine. However, this will be easy to maintain weekly and it'll make for more interesting material as far as what's going on in my life. Today was a pretty good day, I drove back to Orono from Portland and watched football until about 8. Then I played just 2 games, one against Layne Flack "Reloadthis" for $215 and another against a super aggressive guy. I felt a little bad about the game against Flack, he timed out a lot and I picked up some free pots mid-hand that could've gone either way because he wouldn't act in time. In the end I made a good call with 99 on a Q67Q7 board and then flipped for his half stack (750) and won 44 vs QJ. Then I lost a flip against the other guys half stack after knocking him down, then got into an awful situation after the flop at 50/100 blinds, here's how it went.
Seat 1: grubel9 (1285 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1715 in chips)
grubel9: posts small blind 50
maxv2: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [6d As]
grubel9: calls 50
maxv2: raises 200 to 300
grubel9: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [9h 4s 6h]
maxv2: bets 300
grubel9: raises 685 to 985 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 685
*** TURN *** [9h 4s 6h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [9h 4s 6h Ad] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [6d As] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
grubel9: shows [7h 8h] (high card Ace)
maxv2 collected 2570 from pot
I really didn't expect him to call the raise pre-flop, I just wanted to take it down there...but that didn't work out. Then I flopped middle pair top kicker and was pretty much committed after my $300 lead out. I know it wasn't a great play, but this guy was over aggressive so I went with it. Somehow I won, I was about 32% after the flop, but that A on the turn shifted me to 68% which was nice. So I ended up done for the day after just two games...nice. Let me know if there's anything in particular anyone would like me to talk about! Peace
Monday, November 10, 2008
11/10/08 : +177.5
So I may or may not start posting again. I'm assuming I've lost the ridiculously limited amount of readers that I once had, but I'll see if I can present myself as an interesting enough soul to lure people back into my mindless babble. If anyone's still reading this I figure it'd be an interesting idea for me to analyze other peoples individual hands and see if I can be of any help. So if anyone has anything...I mean if anyone's even reading, lay em on me. For now I'll just analyze one of my own hands.
Hand of the day:
Seat 1: xx frankie (1620 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1380 in chips)
xx frankie: posts small blind 15
maxv2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [As Ts]
xx frankie: calls 15
maxv2: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 4h 7s]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: checks
*** TURN *** [5s 4h 7s] [6s]
maxv2: bets 60
xx frankie: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [5s 4h 7s 6s] [4c]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: bets 270
maxv2: raises 700 to 970
xx frankie said, "flush?"
xx frankie: calls 700
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [As Ts] (a flush, Ace high)
xx frankie: shows [8c Kd] (a straight, Four to Eight)
maxv2 collected 2120 from pot
xx frankie said, "unreal"
This was a pretty interesting hand. This guy was crazy so I wasn't doing anything aggressive to force the issue. I just checked through my A10s because of this very reasoning and again checked the flop. I know, kind of a pansy move...but it didn't take much to unleash serious action out of this guy. So I turn the flush and throw out a small bet to see if he had the top or bottom end of the straight, I think irregardless I could check the river and he'd throw out a big bet. It was a risk, but this was the monster situation that I was hoping for. So it was worth risking the $150 or so value I would get on the river to go for the 970 that I ended up getting. Directly after this I got all in on a simple flip KQ vs A9 for his last 400 and won.
So I'll post some of the crap I've been up to, I'll let you know how the WSOP went (I played in the main event, I won a satellite on stars). I probably won't go into my personal life, as that usually gets me in trouble haha. But anyways, that's all for now.
Oh, here's some of the work I've done
So I may or may not start posting again. I'm assuming I've lost the ridiculously limited amount of readers that I once had, but I'll see if I can present myself as an interesting enough soul to lure people back into my mindless babble. If anyone's still reading this I figure it'd be an interesting idea for me to analyze other peoples individual hands and see if I can be of any help. So if anyone has anything...I mean if anyone's even reading, lay em on me. For now I'll just analyze one of my own hands.
Hand of the day:
Seat 1: xx frankie (1620 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1380 in chips)
xx frankie: posts small blind 15
maxv2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [As Ts]
xx frankie: calls 15
maxv2: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 4h 7s]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: checks
*** TURN *** [5s 4h 7s] [6s]
maxv2: bets 60
xx frankie: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [5s 4h 7s 6s] [4c]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: bets 270
maxv2: raises 700 to 970
xx frankie said, "flush?"
xx frankie: calls 700
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [As Ts] (a flush, Ace high)
xx frankie: shows [8c Kd] (a straight, Four to Eight)
maxv2 collected 2120 from pot
xx frankie said, "unreal"
This was a pretty interesting hand. This guy was crazy so I wasn't doing anything aggressive to force the issue. I just checked through my A10s because of this very reasoning and again checked the flop. I know, kind of a pansy move...but it didn't take much to unleash serious action out of this guy. So I turn the flush and throw out a small bet to see if he had the top or bottom end of the straight, I think irregardless I could check the river and he'd throw out a big bet. It was a risk, but this was the monster situation that I was hoping for. So it was worth risking the $150 or so value I would get on the river to go for the 970 that I ended up getting. Directly after this I got all in on a simple flip KQ vs A9 for his last 400 and won.
So I'll post some of the crap I've been up to, I'll let you know how the WSOP went (I played in the main event, I won a satellite on stars). I probably won't go into my personal life, as that usually gets me in trouble haha. But anyways, that's all for now.
Oh, here's some of the work I've done
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