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Keeping Warm in Winter
AAroddersAA:
Played two of the little 180 manners last night. Did not cash in either so I am currently down $22.50 at those, don"t think I have done too wrong in them but I have not yet run well enough in one to get really deep.
Tried to play some PLO today. That did not go too well though. It has been a while since I played and I think that showed be begin with. I don"t really understand why this would be the case, but I did feel off form. I made some questionable 3-bets pre and probably called off to light in some spots, thinking of one main hand here.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3945927
Then I went too passive for a while, not raising enough. Also ran more than 4.5 buyin"s below EV, which is easy enough to do in PLO. Also kept running into the top of opponents range. Making good bets and have them go wrong.
These kind of spots kept coming up where nobody really does anything wrong but I lose the pot.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3945871
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3945873
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3945874
This hand shows why you should NEVER make loose calls OOP in this game. The flop play is fine but I should not have been in the hand really.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3945875
Probably the worst mistake of the session I would say is this one, I have no idea why I don"t raise / get it in on the flop. If I play this hand right and win it I break even for the session (actually end up with small profit).
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3945728
Still $45 below EV is always going to be tough to turn around so not going to worry about a losing day when that happens. I know where I went wrong in most spots and again if I maintain this level of play over the year I will win.
Hands = 830
VP$IP = 23.37%
PFR = 14%
3-Bet = 5%
Todays loss = $23.66
VPP month to date = 463
AAroddersAA:
I was watching sky poker today for the first time for ages. Is it me or are the "experts" terrible except for Tikay? Luke Schwartz was on earlier today though and he was really good. I suppose they have to be careful what they say though. They can"t really come out with "that was a terrible play, what a donkey".
Having taken a break after earlier session I was going to play some sitngo MTT"s but I decided to play some more PLO as I am now fresh again, I find a deep stacked table that is actually running so go an that. There is one very agressive player on there and I get into a few pots against him. There is one hand where I have the nut str8 on the turn, hw has two pair, and we somehow get it allin (for a pot of about $60) he rivers the str8 for the split, oh well I guess he could have made a house. I then raise with AAKJ with one part suited and flop a flush draw and bet, he calls, I bet the turn, he calls I miss the flush and check the river and he bets full pot, I sigh and fold. Then I make a set of tens against him and he calls my raise on the flop, he check calls my turn bet and the river completes flush draws and str8 draws and he fires full pot. I fold. I win one back when he tries to bluff me off top two pair when the board remains safe.
Then this happens. It"s a really interesting hand which shows how much fun really deep stacked PLO can be and why PLO 100BB deep, whilst a good game, is not the same as there are so many things going on in this hand that would not happen 100bb deep as it would all be in on the flop.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3947440
I was a bit lucky in this hand but I knew what I was doing. I have position (playing this hand out of position would be wrong due to the reverse implied odds it creates) and I can get away from this if I need to. The flop is near perfect. I lose to 44 but I can"t be scared of that I expect him to bet the flop which he does. I expect him to call my raise wide, he does call. He could have a number of overpairs here as he does not like folding very much and has been mixing it up with me quite a bit. He could have a 2 in his range here for sure. I doubt he has 44 as he would want to get it in.
Then he checks the turn which is an ace. I bet out $5 (this is too small btw in this spot) he just calls. I am a little confused as he should now not be calling with an overpair to the flop now the ace is there. A2 should try and get it in really, he could be slow playing AA but I think he tries to get that in as well. I now think he must have a 2 of some kind.
Then he fires big OTR which is a 9. I am not folding, but am a bit worried he might have a better FH given he has now led out big after two check/calls, this line can be quite strong and if he had a marginal hand (like a 2 on it"s own) he should be check calling really. I know he can be bluffing here though so I have to at least call. I honestly did not consider the straight. I probably should have shoved, he is not going to fold a 2 for another $8 and I really don"t think AA or A2 are that likely given how it played out.
I played on to complete the 1000 hands of PLO I said I would play, didn"t intend to do it in a day so if I get time I will play some more. I am happy enough with the volume I have got in this week. I am winning at Cash in both NLHE and PLo at the moment. I am not winning at the MTT"s but these have a lot of luck involved so you have to expect some dray runs in those.
Overall PLO today
Hands = 1002
VP$IP = 24%
PFR = 13%
3-Bet = 3.56%
Todays Profit = $15.22
BB/100 = 7.59
VPP"s this month = 498
In the end I only ran $35 below EV so was $10 above EV in that little session tonight.
#swingsandroundabouts
AAroddersAA:
Decided to play some hands to get my holdem hands up to 6000 for the month. Lost about $10 over not much happened, I made a questionable call on the turn one hand but other than that is was OK.
I am trying to do some work on my MTT"s today. I am not as confident in my MTT game as I am in playing cash. Although I generally do fine I know I make fundamental ICM mistakes and my shoving and calling ranges are probably off by a bit.
I intended to play 3 of the $4.50 ones but accidentally registered for one of the $2.20 turbo"s during which I ended up shoving AT with 11BB from the SB into the BB AQ so that was pretty standard.
In the $4.50"s I was playing here are some intersting hands.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949242
I honestly am not sure what I am meant to do here, it"s a shove or fold spot. I certainly shove from late position but what I should do from here I can"t honestly say I am 100% sure.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949315
Here is another one, the limper is playing 19/0 over 36 hands (so has limped in 6 times). Am I supposed to shove here from the BB as it will add 20% to my stack?
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949319
Another very similar hand, limper is playing 40/13. I guess a shove has to be profitable against his range right?
Exit hands are of course important, of the two that I played today one was just KK into AA which is totally standard and can"t be avioded. Pretty sure the other one is fine as well.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949321
MTT results so far this year
Total played = 8
Total buy in"s = $34
Total cashes = $0
ROI = -100%
More to come later
AAroddersAA:
Then I took a break and came back to play another two, they take ages *lol*
Went out of the first one like this:-
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949690
Flame away if there is anything wrong with this. I know I am not meant too go broke in an unraised pot :-) but this seemed a very simple bet on the flop once the ace falls I can"t automatically think they have it can I? Should I check call?
The last one went well though and I finished second for $147.60. Here are some of the hands
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949691
Skill game - well I was going to raise BvB there and I can"t really raise/fold with my stack
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949693 - About an orbit later I think
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949695 - Not sure but I think this is OK
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949696 - I like the semi bluff here he can"t call unless he has the Jack and I have outs
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949697 - This guy had three bet above average so hand is standard
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949700 - On final table - is a check/call better? I think I like winning it there tbh
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949701
This hand is quite cool as Pokerjeng had started to reshove and had done so quite a bit so I was expecting it and gussed that if the BB had half a hand he might try the "resteal
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3949702 - this is the final hand of the tournament
So I finish second, it is worth saying I got very lucky apart from what I have shown you above I was having to shove light quite a bit but you can only pick your spots right and hope the cards are on your side. This week they seem to be with me.
Please feel free to comment on any of this and tell me if I could have done anything better. There are plenty of better tournament players than me reading this I expect so the advice will be gratefully recieved.
MTT games
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Total played = 10
Total buy in"s = $43
Total cashes = $147.60
Total Profit = $104.60
samson:
Hi Rodders
Looking at the 77 hand, that was something i was folding oop, but watched mondatoo just before xmas when he was smashing up the $35 180s and he was shoving these sorts of hands in these positions.
Don"t know if its the same at our levels though
might be worth getting Ray or James on blonde to take a look at the hands
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