Hands
Booked my room for Foxwoods in April today. The main hotel sold out in less than a day. Poker is aitch-oh-double-tee. Less than a day! A whole hotel! What is this, a Springsteen concert?
Hands? You want hands? Ok.
- EP limps, MP raises, I 3-bet from the SB with AKo. BB folds, EP calls, MP caps it, we both call. Flop Th5d2d. I check, EP checks, MP bets, I call, EP raises, MP 3-bets, I fold, EP......folds. Awesome. Good bluff buddy.
- I limp after three limpers with AJo. We take the AsJd8s flop seven-handed. The first limper bets, another limper calls, I call (waiting for the turn because I'm not getting any draws out on the flop), and a limper behind me calls. Four handed to the turn, the 5d. Limper A bets, limper B raises, I three-bet, everyone folds to limper B, who caps it. I wonder how that set of eights looks to him and call. River 8d, he bets, I call, he has Ac8h. Four-betting with two outs and getting there...who is better than these people?
- I raise UTG and cap it after a re-raise in a five-way pot with AQs. Flop TT5 rainbow. Three checks, LP bets, button raises, I call, MP behind me calls, bettor calls. Turn is a 5 and it's checked around. River is a 5 making the board TT555. I check, MP bets, LP calls, button calls. I'm supposed to fold but I'm getting 18-1 to win a quarter of the pot, so I call. Flame away. But here were the hands: 76o, J2s, KJo. God damn, put a three up there and give me the whole pot! So tonight I'm the donkey who makes the over-over call playing the board, but can you argue with the results? Begin flames now...
Hands? You want hands? Ok.
- EP limps, MP raises, I 3-bet from the SB with AKo. BB folds, EP calls, MP caps it, we both call. Flop Th5d2d. I check, EP checks, MP bets, I call, EP raises, MP 3-bets, I fold, EP......folds. Awesome. Good bluff buddy.
- I limp after three limpers with AJo. We take the AsJd8s flop seven-handed. The first limper bets, another limper calls, I call (waiting for the turn because I'm not getting any draws out on the flop), and a limper behind me calls. Four handed to the turn, the 5d. Limper A bets, limper B raises, I three-bet, everyone folds to limper B, who caps it. I wonder how that set of eights looks to him and call. River 8d, he bets, I call, he has Ac8h. Four-betting with two outs and getting there...who is better than these people?
- I raise UTG and cap it after a re-raise in a five-way pot with AQs. Flop TT5 rainbow. Three checks, LP bets, button raises, I call, MP behind me calls, bettor calls. Turn is a 5 and it's checked around. River is a 5 making the board TT555. I check, MP bets, LP calls, button calls. I'm supposed to fold but I'm getting 18-1 to win a quarter of the pot, so I call. Flame away. But here were the hands: 76o, J2s, KJo. God damn, put a three up there and give me the whole pot! So tonight I'm the donkey who makes the over-over call playing the board, but can you argue with the results? Begin flames now...
posted by Chris Fargis at 5:34 AM
5 Comments:
Call me a donkey, but that last hand I play the same way, except I'm probably more aggressive on the flop, betting out or check-raising. In those situations where both me and the other aggressor have overcards, I want the pot, not a split or to lose to an unimproved AK. However, maybe it's easier to have that mentality in 5/10 six-max than it is in full-ring 15/30.
Anyways, if that's a normal month for a good party 15/30 player, maybe I need to be working on getting there a little quicker...congrats on the great month.
poker_wannabe
Sup dude,
Found your blog and have really enjoyed reading it. I was wondering what criteria do use for chosing the 15/30 tables that you plan on. Is it by specific player, average pot, % of players see flop or a combination?
thanks & keep rolling those fishes in!
rb
Wannabe, that hand definitely plays differently in a shorthanded game. I don't think that month was normal. Like I said the 75% win rate is high. Felt good though.
RB, I try to find the tables with the largest pots and the tables whose pots are consistently large. Party doesn't tell me % of players who see the flop, but I would certainly use that stat if I had it. I don't follow players around too much, but there are exceptions to that rule.
good call on foxwoods dude. I called and made my reservations for two trees. i think i barely got in there.
roswell
been reading your blog since you started. just wanted to say keep it up, and congrats on the month. people like you keep me going throughout the work day! thanks.
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