Feb 2

I've realised that I need to update this immediately after a session if I want to review hands or the whole session. I just sat down this morning to post hands and I think there was a specific session I wanted to review as well, and I can barely remember what had been happening in the matches. Even if I don't post it until the morning I need to be writing these blogs immediately after a match.

Secondly, it's really hard to analyse hu hands well without having been there a lot of the time. Advice in any particular spot can be completely different for different opponents, or even the same opponent at different times. I'm still going to post hands but I'll try to include as much information about the player and what had been going on as possible. Again, this really needs to be done straight after the game.

Thirdly, Noel likes the hands in the blog rather than a link for them. I'll stick both in for now.

Fourthly, tanks a bunch to Chris for his effort on my last blog. And cheers mate (don't know what they say in Hull) to Dan for his efforts.

Ok so a few hands.

http://weaktight.com/1968052

$3/$6 No Limit Holdem • 2 Players • PokerStars

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SB	$1,276
Hero	$620.50

• Pre-Flop ($9, 2 players)Hero is BB
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SB raises to $12, Hero calls $6

• Flop ($24, 2 players)
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Hero checks, SB bets $15, Hero raises to $48, SB raises to $120, $72 to Hero ($560.5)?

In this hand it's at the start of a match so luckily we don't really need reads. At this point in the match he'd opened around 80% of buttons for a min raise and c-bet most flops, and he was defending really wide but folding flops over 50%. The only significant hand we played was when I 3-bet him with AQ, he defend 98o, the board ran out K99rAx (r=rainbow) and I took the line of cbet then c/c twice (I rarely do this and it's been in consecutive days - I'll watch out for it). I think it was an ok spot to take this line given the QJ, QT, JT hands he can float.

So I think it's fairly standard to check raise the flop here. Correct me if I'm wrong. He'll fold hands with ok equity, I can get him to fold 9x by the river. When he 3-bets I'm not sure what the best line is. I think I need to 4-bet to take advantage of the times he's bluffing (and of course getting it in with this equity is fine), but is it better to shove or to 4-bet small and try and induce a spazz from something?

http://weaktight.com/1968058

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem • 2 Players • AbsolutePoker

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Hero	$1,028
BB	$542

• Pre-Flop ($6, 2 players)Hero is SB
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Hero raises to $8, BB calls $4

• Flop ($16, 2 players)
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BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB calls $12

• Turn ($40, 2 players)
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BB checks, Hero bets $32, BB raises to $111, $79 to Hero ($976)?

There was quite a lot of history against this guy. It was on AP where I sit with 40bb to start because I don't have much money on there. He sat with the same and then every time I added some he'd make sure he matched it, until we were playing 100bb deep. So I figured he was some sort of reg (BLUFFMAGCV if you know him). There'd been a few significant pots. In a 3-bet pot he floated 87 on K63f K and shove raised my turn double barrel (f=flush draw on flop, I had AK). Then in a single raised pot I'd donked a T52f 2 board, he raised 52 on the flop, called a 3-bet, and called my turn shove (AT for me, T river, yay).

He wasn't defending amazingly wide (around 22%, 3-betting 11%), he check folded flops around 1/3 of the time, and check raised 18%. I'd seen him c/c the flop and river (turn checked) with AJ on KQ299 where a flush turned and I had 93. He'd also c/c A5 twice on QQ4r9 when a flush draw turned and caught me bluffing. That's about it as far as pots where he'd flatted go.

So here he check calls the flop and check raises the turn. He'd been pot controlly in pots where he'd raised preflop, checking back top pairs on dry boards. I don't think I can read too much into that here though. It did make me wonder whether he'd play a 9 like this that often though. He definitely can have a flush as I've seen him check call a flush draw before. So I guess his range is something like 77, 44, 9x, flushes, with 9x being less likely than the others.

What's your plan for the turn and river here (assuming river's a blank and he bets)?

http://weaktight.com/1968064

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem • 2 Players • PokerStars

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Hero	$460.25
BB	$1,073.25

• Pre-Flop ($6, 2 players)Hero is SB
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Hero raises to $12, BB raises to $40, Hero calls $28

• Flop ($80, 2 players)
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BB bets $61, Hero calls $61

• Turn ($202, 2 players)
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BB checks, Hero checks

• River ($202, 2 players)
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BB bets $972, $359.25 to Hero ($359.25)?

This guy was a reg and wanted to play four tables. I stood my ground and just played two. He opened 100% despite the fact that I'd been 3-betting him a lot (prob not enough) and he'd just been folding a lot. He also c-bet close to 100%, but let me showdown really easily after that. He'd been 3-betting me a lot as well - around 22% with calling 25%. I'd been really tight so far to 3-bets and this might even have been the first I flatted.

Big hands up to this point; I checked a 3-bet pot on KxxxQ and then bet a flush turn and overbet the river and he folded. I also check raised A2hh on 933hh, he 3-bet 97 and then tank called it off when I shoved. This was the next hand of any significance.

It's pretty standard up to the river. On the river when he overshoves what do we think his range is? I don't think he plays a K like this, and I'm not even sure he plays AJ like this although he definitely can. I would think he'd double barrel a heart draw, although I suppose he could be trying for a check raise on the turn. I think he'd double barrel anything that could be a full house now given how wet the board is. The thing that worries me is that my hand looks like Jx a lot when I flat the flop and check back the turn. Call or fold?

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Yesterday's hands:

http://weaktight.com/1962930 - I checked, he checked it down with J9ss and won. It made me question what I thought was a pretty standard give up. I think I was right to give up though as Qx is such a huge part of his range and I don't think he folds it.

http://weaktight.com/1962928 - He called with K9. I did overbet.

http://weaktight.com/1962929 - He had AJ. I definitely prefer betting three here without an actual reliable read that he floats and gets out of line too often.

http://weaktight.com/1962927 - I don't remember what he had but it was total air.