Monday, September 21, 2009
We're moving. Yes, all three of us.
"From 50 bucks to 50K" is being retooled. It will take a while, but the new site will be located at: askthefish.org — so please bookmark the new site and head there from now on.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Heads up in 45-player SNG
Heads-up in a 45-player, $11 SNG. First place is $171. Second is $112.50.
Stacks:
Hero with 38170
Villain with 29330
Blinds: 600-1,200
Dealt to SB:6♥ 6♣
Preflop: Hero calls [600]
Villain was aggressive, so my plan was to flat call and then re-raise or possibly even shove preflop. I was more than happy to get it in preflop with a pair. But I really thought he would raise then fold to a reraise.
BB checks
Potsize: 2,400
Surprise! Villain checked. Messed up my plan a bit, but whatever.
Flop: 3♠ 7♦ 3♣
BB checks
Hero bets [1,200]
BB raises to 2,400
Hero calls [1,200]
Potsize: 7,200
I thought my hand was probably good. I made a weak bet hoping for a raise. When he min-raised, I altered from my plan of re-re-raising and just flat-called.
Turn: A♦
BB checks
Hero bets [3,600]
BB calls [3,600]
Potsize: 14,400
I don't think the ace helped him. If he had an ace, we would have got it all-in preflop. But this guy keeps checking to me and then calling, which is showing some strength. I'm starting to wonder whether I'm behind.
River: 6♦
Well, maybe I was behind.
BB checks
Hero bets [8,400]
BB raises to 22,130, and is all in
Hero calls [13,730]
Results:
BB shows : 4♥ 3♦
Hero shows : 6♥ 6♣
Villain shows trip threes.
Hero wins the pot (58,660) with a full house, Sixes full of Threes
At this point, Villain and a friend of his, who were observing, started spewing, telling me how stupid I was, yappity, yappity yap. But this guy slowplayed his way to oblivion He check-called the turn when a second diamond hit, then re-raise shoved the river when the third one came.
I checked his numbers online, and he's rolled through about $1,200 online while I'm up to almost $1,900 now, so I guess the numbers tell the story.
Stacks:
Hero with 38170
Villain with 29330
Blinds: 600-1,200
Dealt to SB:6♥ 6♣
Preflop: Hero calls [600]
Villain was aggressive, so my plan was to flat call and then re-raise or possibly even shove preflop. I was more than happy to get it in preflop with a pair. But I really thought he would raise then fold to a reraise.
BB checks
Potsize: 2,400
Surprise! Villain checked. Messed up my plan a bit, but whatever.
Flop: 3♠ 7♦ 3♣
BB checks
Hero bets [1,200]
BB raises to 2,400
Hero calls [1,200]
Potsize: 7,200
I thought my hand was probably good. I made a weak bet hoping for a raise. When he min-raised, I altered from my plan of re-re-raising and just flat-called.
Turn: A♦
BB checks
Hero bets [3,600]
BB calls [3,600]
Potsize: 14,400
I don't think the ace helped him. If he had an ace, we would have got it all-in preflop. But this guy keeps checking to me and then calling, which is showing some strength. I'm starting to wonder whether I'm behind.
River: 6♦
Well, maybe I was behind.
BB checks
Hero bets [8,400]
BB raises to 22,130, and is all in
Hero calls [13,730]
Results:
BB shows : 4♥ 3♦
Hero shows : 6♥ 6♣
Villain shows trip threes.
Hero wins the pot (58,660) with a full house, Sixes full of Threes
At this point, Villain and a friend of his, who were observing, started spewing, telling me how stupid I was, yappity, yappity yap. But this guy slowplayed his way to oblivion He check-called the turn when a second diamond hit, then re-raise shoved the river when the third one came.
I checked his numbers online, and he's rolled through about $1,200 online while I'm up to almost $1,900 now, so I guess the numbers tell the story.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Aces cracked
Can I get away from this? Put the guy on AK for some reason, which seems odd since I had two aces.
Stacks:
UTG with $39.60
UTG+1 with $75.95
MP1 with $95.25
MP2 with $49.45
Villain with $50.00
BTN with $71.05
SB with $49.50
BB with $10.35
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to UTG+1:A♣ A♦
Preflop:
UTG calls [$0.50]
UTG+1 raises to $2
2 players fold.
Villain calls [$2]
4 players folded.
Total folds this street: 6
Potsize: $5.25
Flop: K♥ 5♦ J♣
UTG+1 bets [$3]
4 players fold.
Villain raises to $8
UTG+1 calls [$5]
Potsize: $21.25
Turn: 6♠
UTG+1 checks
Villain bets [$13]
UTG+1 raises to $40
Villain calls [$27] [ all-in ]
UTG+1 shows : A♣ A♦
Villain shows : 5♠ 5♣
Potsize: $101.25
River: 2♦
UTG+1 shows a pair of Aces
Villain shows three of a kind, Fives
Villain wins the pot ($98.25) with three of a kind, Fives
Stacks:
UTG with $39.60
UTG+1 with $75.95
MP1 with $95.25
MP2 with $49.45
Villain with $50.00
BTN with $71.05
SB with $49.50
BB with $10.35
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to UTG+1:A♣ A♦
Preflop:
UTG calls [$0.50]
UTG+1 raises to $2
2 players fold.
Villain calls [$2]
4 players folded.
Total folds this street: 6
Potsize: $5.25
Flop: K♥ 5♦ J♣
UTG+1 bets [$3]
4 players fold.
Villain raises to $8
UTG+1 calls [$5]
Potsize: $21.25
Turn: 6♠
UTG+1 checks
Villain bets [$13]
UTG+1 raises to $40
Villain calls [$27] [ all-in ]
UTG+1 shows : A♣ A♦
Villain shows : 5♠ 5♣
Potsize: $101.25
River: 2♦
UTG+1 shows a pair of Aces
Villain shows three of a kind, Fives
Villain wins the pot ($98.25) with three of a kind, Fives
Three blind bluffs
Thoughts, please.
Stacks:
exm0nstr with $42.85
BTN with $55.85
SB with $72.65
BB with $45.55
UTG with $10.00
UTG+1 with $60.00
MP1 with $70.50
MP2 with $50.35
MP3 with $7.10
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to BTN:T♠ K♠
Preflop:
1 players fold.
MP1 raises to $2
MP2 calls [$2]
2 players fold.
Hero calls [$2]
2 players folded.
Total folds this street: 5
Potsize: $6.75
Two calls. On button. Hand that can be totally dominated. Sure, I'll call.
Flop: 7♣ 5♦ 6♦
MP1 checks
MP2 checks
Two checks. In position. Sure, I'll take a shot at the pot.
Hero bets [$4]
MP1 calls [$4]
MP2 calls [$4]
Potsize: $18.75
Turn: Q♥
MP1 checks
MP2 checks
Two checks. In position. I can't fire again. Can I? Pot's pretty big. I'll take another shot.
Hero bets [$10]
MP1 calls [$10]
MP2 calls [$10]
Potsize: $48.75
River: 2♣
MP1 checks
MP2 checks
If one of these guys had a monster, they would have bet here, right? Two checks. I'll fire again. What other choice do I have?
Hero bets [$11]
2 players fold.
Uncalled bet of $11 returned to Hero Hero wins the pot ($46.35)
Uh. OK.
Stacks:
exm0nstr with $42.85
BTN with $55.85
SB with $72.65
BB with $45.55
UTG with $10.00
UTG+1 with $60.00
MP1 with $70.50
MP2 with $50.35
MP3 with $7.10
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to BTN:T♠ K♠
Preflop:
1 players fold.
MP1 raises to $2
MP2 calls [$2]
2 players fold.
Hero calls [$2]
2 players folded.
Total folds this street: 5
Potsize: $6.75
Two calls. On button. Hand that can be totally dominated. Sure, I'll call.
Flop: 7♣ 5♦ 6♦
MP1 checks
MP2 checks
Two checks. In position. Sure, I'll take a shot at the pot.
Hero bets [$4]
MP1 calls [$4]
MP2 calls [$4]
Potsize: $18.75
Turn: Q♥
MP1 checks
MP2 checks
Two checks. In position. I can't fire again. Can I? Pot's pretty big. I'll take another shot.
Hero bets [$10]
MP1 calls [$10]
MP2 calls [$10]
Potsize: $48.75
River: 2♣
MP1 checks
MP2 checks
If one of these guys had a monster, they would have bet here, right? Two checks. I'll fire again. What other choice do I have?
Hero bets [$11]
2 players fold.
Uncalled bet of $11 returned to Hero Hero wins the pot ($46.35)
Uh. OK.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Interesting hand from 10-25 cash game
I have been playing a little bit of cash online and thought this was an interesting hand.
I question whether I should call three big bets in this case since the SB could easily have a 7. But after the fact, it is clear he played it even worse than I did. I mean, I could have easily had a 7 in the BB, and he probably should have slowed down a bit after firing the first two bets.
Tell me what you think.
Stacks:
UTG with $29.26
UTG+1 with $26.63
MP1 with $23.70
MP2 with $24.50
MP3 with $99.73
CO with $39.22
BTN with $25.00
SB with $41.55
BB with $50.01
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to BB:A♠ T♣
Preflop:
5 players fold.
CO raises to $0.75
BTN calls [$0.75]
SB calls [$0.65]
Hero calls [$0.50]
Total folds this street: 5
Potsize: $3
I hate my hand here. ATo is easily crushed. But I can't see any other way to play this properly than to call.
Flop:
A♦ 7♠ 7♥
SB bets [$3]
Hero calls [$3]
2 players folded.
Total folds this street: 2
Potsize: $9
A pot-sized bet into this flop does not smell like a 7 at all, so I call, planning to fold if the SB shows a lot of strength on the turn.
Turn:
10♦
SB bets [$9]
2 players fold.
Hero calls [$9]
Potsize: $27
This is either the worst card or the best card in the deck for me. If he's playing AQ or AJ, it's great. If he's playing 87, the T just got me deeper into a hand I pondered dumping.
River:
5♣
SB bets [$27]
Hero calls [$27]
This $27 bet only makes sense if he played a hand like 87 preflop. But it just doesn't add up. Still thinking that a guy who flopped trips would not have fired on the flop, I call this and pray.
Results:
SB shows :
A♣ K♦
Hero shows :
A♠ 10♣ Hero wins the pot ($78) with two pair, Aces and Tens
I question whether I should call three big bets in this case since the SB could easily have a 7. But after the fact, it is clear he played it even worse than I did. I mean, I could have easily had a 7 in the BB, and he probably should have slowed down a bit after firing the first two bets.
Tell me what you think.
Stacks:
UTG with $29.26
UTG+1 with $26.63
MP1 with $23.70
MP2 with $24.50
MP3 with $99.73
CO with $39.22
BTN with $25.00
SB with $41.55
BB with $50.01
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to BB:A♠ T♣
Preflop:
5 players fold.
CO raises to $0.75
BTN calls [$0.75]
SB calls [$0.65]
Hero calls [$0.50]
Total folds this street: 5
Potsize: $3
I hate my hand here. ATo is easily crushed. But I can't see any other way to play this properly than to call.
Flop:
A♦ 7♠ 7♥
SB bets [$3]
Hero calls [$3]
2 players folded.
Total folds this street: 2
Potsize: $9
A pot-sized bet into this flop does not smell like a 7 at all, so I call, planning to fold if the SB shows a lot of strength on the turn.
Turn:
10♦
SB bets [$9]
2 players fold.
Hero calls [$9]
Potsize: $27
This is either the worst card or the best card in the deck for me. If he's playing AQ or AJ, it's great. If he's playing 87, the T just got me deeper into a hand I pondered dumping.
River:
5♣
SB bets [$27]
Hero calls [$27]
This $27 bet only makes sense if he played a hand like 87 preflop. But it just doesn't add up. Still thinking that a guy who flopped trips would not have fired on the flop, I call this and pray.
Results:
SB shows :
A♣ K♦
Hero shows :
A♠ 10♣ Hero wins the pot ($78) with two pair, Aces and Tens
KJs is brutal
Is two months too long to find out what hand costs me more money than any other? Mentioned it in June and then never revisited the issue.
The worst hand: KJ suited. And it's not even close.
According to Poker Copilot, KJ suited costs me twice as much per time it's dealt to me than the second-worst hand, which is ... I have no idea. I'm having some computer issues, and Poker Copilot might be one of the issues. I'll look into it and try to report back at some point.
Still, a quick view at the stats has helped me plug a leak. I look at KJs a lot differently than I used to. It goes in the muck a lot more than it used to, even though I don't remember playing it very often in the past. I just think that, when I did play it and did hit it, it ended up costing me a lot of money.
It doesn't mean I've tightened up even more. It just means I've replaced hands like KJs with more suited connectors, suited one-gappers, etc. It's probably way past time for me to open it up a bit anyway.
The worst hand: KJ suited. And it's not even close.
According to Poker Copilot, KJ suited costs me twice as much per time it's dealt to me than the second-worst hand, which is ... I have no idea. I'm having some computer issues, and Poker Copilot might be one of the issues. I'll look into it and try to report back at some point.
Still, a quick view at the stats has helped me plug a leak. I look at KJs a lot differently than I used to. It goes in the muck a lot more than it used to, even though I don't remember playing it very often in the past. I just think that, when I did play it and did hit it, it ended up costing me a lot of money.
It doesn't mean I've tightened up even more. It just means I've replaced hands like KJs with more suited connectors, suited one-gappers, etc. It's probably way past time for me to open it up a bit anyway.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Some good results
The poker gods are screwing with me again.
Just when I was ready to log off for an extended period, a few good things happened:
— I cashed for $100 in $10 tournaments twice in three days.
— Sharkscope upgraded me to "shark" status for the first time.
— Full Tilt sent me $100. (Apparently a player I referred went on a poker binge and earned me $100.)
I crossed the $1,600 mark for the first time. (Thanks in part, of course, to the extra $100.)
Just when I was ready to log off for an extended period, a few good things happened:
— I cashed for $100 in $10 tournaments twice in three days.
— Sharkscope upgraded me to "shark" status for the first time.
— Full Tilt sent me $100. (Apparently a player I referred went on a poker binge and earned me $100.)
I crossed the $1,600 mark for the first time. (Thanks in part, of course, to the extra $100.)
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