Back to Normal (Hopefully)

I played a little bit of $3/$6 this morning and clearer a win of about $105. I thought it was going to be another nightmare session when I got AA cracked by 9Ts on my first hand, but everything went fine for the most part.

Edit: I played for a couple more hours today and won about another $170, bringing me to almost where I was before yesterday's debacle.

Here's a funny hand from this morning. The A3 guy is the same one who beat my AA with 9Ts.

$3/$6 Texas Hold'em
Table Sun Soaker (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: adalei4k ( $209.50 )
Seat 2: brankozoric ( $131.50 )
Seat 3: jcot29 ( $166 )
Seat 4: bcs75000 ( $115 )
Seat 6: vo2_max ( $316.50 )
Seat 5: Hero ( $140 )
Hero posts small blind [$1].
vo2_max posts big blind [$3].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Kd 5d ]
adalei4k folds.
brankozoric calls [$3].
jcot29 calls [$3].
bcs75000 folds.
Hero calls [$2].
vo2_max checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 3s, 3c ]
Hero checks.
vo2_max checks.
brankozoric checks.
jcot29 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
Hero checks.
vo2_max checks.
brankozoric checks.
jcot29 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 9c ]
Hero checks.
vo2_max checks.
brankozoric bets [$6].
jcot29 raises [$12].
Hero folds.
vo2_max folds.
brankozoric calls [$6].
jcot29 shows [ 6c, Kc ] a flush, king high.
brankozoric doesn't show [ Ad, 3h ] three of a kind, threes.
jcot29 wins $34.50 from the main pot with a flush, king high.


Obviously this is funny because the guy limped with trash, flopped a beast, then didn't put in any money till he was beat. But it's also funny for a more subtle reason. In my mind, the fact that everyone checked through on the flop, and especially on the turn, virtually guarantees that someone is holding the 3. Otherwise one of them woulda tried to pick up the pot.

I also watched the new WPT Foxwoods last night. Man, what a dope that Tony Licastro guy is. First of all, he just repeatedly moves all in. I've seen people do this in online tournaments with some success, but one of two things usually happens.

1) They try to steal at the wrong time and run into a big hand.
2) They wait for big hands, but don't get enough of them and (obviously) don't get any action with them. So they "go out like broomcorn's uncle."

It's not as bad of a strategy in online tournaments because you usually only have 10-25BBs anyway. But in an event where you have 40-50BBs, you're just asking for it. The entire style is based on a weak poker philosophy. If you are a quality player, you should want to make more decisions because it gives you more of a chance to gain an edge on your opponents. Moving all in preflop basically does the opposite.

Also, he made a horrendous play by being the 3rd one into the pot with the KTo. Of course, he cracks Bill Gazes' AA. And to slap Bill in the face again, he starts to cheer when Schulman flops an A on Bill, leaving him drawing to runners. I'd have kicked him in the nuts for that shit.