Last Home Game
I played my home game on thursday and we actually got 11 players this week, which we played as a single table. I played several interesting pots throughout this tournament. I'll see if I can remember them all.
11-handed, blinds 100/200. I raise a limper to 800 from 2 off the button (a position sometimes called the Hijack) with AhJc. My friend Rik calls in the SB, BB folds, limper folds. Flop comes Q42 rainbow, we both check. Turn comes Tc, SB checks, I check. River comes Qh, SB bets 1000, I make it 3200, SB calls with 33 and scoops. It was a little upsetting to be called there by such a weak hand, but it really wasn't a bad play since there's no way I'd play anything that beats 33 that way. Good call, Rik.
In the same level. I limp UTG with Ah7h, next 3 fold, Rik makes it 900, all fold, I call. Flop comes Jh8c5h, I check call 1200. Turn comes an offsuit 4, I check, Rik bets 3200. I was pretty sure that if I hit I could double through for the ~7500 more I would have if I called this bet. Rik doesn't like to get bluffed, and he seems to get a special charge out of snapping MY bluffs in particular. We also had another friend in town who feels the same way. The result is that it makes it tough for me to bluff, but that I should also get paid well when I make my hands. I got some flack from some of the other guys for making the call, so I'll try to quantify how good or bad a call it is.
I had to call 3200 on the turn and there was 7700 in the pot. Let's assume that all the flush and straight outs are good 95% of the time when they get there (12 outs) and that an A is good 25% of the time when they get there (3 outs). We'll also assume that I'll get called 85% of the time when I jam on the river. It's tough to be exact with these kinds of figures, but I beleive them to be fairly accurate. Then my equity by calling 3200 on the turn is (0.85)(0.95)(12/44)(7700+7500) + (0.85)(0.25)(3/44)(7700+7500) + (29/44)(-3200) = 3347.5 + 220.3 - 2109.1 = 1458.7. I guess I just can't fold a draw on the turn when I'm pretty sure I'll get paid when it gets there. Anyway, the 3h hit on the river, I jammed with the nuts and got called by what Rik claims to be top pair.
Then there was another pot where I flopped Qc4c2s with Ac2c from the BB and ended up hitting the flush on the river for a nice pot. I also got some flack for the way I played this pot, but I called the turn getting like 4:1 with what was probably 14 outs.
In another pot, I ended up losing about 1/3 of my chips when a guy check-called me all the way with a flush draw and ended up calling a large river bet with KdJd on a Qd8d552 board (no flush) to beat my K7o.
Then as things got short-handed I stole a lot of pots for a while. After that I ended up losing a ~70K pot at the 1K/2K level with ATo vs. A6s (all in preflop) to Clark. I then doubled up with ATo vs. KQs to cripple the guy who ended up getting knocked out in 3rd shortly after. When I got heads up with Clark I had ~95K to ~65K. We ended up getting in on one of the first flops with my Qd5d vs. Js4s on a Qs4c6s board where I lost to a flush on the turn.
The left me with about 30K, which I eventually got in with A7o vs. A2o and lost to a 2 on the flop. Good job on the win Clark. As long as you keep beating me when I have you dominated, I'm sure you'll keep getting there.
After the home game was over, my friend from out of town and I played a series of 4 heads up mathes for $5 each while we drank and chatted it up. I won 3 out of 4.
Last night I also played some $1/$2 Draw for a small win and some $0.5/$1 NL holdem for a win of about $40. Later I went to sleep when my out-of-town freind was still playing. I was a little surprised when I actually woke up with a few more dollars in my account than when I went to bed. Good job Jimmy!
I'm sure I'll play some more poker later today. I'll post about anything cool.
11-handed, blinds 100/200. I raise a limper to 800 from 2 off the button (a position sometimes called the Hijack) with AhJc. My friend Rik calls in the SB, BB folds, limper folds. Flop comes Q42 rainbow, we both check. Turn comes Tc, SB checks, I check. River comes Qh, SB bets 1000, I make it 3200, SB calls with 33 and scoops. It was a little upsetting to be called there by such a weak hand, but it really wasn't a bad play since there's no way I'd play anything that beats 33 that way. Good call, Rik.
In the same level. I limp UTG with Ah7h, next 3 fold, Rik makes it 900, all fold, I call. Flop comes Jh8c5h, I check call 1200. Turn comes an offsuit 4, I check, Rik bets 3200. I was pretty sure that if I hit I could double through for the ~7500 more I would have if I called this bet. Rik doesn't like to get bluffed, and he seems to get a special charge out of snapping MY bluffs in particular. We also had another friend in town who feels the same way. The result is that it makes it tough for me to bluff, but that I should also get paid well when I make my hands. I got some flack from some of the other guys for making the call, so I'll try to quantify how good or bad a call it is.
I had to call 3200 on the turn and there was 7700 in the pot. Let's assume that all the flush and straight outs are good 95% of the time when they get there (12 outs) and that an A is good 25% of the time when they get there (3 outs). We'll also assume that I'll get called 85% of the time when I jam on the river. It's tough to be exact with these kinds of figures, but I beleive them to be fairly accurate. Then my equity by calling 3200 on the turn is (0.85)(0.95)(12/44)(7700+7500) + (0.85)(0.25)(3/44)(7700+7500) + (29/44)(-3200) = 3347.5 + 220.3 - 2109.1 = 1458.7. I guess I just can't fold a draw on the turn when I'm pretty sure I'll get paid when it gets there. Anyway, the 3h hit on the river, I jammed with the nuts and got called by what Rik claims to be top pair.
Then there was another pot where I flopped Qc4c2s with Ac2c from the BB and ended up hitting the flush on the river for a nice pot. I also got some flack for the way I played this pot, but I called the turn getting like 4:1 with what was probably 14 outs.
In another pot, I ended up losing about 1/3 of my chips when a guy check-called me all the way with a flush draw and ended up calling a large river bet with KdJd on a Qd8d552 board (no flush) to beat my K7o.
Then as things got short-handed I stole a lot of pots for a while. After that I ended up losing a ~70K pot at the 1K/2K level with ATo vs. A6s (all in preflop) to Clark. I then doubled up with ATo vs. KQs to cripple the guy who ended up getting knocked out in 3rd shortly after. When I got heads up with Clark I had ~95K to ~65K. We ended up getting in on one of the first flops with my Qd5d vs. Js4s on a Qs4c6s board where I lost to a flush on the turn.
The left me with about 30K, which I eventually got in with A7o vs. A2o and lost to a 2 on the flop. Good job on the win Clark. As long as you keep beating me when I have you dominated, I'm sure you'll keep getting there.
After the home game was over, my friend from out of town and I played a series of 4 heads up mathes for $5 each while we drank and chatted it up. I won 3 out of 4.
Last night I also played some $1/$2 Draw for a small win and some $0.5/$1 NL holdem for a win of about $40. Later I went to sleep when my out-of-town freind was still playing. I was a little surprised when I actually woke up with a few more dollars in my account than when I went to bed. Good job Jimmy!
I'm sure I'll play some more poker later today. I'll post about anything cool.
posted by the_real_zano at 12:06 PM
3 Comments:
eh, whatever....I'm 2 for 2
Yes, you are 2 for 2. Winning 3 weeks ago AND winning last week somehow makes you 2 for 2...
In other news, I've won $90,000 instead of $9,000 playing online poker in my lifetime. Just ignore all the pots and/or tournaments I've lost money in over the last year and a half.
lol, just be bitter...let it all out...cuz thank god i dont play for a living, and just do it for fun. see thats what happens when people mix their jobs with people that dont do it for a living. Like, if you came over and tried to audit, you would think its fun, and maybe by chance would do better than me, BUT, i would still make the big bucks. so, in closing, i love you, and will miss you this thursday. ps im drunk.
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