Fast and Furious!

It was looking like it was going to be a so-so session as I was starting to leave my tables, but then the poker gods smiled upon me.



My favorite hand of the day requires a prelude. I had one reg on 3 of my tables and we build up history faster than most. He was very aggressive preflop, and very positionally aware, but I was getting the better of him almost every time we got involved. Early on he 3bet me a lot, and I folded a few times. Then I started 4betting light. Then he tries to 4bet me.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 3 players - View hand 186477
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BTN: $100.00
Hero (SB): $100.00
BB: $38.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 9 9
BTN raises to $3.50, Hero raises to $13, 1 fold, BTN raises to $28, Hero raises to $100 all in, 1 fold

Final Pot: $57.00
Hero wins $57.00


And I can smell the tilt building up, and not 3 hands later...


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 186478
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UTG: $126.00
MP: $101.50
Hero (CO): $123.30
BTN: $58.50
SB: $100.50
BB: $104.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with A A
2 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, 2 folds, BB raises to $12, Hero raises to $31, BB raises to $104.50 all in, Hero calls $73.50

Flop: ($209.50) 3 5 8

Turn: ($209.50) J

River: ($209.50) 7

Final Pot: $209.50
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
BB shows T T (a pair of Tens)
Hero wins $206.50
(Rake: $3.00)


And just because of the history leading up to it, that is my favorite hand of the night.

I also flopped quads and got paid by a 40bb stack, a close runner up.

There were so many fun hands tonight, I don't think I'll talk about any others. I'm mad at myself for one hand where I 4bet TT against an opponent who 3bet me OTB before I realized that over a decent sample his 3bet was very, very low. I had to call his shove and lost to his QQ. And took notes.

I'm also pretty sure I missed a value bet spot. Maybe two. I've posted some hands on CardPlayer for critique.

Generally I'm very happy with how I played tonight. I was constantly aggressive, and it shows by my non-showdown winnings. I haven't been running many bluffs yet this summer and I tried a couple, mostly successful.

Now I have to try and go to sleep despite the loads of adrenaline pumping through me right now.

Cash: +1,155.90
Tournaments: -26.00
Total: +1129.90

Rough session with a happy ending

Tonight was a fun one... Rollercoaster all the way. Early on I was racking the cards, flopping sets, getting paid here and there. Then the wheels came off a bit.

Ran AJ into 55 on A54J two sooted 150bb deep
Ran KQ into 99 on KQ9xx 250bb deep (somehow managed to only lose 100bb)
Shipped AK into AA vs a guy running 36/29 over a decent sample

Fun stuff.

This one was by far the most sick though...

View hand 185123
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UTG: $198.90
CO: $103.50
BTN: $100.00
SB: $397.05
Hero (BB): $146.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with Q K
2 folds, BTN raises to $3.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $13, BTN calls $9.50

Flop: ($26.50) J T 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $17, BTN calls $17

Turn: ($60.50) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $34, BTN calls $34

River: ($128.50) K (2 players)
Hero bets $45, BTN calls $36 all in

Final Pot: $200.50
BTN shows 8 6 (a flush, King high)
Hero shows Q K (a straight, King high)
BTN wins $197.50
(Rake: $3.00)


It's not so much that he back-door flushed my flopped nuts, its the fact that he had ~normal stats and somehow he shows up with this hand after preflop/flop where there's no way he should be calling in either - in my opinion. Whatever.

My saving grace that somehow made me profitable today:

- 66 > AK value owning a fish on J6AQ5
- A3cc floats and hits a backdoor flush and I get a reg to spaz on the river (he check/raised 80% of his stack and folded when I shoved)
- 88 flops a set (84K) and gets a limp/caller with K8 to stack off on the turn
- AQ vs QT on QJ3Q vs a reg that called my squeeze in position preflop. A river for good measure.
- 99 flops a set vs a bad player's AA and he stacks off easily

Those are most of the big pots. This one was fun too. Sick turn for this guy.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 185152
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UTG: $311.20
MP: $268.45
CO: $100.00
BTN: $100.00
SB: $100.00
Hero (BB): $289.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with T J
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, CO raises to $4.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $3.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($10.50) K 5 A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($10.50) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $8, CO requests TIME, CO raises to $28, Hero raises to $285 all in, CO calls $67.50 all in

River: ($201.50) 8 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $201.50
CO shows Q Q (three of a kind, Queens)
Hero shows T J (a straight, Ace high)
Hero wins $198.50
(Rake: $3.00)

And here is your graph for the evening.




Cash: +796.65
Tournaments: -26.00
Total: +770.65

First rakeback deposit soon :)

Thanks for reading. That's all for tonight.

Yesterday Afternoon

I played again, and it went well:




It was a pretty standard session, not a lot of interesting spots. Here's a shameless brag for how I value-raped a couple of calling stations.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 184689
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BTN: $80.40
SB: $127.50
BB: $100.00
Hero (UTG): $246.75
MP: $251.90
CO: $100.40

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with T A
Hero raises to $3.50, 2 folds, BTN calls $3.50, 1 fold, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($11.00) 4 T 8 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9, BTN calls $9, BB folds

Turn: ($29.00) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $22, BTN calls $22

River: ($73.00) T (2 players)
Hero bets $55, BTN calls $45.90 all in

Final Pot: $164.80
BTN mucks J T
Hero shows T A (three of a kind, Tens)
Hero wins $161.80
(Rake: $3.00)


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 184690
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MP: $80.60
CO: $140.00
BTN: $100.00
Hero (SB): $185.25
BB: $246.10
UTG: $110.10

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 5 3
4 folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3

Flop: ($8.00) 2 A 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $7, BB calls $7

Turn: ($22.00) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $18, BB calls $18

River: ($58.00) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $49, BB calls $49

Final Pot: $156.00
Hero shows 5 3 (a straight, Five high)
BB mucks A T
Hero wins $153.00
(Rake: $3.00)


About to settle in for a session this afternoon.

And if you want to see the fun hands from the previous session I mentioned 2 posts ago, you can see them here.


So far:
Cash: +$585.55
Tournaments: -$26.00
Total: +$559.55

I lied

Played a bit moar. Today's garph updated:




Couple sick/fun hands that I'll post about later. Right now, bed.

Lame night

Rough go tonight. Almost 1300 hands and I used all my run-good not even 100 hands in with this.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 182814
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SB: $111.20
BB: $100.00
UTG: $101.50
Hero (CO): $103.50
BTN: $198.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with K K
UTG raises to $3.50, Hero raises to $12, 3 folds, UTG raises to $30, Hero raises to $103.50 all in, UTG calls $71.50 all in

Flop: ($204.50) 7 8 J
Turn: ($204.50) 7
River: ($204.50) 6

Final Pot: $204.50
UTG shows A A (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Hero shows K K (a flush, King high)
Hero wins $201.50
(Rake: $3.00)


After that, this became the tune.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 182813
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CO: $100.00
BTN: $97.10
Hero (SB): $105.45
BB: $123.40
UTG: $123.10
MP: $173.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 5 5
1 fold, MP calls $1, CO raises to $4.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $4, BB calls $3.50, MP calls $3.50

Flop: ($18.00) 5 6 7 (4 players)
Hero bets $13, BB calls $13, MP raises to $169 all in, CO calls $95.50 all in, Hero calls $87.95 all in, BB calls $105.90 all in

Turn: ($452.25) 3 (4 players - 4 are all in)

River: ($452.25) T (4 players - 4 are all in)

Final Pot: $452.25
CO shows 4 3 (a flush, Ten high)
Hero shows 5 5 (three of a kind, Fives)
BB shows 6 7 (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
MP shows 8 9 (a straight, Ten high)
CO wins $397.00
(Rake: $55.25)


(Obviously converter messed up side pot - lol @ 55$ rake)

Then this


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 182908
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MP: $47.05
CO: $201.20
BTN: $132.65
SB: $17.50
Hero (BB): $104.60
UTG: $129.10

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with Q Q
1 fold, MP raises to $3, 3 folds, Hero raises to $12, MP calls $9

Flop: ($24.50) 4 8 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $18, MP raises to $35.05 all in, Hero calls $17.05

Turn: ($94.60) J (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($94.60) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $94.60
MP shows T T (a straight, Jack high)
Hero shows Q Q (a pair of Queens)
MP wins $91.60
(Rake: $3.00)


And this


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players - View hand 182909
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Hero (BB): $100.00
BTN/SB: $104.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 8 T
BTN/SB calls $0.50, Hero checks

Flop: ($2.00) J 4 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, BTN/SB calls $2

Turn: ($6.00) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, BTN/SB calls $5

River: ($16.00) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $14, BTN/SB raises to $28, Hero calls $14

Final Pot: $72.00
Hero mucks 8 T
BTN/SB shows A K (a flush, Ace high)
BTN/SB wins $71.50
(Rake: $0.50)


Thank god he was an idiot. Shoulda stacked me.

A lot of running good into better, a LOT of missed flops and I'm pretty sure I got outplayed a couple times. I also know I missed a couple value bet spots that I'm still a little miffed at myself for. I think I'm done for tonight. I'll be back tomorrow.

I'm back!

A huge thanks goes out to the people that were willing to stake me for 100NL. KidLover, sets, Tony, Justaguy, Shiel - you guys all rock. Stakes are still in the process of making it into my account, but I couldn't help but play a little session last night.



There were 3 notable hands. One is posted on CP so I'll wait for discussion there before I mention it here. Here is the one hand I thoroughly enjoyed. Just wish he was a little deeper.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 176737
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SB: $113.25
BB: $137.20
UTG: $100.00
MP: $104.50
CO: $49.50
Hero (BTN): $208.30

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with T J
2 folds, CO calls $1, Hero raises to $4.50, 2 folds, CO calls $3.50

Flop: ($10.50) 8 7 9 (2 players)
CO bets $45 all in, Hero calls $45

Turn: ($100.50) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($100.50) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $100.50
CO shows 9 K (a pair of Nines)
Hero shows T J (a straight, Jack high)
Hero wins $97.50
(Rake: $3.00)


And then there was this one against a 60/6 fish. I lol'd when I saw his cards in the replayer after he mucked them.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 177116
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BB: $117.90
UTG: $103.65
MP: $128.55
CO: $121.65
Hero (BTN): $101.35
SB: $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with 8 T
3 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, 1 fold, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50) 9 J 8 (2 players)
BB bets $4, Hero calls $4

Turn: ($15.50) 6 (2 players)
BB bets $5, Hero calls $5

River: ($25.50) 7 (2 players)
BB bets $25, Hero raises to $88.85 all in, BB calls $63.85

Final Pot: $203.20
BB mucks A J
Hero shows 8 T (a straight, Jack high)
Hero wins $200.20
(Rake: $3.00)


The ironic thing about this session is I had KK 7 times and AA twice. They combined for -$150 thanks to QQ flopping a queen vs my KK when we got it in pre 4-handed, and a 70bb stack flopping a set and obviously I pay him with my AA.

Can't wait to play after work tonight! Hopefully some more staking monies have arrived by then.

So long and thanks for all the fish

Turns out Poker and School aren't co-existing so well. So I pulled my roll. There will be 3 busto-robusto attempts corresponding with rakeback deposits (and the 30$ that's left in my account after forfeiting prop bets). If any of them go particularly well, I'll post some stories here.

Thanks to my loyal readers. I'll be back in the summer.

Good luck on the tables.

- Crush

Edit: First busto-robusto over after 2 hands. Shove ATo in the SB for 30bb over an OTB raise, he calls w 88 eventually and flops an 8. Moral of the story: Don't busto-robusto when you're running like ass.