10NL Exploits - BR is all over the place!

So as lloyd said, I, being the degenerate that I am, have returned to playing poker online .. it's not very often. Maybe once or twice a week. But when I do sit down, I feel like I'm playing well and making good moves, and more often than not, I come away with more money than I sat down with.

I put my usual buyin of 50$ in a month ago. I started with 5$ SNGs, but I just don't think I'm cut out for those things. I got down to 30$ and thought it would be fun to play some NL. Me, being the wreckless fool that I am, took my 3 buyins to 10NL, and very quickly turned it into 60$. Then I was playing yesterday, and these 3 hands happened within the span of 3 minutes.

PokerStars Game #13801628075: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/12/11 - 19:54:52 (ET)
Table Centenaria 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: PedritoRico ($7.10 in chips)
Seat 3: IsaW ($12.10 in chips)
Seat 4: DiamondEater ($13.45 in chips)
Seat 5: Noldonur ($11.50 in chips)
Seat 6: crushmastac ($9.85 in chips)
DiamondEater: posts small blind $0.05
Noldonur: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Jc Ac]
I dunno what people think about raising AJ UTG, but I definitely include it in my opening range there at a 6-handed NL table.
crushmastac: raises $0.30 to $0.40
PedritoRico: folds
IsaW: calls $0.40
DiamondEater: folds
Noldonur: calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [4s Jd 5h]
Noldonur: checks
crushmastac: bets $0.70
IsaW: raises $0.70 to $1.40
Hmm. Rainbow flop. Min raise. Another AJ? KJ? QJ? Couldn't be QQ+ because with my stats on this villain he'd be repumping me pre. Maybe a baby set?
Noldonur: folds
crushmastac: raises $8.05 to $9.45 and is all-in
This was probably unwise. He had a pretty high VPIP, so I decided he had a weaker J. With that in mind, I thought I could stack him right here.
IsaW: calls $8.05
*** TURN *** [4s Jd 5h] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [4s Jd 5h 2h] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Jc Ac] (a pair of Jacks)
IsaW: shows [5s 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
Hmm. NH.
IsaW collected $19.15 from pot


And then this .. Because I was 3-tabling I actually didn't notice the chips hadn't come to me until 2 hands later and I was like "WTF I thought I had 20 bucks here!"


PokerStars Game #13801620175: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/12/11 - 19:54:27 (ET)
Table Alzirr V 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: soss ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 2: donivan72 ($4.35 in chips)
Seat 3: DaneW ($11.10 in chips)
Seat 4: M3n70r ($9.35 in chips)
Seat 5: crushmastac ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 6: Aceium ($14.65 in chips)
crushmastac: posts small blind $0.05
Aceium: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [9s Jh]
soss: folds
donivan72: calls $0.10
DaneW: folds
M3n70r: calls $0.10
crushmastac: calls $0.05
Aceium: checks
*** FLOP *** [9c 7h 7c]
crushmastac: checks
Aceium: checks
donivan72: checks
M3n70r: bets $0.30
crushmastac: calls $0.30
I was thinking about raising the turn, depending on what it came.
Aceium: folds
donivan72: calls $0.30
*** TURN *** [9c 7h 7c] [9h]
Nice turn
crushmastac: checks
donivan72: checks
M3n70r: bets $0.70
crushmastac: calls $0.70
I don't want people to think I have the full house ... next time I'll be raising here.
donivan72: calls $0.70
*** RIVER *** [9c 7h 7c 9h] [8h]
Looks like a pretty harmless river...Oooh, someone could have made the flush! I might get some monies out of this!
crushmastac: bets $1.50
donivan72: raises $1.50 to $3
M3n70r: folds
crushmastac: raises $1.60 to $4.60
Extract from flush
donivan72: calls $0.25 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [9s Jh] (a full house, Nines full of Sevens)
donivan72: shows [5h 6h] (a straight flush, Five to Nine)
Oh. Snap.
donivan72 collected $9.45 from pot


And then this. I was just about to leave this table because we were down to 3 players, but then I find Aces and the aggro-donk on my right gives me play.



PokerStars Game #13801988720: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/12/11 - 20:13:22 (ET)
Table Alzirr V 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: cazpa82 ($5.80 in chips)
Seat 4: M3n70r ($12.55 in chips)
Seat 5: crushmastac ($9.45 in chips)
crushmastac: posts small blind $0.05
cazpa82: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [As Ac]
M3n70r: raises $0.30 to $0.40
DTBM joins the table at seat #3
crushmastac: raises $0.90 to $1.30
Playing them like a man. I guess I could have raised a bit more.
cazpa82: folds
M3n70r: calls $0.90
*** FLOP *** [5s 2c 4s]
Pretty safe flop... I'll lead, half expecting aggro-donk to raise (he was running like 70/40/10)
crushmastac: bets $1.70
M3n70r: raises $9.55 to $11.25 and is all-in
Snap call + fist pump
crushmastac: calls $6.45 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [5s 2c 4s] [9s]
Would he make this move with the FD??
*** RIVER *** [5s 2c 4s 9s] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [As Ac] (a straight, Ace to Five)
M3n70r: shows [7s 2s] (a flush, Nine high)
Ohhh the 7-HIGH FD! Wow. I guess he had a pair too .. i dunno. Pretty gross.
M3n70r collected $18.10 from pot


That last one put me into a tilty mindframe, so I went out for a smoke, jumped up and down a bit, and thankfully it was -20 (C) outside, so I cooled off pretty quick. I didn't hate the way I played any of those hands (if anyone disagrees, let me know), so I came back in set on sticking to my game and extracting more from the donks.

The hands above (with some other 2-3$ pots lost) dropped me to just over 30$ again. Playing my game I managed to drive it back up to 55$ before the ladyfriend demanded attention. NL is where I think I'll be playing from now on, until I have the time availability to spend 5-9 hours playing MTTs. The feeling of stacking someone is so invigorating.

Flopping / turning sets is gold in 10NL. It seems like it wins you a stack every time.


On a side note, the ladyfriend got me an early christmas present in the form of a 10-seater poker table. I've got it set up in the back room and just need to go buy some chairs before I can call my friends and tell them to come out. Those games will be regularly documented on here. I'm pumped!

That's all for now.