On Fiyah

This is really becoming quite surreal for me.



Yes, that means I'm up 35 buyins for the month of November over a mere 16k hands. Today was a 10 buyin grind...okay, heater. I got AA all in pre vs KK and held for probably the 4th session in a row. I also had a good suckout w A7dd > 66 on a K63dd board. Beyond that it was just playing what I think was solid poker. I played this one kind of weird, but not as weird as the 30/5 villain.


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP: $227.25
CO: $101.95
BTN: $134.85
Hero (SB): $166.45
BB: $107.95
UTG: $118.15

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with J A
2 folds, CO raises to $3.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $13, BB calls $12, 1 fold

Flop: ($29.50) 5 J 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $17, Hero calls $17

Turn: ($63.50) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

River: ($63.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $35, BB raises to $77.95 all in, Hero calls $42.95

Final Pot: $219.40
Hero shows J A (a pair of Jacks)
BB shows 3 A (a pair of Threes)
Hero wins $216.40
(Rake: $3.00)

I was concerned on the flop that he might be on a monster, hence the c/c, when he checked back the turn, his range suddenly became a lot more friendly to me. When he shoved the river I actually snapcalled without thinking too much. His line made no sense so I figured he was on air or.. well, honestly I couldn't put much of anything in his range. Ya gotta lol at cold calling a 3b w A3s...

Got into an interesting spot w AA too. Thankfully, I'm a station.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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SB: $77.50
Hero (BB): $227.35
UTG: $128.05
MP: $175.15
CO: $155.00
BTN: $74.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A A
1 fold, MP calls $1, CO calls $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $5.50, 1 fold, CO calls $4.50

Flop: ($12.50) Q J 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $9, CO calls $9

Turn: ($30.50) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $18, CO raises to $40, Hero calls $22

River: ($110.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $49, Hero calls $49

Final Pot: $208.50
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
CO shows Q 9 (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins $205.50
(Rake: $3.00)


I went with the common thinking that "nobody raises a made flush on the turn", which obviously isn't entirely true but does carry some weight. After the river totally ragged I decided that he had enough things like AQ, KQ, busted straights, AhX hands, etc that calling was okay. I laughed when he showed me that hand.

Comments on both hands are welcome.

So with all this, I've now shattered 3k, 4k, and 5k, all in one month and now sit at just under $5700. Damn. If I would just stop mucking around in tournaments and running like crap (see below) I'd probably be over 6k now.


Full Tilt Poker $18,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t20/t40 Blinds - 9 players
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BTN: t3465
SB: t5125
BB: t2880
UTG: t6785
UTG+1: t3615
Hero (UTG+2): t3435
MP1: t2900
MP2: t1630
CO: t3075

Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is UTG+2 with 2 2
2 folds, Hero raises to t120, 3 folds, BTN calls t120, 2 folds

Flop: (t300) 5 2 8 (2 players)
Hero bets t200, BTN raises to t500, Hero calls t300

Turn: (t1300) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t600, Hero raises to t2815 all in, BTN calls t2215

River: (t6930) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t6930
BTN shows 5 J (a flush, Queen high)
Hero shows 2 2 (three of a kind, Twos)
BTN wins t6930


And that's in a 75$ MTT. Well played dork.

Oh well :)

Hiccup, but back on track

My godliness ended over my last 2 (undocumented) sessions. I dropped from my peak of 4600 all the way to 3750 by running monster into bigger monster and playing a couple hands really bad. Today I got back to the grind, and over ~2k hands I clawed my way back up to almost where I was. I think I just played really solid today. I never got my money in behind for big pots, I won the only flip I was involved in, and managed to get paid with some mediocre hands that hit big. Case in point:

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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BTN: $81.50
SB: $64.10
Hero (BB): $226.65
UTG: $225.10
MP: $100.00
CO: $110.30

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 6 5
UTG raises to $3.50, 2 folds, BTN calls $3.50, SB calls $3, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($14.00) 6 6 3 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets $10, BTN folds, SB folds, Hero raises to $31, UTG calls $21

Turn: ($76.00) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $49, UTG raises to $190.60 all in, Hero calls $141.60

River: ($457.20) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $457.20
Hero shows 6 5 (a full house, Sixes full of Fives)
UTG shows Q Q (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
Hero wins $454.20
(Rake: $3.00)

Pretty happy to get paid off there. I dunno if I get away from this if I'm him. I certainly don't shove the turn cuz it's a way ahead/way behind spot I think.

I've been using HEM and LOVING it. The popup HUD is amazingly informative and has helped me in a lot of spots. Bye bye PT3. According to HEM, November is definitely my month.



I'm honestly not sure how I'm 13 buyins above expectation. I haven't been sucked out on much this month, so that obviously helps. And I've had a couple major suckouts of my own. You already saw the QQ > AA > KK hand. Here's a couple other doozies.



Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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BB: $100.00
UTG: $243.75
CO: $203.00
BTN: $159.45
Hero (SB): $133.30

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with K A
2 folds, BTN raises to $3.50, Hero raises to $13, 1 fold, BTN requests TIME, BTN raises to $42, Hero raises to $133.30 all in, BTN calls $91.30

Flop: ($267.60) 7 5 2

Turn: ($267.60) 7

River: ($267.60) 8

Final Pot: $267.60
BTN shows A A (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Hero shows K A (a flush, Ace high)
Hero wins $264.60
(Rake: $3.00)



Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP: $171.05
CO: $0.00
BTN: $121.05
SB: $118.45
BB: $80.45
Hero (UTG): $117.10

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with K A
Hero raises to $3.50, 3 folds, BB raises to $6, Hero raises to $19, BB raises to $80.45 all in, Hero calls $61.45

Flop: ($161.40) 7 Q T (1 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: ($161.40) J (1 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($161.40) 2 (1 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $161.40
BB shows A A (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows K A (a straight, Ace high)
Hero wins $158.40
(Rake: $3.00)


In both cases I had 6.8% equity. So obviously that helps my all-in luck. But beyond those 3 hands, I can't recall really getting it in bad.

Oh well, I'm not complaining. November rolls on!