Monday, December 1, 2008

I figured it out

Ok, really good update today. I'll start by being consistent and posting all of my recent sessions (first two losses, 3rd is my nice session).

-$4.92
-$4.75
+$20.58

So my best session yet at 0.10-0.20 LIMIT. I actually was able to 9-table here reasonably well. At the beginning I really thought this was going to be another horrible day of suckouts, but things started to look up and I ended up doing really well this session. To give you an idea of what I face on a daily basis here are two hands from this most recent session (I've hidden the results of the hands, see if you can guess what the opponent had in each case):

HAND #1:

Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, 9
Hero calls, 1 fold, MP1 raises, 2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, 2 folds, Hero calls

Flop: (9.5 SB) 2, A, 9 (4 players)
Hero bets, MP1 calls, CO calls, 1 fold

Turn: (6.25 BB) K (3 players)
Hero bets, MP1 raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP1 caps, Hero calls

River: (14.25 BB) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets, MP1 raises, Hero calls

Total pot: $3.65 (18.25 BB) | Rake: $0.17
Results in black below:

Hero mucked A, 9 (two pair, Aces and nines).
MP1 had K, K (full house, Kings over twos).
Outcome: MP1 won $3.48


Standard? Perhaps. But the Kc is what ultimately loses me some extra bets. I actually was giving him respect for AK when I get 4-bet on the turn.

HAND #2:

Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J
1 fold, UTG+1 raises, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, MP2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls

Flop: (24 SB) 5, 2, 6 (6 players)
SB bets, BB calls, UTG+1 raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls

Turn: (22 BB) 4 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets, 1 fold, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls

River: (38 BB) K (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets, Hero calls, SB calls, 1 fold

Total pot: $8.20 (41 BB) | Rake: $0.20
Results in black below:

Hero had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
SB mucked Q, 5 (one pair, fives).
UTG+1 had 7, Q (high card, King).
Outcome: Hero won $8


So it doesn't always work out bad. I'd be surprised if anyone guessed their hands here. So many bad preflop calls, bad peels and bad play in general. Yea for microstakes!

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