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This is over

Why and Goodbye

Well I'm calling quits on this blog, no one reads it, it was always for my own reflection of play, but as I've built up some good online friendships with other players, I can talk through hands and plays.

I'm sticking with 3/6c its fun and never costs me money, I withdrew my cash and play with a $200 cushion.

On a final note called with KJ hearts v a $3 short stack flop 10QA hearts he moved all in with A8off my 1st ever flopped royal and paid. Nice

Goodbye bloggers, see you on the felt.

Bad Beats

Played quite a bit over holidays doing well could be bothers to write about.

Bad beats make me wanna tell tales

Me AK spades him A10off

Flop A 6 3 with two spades GRAVY, he pot bets I decide I'm ahead and he's shorts so I move in yay massive favourite until he rivers his 10 for 2 pairs.

Trips 7 on a dry board a player with top pair 9 and a 3 kicker puts me all-in I snap call yay until he runner runners a straight.

AK vKQ I hit my king he rivers the Queens as well

ouch

Bank Roll $212.76

Xmas and New Year Out the Way

Read Vicky Corens Poker Book, great read, buy it you'll enjoy it.

Reason to Hate Poker

Player for 30 minutes this morning did well up $13.

Then AA in the cutoff raised to 40c and button re-raises to $1.35, I decide to move my $10 all-in the call with AKoff sweet, they made a 10-A straight 20-1 shot

Arrrr

Bigger Blinds Same Donk Play

I made it up to $300 again so instead of cashing it out I move up to 10/20c $20 buy-in the standard is little different, player C-bet more, but don't know what to do if called, they also raise more often from the button.

Got 2/3 outed 3 times today costing me in the region of $50 ouch.

Me KK versus 99 ($13 in stack)
He raised to 80c I re-raise to $2 he called flop 3 3 10, I moved all-in he called turn 3 for my house, river 9 giving him 999 33 beating my KK 333 nasty.

Me AQ hearts v 67hearts flopped TPTK on a Q103 flop with 2 hearts, he bet I re-raised him, turn 6, he checks I bet pot he calls again river 6 I bet 3/4 pot he re-raises all-in I call as how can he have a six here, flush chasing 100% dead runner, runner to win.

Me QJ v KQ flop QQJ turn blank he bet out I move All-in he called river K

So roll at $260ish, good to know I can make money here, just bigger variance

Four!!! Four Four Four

I guess this was a pot that carried some luck, history played it's part.

Player to my left always raises from the BB if limped too, C-bets OOP and Folds to re-raise or goes weak if called. He habitually raises light with unco-ordinated hands Q7off 93off etc or any two suited cards.

Player to right called my preflop raise with 7-3 suited flopped his 7 and although I was very aggressive with my JJ he called me down to river hitting his 3 for 2 pair. I have a not on hm saying he overvalues top pair any kicker.

So limp limp limp I make up blind expecting the raise which I'm calling and floating. It comes 36c as predicted, he tends to raise less with a hand hoping for action and 70c plus AA or KK. All fold to button who flats calls, now he would usually raise with a hand, but like all 3c/6c players defends his button, rightly or wrongly.

By the time it comes to me 90c in the pot 30c to call 3-1, I'm suited and gapped (wide) but unless dominated or versus a big pair probabley only a 60-40dog so I call.

Flop is dreamy, flush draw out but nice, as first to act I dont mess and make a pot size and BB folds, button thinks and goes all-in. Hmmmmm I rule out JJ as he would havbe raised pre, he would have come over top with AA, KK QQ pre as well but then I'm beating those, he could have a 4 which is unlikely more a flush draw either way the flop is too nice to fold. So I call and see I have his 46 dominated ish. I expected 2 high cards and a chop but thats poker.

No he picks a straight draw except the 7 gives me a house and the low card increases my win chance to 25%, I need any 7 or 3 with almost 70% to chop, but the river comes the 3 and he is well pissed, never expected I call him and pop up with a better four than him.

Yay

$202-78

Table Selection

Table selection is becoming more important, I find versus most 3c/6c players I feel confident.

Problems comes when you raise and get 3/4 callers each hand on a 6 seater

Say I've got AK
1 will have QJ or KQ or Ax weak
1 will have 2 suited cards or a 67 89 910 etc off
1 will have a small pair

Just so hard to feel happy with a flop that doesnt come AAK and when does that happen?

So I have a plan my standard raise with anything is 24c, I boost that to 30 then by 1BB till they stop calling in numbers.

Failing that I just play super tight and go in very strong with premium hands.

or just move on to easier pastures

Cash Out!!

I broke $300 last week, so outcomes $100 for me, £60 in real money.

To me 3 weeks to make $100 on 3c/6c tables which I'm ok with.

As usual then started losing, not playing bad as such more not concentrating or taking notice, bluffing calling stations that I know not too.

Some bad ones, JJ pressured a donk pre-flop he pushed he had $6 total so I called J10suited I had him dominated, he won rivering a straight, had the nerve to say JJ never wins and it was a bad call, hello give me JJ over J10 anyday. Fact he would have busted AA, KK, QQ he didnt seem to grasp, let him think JJ never wins.

So down then up

$189.00 is at the moment.

Good Times Even Loosing

I have been super aggressive over the last 2 weeks and done very well bank roll up to $260ish which is cool at 3c/6c was nearer $280 but git beat in a few all-ins.

Was to the left of a habitual button raiser 27c everytime in 15 hands I picked up AA, AK and JJ

I squeezed him hard each time and he folded, picked up QQ he bet his 27c I re-raised to $2 as per usual and pissed he goes all-in AJoff cool, flops AJ had Q of diamonds 3 came but not a fourth, lucky fella.

Flopped a Ace high diamond flush checked got a pot better board J high, I re-raised and pot bet the turn, only for them to have J10off and hit runner runner 10s for the house.

Moved all-in on the flop v a super loose player with AKhearts had 2 overs to the board and nut flush draw and a gut shot, didnt make it, but hey at the time I thought hed fold and if not potentially 9 hearts, 3 aces, 3kings, and 4jacks made for too many outs to pass up a move, flop 7h 10c Qh, he had called my pre-flop raise he had QJoff.

I was described as a maniac today, if you play with $2 at my $10 table and you raise from the button and me in the SB or BB have AA, AK, QQ, KK JJ etc. I am re-raising you all-in.

Bank roll $258.90

Almost Air

Limped round to me in the SB, I raised to 36c and BB folds, one caller, flop nothing I bet pot, called, bet 1/2 pot called, checked river when flush hits, in order to call bet if not huge, called J3 suited. I figured he's putting me on a steal or AK or AQ and his 3 is good no its not.

Bluffing with Air, please do

Villain bet hard on quite a few hands versus small stacks who when betting their last few cents on the river he folded.

One pot he bet hard all the way when the short stake pushed in his last 30c on the river with the pot at almost $7 villain folded 30c to win $7 had to be a bluff and with nothing.

Hand villain raise to 18c I called from button with KJ as I had position and 18c was not huge for this table normally 24 to 30c with premium hands.

Flopped a J and villain bet out as I expected, I called turn 3rd heart, little worried but at least I have the King of hearts, he bet 3rd of the pot I felt this weak so raised, he called turn and 4th heart for the flush comes, he could have had the Ace but I felt not, he pushed I called he had nothing but ace high.

He bluffed so often I stuck with this one it just felt right.

Donk Doubles Me Up

Dozen orbits villian has won big pot calling a re-raise from AQ with K10 and hitting straight on river.

He moved in often on harmless looking flops and pre-flop with limpers raised to 20plus BBs if called bet any flop hard. Good aggressive play but perhaps just too often.

He's in the BB early bet 18c I have AK I flat called hoping our man squeezes to $1.20 as per usual and I' come over the top and scare him away.

Better he squeezes extra hard and goes all-in for $12.50ish, insta-call for me given his actions, and I'm over the moon to see him dominated with A8off.

Yay

Why oh Why, but dont stop

This happened 3 time this week, player flops 2 pair on a board with potential flush or straight to be had, checks from early position, I hit a flush twice and straight once v 3 different players on the turn.

Once I made my hand I began betting and they started calling or re-raising in one instance, sure they could make a house on the river but 4 outs unlikely.

Each called to showdown 2 pair on the river having lost quite a bit getting there. I just can't understand slow playing on a dangerous flop, bet and I fold, check and I hit for free and then you bet once the board is even more dangerous. I know they are looking for a raise but there are more player looking for free cards. BET, it works win small not loose big.

Dumb.

Busy 2 weeks

Well I've up and down and up

Brooke $200 just, then it seemed every chasing fish in the world rivered their flush or straight versus me for a week.

Bank roll was down to $130ish at one point, banged away all this week back to $182 so good recovery

Re-Donked Today

Raised $1 to isolate the short stake get called

bet 2 x the pot on the flop

Allin on the turn called

Hit the miracle 9 on the river 20-1

Bank Roll $198-11

Another Class Donk AA-in Pre-flop 10Joff

3c/6c $10 buy-in

Cut off raised to 36c the button calls for 36c I re-raise all-in with AA and the small blind calls with 10J off, golden all the way to the river when the miracle 2 outer hits and my aces are cracked, wow.

Please call again with 10J off versus a big raise, a call and an all-in.

Other than that doing well

$182.67

Zero to hero

I played a bit early evening got involved with donks, raising and re-raising light, I was calling with pot odds catching a little and getting drawn in hands I shouldn't have been in.

I bluffed at a flush played it like I chased and hit (I was putting them on AQ to AA so on the flop low cards with straight and flush potential I decided to rep what hit), pot bet the end to their check, they thought a long long time and called with AA in the pocket, wasn't to bothered to loose that one as I felt they were wrong to call with top pair even AA and if it was anything less they would have folded, some people just cant take letting the bullets go.

I did go head to head with a serial raiser, he squeezed about 6 times in 20 hands, he did it again I had KK and just pushed it in, insta call oh no, A3 off come one, needless to say he hit the Ace. But again calling with A3 off was just not good. He did say as he had an ace he figured I didn't have 2 which is fair enough but any pair above 3s and any good Ace and he's in trouble for his whole stack.

Either way lost about $25, came back for an hour later did great made that back and a bit more, got paid with quad 5s, flop 5 5 10, me 56suited, I bet the pot got called, turn 5 action over, I check they bet the pot, I called hmm, 10 10 or some big pair they limped in, river Q, I bet a weak $1 and get re-raised to $3, so I think go let them wonder and raise to $8 leaving them $1.80 back, they push I call with the nuts and they show 99, not beating a 5, 10 or Q and pockets pairs 10s up.

Won another really nice pot with set of 3s that turned into a fullhouse v 2 opponents both flush chasing and both hitting 3 way all-in I win (man if only they had more money, one jack high and the other K high the ace being on the board).

Bank Roll $157.28

Tracking Software

Now I played against a german using tracking software, he mentioned my stats as showing me a fish, not stealing enough and my VPIP to high.

Fine but I had played around 35hands out of 120 under 30% anyway, so tight, I had won 29 of those so my win rate was massive and I had tripled my $10 buy-in to $29.17.

I like to limp raise, I find raise, people fold, limp re-raise and people call, with moderate hands, this german dude was stealing so I was limp, steal, re-raise call, fold to my flop bet. His tracker software was telling him I was weak but I felt I could beat him and stacked him with 44 on a dry board low cards he tried to push me off but I had his range on that hand as AJ to AK and if I was right he'd missed 5 streets so I called his final bet and won.

I was taking on another super tight player with suited connectors and low pp etc. as (and the german backed me up with stats) he raised very few times pre-flop, but what the stats were not showing was how weak he was if he missed, I beat him showing 56 suited making a straight on the river, so after that I represented straights or two pairs often v him and he backed down with his top pairs or misses. The german said he like to have a hand before taking him on.

Now I may have got this wrong but if his range is small, the german is taking him on with the same range ie he may end up with AK v AQ or AQ v AJ etc. huge underdog if you get the call wrong and stack looser if you both hit the Ace.

Now my 56 suited v his AKoff is better than 6-4 as opposed to holding a AQ 3-1 so what's the best hand to play, if I flop anything I'm good versus his narrow range, have flush and straight potentials, plus I bet so pressure is on if he's missed. This worked very well against him, if he flopped it was obvious and I was away, if I flopped he couldnt tell.

German wouldnt play him as stats said if he raised he had the goods. I played him because he was easy to put on a hand.