Early- 50/100 level. I have about 6300 (started w 5k). I am sitting next to a good acquaintance, phil. He is very nice, and I respect his game. He had been raising frequently, but not ep. So he raises utg (my bb) to 300, folds to me, I look down at JJ. I decide to smooth. I can narrow Phil's range to AA KK QQ, JJ and AK here. I don't think he raises any other hands. Flop is J 4 5, 2 hrts. Even though I am friendly with Phil, I must play my game. I lead out for 350, Phil raises to 1k. I smooth call. Turn is Kd. I check and he thinks for a little while, and checks. Now I am certain he has AA. I beleive KK, AK hh- he bets turn. River is 9 diam. I lead out 1500, and Phil reluctantly calls and showes AA. We discussed the hand after and he said, he didnt know if he could fold that hand on the river, but he felt like he should've. I told him, which I believe 100%, that it was definitely a really tough spot. Problem is there are not many hands that he beats on the river.
Early- blinds 100- 200. I have AK os in the hijack. Folds to me, I raise to 550. I had been active, raising every three hands and have only shown down the JJ and maybe one other hand. The button looks at hand, appears that he may be reraising, and then decided to smooth call. All else fold. Flop is A 7 8, two spades. I had As. I check, and button thinks, and checks behind. Turn is 4 hrts. Which really does not change his range in my opinion. I give 10s-qqs, or mid pair, which means he may have a set. I lead turn for 700. He quickly min raises to 1400. Now I have total of 7500 behind and he has about 4800 after his minraise. I decided that if I re raised right here 1400 on top, not only am i representing so much strength, but I will get paid by AQ AJ, A10, and if he has two pair and im beat on the river, and I check river, he might check behind with two pair. Truth is, I am committed if he bets, and if he calls turn, he is not calling to bluff river, so I probably should bet river anyway. So he calls quickly river is complete brick, and I check (did not take long enough to act and he checks behind and tables AQ. I ship, but if I know he's that strong I probably just shove turn over his raise. I dont know. It was definitely a mistake to check the river. What do you guys think?
Then I got moved and everything went to shit. I lost two races, then built back up to 12k (was at 16k at one point). Then lost every hand I raised, and then 4 way limp pot at 300 600- I find AQ os in bb w 8400 and ship and of course one limper has KK. But what annoys me is that guy was so aggro all the time. and then limps w kk and gets action from me, of all people. Like, just play your hand dude. Follow ur image, if he raised, truth is i shove anyway. And I felf tkind of done. Flop was q hi and i brick obviously. wasnt getting away from it anyway w 18 bbs in unraised pot had i decided not to raise. Oh well.
Jon and I both played $1500 on Sunday also. That was a lot of fun. I busted 10 from money with 4 tables left and Jon busted 33rd or something. Really frustrating. I think I played too tight, but Jon had soo many chips and just found himself in really bad spots in big pots. It just was not meant to be. Vanessa Selbst won the tourney, congrats to her. She played well at the one table I was at with her. She was ok. I thought it was really pretentious that she was reading law school books at the table. When I was in school, I could never think of reading a law book in such a distracting environment. Not to mention, as an attorney, it appears that she is trying to show off. I thought it was ghey, but to each their own, I suppose. She is an extremely talented player and I did respect her game. I thought one move she made was obvious, but other than that, she played well. Even in her move hand, she got a guy to lay down an over pair, which he played really really bad. Eh, whatever, she deserved to win.
More later.
Good money and peace,
Garnet.
1 comment:
Heya G!
Regarding your AK hand, I prolly 3bet the turn unless you are like 95% his range is almost exclusively sets and 2 pr hands. When you flat you are turning your hand into a bluffcatcher, imo. The problem is, unless he's really aggro/spewy (which by your read isn't the case)then he check behind teh riv like 100% with hands that would call a smallish block 1/3 pot bet. If you think he's so strong then block betting the river is awesome - you fold when raised and get extra value from weaker aces/hands.
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