June 18, 2009

2 NUTS replies and CTS Video Pointers

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Everyday I review two replies NUSTINHO made to someone who posted a hand history in a popular forum and also write out any points I pick up after watching a CR video. (Going through all the CTS ones first.)

Note: This is only useful to me, I'm only posting it on my blog to make sure I keep it up.

Hand 1: Guy posted this hand

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CO ($48.50)
Hero (Button) ($51.70)
SB ($77.92)
BB ($49)
UTG ($65.35)
MP ($26.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 10c , Jc
2 folds, CO bets $1.75, Hero raises $6, 2 folds, CO calls $4.25

Flop: ($12.75) 2d , 7c , 5c (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $7, CO calls $7

Turn: ($26.75) Kh (2 players)
CO checks, Hero?

NUTS replied
Preflop hand selection and sizing suck. on turn you should bet like 9.50 and shove any river

Interesting reply, I didn't think there was much wrong with the 3bet sizing but I can see how a hand like TJs is better to just flat call with than 3bet, it plays well in position so you don't want to turn it into a bluff really.
I'm suprised by NUTS suggestion for turn bet sizing but I get it now after reading other response that it sets up a nice size 2/3 pot size shove on the river. Another suggestion was to bet bigger on flop and shove the turn mmm. I would have bet this turn but wouldn't have thought about river sizing at all. I wonder if we play it differently if we have AK because it gives pretty good odds to a flush draw to call with such a small turn bet.



Hand 2 Guy posted this hand

Villain is tsif knits, a pretty good regular who 24 tables 5/10 and 3/6. We are playing hu on 2 tables just to start good 6max games.
His preflop stats are 24/21 over good sample.

He has been playing very tight oop and not 3 betting very much at all. I've been opening 100% buttons. He's been leading in between sparatically and often and will think that I am not cbetting very wide especially on a board like this. This is the second time I've raised his lead the last time i bet the turn and he folded. He hasn't been playing super agro postflop since he's 24 tabling.

Should I have jammed turn if not as played wtf do I do?

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SB ($802.50)
Hero (Button) ($641)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Qh , 7h
Hero bets $15, SB calls $12

Flop: ($36) 4s , 8h , 6h (2 players)
SB bets $18, Hero raises $66, SB calls $48

Turn: ($168) Jh (2 players)
SB bets $102, Hero calls $102

River: ($372) 8d (2 players)
SB bets $336 (he has like 60ish left), Hero?

NUTS replied

tsif is fairly nitty postflop but I suppose it is possible he is bluffing. I think he always has a higher flush or possibly J8s if he is vbetting. btw, raising the turn here vs any reg with these stacks would be a gigantic mistake.

Well I would play the hand the same on the flop. I think the turn call is good, I guess NUTS is saying that if you raise here you will only get called by better? And not get value out of smaller flushes/sets I don't know.
I would probably call the river even though heroes hand looks like what it is or better, I think we have the low end of our range here which is still a very strong hand so on second thought maybe I could find a fold.

CTS 2nd Video
(6max playing aggro at 1&2$NL)

1.Raised A6o CB J7X flop & folded to turn lead
2.Called min raise 54o in BB
3.Talke about players memories and that 1 Crazy bluff can pay off in long run & about playing the opposite of what villain expects I.e. Play Tightwhen you have a crazy image.
4.Raised Q9s, folded to lead from SS on KJ4 flop would have raised full stack/called.
5.Isolated 77 IP, Checked down AJJ flop & folded to insta pot on QK river
6.Started by cultivating gambly image - opening a lot of hands.
7.Raises 72s Guy leads into him on 26J flop, CTS raises as dude would re-pop JJ pre so only 66 or AJ is happy to stack off, guy prob leading 88 which is bad as can't take much heat. (He then talked about
looking 4 spots where you like - if I get raised here I can't take much heat and raise when you see villain is in same spot.)
8.Think about the range you could have for bluff to be credible
9.If you never get paid off with sets then use that line as bluff and vice versa
10.Isolated Tjo otb vs limper
11.Raised AQ CB 6s5s9 flop in pos - bad board but he can fire lots of turns and rivers, turn is 7 though improves his flop calling range (Pr and draw type hands) so CTS checks behind.
12.Vs. a Loose weak player - CTS isolates him a lot and pounds on him in position firing at scary boards
13.Called min-3B with 33 for set odds. KJT flop guy checked to him but knew he ws strong so didn't stab.
14. 4bet SB 3bettor as range was polarised as he had seen him CC 99 earlier so his range his TT+,AQ+ for value and a lot of bluffs in his 9% 3bet range
15.Raised AK utg low flop SS was 1 of callers & CTS felt he would be pot stuck if CB and got raise so just CF.
16.Some Guy 4bet shoved QQ vs uber tight 3Bettor, CTS would have called and played some poker
17.Raised KJ CB 778 flop turn 7 just checked to fold (zeebo theorem) and vb J river
18.Raised T2 JKT flop and just tried 2 check down vs. 2 players
19.Folded Kts to 3bet from tight player can't call with a dominated hand oop
20.Raised k9s bvb cb QT flop check folded T turn to ½ pot bet
21.Likes to squeeze a lot unless has awful image
22.SS min raised otb tough spot but CTS reraised 4 value Ato and would fold to shove
23.Flopped GS limped pot usually lead 100% but 3 people so checked fold
24.3bet qko 4 value vs ss min raise again CB A hi flop
25.Says players let u have a pot after they won big one - so steal more
26.3bet j6s vs otb raise
27.Flopped tp on mono flop oop so CB and bluff bet 4 to flush turn (would be good spot 4 villain to bluff raise) 28.Guy min 3bet cts called low pp got checked to on k flop said guy had set and just checked down
29.Bet bot pr in limped pot ip
30.Called raise 67o in pos bvb would of 3bet but had already twice, flop asts7, guy CB cts raised guy folded and cts would have folded to 4bet (hard 4 cts to rep much and cts would have bluff 4bet in villains spot)
31.CB A54 flop with air wouldn't fire multiple barels as no-one would fold tp there
32.Folded KQ in pos where could have squeezed
33.Takes into account what guys have seen him do and manipulates them based on that
34.Says u can isolate more at 1/2 as guys rarely play back at you.
35.Raised limper QQ OOP CB SS with top set on wet flop, bad turn card but never folding so shoved
36.Just overlimped ATs in SB, KT flop player A min bet, player B raised so CT just mucked
37.Raised J9 CB dry 852 flop said he would fire loto f barrels. CTS would have CR almost ATC in villains pos 38.Just folds no SD value CB to raise obv.
39.Like CB bigger as get bluff raised less
40.3B KJ vs OTB open even vs tightish guy
41. CB no SD value on QT flop guy peeled turn K but bad board to fire (pr and draw range improved) so if CTS dbl barrel he would have to fire river to. (When deciding whether to fire 1) can guy folld 2) board texture)
42. ISO AJ montone flop A high with J flush draw CB big prob got best hand and draw.
43. KTs strong hand wants to see flop with and had been 3b light so flat called bvb
Flop Q8 so BD draws but just folded gave him one (randomises when he steals with BD draws)
44.Gets lead into on K66 flop guy won't have much so just raised
45.Squeezed tight otb open 7-32
46.Raised A9 flop 9stsA just planning to bet big whole way vs. station who thinks cts is loose turn Qs not even scared maybe if guy raises but cts just fires again and vb ¾ pot on blank 4 river and would have folded to shove as guy doesn't bluff. (Don't get scared about your hand strength until someone lets you know you should be scared.)
47.Stop session when off your game
48. 4bet tightish guy with AK who had been 3b a lot wouldn't play any different co vs otb
49. 4bet TT vs. SS min3B Q hi flop CTS just bet tiny giving room 4 guy to make mistake and do dumb bluff shove
50.Raised 6s4s flop 4s5x8s CB flop got R and 4bet AI oop

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June 17, 2009

2 Nuts replies and CTS video pointers

Blog by : Noble1
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As usual I review two replies NUTS made to someone who posted a HH and watch a CTS video and write out point by point what he said to help me absorb the information, not useful to anyone but myself obv...

Hand 1. Op posted this hand

Opponent is a standard tag
The reason I led the flop because I thought someone hit it and I was going to play for stacks on the flop
but the PFR called, I thought I'd bet again to set up a river shove if I hit the flush but then he shoved into me on the turn
I did some quick metal math and came up with 28% equity and 30% equity needed to call so I folded

any better way to play this?
possibly c/r on the flop or check turn after donking

Opponent is a standard tag
The reason I led the flop because I thought someone hit it and I was going to play for stacks on the flop
but the PFR called, I thought I'd bet again to set up a river shove if I hit the flush but then he shoved into me on the turn
I did some quick metal math and came up with 28% equity and 30% equity needed to call so I folded

any better way to play this?
possibly c/r on the flop or check turn after donking



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MP ($100)
CO ($220.20)
Button ($39.95)
Hero (SB) ($244.30)
BB ($134.90)
UTG ($106.25)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9h, 8h
UTG bets $3.50, MP calls $3.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $3, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($14) 9s, Ah, 6h (4 players)
Hero bets $9, 1 fold, UTG calls $9, 1 fold

Turn: ($32) Qd (2 players)
Hero bets $30, UTG raises to $93.75 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: $92 | Rake: $3


Nuts replied
well planned. You could see that after calling the turn he would have 64$ left in a 92$ pot, but you did not consider the MASSIVE likelihood of him either shoving or dumping to your pot sized lead.Op Posted this hand

My thoughts
In such a big multiway pot I don't know why he would be so keen to play for stacks because if anyone showed interest it would be clear they had a big hand. I would probably still CR. On the turn I don't think you are folding out any other hands so I would probably check and make a decision based on his bet size, though I would probably call. Another option is to bet around 1/2 pot this gives you a bit of fold equity and lets you draw pretty cheap. I wouldn't have bet pot for sure, and can see as nuts says it really puts opponent in a spot where he feels he has to push or fold so not very good.

Hand 2

The guy is running 25/19 with a 3b of 5.9 over 347 hands

Standard spot to defend pf? Standard float on the flop? I might as well shove the turn since I'm pot committed after a call, but I didn't do the math for it during the hand.

the guy is running 25/19 with a 3b of 5.9 over 347 hands

Standard spot to defend pf? Standard float on the flop? I might as well shove the turn since I'm pot committed after a call, but I didn't do the math for it during the hand.

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MP ($200)
CO ($128.95)
Hero (Button) ($140.95)
SB ($63.90)
BB ($221.30)
UTG ($100)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Jc, Kc
3 folds, Hero bets $2.50, SB calls $2, BB raises to $13, Hero calls $10.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($28.50) 8h, 4s, 6d (2 players)
BB bets $22, Hero calls $22

Turn: ($72.50) Kh (2 players)
BB bets $40, Hero calls $40

River: ($152.50) 8s (2 players)
BB bets $146.30 (All-In), Hero calls $65.95 (All-In)

Total pot: $284.40 | Rake: $3
Nuts replied

preflop i would def call but it's not like its going to be very profitable for you, particularly if you are floating flops like this. I mean, I could not actually pick a worse board and hand to float with than you have chosen here. Luckily you went from like 1% to 45% against his range on the turn so you should probably shove; I don't think a 100nl player is going to bluff you for 65$ into 152$ on the river nor do I think he will betfold TT-QQ or a draw getting nearly 4:1 odds to call your shove. I mean how do you make money at poker?


I think I agree with nuts, calling in position is fine though I think 6% is a fairly low 3bet stat so folding is fine to unless you feel you have an edge. Flop is a bad one to float, with very little equity for sure. I would just fold I guess you could raise if his 3bet range is fairly linear 99+,AQ in which case he has 32 overcard combos and 36 pairs and you would have to hope he folds all his overcards to the raise.
I think as played the river is definitely a fold. I can also see how turn could be a shove..
TBH I'm still at a loss with most of the hands I look at but getting better I hope.




CTS VIDEO 4

HU $600 on Prima Network

Avg. player is very aggressive and doesn't like to fold.

1.Calls Q8s OOP, check folded missed T72 flop.
2.CB 886 flop checked behind 3 turn, folded flush river. (Sometimes bets turn to fold out A high hands.)
3.3bet Qko
4.CB 2pr on flpo
5.Talked about setting stop loss for the day - as people play well when they're winning and bad when they're losing
6.Raised QT checked behind Q high monotone flop as gets bluff CR a lot.
Hit trips on turn got donked into and CTS raised as lots of bad rivers.
7.Talks about good players controlling the flow of the match. E.g. usually 3bets
56s just called here. Flopped low straight and flush draw CR flop and bet 2/3 on turn giving villain room to shove. Wouldn't slow-play turn as lots of bad rivers.
8.Flopped trips would have CR flopped not giving chance so just bet out strong on turn as usual.
9.Raised AQ didn't CB K22 flop tried to check down and folded to turn lead.
10.CB 2nd nut fl draw on monotone flop but mixes it up there.
11.Important to think 1 level ahead of your opponents. E.g. 1st time good player 4bets is usually bluff if they've been calling 3bets a lot. (BC they are fed up with 3bets or when they have a premium they don't want to 4bet BC they haven't 4bet yet.)
12.Said would start re-raising etc. to take control and bring a bit more action into the match.
13. CB 533 flop with overs.
14.Playing with deep stacks you can leave because it takes a lot of focus.
15. Checked behind low flop with KJ, Spiked K river said he wouldn't raise for value as his hand looks a lot like AK but BC guy timed down like thinking mm should I block bet my middle pair? CTS said he might have raised depending on his bet-sizing.
16. CB 8TX flop with 1 over
17.Called 3bet 33 and bet draw heavy flop with set when checked to.
18.He says Tilt Control is huge - if he dropped few buy ins he would frequently donk off several more.
19.Flopped 2nd pr K high board mixes it up between betting and checking tried to check down but got lead into on A high river and folded. (Considered raising but no as couldn't represent much)
20. He says also with experience comes a feel for how often opponent has a hand so how often you can play back, call re-raises, bluff raise flop and how often his hand can stand the heat.
21. CB straight draw on 57Q flop, turn was 7 would have bet a lot of turns but not that one (Any A,K,T,J) and didn't bet T river. (Villain had 99) Noted the guy was quite passive and it's hard to play winning HU when you are always playing your hands on the defensive.
22.Bumped up limp with 77 CB set on flop and turn
23. Raised QTo flop 6h7sJs - he said not great one to CB, guy lead into him, he said it's a good e.g. of spot NOT to bluff raise as not texture people bet-fold, villain has a hand he wants to get all in on flop with probably. (If it was 962 would have bumped it up or called to make a play on turn.)
24. 3B 78s flop 7x3s4s, CB his TP but said he would be in a tough spot if guy shoved as even his semi-bluffs have good equity against him, CTS might actually fold but wouldn't advertise it - that he's folding TP in re-raised spots - though this is 1 place where it's ok.
25.Raised A5 CB Q5s2s flop got CR peeled one off, turn was Qs guy bet huge so CTS just folded. (Called as guy wasn't super aggro so might check down but against crazy player would just fold as even their bluffs again have decent equity to suck out on him.)
26. CB 33 on A high 2 flush flop turn paired 7 and river was T. CTS just checked down after flop didn't even think about barrelling etc.
27.Raised 79 flop AT9 got lead into and bumped it up as sort of even a semi-bluff vs. A5 or something. (Didn't want to play the hand from a defensive stand point even though he has position.)
28. Lead 2nd pair in limped pot (didn't bump up 68o also 94s in other hand) and called min raise as had 2 BD draws picked up 8 high flush draw on turn which went check-check river gave him flush but he check-called as said it is a good river for villain to bluff which he did.
Good Point - If player has the initiative and four flush comes, he's very inclined to call If they bet on 4 flush even with some pair because their range is so polarised to flush and non-flushes I.e. they would check behind their made non-flush hands.
29.Flopped TP in limped pot 94 on 97s6s bet flop turn J he bet again and check folded Qs river.
30.Called raise JTs OOP, flopped TP on dry J64 flop. He check called 1 street said he wouldn't want to CR and get it in vs. this fairly avg. guy as you would be drawing very thin most of the time. Villain checked behind 9 turn and so CTS VB 2 river.
31.Raised A4 flop Ts9sQ said bad board to CB would just try check it down.
Turn was A so VB, said good 1 to VB big as lots of hands have pr's and Straight draws and would have bet small on river ½ pot to try get more value out of them.
32. He says his OTB opens are dictated by opponent and game flow however the hands he defends BB with are fairly strict because you can't make up for your positional disadvantage
33. Again says doesn't defend A rag (below AT usually) as u get yourself in WA/WB spots OOP where you make a little if you're ahead or lose a lot when you're behind. (Poor reverse implied odds.) E.g. Taylor reraises 65s etc. but not A3s as you win a small pot or get owned by someone with AQ for e.g.
34. 3bet j9o didn't CB flop as guy passive and hard 2 get value out of worse, guy bet cts peeled 1 as lots of guys do that 88 or something and check down but folded to turn jam vs. non bluffy player.
35. Important point - (from above hand) CTS is looking 4 spots whee he's a big favourite or a coin-flip not a coin-flip or a big dog (hand above he's flipping vs semi-bluffs e.g. QJ and a dog to any real hand)
36. Raised flopped low flush draw got lead into, didn't want to get blown off it so just called but folded to turn bet as too obvious when hits flush and can't bluff river as so many draws out there that would miss it wouldn't be credible.
37. Again limped pot he checked behind 63o and fired a ton when he had no hope of winning Q25 flop - take a stab. Sometimes avoids K high flops as so many opponents limp K rag for some reason. 38.Bumped up limper Q8 CB T7 flop.
38. Again talked about bumping it up to encourage folding rather than limping and then cts has to play pot oop.
39. Raised kk but said he would flat 3bet at this stage but prob 4bet JJ as harder to play post.
40. CTS called 3bet q8 guy insta-fired lead AT flop CTS raised, he said some guys 4bet bluff shove as pfc not raising ax on flop all too often but this guy was str fwd enough to do that against.
41.bumped limp 84s CB 67T flop turn T just checked guy bet ½ pot but CTS just folded as hard to push him off anything.
42.Raised 77 guy called and leAD K34 flop CTS just called, turn is 5, thought about betting but just checked river is 5 guys check so CTS says now I VB 2/3. (he says sometimes u value own urself vs. 99 but he never has K there for sure.) 43. Raised K4 monotone flop says guy is peeling so much here but CTS had so little SD value that he just CB. Might have checked A4 down.
44. Defended 63s flop was checked on ATJ flop so took stab on turn as had 0 SD value.
45. Bumped up limp QJ A flop CB said he would fire 2nd barrel as dude wouldn't limp many aces and he had gut-shot and maybe live pair outs vs. 2nd pair.
46. Defended 3bet A7 flop was QT said bad flop to make play against so just folded.
47. Talked about game selection was playing tight guy, says they're a grind but still profitable.
48. Called raise 6ts flop J23 was checked through he turn 4 gut-shot so he fired and said he would have fired river to as dude would peel with A high that picked up wheel draw.
49. Check called 2nd pair t6 in limped pot on AT flop checked turn river bought 4 flush so CTS checked again same theory as above so CTS called guy had Ax8h
50. Didn't stab at j9s6s vs. open limp as pretty bad flop
51. Called raise K9 flop is A high monotone CTS has nothing he said flop is so-so to bluff but goes for it. Got jammed on... Said he needs to be patient as guy is tight and CTS is playing at lower stakes.
52. Defended 69s flopped TP flop was checked turn K not ideal but CTS still bet for value.
53. He says some guys have bad bet-sizing tells, he tries to keep his bets varied so he can bet the optimal amount in any situation, however if player is bad he will bet big with great hands and small with o
54.3bet Qto flop is ATQ he checks down river is A guy fires. It looks bluffy but CTS thought if he was going to run a bluff he would have started it early.
55.Called 3bet A3s dude CB 3J8 flop CTS peeled with pr, overcard and BD flush draw turned trips (& he has AK & AQ reverse dominated.) guy checked CTS bet less than ½ pot (sort of too induce) and then just shoved river after short pause - as draws missed thinks he would get looked up light.
56. Know he's more inclined to call with marginal hands as guy would be tilted,
Called 3bet KT flopped nothing on monotone flop so just folded as he had already been caught.
57.didn't bump up j9 vs. limp but stabbed pot would have fired a lot of turns but it was ace and had seen him open limp a8 so gave up.
58.Raised K7 flop 6s78s said it was bad flop, guy lead CTS said he would peel one turn was 2 guy checked CTS didn't fire just tried to check it down (paused to get free card on river vs. weak player however CTS pounces on that and would fire a lot of rivers big if he saw guy doing that.)
59. Raised 68 vs new player 9TJ CB guy called A turn said bad board to fire as they have pr and straight draw and if you do you have fire big river bluff. Didn't try bluff river as didn't fire turn so hard to rep much on river
60. Looked at his stats 53/43 WTSD 29% WSD 46% WWSF 52%
Flop aggro factor 4.6 turn 2 river 2 (CR lots of lags who CB on flops esp. A high, weaker plays as well betting polarized range TP+ and air and PC worse means a lot of air so bluff raises them to.)
61. NCalled 3bet 97s flop K8J GS and BD flush-draw so peeled 1, turn was 6 and gave him flush draw to. Guy bet ½ pot, CTS didn't think he would push him off much and he has so many disguised outs now he will get paid off. Rivered flush guy checked, pot size bet left on river might bet less vs. good player as they would VB 2pr hands here so check is quite weak, but player is weak so shoved
62. Called 3bet QT 200bb deep, T high flop doesn't like getting all in so flatted CB (would have been a case of getting in as a dog or a flip - he hates that) turn was Ace completed flush, had timing tell guy was bluffing so was going to call him down, guy shoved river a little more than pot, looked full of it he was CTS snapped off his bluff.
63.3bet KK vs honest flop player checked A flop to him checked turn, guy bet CTS called 1 and rivered K. Had to decide between leading and CR, said only time you win big pot is when he has big hand so checked hoping he had big hand, guy potted it and CTS jammed.
64.Opened J4o 200bb flopped trips got CR, could rep the re-bluff on paired board but just flatted raise and min-raised turn to get him to do something dumb with semi-bluff - he did - stuck it all in with flush draw.
65. CB k76 flop guy called turn 5 CTS gave up but river was 9 so CTS said had to VB when checked to but got bombed, CTS realised in the match he hadn't been VB river light so guy would have lead his good hands and that he probably has a hand he is turning into bluff now that he realises it's no good when CTS VB's.

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June 16, 2009

2 Nuts Posts and CTS video review

Blog by : Noble1
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Everyday I review 2 responses NUTSINHO gave to someone who posted a question in the forum so I can improve my play.

I then watch a CTS video and write any useful point he makes or something I pick up to improve my game.

Hand 1

Op posted this hand

Opp is 21/16 player, super small sample though. We played a similair hand the last orbit where he called flop IP and bet turn when I c/f'ed. Basically was using this move as a counter to his possible floats. He hasnt 3bet at all yet pre (again super small sample) so we can take out KKK and JJJ maybe.

My thoughts are also how often are we actually doing this with a made hand instead of double barrelling? Is it super risky to run this play as unbalanced as I do it or is it meh 200nl players wont adjust anyway.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
5 players
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Stacks:
UTG ($735.05)
Hero (CO) ($240.60)
BTN ($243.00)
SB ($114.00)
BB ($117.60)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is CO Five of DiamondsAce of Diamonds
1 fold, Hero raises to $6, BTN calls $6, 2 folds

Flop: King of HeartsJack of ClubsThree of Clubs ($15, 2 players)
Hero bets $10, BTN calls $10

Turn: Four of Spades ($35, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $24, Hero raises to $72, BTN calls $48

River: Seven of Diamonds ($179, 2 players)
Hero bets $152.60

Nuts replied
I don't hate your play but I'd much rather check call the river to win more monies


Op replied
With our A high nuts? You think he's mainly betting missed draws. I guess we sure could!



My thoughts(not NUTS) on the hand are that sometimes CR floaters with a balanced range is pretty acceptable. I think check calling the river for value is pretty thin though even though opponent would have shoved alot of his great hands on the turn and will check behind the more marginal ones on the river and maybe only bet missed draws, again interesting to think about.



Hand 2: The mississippi bluff

Nuts writes
Joking aside, it can be a good play in rare instances when you think the opponent usually has a draw or weak hand that has no intention of folding now but may have little to no showdown value against an all-in bet or raise by the river. I played this hand just yesterday:

eldar182: posts small blind $25
rassb3: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nutsinho [9h 7s]
Paulus_rus: folds
BenyamineX: folds
nutsinho: raises $100 to $150
Deldar182: folds
rassb3: calls $100
*** FLOP *** [4h Qh 8s]
rassb3: bets $150
nutsinho: raises $400 to $550
rassb3: calls $400
*** TURN *** [4h Qh 8s] [Kd]
rassb3: bets $550
nutsinho: calls $550
*** RIVER *** [4h Qh 8s Kd] [4c]
rassb3: bets $1150
nutsinho: raises $2600 to $3750 and is all-in
rassb3: folds
Uncalled bet ($2600) returned to nutsinho
nutsinho collected $4823 from pot

Nutsinho was referring to a bluff described by a poster on 2+2 which was just a joke.
But here Nuts applies a pre-planned river bluff in the manner described above.

I wouldn't consider making this play at my level but I guess it's worth trying to analyse the ranges Nuts might have put villain on in this hand that would make his play +EV.

I think I can here SBRUGBY saying " I would like at least a gutshot if I was considering making an advanced play like this, that little bit of equity makes a big...."

In this hand I guess the fact that villain just called the CR when he might often raise alot of his stacking off hands on this draw heavy flop might give nuts the impression that he has a weak hand/draw on the flop.
His smallish turn bet can be to draw cheaply/to induce or to blockish bet....
I think if it was a bet to induce which failed he would have bet alot stronger on the river so I can see how Nuts could be fairly sure on the river that villain would fold to a shove.

Having said that I'm just guessing at what he may of been thinking, I wouldn't try make that play (yet) and I also think Nuts is repping pretty thin on the river himself but interesting 1 to get me thinking anyways as usual.

CTS Video 3 (Some points I picked up)
(Number 3 refers to the third video he made for CR)

1.3bet J/Q etc. X suited CR overs and FD all in often on flop.
2.Just check calls flop with Bot Pr and CR turned 2pr
3.Makes plays at boards villain is unlikely to hit e.g. called 3bet 56s IP raised Cbet on AT flop (good flop to make plays at (small semi-bluff raises) he said when their range is wide)
4. NH defended A3s AK flop went CC he was going to bet any turn but turn was K so he check called and bet-folded river but guy called Q high nice
6.He says u can raise almost any button vs players who aren't adjusting well.
7. He picked up timing tells - thinking & checking with moderate hands & insta-firing with all his bluffs
8.Cbet Overs and NFD on flop obv. but just checked behind on turn and Vbet A river but would have folded to CR because player had been adjusting to his play by calling down light not bluffing.
9.If guy gets moved off alot of hands you can play looser oop e.g. cr bluff alot of flops
10.Didn't & wouldn't DBL barrel bluff low board especially when turn card falls in that range as well. as all the hands they peeled flop with usually improved etc..
11.Didnt 4bet KK as he hadn't 4bet yet just kept betting when checked to on low board as guy was calling down light
12.3bet AJ for value
13. Most important thing about being HU player is thinking about their game " What is he doing wrong and how can I exploit it." this guy was CS so he wouldnt be bluffing beyond CB flop and would be VB pretty thin vs him next hand great example - defends T7s going for CR on 458 flop but went CC bet 8 turn (he picked up FD) river is 4 dbl paired board but gave him flush said it's good board for A high so he vbet and guy called him with A high
14.Limped J5 flop AK4 he bet got fold - but he said had guy CR he wouldnt give him much credit because he had bumped him up b4 so prob doing that any ace so wouldn;t have anything in this limped pot
15. Checked down A high and vbet A river - says vs weak players you can pause check turn but good players will pounce on that.
16.Doesn't like playing trashy Aces oop AT or better
17.3bet ATs checked down 996 flop vs. dude who hardly bluffs
18.Just called 88 oop tweener hand vs. this guy
19.Called 3bet 88 slowplayed 568 flop bet turn small when checked to to induce

I'm only 15 minutes into a 60 min video.





CTS 3rd Video Review

1. He Will quit a guy if momentum of the match shifts in villains favour
2.HU starting hand requirements are based on the feeling of the match.
Looking to exploit his weakness and adjust before villain does.
3.3bet AJs CB KQ7 flop with flush draw got called and went for CR all in on blank turn but guy bet ½ pot so checke called hit J on river and hoped it was good - got checked through was good. (Made mental note guy can float air and stab turn but unlikely to follow through on river.)
5. 3bet Kto got raise on 9sTs6x flop and got all in for 140bb and was behind 96. His play was a slight mistake I think when you look at his flop raising range even if you include all the draws in villains range the STOXEV math tool for shoving shows that it is slightly - EV long term.
6. Started 3betting lighter cuz he's been showing down good hands
In 3bet pots so gives him license to be a bit looser.
7. Flopped TP and Straight draw went for value on 2 streets and was planning to bet river small to be looked up by worse but was min CR on turn by fairly passive player CTS flat called and called ¼ river pot bet.
Villain had flopped straight but CTS was happy with his play.
9. Bumps up limper with any decent hand even though he will be oop, encourages more folding rather than limping.
10. Bet flop TT7 GS, 1 over & BD flush draw. The turn was a 5 which gave him a flush draw but didn't bet as unlikely to fold out whaterver villain floated flop with. River was a 7 which meant he beat 89 and counterfeited 1 pair hands but probably not often enough to call so would have folded to bet but luckily it went check check.
11. Raised OTB limper again and happy to CB A flop as not a big part of most peoples limping range but big part of CTS raising range.
12. Folded BD Flush draw and overs to unknown donkin range on low flop vs. decent player.
13. Called 3bet T9s didn't bet low flop with bare overs as guy likes to check jam a lot.
14.called 3bet again 1 high card says good flop to bluff raise but dude expects it so just checked behind turned straight draw so took a stab.
15. Called raise oop T9o about as weak as he goes flop 7J so CR
16.limped a4 got lead into on k flop didn't try raaise as been winning a lot
17. Usually folds 64o but wanted a decent hand to 4bet bluff with.
Flop 239 schecks behind sometimes but bet it got cr and gave it up.
18. No showdown value 78 on 6AQ so always CB unless planning delayed CB.
19. Looks at bet flop % a lot if they CB 80-90 he will eat them alive by letting them CB and CR with air.(Also looks at how often fold to CB and flop raises etc. Also WTSD% & Won @ SD% when raised turn/river. Also looks at CB turn % some people on bet Over-card turns as bluff e.g. if they have KJ on J flop turn is a Q they will check)
21. Was going to CR 886 flop with 9T but doesn't love it flop went check-check though so bet turn esp. as he picked up straight draw.
22. Flopped A high flush draw on monotone flop, CTS said he would check behind because he would get semi bluff CR a lot and doesn't love getting it in. He got lead into just called hit flush bet 90% pot.
23. Flopped dbl gut-shot J58 after calling with 79 I thought he would CR but he says he has too much equity - would get it in with Flush draw cuz its too obv. when you hit but here CTS has good implied odds so just called turn 7 would have called 1 more street got checked though rivered 6 so VB straight, villain made small raise but CTS thinks he would have bet 9T on turn for sure so value jammed.
24. 4bet 65o flop 7AK CB 6/10 pot turned was 8 only ½ pot size bet but doesn't have to fold too often with equity so shoved. (He did the calculation after which I can replicate in STOXEV shoving tool which shows villain only has to fold 17% of time. - Villain folded KQ.)
25. In limped pots where he has no chance to improve he will just throw out a bet on flop (a stab) to try win pot. In this hand he turned bottom pr but just checked it down and would probably fold to bet.
26. KJ flop didn't CB as guy timed a bit so thinking of CR or has some sort of hand so CTS just tried to check his A high down
27. 3bets 50bb stack light with bad hands as they give you credit because they think you wouldn't do it because you can't get away from hands but he will do it with 65o for e.g. which he can still get away from. Also makes it hard for them to make moves on flop after you CB as they have so little fold equity.
28. Raised QK didn't CB 522 flop turn was Q guy leads CTS raises for value as guy doesn't have too many 2's in range. His raise also looks suspect so he expects to get called down lighter. (Most people would flat here on turn as they don't want too build a big pot but given situation CTS felt he was right.)
29. Called with 22 OOP floated CB on 538 flop and folded 8 turn. Says he wouldn't have floated 558 flop as would just get counterfeited too often by anything also didn't think of CR, I guess as 22 has so little equity to improve.
30.CTS says HU play is important to improve hand reading skills and looking for good spot to make moves etc.
31. Called re-raise Kjs, flopped overs and some BD draws but just gave up on flop - this time - I think he would make moves sometimes - but just letting villain win one.
32. He talked about a leak some 6max guys have playing HU CB too much, all their air and bottom pair hands and then get put in tough spots facing Check-Raises etc.
33. 3bet 65s CB A75 flop with 2 BD draws as well even though he expects to get played back at on A high flops quite a bit.
34. 4bet TT vs. guy who had been 3betting a lot, guy shoved A6o. (Getting in with TT here is fine obv. Vs, anyone who 3bets 9%+ which would obv. Be the case HU)
35. Reviewed some of the earlier hands again at the end of the video.
A) Reviewed J7s hand... CTS 3bet, flop 245 (CTS had flush draw) said problem with CB is you get shoved on by people with overs and wheel draw so check bombed instead. (He said sometime villain will fold their AK in this spot which is a mistake)
B) Check called flop with bottom pair and donked turned 2pr as he often does this as a bluff (if he peels with gut-shot) and it's good to balance your range - also expected to get played at quite a bit in this instance as it was a draw heavy board.
C)Explained power of semi bluff... CTS 3bet Q4s check bombed flop with over an flush draw again because if over-card is live he has 45% equity vs. 1pr hands Even though his play seems transparent villain won't have a hand he can stack off with that often
D) Flopped top set vs. 3bet on 785 flop, slow-played 1 street as villain won't have a hand much, wouldn't have folded even if 6 rolled off as pot is too big and it's too likely villain is bluffing.


Phew, one day I'll have enough time left over too play poker. I don't care, some of this stuff is actually starting to seep in for the first time. I think by the end of the week after a full review I'll have a good understanding of why CTS does what he does etc. and this exercise can only improve my game.


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June 15, 2009

Daily Nuts posts review & CTS vid

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(I review two of NUTSINHO replies to someones HH in a popular forum so I can apply it to & hopefully improve my game.)

A poster posted this hand...

CO ($22.50)
Button ($154.95)
SB ($100.50)
BB ($100.90)
UTG ($102)
Hero (MP) ($106.10)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 5s , As
1 fold, Hero bets $3, 1 fold, Button calls $3, 1 fold, BB calls $2

Flop: ($9.50) 6 , 5 , 5 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6, Button calls $6, 1 fold

Turn: ($21.50) A (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $15, Hero calls $15

River: ($51.50) K (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $60, Hero raises to $82.10 (All-In), Button calls $22.10

Total pot: $215.70 | Rake: $3

Nutsinho writes

"lol not betting that turn but checkshoving that river is the most incongruent line ive ever seen. I'd prob flat river but folding is pretty lol."

What I learned from that - bet the turn with good hands?
There was some discussion about checking sometimes to punish or get value out of habitual floaters but I think this goes back to something called the ISF theorem which simply states 'When you're ahead of your opponents range you should bluff more and vice versa'

I'm sure he would say that this doesn't really relate but for me when an Ace pops up on the turn it's more likely to have improved the PFR range rather than the PFC and in these spots you want to bluff more to balance rather than check more to balance your range.

Why? Well Because you will usually be V-Betting in this spot (your range is usually ahead) if Villain calls when you're bluffing here it's actually -ev for him to call long term and if he does catch you bluffing and win in the short term it's again good for you long term because he is more likely to call you down here when you are V-betting which you usually are.

If however you check in these spots with strong hands to balance your range as opposed to bluffing with weak hands then you are not maximising the value of your strong hands.

(Conversely - which doesn't apply in this hand just so you grasp the theorem - If you bluff more when your range
is behind villains it's bad. Because you aren't usually strong in that spot so villain would be correct to call long term and it would be -ev for you long term. Also it does nothing for your metagame because you don't usually have a strong hand in that spot so bluffing now won't help you get paid off in future. Also the bluff is less likely to be successful because if you are bluffing when you range is weak your bluff is going to look less credible - you will be repping thin - and vice versa when you bluff when your range is strong it gets alot more folds.)

I think that's the gist of it.

Hand 2.
Poster posted this hand - villain was a 63/7 fish


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CO ($210.75)
Button ($103.60)
Hero (SB) ($126)
BB ($112.10)
UTG ($67.10)
MP ($110.15)

Preflop: Hero is SB with JC , JD
UTG calls $1, 3 folds, Hero bets $3.50, 1 fold, UTG calls $3

Flop: ($9) 9H , 7C , 6H (2 players)
Hero bets $6, UTG calls $6

Turn: ($21) QC (2 players)
Hero bets $12, UTG calls $12

River: ($45) 5C (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $26.50, Hero folds

Total pot: $45


Nutsinho writes
"stacking off on the flop would be very bad against all but the most maniacal of fish. We bet because there are a million hands he will just call with. On the turn, we are good about 90% of the time, the board is very drawy, our opponent is poor, and we are out of position. You decide to bet 12 into 21. Please think about this and tell me how bad you think it sucks on a scale of 1 to 10."

What I learnt from that - I might stack off on flop vs. fish - Nutsinho says this is not the case. I think I remember stoving my equity on these connected mid boards and it is pretty marginal even though there are alot of draws in his range - I would still have trouble not stacking though. The turn he makes a great point because it's a mistake I make with my bet-sizing alot. Villains call on flop puts us way ahead of his likley range now and big bet is definitely in order this is where we make our moneys from bad opponents willing to put in big moneys with weak hands or draws on later streets. It's a pity NUTs didn't talk about what to do on the river.
I honestly don't know if check fold > bet fold > check call etc... I think there are alot more 8's in his range than heart flush draws so I think it's a fold. I think this would be a good spot to check with the straight or the flush though as this is the otherside of ISF theorem I mentioned earlier - the river made our opponents likely range stronger so we should bluff less and instead balance our range by trapping when we are strong in these spots.

Well thats' my 2 nutsiho post reviews for today...
Onto the CTS vid!!

CTS 1st video (some points I picked up)

1. Game selection is very important
2. Doesn't get tricky with bare gut-shot and over HU just bet-folded twice.
3. Limp folds weak hands HU OTB it keeps pot smaller and tilts aggro/stuck players.
4. Will CR and get all in with over & Flush draw + (12 outs+)
5. Isolates weak players with bigger than normal raise - discourages other players from calling/raising and fish has to give up a lot on flop. Raises their leads a lot even with A high rather than trying to call down.(Bets ending in high numbers get more folds from fish and vice versa.)
Sees a lot of pots with them doesn't squeeze them out and calls their min-raises with ATC OOP.
Bet TPTK strong for 2streets but folded to river pot lead on bad card.
6.Pots turn if he had a hand worth raising on flop that went Check-Check.
7.C-Betting too often is a leak, checks down some A high hands etc.
Checked down 33 on 679 draw heavy flop in position.
Pot controlled A3 on A78 flop and went 4 value on turn vs. med stack.
But always C-Bets hands with no showdown value. If he did C-Bet A high and gets called realises he often has little SD value and will considering bluffing a lot on good turn/rivers.
E.g. if over-card comes, flush completes or if he picks up some outs.
But if TP pairs it's less likely you have it so bluffs less as less likely to fold out under-pairs etc.
8.Raises/Calls by PFC on high boards will be weak a lot because they 3bet a lot of hands that hit those boards pre-flop.
E.g. Will go for 3 streets of value HU with A9 on A flop.
9. Happy to stack of with decent 1pr hands vs. players who never fold to 3bets HU.
10. Pretty Loose - Opens A2C (suited) from CO and OTB, 3bets multi table tags a lot in pos. But also quite tight folded KT vs. CO raise and AQ in CO vs. OTB light 3bettor. Folded A7o in sb bvb vs. tough player.
11. With tweener hands TT, AQ etc. in squeeze spots sometimes better to overcall.

12. Nice Thinking hand.
He CR ND, Over and gut-shot on 238 flop, got called turn was 8 went for CR all in but it went CC. He checked his A high on river and guy insta-fired 1.5k Q river.
He shouldn't have go to river with a Q and he should of bet most of his made hands on draw heavy turn and at least thought on the river if he was V-Betting a PP less than a Q - so CTS called correctly.

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June 15, 2009

A fresh start

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Unfortunately, I realised after having not posted a blog in a year I've actually gone backwards in that time despite playing poker full time. Wow.
I'm actually struggling at .5 NL on Stars and just playing awfully to be honest.
I plan to blog everyday until I'm a regular at the 25-50 games lol.
I think the biggest thing I've lost in my game is accountability, when I do something stupid at the poker table no-one has to know so I feel like I 'get away' with it.
But from now on I plan to do 3 things everyday that I play poker.
1. Watch a full CTS video (I know the play is very different to micros but still..)
2. Review some posts from NUTSINHO on another forum (He stopped posting there apparently but he's such a good player and unlike other players who stopped posting when they got good he actually posted more so just looking at his old responses is a gold-mine of insight.)
3.Post my worst hands of the day.

I'll also write about anything else poker-related that I find worthwhile or interesting

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June 03, 2008

Moving on up

Blog by : Noble1
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Yeah I did it! I moved up to 100nl on 18th May (after moving up from .25-.50) only 2 weeks earlier. And now In about 15 days (well I took this weekend off so 13) I made 40 buy ins at 100nl so I now have in total 40 buy ins for a shot at 200 Nl.

Pretty chuffed that I made the target and thats in spite of taking a 10 buy in downswing when stupid PA hud crashed for 3 days!! Its not that I needed the product it just tilted me that they werent fixing it & sending me generic responses - in the end all they had to do was send me a registration code, I spent 4 emails just trying to get such a simple thing but they just dont have a clue. In the end it still wasnt sorted out and I just gave up. Luckily it all worked out for the best because it forced me to look around for another product and I came across Holdem manager which has been getting rave reviews and is a 10x better product !! the back-up service is much better as well apparently.

Well I hope it goes well at 200nl I'll keep u posted - I'll have to take some money out of my account soon though so I might drop down soon even if its going alright.

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May 18, 2008

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Aah so annoying just played the hundred grand or something only 11$ buy in, I dont usually like tournies but what the hell. So Im doing alright 22 000 players to start and we down to the last 5000.

I have a 14k stack blinds are 200/400

I pick up KsJs, Utg+2 and raise 2.5 buy ins (a little small in retrospect) I get 2 callers co+1 (9k)& BB(12k), flop is Qs3s5d, bb leads for 300 into 3.3k pot I raise with my draw to try pick up the pot right there to 3.6k he calls turn is 7s (jackpot I have the 2nd nuts) Pot is about 10k I have about 8k left we get it in and he has the nuts As3s doh!!!

I want to go str to the 100nl games again but I said I would take a 20min break - I feel theres times Im tilting but I dont admit it/realise so I force myself to take a break in a scenario like this just to be safe.

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May 18, 2008

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Blog by : Noble1
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Yay, I made 22 buy ins the last 9 days so I can move up to 100nl which I did this evening.

I am well over-rolled and ive taken alot of money out of my account in relation to micro-stakes, basically made alot of excuses for not moving up, but I got talking the shit with some regular who took 6 months off and was berating me for still being a loser down at microstakes - fair enough cuz i give people shit to - but it got to me and now Im not taking any money out of my account for a while and moving up to a new level each time ive got 40 buy ins for the new level and so we'll see how it goes.

Speaking of talking shit i saw guy yawning_boy at 50nl & i thought that was Andrew wiggins sn & he was making a video but he was on 6 tables so it was unlikely. He also seemed to be losing quite a bit obv limping small pairs and baby sc in early pos & still hoping to get paid, calling draws and then over value-betting when he hit and hoping to get paid cbetting the wrong players etc.. Basically doing alot of stuff people who play at higher levels thinks works at lower levels & not really adjusting to specific players but probably wasnt him, i think they tied to full tilt. Anyway wish me luck at 100 who knows maybe a few weeks ill be at 200nl, keep u posted.

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May 13, 2008

A royal flush & also Folded KK pre-flop!

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What a session!

First I get a royal flush after 3betting lag's otb raise with KQs (he had ak but I was way ahead of his range pre) then I get 3bet by a weak player who has raised 2 hands in 84, I made a small 4bet just to see his reaction & chose to fold correctly he had AA.

The weak turn bet was too make me look weak so this aggro lag could come over top with a bluff

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Seat 1: iLLie ($50)
Seat 2: onemantd ($26.35)
Seat 3: AKWinWinAK ($45.05) -
Seat 4: Noble007 ($50) -
Seat 5: Nibbler84 ($38.45) -
Seat 6: hedicht ($54.70)


PRE-FLOP:

Noble007 posts small blind $0.25
Nibbler84 posts BIG blind $0.50
Dealt To: Noble007


FOLD hedicht
FOLD iLLie
FOLD onemantd
RAISE AKWinWinAK ($1.50)
RAISE Noble007 ($5)
FOLD Nibbler84
CALL AKWinWinAK ($3.50)


FLOP:

Pot: $10.75


BET Noble007 ($7)
CALL AKWinWinAK ($7)


TURN:

Pot: $24.75


BET Noble007 ($10)
RAISE AKWinWinAK ($33.05)
CALL Noble007 ($23.05)


RIVER:

Pot: $90.85




SHOWDOWN:
Noble007:

AKWinWinAK:


Noble007 collected $87.6 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $90 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: iLLie folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 2: onemantd folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: AKWinWinAK button showed [As Kh] and lost with a pair of Aces - Net Gain/Loss: ($-31.55)

Seat 4: Noble007 small blind showed [Qc Kc] and won 87.60 with a Royal Flush - Net Gain/Loss: ($66.85)
Seat 5: Nibbler84 big blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-0.5)
Seat 6: hedicht folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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Seat 1: Noble007 ($78)
Seat 2: havana77 ($58.70) -
Seat 3: Laer187 ($40.55) -
Seat 4: Schijndelll ($24.20) -
Seat 5: scoual12 ($11.95)
Seat 6: drogenhundi ($65.35)


PRE-FLOP:

Laer187 posts small blind $0.25
Schijndelll posts BIG blind $0.50
Dealt To: Noble007


FOLD scoual12
FOLD drogenhundi
RAISE Noble007 ($2)
RAISE havana77 ($5)
FOLD Laer187
FOLD Schijndelll
RAISE Noble007 ($11)
RAISE havana77 ($26.50)
FOLD Noble007

havana77 collected $22.75 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $22 Rake: $0

Seat 1: Noble007 folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-11)
Seat 2: havana77 button collected 22.75 - Net Gain/Loss: ($8.75)
Seat 3: Laer187 small blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-0.25)
Seat 4: Schijndelll big blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-0.5)
Seat 5: scoual12 folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 6: drogenhundi folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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May 11, 2008

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Good session I played 1 bad hand.

Raised JJ utg complete over aggro donk calls. 80/x

Again as I mentioned in an earlier blog I should have bet folded flop in this situation or even check fold. But I check called Akx flop min raised weak turn bet lol and called small river bet.

There is a lot of air in his range but not on an AK flop. I couldnt have played that hand any worse if I tried, oh well, you you learn. (sbrugby says you dont make the same mistake twice but I just did - 3rd times the charm though)

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