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Well, even though my 2/4nl hu sessions were for the most part disasters last month, I did have one very good session against a regular. We had a marathon HU session where we were playing on 3 tables. I did very well against him because I gave this player my undivided attention. Now, the game was playing very very aggressive. We played a total of 3k hands before he quit me, and we were playing very very deep.
It's sessions like these that cause HU to be very very fun. Ofcourse, part of the reason why it was fun is also because I took 2.5k off this opponent. I'm going to post the 3 biggest pots that I won against him, and the 3 biggest that I lost against him.
I'll start off with the hands that I won.
HAND 1. I think that this hand is quite interesting. When he called preflop I had a feeling that he had a big hand. If memory serves me correctly, I was just caught in a pretty big bluff on another table, so I knew that he might have thought that I could be tilting. Now when the flop came, I was actually sorta afraid of KK, but there was no way that I was folding this hand given our dynamics. So I cbet, ready to bet/call, as I was not folding this hand given how much of my stack I had invested. After he cold called, I was almost sure he didn't have KK, because KK would always reshove on that flop, if he had AhQh, gg me. So, on this turn, I shoved because I decided to take the bluffiest line possible and partially to protect my hand. I believe that a large part of his range on the flop may have been AhXx, and was looking to float me, hoping to hit. I was also hoping for a call from any AK, and I think that on this turn he may even call me with QhQx. Well, I was right, my hand holds, and I rake in a 700bb pot. This is probably the largest pot I've won in terms of bbs.
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Seat 1: Villain 1 ($1,390) -  - 
Seat 2: Hero ($2,136.25) - 
PRE-FLOP:
Villain 1 posts small blind $2
Hero posts BIG blind $4
Dealt To: Hero
 
RAISE Villain 1 ($12)
RAISE Hero ($36)
RAISE Villain 1 ($108)
RAISE Hero ($252)
CALL Villain 1 ($144)
FLOP:
Pot: $504
  
BET Hero ($328)
CALL Villain 1 ($328)
TURN:
Pot: $1160
 
BET Hero ($1556.25)
CALL Villain 1 ($810)
UNCALLED Hero ($746.25)
RIVER:
Pot: $2780
SHOWDOWN:
Hero:
Villain 1:
 
Hero collected $2779.5 from main pot with two pair, Aces and Sixes
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $2 Rake: $0.50
Final Board:
Seat 1: Villain 1 small blind showed [Ah Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1392)
Seat 2: Hero big blind showed [As Ac] and won 2,779.50 with two pair, Aces and Sixes - Net Gain/Loss: ($1385.5)
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HAND 2. Now, I think that he really misplayed this hand on the river. I guess I had caught him in a couple river bluff raises, so maybe he thought I would call him light here, but this is such a bad spot to be bluffing. Believe it or not I actually thought about folding here, but I just couldn't see how he got to the river with T9, and I called expecting to be chopping.
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Seat 1: Hero ($1,141.50) -
Seat 2: Villain 1 ($2,760.05) - -
PRE-FLOP:
Villain 1 posts small blind $2
Hero posts BIG blind $4
Dealt To: Hero
 
RAISE Villain 1 ($12)
RAISE Hero ($36)
CALL Villain 1 ($24)
FLOP:
Pot: $72
  
BET Hero ($55)
CALL Villain 1 ($55)
TURN:
Pot: $182
CHECK Hero
BET Villain 1 ($124)
CALL Hero ($124)
RIVER:
Pot: $430
BET Hero ($300)
RAISE Villain 1 ($1330)
CALL Hero ($626.50)
UNCALLED Villain 1 ($403.50)
SHOWDOWN:
Villain 1:
Hero:
Hero collected $2282.5 from main pot with a straight, Nine high
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $2 Rake: $0.50
Final Board:
Seat 1: Hero big blind showed [9d 9h] and won 2,282.50 with a straight, Nine high - Net Gain/Loss: ($1141)
Seat 2: Villain 1 small blind showed [4d Ah] and lost with a straight, Eight high - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1141.5)
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HAND 3. Here, all I had was a bluff catcher. Given his line, on the river I put him on a really polarized range, containing of mostly the nuts or nothing. I didn't even put that many 5 high straights in his range, maybe 4s5s, 5s7s, and A5. I didn't think that it was possible for him to value shove a bigger Ace, so I called.
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Seat 1: Villain 1 ($1,171.50) - -
Seat 2: Hero ($844) -
PRE-FLOP:
Villain 1 posts small blind $2
Hero posts BIG blind $4
Dealt To: Hero
 
RAISE Villain 1 ($12)
RAISE Hero ($36)
CALL Villain 1 ($24)
FLOP:
Pot: $72
BET Hero ($56)
RAISE Villain 1 ($112)
CALL Hero ($56)
TURN:
Pot: $296
CHECK Hero
BET Villain 1 ($204)
CALL Hero ($204)
RIVER:
Pot: $704
CHECK Hero
BET Villain 1 ($819.50)
CALL Hero ($492)
UNCALLED Villain 1 ($327.50)
SHOWDOWN:
Villain 1:
 
Hero:
Hero collected $1687.5 from main pot with a pair of Aces
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $0.50
Final Board:
Seat 1: Villain 1 small blind showed [Jc 9s] and lost with a pair of Jacks - Net Gain/Loss: ($-844)
Seat 2: Hero big blind showed [Td Ad] and won 1,687.50 with a pair of Aces - Net Gain/Loss: ($843.5)
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Next are the hands that I lost.
HAND 1. I think I really misplayed this hand. I thought that he was tilting, and he's seen me make moves in reraised pots when the flop is just low cards. Basically I was hoping that he would put me on a bluff and that he would go nuts with AK. However, even AK has a ton of equity on me. I should have just called to reevaluate the turn.
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Seat 1: Hero ($1,929.50) - -
Seat 2: Villain 1 ($651) -
PRE-FLOP:
Hero posts small blind $2
Villain 1 posts BIG blind $4
Dealt To: Hero
 
RAISE Hero ($12)
RAISE Villain 1 ($46)
CALL Hero ($34)
FLOP:
Pot: $92
  
BET Villain 1 ($68)
RAISE Hero ($188)
RAISE Villain 1 ($605)
CALL Hero ($417)
TURN:
Pot: $1302
RIVER:
Pot: $1302
SHOWDOWN:
Villain 1:
 
Hero:
Villain 1 collected $1301.5 from main pot with two pair, Queens and Threes
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $0.50
Final Board:
Seat 1: Hero small blind showed [6c 7d] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Sixes - Net Gain/Loss: ($-651)
Seat 2: Villain 1 big blind showed [Qd Qs] and won 1,301.50 with two pair, Queens and Threes - Net Gain/Loss: ($650.5)
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HAND 2. I actually wasn't quite sure what he had here. And when i called, I think I called just because I didn't know what he was representing. But looking back at this, I think that the river should be a clear fold. There are just so many hands that he could have that gets there on the river, and this is a very scary board to be bluff shoving OOP. He could have had QJ,T9,98,67, even 45.
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Seat 1: Hero ($845) - -
Seat 2: Villain 1 ($612) -
PRE-FLOP:
Hero posts small blind $2
Villain 1 posts BIG blind $4
Dealt To: Hero
RAISE Hero ($12)
CALL Villain 1 ($8)
FLOP:
Pot: $24
 
CHECK Villain 1
BET Hero ($16)
RAISE Villain 1 ($52)
CALL Hero ($36)
TURN:
Pot: $128
BET Villain 1 ($88)
CALL Hero ($88)
RIVER:
Pot: $304
BET Villain 1 ($460)
CALL Hero ($460)
SHOWDOWN:
Villain 1:
MUCK Hero
Villain 1 collected $1223.5 from main pot with a straight, Jack high
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $0.50
Final Board:
Seat 1: Hero small blind mucked [Jc Td] - a pair of Tens - Net Gain/Loss: ($-612)
Seat 2: Villain 1 big blind showed [Jd 7d] and won 1,223.50 with a straight, Jack high - Net Gain/Loss: ($611.5)
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HAND 3. I called this hand because I really put him on a busted flush draw, and maybe even a busted oesd like 67. However, a 5 could also have been in his range, and obviously any over pairs. I don't know if he value shoves a T here, maybe, but 9T is also possible. However, if he were bluffing, the T isn't really a scare card to bluff on. I'm not sure about this call, but if it is a mistake, I don't think that it's that big of a mistake, especially when compared to the other two hands.
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Seat 1: Hero ($605.50) -
Seat 2: Villain 1 ($1,688.30) - -
PRE-FLOP:
Villain 1 posts small blind $2
Hero posts BIG blind $4
Dealt To: Hero
RAISE Villain 1 ($12)
CALL Hero ($8)
FLOP:
Pot: $24
 
BET Hero ($20)
RAISE Villain 1 ($68)
CALL Hero ($48)
TURN:
Pot: $160
CHECK Hero
BET Villain 1 ($116)
CALL Hero ($116)
RIVER:
Pot: $392
CHECK Hero
BET Villain 1 ($1492.30)
CALL Hero ($409.50)
UNCALLED Villain 1 ($1082.80)
SHOWDOWN:
Villain 1:
MUCK Hero
Villain 1 collected $1210.5 from main pot with two pair, Queens and Fives
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $0.50
Final Board:
Seat 1: Hero big blind mucked [Jc 9c] - two pair, Nines and Fives - Net Gain/Loss: ($-605.5)
Seat 2: Villain 1 small blind showed [Qc Qs] and won 1,210.50 with two pair, Queens and Fives - Net Gain/Loss: ($605)
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