Midweek 4: The Penultimate Official Update! (look it up, fancy word imo)
The graph:
More exciting than the words, so I figured I'd put it first this time. As you can see, with three full days and the remainder of Wednesday to go -- I may or may not play more tonight -- I've put myself well in striking distance, about 7700 hands from the goal.
I've started having lots of dreams about poker, pretty much all of which consist of me losing tons of money. My awake poker experiences have been significantly better. I'm playing a pretty tight showdown-dependent style that I could probably improve upon, but I'm hand-reading and making decisions well enough that I've managed to have a good deal of success with it. Between that style and the fortune of not having too many bad things happen, at least consecutively, the lowered variance has gone a long way towards maintaining my sanity. And to think I was so close to giving up between 16k and 25k.
Some groovy hands:
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HAND #1
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Full Tilt, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 7 Players
Hand History Converter by
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Hero (MP2): $200 (100 bb)
MP3: $58.90 (29.5 bb)
CO: $118.60 (59.3 bb)
BTN: $40 (20 bb)
SB: $200 (100 bb)
BB: $154.10 (77.1 bb)
MP1: $202.70 (101.4 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is MP2 with 5
5
MP1 folds,
Hero raises to $7, 4 folds, BB calls $5
Flop: ($15) 5
A
Q
(2 players)
BB checks,
Hero bets $11, BB calls $11
Turn: ($37) T
(2 players)
BB bets $30,
Hero raises to $140, BB calls $106.10 and is all-in
River: ($309.20) 3
(2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results: $309.20 pot ($3 rake)
Hero showed 5
5
(three of a kind, Fives) and lost (-$154.10 net)
BB showed 8
9
(a flush, Ace high) and won $306.20 ($152.10 net)
Oh, not groovy. His turn call is definitely not good, but I guess he wanted to gamble or math is hard or something. He's getting worse than 2:1 and even if all his club and J outs are clean and not in my hand, which will almost never be the case, he's only 27%. Against my actual hand he was about 22% because the Tc and 5c were no good for him.
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HAND #2
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Full Tilt, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 7 Players
Hand History Converter by
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Hero (MP3): $208 (104 bb)
CO: $85 (42.5 bb)
BTN: $200 (100 bb)
SB: $138.50 (69.3 bb)
BB: $200 (100 bb)
MP1: $130 (65 bb)
MP2: $254 (127 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is MP3 with K
K
MP1 calls $2, MP2 calls $2,
Hero raises to $11, 3 folds,
BB raises to $35, 2 folds, Hero calls $24
Flop: ($75) J
T
A
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($75) T
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: ($75) J
(2 players)
BB checks,
Hero bets $45, BB calls $45
Results: $165 pot ($3 rake)
Hero showed K
K
(two pairs, Kings and Jacks) and won $162 ($82 net)
BB mucked Q
Q
and lost (-$80 net)
This was against a tight reg. I knew his hand was either QQ or the other two Ks, so I decided to extend him an invitation to my payoff party in valuetown. Nothing too extraordinary, but it's always fun when you can figure out their exact hand.
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HAND #3
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Full Tilt, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by
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MP1: $165.90 (83 bb)
Hero (MP2): $219.45 (109.7 bb)
MP3: $200 (100 bb)
CO: $200 (100 bb)
BTN: $206.20 (103.1 bb)
SB: $205 (102.5 bb)
BB: $285.90 (143 bb)
UTG+2: $135.15 (67.6 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is MP2 with Q
Q
UTG+2 raises to $8, MP1 calls $8,
Hero raises to $32, 5 folds, UTG+2 calls $24, MP1 folds
Flop: ($75) 8
9
4
(2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($75) 2
(2 players)
UTG+2 bets $75,
Hero raises to $150, UTG+2 calls $28.15 and is all-in
River: ($281.30) 5
(2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results: $281.30 pot ($3 rake)
Hero showed Q
Q
(a pair of Queens) and won $278.30 ($143.15 net)
UTG+2 showed 6
6
(a pair of Sixes) and lost (-$135.15 net)
Gutsy flop check but I knew it would induce the aggrotard every single time as long as an A or K didn't turn. Worth the 16% risk in my opinion. I had been trying to get his money all session.
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HAND #4
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Full Tilt, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by
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MP1: $92.50 (46.3 bb)
MP2: $228 (114 bb)
Hero (MP3): $207 (103.5 bb)
CO: $303.05 (151.5 bb)
BTN: $40 (20 bb)
SB: $63.65 (31.8 bb)
BB: $225.15 (112.6 bb)
UTG+1: $185.45 (92.7 bb)
UTG+2: $276.85 (138.4 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is MP3 with K
K
4 folds,
Hero raises to $7, 3 folds,
BB raises to $21, Hero calls $14
Flop: ($43) K
9
T
(2 players)
BB checks,
Hero bets $30, BB calls $30
Turn: ($103) 8
(2 players)
BB checks,
Hero bets $70,
BB raises to $174.15 and is all-in, Hero calls $86 and is all-in
River: ($415) 2
(2 players, 2 are all-in)
Results: $415 pot ($3 rake)
BB showed A
A
(a pair of Aces) and lost (-$207 net)
Hero showed K
K
(three of a kind, Kings) and won $412 ($205 net)
Just me flopping good and holding. Very nice.
That's all for now. Thanks again to everyone who's wished me luck or otherwise taken interest. Victory is so close I can taste it.
