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ChuckTs
Legend
Silver Level
Well sunday night i played in a couple small buy-in homegames with some guys i used to play poker with when i was just learning
we were all on the same level, but since then i have improved significantly, and they really haven't played at all, so they're still pretty poor players
Player 1: Loose and aggressive, but still very smart - either him or me usually win the home games
Player 2: Me. I'm playing fairly tight and very aggressive
Player 3: Tight and passive. He will only really commit himself with a top-10 hand
Player 4: Loose and slightly aggressive. Very confusing playing against him; sometimes he will just push with nothing to try and steal the pot
I ended up playing about 5 hands total throughout both of the tournies, and here are the two that buried me:
Hand 1 (first tourny): Blinds are getting big, so i loosen up; I raise 4XBB UTG with KQs and all folds around to BB (Player 1) who calls
Flop: K-9-8 rainbow
He bets small and i raise about the pot, and he calls
Turn:K-9-8-J rainbow
He checks and i bet the same amount i did last round, which is about 1/3 of my stack, and he pushes
i think for a while and am 99% sure he doesnt have QT but 2 pair is a possibility
i end up calling, and he turns over KJ for two pair....i should have known
Hand 2 (second tourny): This is just bad luck, but i raise UTG again with ATo and get one caller (Player 3) behind me
Flop: K-Q-J with flush draw
I bet the pot and he raises all in; i quickly call. He flips over KJ
Turn: K-Q-J-4, still no flush
River: K-Q-J-4-J
arg!
anyways just needed to vent
i find it so much harder to play against these guys now than before, because of the difference in skill - it's just impossible to read them.
I decided because of this i'd just tighten up and play only top 10 hands, but that didn't really work.
we were all on the same level, but since then i have improved significantly, and they really haven't played at all, so they're still pretty poor players
Player 1: Loose and aggressive, but still very smart - either him or me usually win the home games
Player 2: Me. I'm playing fairly tight and very aggressive
Player 3: Tight and passive. He will only really commit himself with a top-10 hand
Player 4: Loose and slightly aggressive. Very confusing playing against him; sometimes he will just push with nothing to try and steal the pot
I ended up playing about 5 hands total throughout both of the tournies, and here are the two that buried me:
Hand 1 (first tourny): Blinds are getting big, so i loosen up; I raise 4XBB UTG with KQs and all folds around to BB (Player 1) who calls
Flop: K-9-8 rainbow
He bets small and i raise about the pot, and he calls
Turn:K-9-8-J rainbow
He checks and i bet the same amount i did last round, which is about 1/3 of my stack, and he pushes
i think for a while and am 99% sure he doesnt have QT but 2 pair is a possibility
i end up calling, and he turns over KJ for two pair....i should have known
Hand 2 (second tourny): This is just bad luck, but i raise UTG again with ATo and get one caller (Player 3) behind me
Flop: K-Q-J with flush draw
I bet the pot and he raises all in; i quickly call. He flips over KJ
Turn: K-Q-J-4, still no flush
River: K-Q-J-4-J
anyways just needed to vent
i find it so much harder to play against these guys now than before, because of the difference in skill - it's just impossible to read them.
I decided because of this i'd just tighten up and play only top 10 hands, but that didn't really work.