Just gonna publicly embarrass myself by displaying how NOT to play AK in the hope that I remember this for future reference. Starting to realise that a J or Q on the flop and perhaps a 10 in a 3 or 4 bet pot when we are holding AK is bad bad news.
Given that we have AK it makes the villains hand less likely to be AA or KK so JJ and QQ are more likely.
I seem to always start off by smashing things when I start a new limit. Used to think it was just good variance but now starting to think its because I bring my A game to the table and 10 times as much determination and concentration. Then when EV starts kicking me about the playground I start playing some weak C game material.
Great job and yes thats a very good reason why u might do well when moving up and much better than playing scared or over adjusting
Thanks.
And also as a note to myself my turn cbet has been 59% for this period which seems to compliment my red line nicely.
Previously I have tried to get this stat down but just playing my natural game and not thinking about stats here seems to work better for me on the turn.
Ugh feel bad about this, just ruined a session. Our old friend AK. Villain hands: 33 - Vpip 34/16 3bet: 8.3
In 3 or 4bet pots we shouldnt really be fearing that villain has flopped a flush all too often. So I thought it would be more likely that he is shoving with a flush draw or he is shoving with something mediocre in order to prevent me drawing to the flush.
Or when he raises all in here, should I realise he has it?
I'm a nit so i would've wanted to fold to his flop raise
If it would have been any respectable reg I would have folded to that flop raise. Had I thought about it a while longer I may have folded, but i did call rather quickly as I felt his shove was coming as soon as I seen the board.
I think he could have showed up with all sorts here. Was hoping he had an A with some kicker T or J or something.
Wish I had folded now, doubt he was shoving this with anything I was beating often enough to make it worthwhile.
Oh well best to make idiot mistakes @ 10nl I suppose.
Finished this session a BI up due to some emphatic non showdown winnings.
Hand #1
This hand was Awwwwch! Honestly didnt see the Villains cards coming here. Looked at the board before raising the river deciding I had the virtual nuts.
River: ($3.70) 4 (3 players)
SB bets $5, Hero raises to $11 all in, MP1 folds, SB calls $4.03 all in
Spoiler:
Final Pot: $21.76
SB shows 7 6 (a full house, Sevens full of Sixes)
Hero shows 3 7 (a full house, Sevens full of Fours)
SB wins $20.78
(Rake: $0.98)
Hand #2
Every bit of logic in my head was screaming "FOLD FOLD FOLD" yet the message did not get to my fingers which decided to click on call. He could be pulling this with worse sets I guess, but I knew what he had and still called.
River: ($2.75) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2, BB raises to $9.89 all in, Hero calls $6.80 all in
Spoiler:
Final Pot: $20.35
BB shows J K (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Hero mucks A A
BB wins $19.43
(Rake: $0.92)
Hand #3
Was closing my tables down as this hand arrived. Villain was something like 33/11 and 3bet of 0 which made me very wary that I was up against either AA or QQ so I decided to call in position. I knew that Q on the flop was ugly, turn was prettier on the eye.
Turn: ($5.65) K (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $2.40, UTG+1 raises to $7.50, Hero calls $4.95 all in
River: ($20.35) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Spoiler:
Final Pot: $20.35
UTG+1 shows Q Q (a full house, Queens full of Deuces)
Hero shows K K (a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
Hero wins $19.43
(Rake: $0.92)
Subbed. On a similar path as you. Binked a couple of freeroll mtts back in November and have been grinding it up ever since. Found your thread because I'm thinking about doing a PCG thread of my own. Good luck.