Year of the Horse
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - John F. Kennedy
2014 is the year of the horse according to the Chinese zodiac. Hopefully that means big results this year for me. This week has been good so far, booking two solid wins but I'm still slacking on putting in longer sessions. Last night I had solid reads on everyone at the table but towards the end of the session I felt myself getting easily frustrated at peoples play against me and decided to rack up instead of playing pissed off.
I have two hands to share with the first being deemed AIDS by one of my housemates (Kydd said it wasn't
total AIDS so I'm not too ashamed of it):
Effective stacks $500
Preflop ($7):
Hero is UTG+1 with A
J
UTG limps,
Hero raises to 25, folded to
BB and
UTG who both call.
This is my third hand at the table and I have no reads on anybody yet. BB is an older (mid 50's) white male.
Flop ($77): K
Q
9
Checked around.
Elected not to cbet here 3 ways because I think this flop hits a ton of villains ranges.
Turn ($77): 7
Checked around.
Now I have showdown value with my A and I'm not getting a pair to fold at this point IMO.
River ($77): T
BB bets 20,
UTG folds,
Hero raises to 60,
BB raises to 160,
Hero takes some time and raises to 260,
BB takes a couple seconds and calls.
I elected not to shove because I thought
BB could find a fold given his age if I shove. I still probably could've made it 150ish on top and he still would've called. Housemate says he never folds after 3betting the river but it just didn't feel like a slam dunk shove to me.
BB had J
9
Hand #2:
Effective stacks $500
Preflop ($7):
Hero is in MP1 with J
J
One limp to
Hero who raises to 25, folded to
BTN who calls as does
UTG limper.
BTN was a super face up nitty player. Him calling 25 means I can rule out pretty much all suited connectors and can put him on PP's and some suited broadways.
UTG limper can peel flops pretty wide but is fit or fold on the turn.
Flop ($82): J
J
8
UTG checks,
Hero bets 30,
BTN quickly calls,
UTG folds.
I pretty much put
BTN strictly on a flush draw at this point. The only 8 I can possibly see him having here would be 88.
Turn ($142): Q
Hero bets 85,
BTN calls.
Now I'm hoping a blank hits the river and I can bet it pretty big. Probably could've bet this street bigger to set up a bigger river bet. My mistake here.
River ($312): 8
Hero bets 105,
BTN calls.
Pretty much the WOAT river card. I honestly didn't even expect him to call the 105.
BTN shows K
K
That's it for hands so far this week. Will update again on Sunday most likely.