snap hero call

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BTN/SB: t1220 61 BBs
Hero (BB): t1780 89 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with 3 J
BTN/SB calls t10, Hero raises to t60, BTN/SB calls t40

Flop: (t120) 2 9 6 (2 players)
Hero bets t80, BTN/SB calls t80

Turn: (t280) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets t200, BTN/SB calls t200

River: (t680) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t395, Hero calls t395



k i just looked at the hand and i look like a huge fish so ill explain my line haha.
i attacked his limp because he was playing super straight forward preflop at the time. i did a standard cbet and he flatted. he either had a draw or middle/bottom pair. now this turn is perfect for me. usually people hate to barrel on a board pairing turn but unlike a face card turn, this lets me represent the 9 hard and this guy probably wouldve believed me. now when he flats the turn as well, im thinking that hes drawing or holding onto a 6. theres no way in hell that this guy wouldn't have raised the flop and turn if he had a 9. now when the ace river comes out, its another perfect card for me. i know that if he fires the river my jack high will be good far more often than not because hes almost never going to have an ace in his hand, so i literally snapped it off as fast as i could when he fired.
obviously the line i took was heavily read based. i would normally snap fold the river to most opponents

**** lol. i didnt take into account the possibility of running bad when i set my goal. today just isnt my day for poker. been getting it in good and losing or getting into cooler spots. down a couple BI but hopefully i can turn that around in the next few hours. ill update again before i sleep.

My problem with your hand here is that he could easily be playing some kind of busted FD with Kx or Qx here...he could also have a 6 in a number of spots. If he doesn't believe you on the turn, the A is actually relatively blank for you (you're probably not double barrelling with Ax on 9629, honestly) and he could fire river to get folds with air.

Idk, maybe you had a super strong read that I didn't quite get from your post. I don't really like it but nice pot

i dont remember the game enough to comment on it anymore. in a vacuum i dont see a busted flush draw with a king or queen betting out on the river though

well im down 200 for the day from bad play. went up 200, lost it from bad luck, then lost 200 more from bad play. maybe ill have a godlike day tomorrow

Back to winning but a fish who ran like god took away some of my profit for the day. If I can stay in a good mindset and not run bad, i can hopefully have a 300+ day

wow OP you're awesome, what a great call. You played the hand like a champ. You're destined to reach your goal.

haha no idea if that was sarcastic or not but thanks.

running about 4.5BI below EV right now. hopefully this turns around...

running below ev seriously sucks. im past 1500 at least.

brag: only spewed one bi today. i usually spew a few when i run bad but i had it under control today

also im getting ~100 in rakeback tomorrow so if i run well, $2000 still isnt impossible.

i think im done for the day. ended with 200 up from husng and 50 up in hu cash. it amazed me how nitty the hu cash regs were. i really didnt want to just leave after 200 hands but it was so boring just grinding them down....

Amazing call man. Hey, do you have skype? I need someone to teach me HU.

haha sorry but i already have two people i need to coach from the husng ladder im in.

had a sick hand just now. very first hand against a fish who was tilting like ****


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Hero (BB): t1500 75 BBs
BTN/SB: t1500 75 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with 5 5
BTN/SB raises to t40, Hero calls t20

Flop: (t80) 4 3 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t80, Hero calls t80

Turn: (t240) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t240, Hero calls t240

River: (t720) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets t1140 all in, BTN/SB calls t1140 all in

I love that last hand. He soul read your missed diamond draw without the 5,6,7,Q or possibly the 3 of that suit. It would've been really funny if you'd had Kd3d instead.

Didn't realize some of the $25+ HUSNG's are so fishy.

the funnier part is that he snapped me off as hard as he could. i was so sure he had 59o before i saw i won it. and its rarely ever as fishy as that. the players might be bad but they rarely ever spew this much lol. that being said, i present to you this hand
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BB: t955 31.83 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t2045 68.17 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN/SB with A 5
Hero raises to t60, BB calls t30

Flop: (t120) T Q J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60, BB calls t60

Turn: (t240) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60, BB calls t60

River: (t360) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t180, BB calls t180



first royal in a while and i somehow got paid off for it...

also i HIT 2K! i played two fish in a row and pulled out 5BI of profit at the 50s. im also regged in the mftops #12 so i had like a $350 day today. sick day

it kills me how my boomswitch is always followed by a doom switch lol. hopefully i can keep my cool and play through this again

such a joke people like u have no clue what a downswing is no offense but wait until you get coolered or rivered match after match for a week or two straight.

im not saying im running worse than any other human has. i ran incredibly bad a couple months ago where i got 1 outered, 2 outered, 3 outered, and everything possible for a week. im sure i can run worse and i will eventually.
whats really a joke is that someone cant understand the mindset a player is in when he is running well then starts to run bad. a slightly bad run wont make a person who was running average blink but when a person was running well before it starts, it feels a lot worse. no need to get sand in your pussy

oh and forgot to say. running bad in ring games is a lot different. you at least have a chance to get your money back from the same player. in husngs people snap reject you as soon as they suck out

Best of luck - keep posting - so far so good. And please promise you won't go all Elwood on us (search it if you don't know).......

yeah i saw elwoods thread. the guy seems like hes just trolling hardcore lol.

REG WARS! some reg thought it would be fun to sit me like im a fish. took his ass to town (i ran good)

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BTN/SB: t1630 81.50 BBs
Hero (BB): t1370 68.50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with J J
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero raises to t200, BTN/SB raises to t1630 all in, Hero calls t1170 all in

Flop: (t2740) 9 9 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t2740) 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t2740) 9 (2 players - 2 are all in)


i have jacks here so i shove lol. no real thinking here.


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BB: t320 16 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t2680 134 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with K Q
Hero raises to t40, BB raises to t320 all in, Hero calls t280

Flop: (t640) J 5 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t640) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t640) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)


just normal endgame here. i waited for a hand because he wasnt shoving super wide and he binked a five. what can i do.


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BB: t630 31.50 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t2370 118.50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with 4 4
Hero raises to t40, BB raises to t630 all in, Hero calls t590

Flop: (t1260) 5 7 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t1260) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t1260) J (2 players - 1 is all in)


im never folding pocket fours against this guy. always good to hit quads though

Rematch #1

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BTN/SB: t1510 75.50 BBs
Hero (BB): t1490 74.50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with 4 6
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero calls t40

Flop: (t120) 6 3 K (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t60, Hero calls t60

Turn: (t240) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t140, Hero calls t140

River: (t520) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks


here i flat the flop because im good against a large portion of his range. draws and air are definitely possible so i decide to reevaluate on the turn. now his bet sizing on the turn determined everything for me. 140 is a bet i see a lot of people use when theyre drawing. couldve been a spew call but i decided to go with my gut and i was right. not sure what i wouldve done if he fired the river.


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BB: t840 42 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t2160 108 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with 4 6
Hero raises to t40, BB raises to t120, Hero calls t80

Flop: (t240) 5 A J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t120, BB calls t120

Turn: (t480) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t480) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t340, BB raises to t600 all in, Hero calls t260


this guys been playing pretty nitty preflop so i was opening atc. on the flop i followed with a standard cbet and get flatted. at this point i decide to pretty much give up on the hand. the turn is pretty good for me, gives me a gutshot so on top of me having given up, i pick up a gutshot. the river is gold. guy jams and im jizzing myself. he deserves to lose that hand by the way he played it though

Rematch #2
Ran relatively well where i hit most of the hands i 3bet with. Nothing too special, i bet he folds so i wont show those.


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Hero (BB): t2000 100 BBs
BTN/SB: t1000 50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with 5 4
BTN/SB raises to t40, Hero calls t20

Flop: (t80) 7 3 K (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t40, Hero calls t40

Turn: (t160) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

River: (t160) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets t120, BTN/SB calls t120


this ones a questionable play. i flat the flop with a gutshot and the intention of taking it down on later streets if the board comes right. obviously, me running well, i hit the nuts with the open ended straight flush draw on top of it. i checked in hopes that he has a king and also because there arent too many bad rivers for me. value bet the river relatively large and got paid off.


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Hero (BB): t2240 112 BBs
BTN/SB: t760 38 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with A Q
BTN/SB raises to t40, Hero raises to t120, BTN/SB raises to t760 all in, Hero calls t640

Flop: (t1520) T 7 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t1520) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t1520) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)


i hadnt been 3betting super super often but i was doing it pretty often. he was tilted and decided to play back when he had a marginal hand that plays ok to a 3bet since my range is pretty wide. he sucked out and the game continues


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Hero (BB): t1450 72.50 BBs
BTN/SB: t1550 77.50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with 3 3
BTN/SB raises to t40, Hero calls t20

Flop: (t80) 2 K 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

Turn: (t80) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t40, Hero raises to t120, BTN/SB calls t80

River: (t320) K (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks


not sure what i was thinking here. it worked out though


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Hero (BTN/SB): t1640 54.67 BBs
BB: t1360 45.33 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN/SB with 4 2
Hero raises to t60, BB calls t30

Flop: (t120) 9 5 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60, BB raises to t180, Hero calls t120

Turn: (t480) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t480) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks


on the flop i bet to protect my hand. when he raises me i think im good often enough that i can find a call there. the turn and rivers are relative blanks and it goes to showdown.


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Hero (BB): t1880 62.67 BBs
BTN/SB: t1120 37.33 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with 8 A
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero raises to t180, BTN/SB raises to t1120 all in, Hero calls t940

Flop: (t2240) 8 9 J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t2240) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t2240) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)


i made a standard 3bet and he played back. i had played this guy once before and i remember he 4bet shoved A5s so i figured his range is wide enough for a call, especially considering he was slightly tilted. i win the flip and im happy.


now youre probably wondering why all the hands i posted were ones i played well in. its actually because there are no interesting hands other than these haha. most other hands just ended with a 3bet/fold or standard cbet.

/super long post

I took an extended break from poker and I'm going to be back on the grind soon. It's cool to come back and see another HUSNG player doing well. Gj jackxer.

i was wondering if you quit poker or not up until now. and yeah i got my **** straight and im actually thinking while playing. hopefully i can keep it up.

also im about to play a $2.20 rush rebuy guarantee. gonna ship this bitch

edit - AK < AQ, AA < Q2. busted four BI in 20 hands. gg

^ I had some ridiculously stressful sessions and went on a downswing. Couldn't help but take a break from poker until I could get past it. RL things were contributing to the stress as well so I had my hands full basically. I don't think I'll be playing many HUSNGs from here on out, they're just too stressful for me.

But stay positive man, you got this.

Good to see you at the 50s now jackxer. What's your bankroll at now? Keep it up!

yeah i can see how husngs will stress a man out. i wouldnt mind taking a break but the ironman keeps me stuck to it good luck with poker man

and my bankroll is just above 2000 again. i was past 2200 but after spewing 90 and getting bad beat out of 100, im down to 2000. turned a $20 profit for the day. at least im not in the red

so u really think a few buy ins is a downswing?

seriously you obviously have never experienced a real downswing. we are talking weeks and MONTHS of consistently getting it in good and getting sucked out on...or coolers where entire sessions you keep running sets into sets, flushes into flushes, etc etc

just wait. honestly if i were you, i would cash out like half your roll now and tuck it away.
seriously man, youve worked hard for that 2 grand...take a step back and look at this situation....you have obviously been on a nice ride so far, but i promise it will all end soon. you will either lose your entire roll, or atleast 75% of it. THATS a real downsing.