Fun hand I found from 2011

http://www.flopturnriver.com/Poker-H...BB-1327855.php

lol

Just keep posting the hands how you like them, and I appreciate the informative posts you make over and over again.

I'm sure it inspires people to be a bit more open minded. Thanks for that!

I wrote down every single hand I vpiped today. I wrote a message to myself after every 1 level. At the start is my initial pre session notes.

I will post one levels worth of notes each day, every day until there is no hours left. Weirdly in the first one hour I played the most amount of hands of any level so far. Here goes anyway..

Bolded parts are my post game thoughts.

€10k high roller, bullet 1.

Pre game notes:



- don't need to talk, don't need to chat, here for business.

-Don't need to try and impress anybody but myself

- don't need to talk in big pots, against good players it will give off strength

- don't feel that tanking is going to get on some ballets nerves, it's a big tournament for me, take your own pace

- think about Sizings and frequencies. If I'm betting a lot of my range vs better very polar then think about how to size each street

- my image against some of these guys is spewy/trying too hard, think about that in big important pots where they will make exploitable calls, it's fine to give up.


First table
Odwyer
Kurkanov
Luckychewy
Antesvante
Justholdplz
Unknown
Diego Ventura

Hand 1
150/300
Open to 800 from mp with aqdd, bub folds (I don't want to play with you) unknown looks at me.

New table

Darrel Gao
Timex
Luc greenwood
Pierre Neuville
Two unknowns

Hand 2
150/300
Open to 800 utg with AKred, Darrel calls
Flop 667r I Cbet 700, he calls
Turn 777qfd check check
River 776q4 bdfd completes he bets 4650 I fold

Actually a little bit unhappy about this hand. I think ak is good bluffcatchers on the river. I don't block any draws, I block his best qx that may value bet and ak >> 99 here. I also block aa/Kk that could flat pre bb vs utg

Hand 3
150/300
Darrel open cut off I flat button kjo
Flop 442r Cbet 700/fold

No backdoor flush draws, easy give up

Hand 4
150/300
I open KJ 800 in cut off, timex flats button, Pierre bub
T52ssx I Cbet 500, both fold

I wanted early in the tournament to use a small bet sizing and didn't think I'd get played back at here too often so went for the small flop sizing. It's incorporated heavily into my game but in hrs it's a little bit tougher to do so was happy to get this implemented early

Hand 5
150/300
I open A7hh 800 in cut off, Luc greenwood 3bets 2650, I call.
Flop 863hxx I c/call 3000
Turn 863k I c/f 5000

I think both pre and flop are pretty close. I don't mind folding either street. I think turn gets checked through often enough and I can bluff rivers. Pre flop is close, 4betting large is perhaps best vs his linear range. I think r/f definitely fine option too, in hindsight if I could play it again I think all options are close, folding perhaps being slightly superior.


Hand 6
150/300
Pierre 800 co, unknown btn calls, I defend bub kdtx
Flop a92ddx I c/f to 1200

Not a bad hand to c/r blocking am and blocking flush draws whilst still potentially being able to barrel turn and river huge. I think letting this go is good as I've vpiped a high % so far


Hand 7
I limp bvb with JJ, timex makes it 1000
Flop I c/c a5jhhx 1000
Turn I c/c a5jahhss 2500
River I lead 6200 a5ja4hhssh he makes it 21000, I call he has a5

Really interesting hand. I think pre flop limping everything is good, I think 3bettong is a fine option but I think I prefer flatting. Flop is standard call, turn is close, if we never expect him to fold ax ott then I think it's good to raise, I don't think I have much bluffs here both in reality or perceived so think flatting is the only option.

River is 4h and I think he will check back some weaker ax hands will often check back river, I think that whilst I don't have that many bluffs I think my perceived image vs him is that I will click too many button here. I make it 6200 and he stares at me for a whole and makes it 21000. I think he can raise worse for value and whilst it's obviously a bad spot I don't necessarily expect him to raise a5o and a4o pre flop and I block AJ really hard. He could also raise hearts for value occasionally. Very important hand, kind of word hand, I think post flop I like my line but unsure about pre flop, anybody limp/3bets?


Hand 8 very next hand
I open xx on the button to 800, timex 3bets to 2500 sb
Flop q82 I bet 1200, he calls
Turn q82q I bet 2300, he folds


Hand 9 150/300
I limp 300 w/64cc in hijac on pierres blind greenwood makes it 1000 otb. I fold

Level 1 thoughts, played good. Unlucky hand with timex, don't worry about it though. Table maybe thinks I'm steaming, feeling completely fine though. 22k at 400bb is great. This stack I still have to 3bet somewhat linear, low 3bet % is probably best here. Limp a lot with timex and greenwood on my left. Feeling uncomfortable when timex is staring at me as he's on my direct left and very close to me. consider different stance vs him, everything else extremely comfortable. My vpip is very high right now, but all hands seem fine this deep for sure. Understand how others who haven't seen showdowns view that.


So that's - that. A disappointing first level, one obviously crucially big hand vs timex. Check back tomorrow for level 2

Very cool to see your thought process for every hand. I think taking these kind of notes is key to improve live game - will definitely implement on my next live tourney. Thanks man.

I'm c/c pf in timex hand too, imo is much better than flat/3b. But i'm folding river, just think that timex is never bluffing here vs ur image. Prob i'm wrong.
Curious he raising A5o here, or he respect u too much, or he think u are a really bad reg, lol. Prob the first one.

Btw, how good can he run? This hand is so sick.

Didn't exactly run good when Chartier binked that bet though did he lol

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Let me know

This format is really nice!

Looking forward to reading these one-hour cuts up until the last hand of HU!

You will win this one!

I'm not sure how deep you are in the timex hand but JJ seems a 3bet for value at almost any stackdepth? Especially when he's raising that wide

Let me know if you want more action on this

I never played a 10k before, but what bluffs does Timex have on A5JA4 ? I couldn't find any 😦
I think limp/3 betting is better vs a good reg. ( unlucky tho)

Was thinking the same, but he could conceivably bluff a TON of ax with no hurrt hands as pads reps fläsh pretty well

Why do people consider A5 a thin river raise?
I think limpcalling is probably going to be better pre unless you have a wide-ish limpraising range (no idea if you do).

Im fine with JJ hand

How deep are you with JJ?

Can you please put the stack sizes you and villain have before hands so we can have a better knowledge whats going on, like this is not clear how deep you are and what move sizing would be best accordingly

It's hard to write effective stack sizes for every single hand history. Want this to be quickish when I write the hands.

think folding rvr is a atrocious.

I think people may be confused, we have a boat, not just trips. JJ vs A5 on A5J54**++*
(I use * and + to note flushcards)

I agree because we are certainly on the top of our range here.

However i believe we are up against a bigger house a decent amount of the time here. Our call-call then lead river line is looking very strong: its the well known "i donk the river myself because i am scared of getting a check behind". Its a classic.

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ok wtf, lead river, ok..

He's raising every boat and Ahi(/Khi?) flushes though. Hero would donk the river with any flush I'm sure.

i wouldn't think he's raising any flushes

mttthoughtprocess

Sicko tables. O_o