Played an extremely soft 2/5 table today for 2 hours. I got some nice starting hands, and I decided to do something different for today's post and detail every single hand I VPIP'd (yes, I just
verbed that word).
Hand 1: I've folded for an orbit or two so I thought (wrongly, again) that I might get some respect here. HJ opened to $20, CO calls, button calls, I make it $85 from BB with K
2
. Probably not big enough raise pre, oh well. Only loose-passive villain in HJ calls.
Flop Q
J
5
, pot $215
I check, villain checks.
Turn 7
, pot $215
I bet $125, villain calls.
River A
, pot $465
I shove my last $290 in, villain folds. I think villain has a lot of non-ace 1 pair hands here and what possible bluffs can I have after I 3bet pre? Not really anything except Kx, lol. I show of course to give people the wrong idea since I plan on playing tight as usual.
Hand 2: I make it $50 preflop over some limpers with A
J
, guy shoves for $125 total, Mr. Whale calls. I obviously call, it gets checked down and the shortstack's 4
4
holds up.
Hand 3: Shortly after I raise K
J
preflop to $30 over a couple limps, 2 callers including Mr. Whale who has position on me. I 3 barreled a 2-tone J high flop getting my full stack in and split with Mr. Whale who held K
J
. Sigh, thought I was good for sure.
Hand 4: Decent player opens to $20, 2 callers, I flat with 7
7
in the BB. I didn't flop a set so I check/folded.
Hand 5: 2 limps, I raise A
K
preflop to $50 from MP because apparently no one is folding pre on this table, Mr. Whale calls on the button and limper calls.
Flop Q
T
8
$150 pot
Limper checks, I check, Mr. Whale bets $90. We both fold. I would cbet some amount of the time here.
Hand 6: Next hand I play, I raise A
K
to $25, get 3 bet by decent player from hand 4 to $90, and I 4 bet to $250, slightly less than half my stack. He folds T
T
. Recently I was thinking about my 4-bet bluff range, and I just realized this is what it is vs. 99% of live players. Ace King. That's the only hand in my 4-bet bluff range.
Hand 7: Lady limps UTG, I make it $25 with A
A
from UTG+1. 2 callers, lady repops to $50 total. I obviously 4bet here, I made it $250. Both callers fold of course, lady calls. I'm thinking wow does she really have the same hand?? I'm really hoping that she has KK.
Flop 8
8
3
, pot $550
She shoves for about $250, I obviously snap. She turns over... 6
6
. She said she put me on AK because I played it the same way earlier, and at that point I realized hmm, I did indeed make the same open/4 bet size with AK. Anyway I worked soooooooooo hard not to burst out laughing for the next couple minutes.
Hand 8: I raised to $50 with J
J
on the button over some limpers. 4-handed on the flop, I cbet $100 into a $200 pot on an 8
5
3
flop and folded to an all in checkraise from loose-passive villain from hand 1 for $300 more. He claims he had bottom set, I believe him (obviously, since I folded).
Hand 9: Couple limps, I open to $50 with A
Q
, tight guy behind me flats, Mr. Whale squeezes to $105. Lol. Since I've never seen him raise pre before, we both fold and he says he had aces. BIG SURPRISE.
+$486 in 2 hours.
Cleveland total: $3659, 23 hours.