Played a 9 hour session yesterday. Already knew this coming in, but my swings in terms of bbs are going to be much greater than they were at 2/5, obviously because of the deeper cap BI, but also the style of play/toughness of an avg. player.
I think I played ok yesterday. No problems with tilt, but there where some spots where I either didn't know what to do or didn't know how I should play my range. I think at these stakes balance is going to be a more important factor.
Here are some hands:
Hand 1- 5/10
HJ 40's, loose opener, kinda fishy, (~$2k) opens to 30, btn calls(~$1.5k), I 3bet 130 Q
T
in the sb ($2k). Both call.
3 way
Flop($400): Q
T
K
Me 225, HJ raises to 500, btn folds, I call.
Turn($1400): 7
I check, he shoves ~1300.
Hero...
Hand 2- 5/10
MP opens 40 (40's, Asian), I call HJ 8
9
, Btn calls. ~2k stacks
3way
Flop($135): K
J
3
Check, I bet 80, fold, fold. Not sure I like this bet, I'm thinking I should c/f or maybe c/r but not sure....Based on what I've seen from MP, I think he's playing his range very face up as the pfr i.e. betting any continuing hands and checking his give-ups.
Btn was good/tag from what I've seen which possibly makes the bet worse. On the other hand I feel like if I'm going to start a multi street bluff in this spot, 8 high with backdoors seems like a good candidate.
Hand 3- 5/10
MP (40's Asian guy from hand 2, he seat changed) opens to 35, HJ calls (30's Asian female, tagish), I call bb K
9
We're all ~2k eff.
3 way
Flop($110) 5
5
3
Checks through
Turn($110) 5
I check, MP checks, HJ bets $60, I call, MP folds.
River($330) 7
Check,check.
Not sure about this one but this is my thinking is MP is telegraphing his range ( whiffs looking to c/f) and my read on HJ is she's betting mid pps otf, or if she's not betting them otf, her logic seems a little inconsistent if she bets them ott I guess, other than the fact my perceived range is capped. I think it makes sense she's really air heavy when she bets and I think that's true for a lot of the population. I could be wrong though so I'm interested in anyone's feedback.
Hand 4- 5/10
I open btn 25, bb calls (30's Asian playing reasonably competent/aggressive over a 6 hour sample but tough to make any conclusions)
HU
Flop($55): A
T
8
Check, I bet $25
Turn($105): 2o
Check, I bet $75, he raises to $225
Hmmm...looks like he's repping vale hands pretty narrow here and I'm not exactly sure what he's doing. No sets as they're all presumably 3 betting pre. Not sure how he's playing his Ax range pre. He probably has all A2 and some discounted slow played AT,A8,T8 possibly. We're deep though and I'm IP with a fd so I'm not folding.
River($655): A
He check/folds to $550
Hand 5- 5/10
UTG opens 35 (you guessed it, 40's Asian from hand 2 and 3), 2 calls, I call OTB w/ A
7
I'm ~3k eff. w/ UTG
4 way
Flop($140): A
9
4
3 checks, I bet 70, UTG calls, rest fold.
Turn($280): 8
Check, I bet 135, he tanks and raises to 335.
Keeping in mind what I talked about in hands 2&3, I think he's rarely ever protecting his range otf (checking anything better top pair or better). I could be wrong but this is my read. When he check/calls I'm guessing it's mostly TT-KK.
For the turn decision a previous hand is somewhat relevant....he MP limp/called my iso and c/r me hu on a Q63r, ck/ck 2o turn, c/f K river. I have to assume he had a bluff.
My lol live read was he could not have a monster slow play given how the wheels in his head seemed to be turning. He looked to be genuinely uncomfortable after my turn bet and I think he would probably have different body language with 99 or maybe A8s or 44 (hard to think of many value combos).
I call.
River($950): 3
He bets 515, I call.
.....any feedback is appreciated
Hours- 16:55/400