Played my second actual HU in a pubgame, with no deal made. I lost, but I am fine with my decision. Still, it stings a bit losing a flip for $200 ($450 for 1st and $250 for 2nd).
Some hands on FT:
Blinds 4k/8k, I am chipleader with a little over 300k, which is 25% of chips in play 8-handed. I'm in HJ with A
K
and open to 17k. CO calls, BB calls. Sizing was a misclick, blinds just went up, meh.
Flop K
8
6
, pot 55k. BB checks, I cbet 25k, CO folds, BB raises to 80k. He is a random to me, but gives off a capable vibe. More importantly, he is the only stack that can hurt me, he has ~250k total. It's such a dry board and I'm the only one that can bust him. I just don't see him doing this with straight draws or Kx. I think he has two pair/sets here almost always. I fold.
He shows K
6
, I show my hand, the crowd goes wild.
A few hands later.
Blinds 4k/8k, I'm in BB with Q
2
with 260k behind. Villain from last hands limps in on CO, folds to me, I check.
Flop Q
7
4
, pot 20k. I check-call a 17k bet.
Turn Q
, pot 54k. I check, he bets 35k, I call.
River 2
, pot 124k. I have 200k behind, I check. He bets 60k, I think for a while and jam. He looks disgusted but quickly calls with Q
9
and I win a pot worth half the chips in play.
Two hands later.
Blinds 4k/8k, UTG open jams for 50k, villain UTG+1 from last two hands rejams for 124k, I'm on BTN and also ship it in. SB calls off his remaining 30k.
UTG: K
J
UTG+1: A
Q
Me: J
J
SB: 6
3
Board runs out 8
7
4
T
8
, I bust 3 players and now have 75% of chips in play 5-handed.
Eventually I proceed to lose A
J
>K
J
for a significant pot, 3-handed the two shorter stacks get it all in with even stacks and I wind HU vs. the winner, my 700k vs. his 450k.
We play for a bit at 15k/30k, he jams quite a bit and I get my spot when dealt A
J
, but it's no good against his 5
5
. A little later I lose the rest with J
9
<A
4
and it's GG. I can find one loose call that was unnecessary, but other than that I feel like I played really solid and I'm perfectly fine not making a deal versus my HU opponent.
Next let's just win it.
Online bankroll:
US $1637
Live bankroll:
AU $3305
Last edited by KoolCaliban; 10-06-2015 at 08:59 AM.