OK, I really feel like I should review key hands from those two sessions and the 1:15 I played today. Probably my ev is better if I work on something non-poker, but what the hell. It occurs to me that unlike most activities I can hand review and drink at the same time, so let's.
The way that Global does their histories means that I basically have no reads in hand review. That doesn't necessarily reflect the state of things in play, but I am usually playing at least one table of something else while I'm doing this. I'm basically labeling guys who limp in terrible spots or I notice doing something else way off and otherwise not paying a ton of attention.
First session, table Cincinnati:
This must be a very loose passive table, or else I misclicked, because I openlimp QT in the CO, Button and SB call, BB checks. Flop KT4tt, checked to me, I bet .6, Button and BB call. Turn Q, check, I bet $1.6 and they fold.
UTG limps, I 4x in the co with T8s, BB and limper call. Flop J86tt with my backdoor, checks, I bet 1.6, BB calls. Turn 3, check, I bet 3.6, call. River 7 and I check back.
UTG and Button limp, I complete the SB with J
9
, BB checks. Flop Q
T
3
, I check, BB minbets, UTG calls, Button folds, I call. Tun K
, I check, BB minbets, Button raises to $1, I call, BB folds. River K
, I check, Button bet $1.8, and I fold. This feels really weak but it's so hard for him to bet something I beat again here. I definitely call off on a blank.
I open 3x in the hijack with JJ, very deep Button and BB call. Flop QJ8r, BB bets $1.4, I call, Button clicks back, SB folds, I think about it for a minute and decide I might as well jam for $18.87 more. These overbets have been working pretty well for me at these stakes, and he calls off with AQ.
Button limps, I complete JT, BB checks. Flop Q98 monotone and I have none. I bet .6 and BB calls. Turn 9, I bet $1.6, BB jams for $9.9, and I call. This strikes me as a pretty dumb limit-y call knowing the results, but in retrospect (and after another 6hrs in this game) I think he has Qx or 9x quite often here. Still probably bad given the odds but not as bad as it feels.
I get in trouble bvb, opening 3x with J8s. BB calls and we see KT7 with one of my suit, I bet .6 and he calls. Turn 8, I check-call .8. River T, I bet 2.4, he clicks back, and I run away.
Hijack limps and I check K5 in the BB. Flo K92tt, I check, he minbets, and I call. Turn 2, check-check. River T, I check-call .9. Still no idea how to play these spots as a regular thing.
First session, table Daly City:
Button minraises, I call SB with K4s, BB folds. Flop J86, I check-raise and he folds. I shouldn't be spending my mental energy on this right now, but free money and all.
Hijack limps, I 4x KQ in the SB, BB and limper call. Flop Q54tt, I bet $2, both call. Turn K, I bet 7, both call. (limper allin tiny.) River 7, I jam for $10, BB calls and shows 55. This strikes me as just a cooler I'm never getting away from.
UTG limps, I 4x with AQ, CO, BB and limper call. Flop QJJ, BB checks, limper jams $4.43 into $3.20 and I call. Don't really see any way around this even with two guys behind me, but this might be a spot I'm very wrong?
Two limps and I check A3. Flop 247tt, I check, HJ checks, Button openfolds. Turn 5, I bet .8, call. River flushing J, I bet $1.4, call. Sizing here?
First session, table Birmingham:
Four-handed, CO limps, Button make it .6, I call SB with Q9s, BB and limper fold. Flop Q62r, I check-call .8. River 5, checks through. Turn T, I bet $1.6
Three-handed, SB completes and I make it .6 with QJ. Flop T84r, check, I bet .6, he calls. River K, check, I bet $1.2, he folds. This seems boring but it's so limit-y I feel like I should post it. I've been taking free cards in these spots in NL but this seems like it calls out for the second c-bet.
I 3x in HJ with KTs, Button calls. Flop KJ3tt, I bet 1, he calls. Turn flushing K, I bet $2.2, he raises to $5, and I call. River 6 check-check.
I 2x Button with red kings, BB calls. Flop 974 with two hearts, he checks, I bet $1, he clicks back and I call. Turn T
, he bets $2 and I call. River 2c, he checks, I bet $2.6. I'm ok with the small size since it's pretty hard for him to pay off many one pair hands here.
I 3x A6 on the button, SB min-threebets and I call. Flop JT2r, checks. Turn T, checks. River Kh, check and I bet .8. I post this mostly because I'm unclear how to handle these sorts of minimum 3-bets. Seems like I can't fold much but I don't have a good population range for doing it yet. I get called by A2 so the bluff was obviously no good.
Second session, table Birmingham: (Second session but less than an hour later; I bought in for $47.xx.)
Button minraises, I call SB with 99, BB raises to $1.2, Button calls, I think about resqueezing but call. Flop T75tt, I check, BB bets $1, Button calls and so do I. Turn 2, we check to Button who bets $1.2, I call, BB folds. River 2, I check, Button bets $2 and I call. This is maybe the most interesting hand of the bunch. I feel like I've underplayed a bit here and have a nice bluff-catcher.
I 3x HJ with AJ, CO min-threebets and I call. Flop AT8tt, I check, he minbets, and I call. Turn 9, I check, he bets $3.8 into $2.7 and I call. River J and we both check. This strikes me as another interesting one.
All at 150 bets, CO opens 3x, SB calls and I call BB with 99. Flop Q95tt, SB checks, I check, CO bets .8, SB clicks back. I call knowing it's super-strong but not sure how else to go about it. SB calls too. Turn 3c, SB checks, I bet pot $6.6 and they both fold. This might be the first hand I've played too face-up even for these stakes. I wanted more value here, but how? Raise flop Smaller turn bet?
I open 4x in HJ with black AK, CO (110bb) threebets to $2.7 and I call. Flop KQ2
, check, check. Turn T, I check, he bets $7.6 into $5.7 and I fold. FPSy but it's hard to see what I beat here. This is a spot I still have trouble with pre, I feel like we're too deep to jam but I don't want to 3bet, get called, and have to play a flop with one bet.
UTG opens 3x, I raise to $2 in CO with AK, he calls. Flop QQ2, he checks and I check back. Turn 2, he bets .6, I call. River 8, he bets $2.75, I fold. Ech. C-bet? Don't peel?
Button limps, I check 63
. Flp J
9
8
, I minbet, he minraises, and I call. Turn 5
, I bet $1.3, he clicks back again, and I call. River 7, I check, he bets $3.25 and I call. Is this MUBS or reasonable?
Second session, table Rochester:
Three-handed, I minraise 87s, BB who has 8bb calls. He jams Q97r and I feel obliged to call. I should probably tighten up my steals in these spots, SB only had 58bb. This table didn't live very long.
Second session, table El Paso:
Another spot I get the worst of it bvb: I 3x SB with A9, BB calls. Flop A87tt, I bet .8, he clicks back and I call. Turn 5, I check-call $4.4. River 8, I check-call $6.6. I just don't see where I get away from this, given the draws available and that I now beat A7 and A5. He has quads.
Third session, table Ft. Lauderdale:
I start off the day really well by getting in preflop with AK against JJ and 99. 99 (who cold-overcalled) wins, but if I could get hand histories and make a graph my ev line would thank me.
HJ limps, I 4x button with KJ, BB and limper call. Flop KQ2tt, check, HJ bets $2.5, I call, BB folds. Turn 5, CO bets $3.75, I put him in for another $1.47. He has K5 but the river is a Q.
I 3x CO with AQ
, CO and BB call. Flop 8
4
2
, check, I bet $1.2, Co folds, BB calls. Turn 2
, check, I bet $3 and he calls. River 7
, check, I put him in for $8.6 and he calls.
Three-handed I'm 191bb deep and BB covers. Button limps, I complete A7
, BB checks. Flop 8
6
5
, I bet .6 and BB calls. Turn 4
, I check, he bets $1.8, I click back and he calls. River 8, I bet $6.2 and he folds. In retrospect it seems like a larger raise on the turn or a much smaller bet on the river is called for here. I may have gotten max value out of something like K
6 though.
Four-handed, CO who has been wild opens 5x, Button calls, I make it $3.4 in the SB with AQs and they both call. Flop J93r with one of mine, I check, CO bets $5.5, Button folds, and I decide to peel. Turn A, I check, CO jams for $13.55 and I call. I have no idea if this was good, but he wasn't even drawing live, so.
I 3x HJ with A6s, only Button calls. Flop A42r, I bet .6 and he calls. Turn 7 completing the rainbow, I check and he checks back. River 8, I bet .8 and he calls. I feel like it's hard to get more value than this here.
Third session, table Redding:
First hand of the session, Button (37bb) makes it .7 and I call KK in the BB. Flop AK2, I check and he checks back. Turn 6, I check, he bets 1.5, I click back, and he calls. River 9, I put him in for $3.7 and he calls. He berates me for not protecting my hand.
Button limps, I make it $1.2 in the SB with QQ, he calls. Flop 883, I bet $2, he calls. Turn 3, I bet $4.4, he calls. River 9, check-check. Not sure how much I should be betting to get value from A-high and lower pairs here, but inducing probably isn't happening.
HJ (Villain from the KK hand, 38bb now) opens to .7, I defend 87s. Flop A65 with one of mine, I bet .8, he raises to $3.9 and I have to fold. I guess I should have listened to what he thought of protecting his hand. I didn't expect a bet this big and probably shouldn't have led. Semibluffing in this game still something of a mystery to me. Eventually I'll get it.
I open 4x in the CO with AK, BB calls. Flop A99tt and I check back. Turn 7, he bets .95 and I call. River 7, he bets $3.8 and I call. This feels weak and like there's more value from Ax to be had somewhere. (Although in this case he had K high and was betting, um, for some reason. Bluffing against my 66?)
Another clickback-three, I open button 3x with KT, get minraised by SB who has 12bb, and I call. Flop K63tt and we check, I bet the turn when he checks again and he calls with jacks. Even with the tiny stack folding to this tiny raise seems impossible.
And then, finally, we're done with that. This session went well, plus I won back the Pineapple money I lost the other day. Challenge bankroll is $270.19.