Some Hands

I still haven't checked my overall results since the last blog. I am aware though of winning 6 days on the bounce since the blog, so hopefully this totals some meaningful amount.

Just played a session and games were so bad for some reason, they are normally exquisite at this time of day. I quickly ran up $353 though by winning a flip and some medium pots and called it a day so I could make a video. The video didn't happen though, obviously, so I thought I'd throw up here some of my marked and for whatever reason interesting hands of late.

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players • PokerStars

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UTG	bigdog6391	$234.50
UTG+1	C1awViper	$289.70
CO	TillerMaN	$221.95
BTN	GammBeet	$218.50
SB	reagulator	$304.25
BB	grogheadflow	$203

• Pre-Flop ($3, 6 players)Hero is BB
• 

2 folds, TillerMaN raises to $4.50, 2 folds, grogheadflow calls $2.50

• Flop ($10, 2 players)
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grogheadflow checks, TillerMaN bets $6, grogheadflow raises to $22, TillerMaN calls $16

• Turn ($54, 2 players)
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grogheadflow bets $44, TillerMaN calls $44

• River ($142, 2 players)
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grogheadflow bets $132.50, TillerMaN calls $132.50

• Final Pot: $407

• grogheadflow shows
• 

• TillerMaN shows
• 

• grogheadflow wins $404 (net +$201)
• TillerMaN lost $203

Ok so this hand is standard/ boring, but it just struck me as a huge 'games are dead' hand. Like, WTF is he doing? To get an idea of how bad this is on his part, my CR stat over the last 3 months is 4%. That's because I CC all weak hands and medium hands and bluffs, and hardly ever even CR strong hands. So I very nearly went CC here on the flop thinking hmm will get too much credit. Instead he literally snapped each and every street, and this from a reg. 4% CR ! I guess moral of the story is that nobody cares and we should worry mostly about our opponents frequencies rather than our own.

$1/$2 Ante $0.40 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players • PokerStars

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UTG	Jerrage06	$853
CO	OnSight11	$660.50
BTN	grogheadflow	$503.60
SB	MadAgenda	$420.80
BB	JeanDitPipi	$704.05

• Pre-Flop ($5.00, 5 players)Hero is BTN
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Jerrage06 raises to $6, 1 fold, grogheadflow raises to $20, 1 fold, JeanDitPipi raises to $56, Jerrage06 folds, grogheadflow calls $36

• Flop ($121, 2 players)
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JeanDitPipi bets $62, grogheadflow calls $62

• Turn ($245, 2 players)
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JeanDitPipi bets $102, grogheadflow raises to $385.20, JeanDitPipi calls $283.20

• River ($1,015.40, 2 players)
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• Final Pot: $1,015.40

• grogheadflow shows
• 

• JeanDitPipi shows
• 

• grogheadflow wins $1,013.40 (net +$509.80)
• Jerrage06 lost $6.40
• JeanDitPipi lost $503.60

I've been playing a fair amount of deep games lately. Just a lot more fun and much more room to be creative. If any of ever feel a little stale with 100bbs just try it out. The games are pretty insane though, tons of 3bet/4bet/5bet bluffing and then little ol' me trying to adjust to it all.

This reg JeanDitPipi is a huge winner in these games and for a while he completely owned me with hero calls and thin vBets in huge pots etc. I really feel I have him figured out now though. Essentially his game is similar to mine of 2009, plenty of depolarised 3bets and 4bets, and depolarised CRs and turn flop raises. He's basically looking to induce bluffs and then snap call them, while not running many huge bluffs himself (but everyone calls him anyway 'cos he plays like 35/30/15% 3bet). It'll be interesting in the coming months to see if he's re-adjusted to my adjustment of him, ie in this spot VS him I have zero% bluffs for now .........

$1/$2 Ante $0.40 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players • PokerStars

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UTG	BummedOTR	$295.85
UTG+1	piscogay	$502.70
CO	JuggernautCA	$672.65
BTN	TimStone	$200
SB	grogheadflow	$593.60
BB	PEGASO512	$500.60

• Pre-Flop ($5.40, 6 players)Hero is SB
• 

1 fold, piscogay raises to $6, JuggernautCA calls $6, 1 fold, grogheadflow raises to $28, 1 fold, piscogay raises to $58, JuggernautCA folds, grogheadflow calls $30

• Flop ($126.40, 2 players)
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grogheadflow checks, piscogay bets $61.70, grogheadflow raises to $146, piscogay folds

• Final Pot: $334.10

• grogheadflow wins $331.10 (net +$126.70)
• piscogay lost $120.10
• JuggernautCA lost $6.40

Another deep hand. Loved the flop spot because I have a million reads on this guy deep. Basically he pot controls absolutely everything in 3bet and 4bet pots deep, so AA he might cbet a very dry board but will check almost any turn. If the board gets a little wetter on the flop, AA-QQ is getting snap checked. So obv makes this a super sick CR, like must have a 90% situational success or something I reckon.

$1/$2 Ante $0.40 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players • PokerStars

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UTG	WhatAFuuuuu	$520.85
UTG+1	Hlebushek	$206.60
CO	hamazriya	$343.85
BTN	antohis13	$322.50
SB	joeyjoejr	$760.10
BB	grogheadflow	$586.95

• Pre-Flop ($5.40, 6 players)Hero is BB
• 

WhatAFuuuuu raises to $6, 2 folds, antohis13 calls $6, joeyjoejr calls $5, grogheadflow raises to $28, WhatAFuuuuu calls $22, antohis13 folds, joeyjoejr calls $22

• Flop ($92.40, 3 players)
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joeyjoejr checks, grogheadflow checks, WhatAFuuuuu bets $44, joeyjoejr calls $44, grogheadflow raises to $112, WhatAFuuuuu folds, joeyjoejr folds

• Final Pot: $292.40

• grogheadflow wins $289.40 (net +$149.00)
• WhatAFuuuuu lost $72.40
• antohis13 lost $6.40
• joeyjoejr lost $72.40

Another interesting deep spot. I basically take the kind of line I mentioned earlier, with a depolarised raise intending to bluffcatch VS certain reactions, and folding to others. In this spot we're going to be able to apply enough pressure to these two specific players that everything except sets is eventually going to fold. Initial raise snap calls PF so I rule out AA/KK, while 6 sets are possible (though reduced based on frequencies) but we're going to find out fairly quick. If one peels with an OESD we can read that pretty well and end up tilting one of them at showdown.

One last thing, I've been playing around with betsizing a lot recently. It's like I forgot again how important it is. Capping flop ranges (and inducing way wider flop peels) with small betsizing is a particular favourite, while overbetting rivers and underbetting turns in commitment spots all make me super happy too. Will make a blog on this at some point.