LOL, Whoops

So I decided to play some more cash games, and that turned out to be a fantastic decision.

The first table I sit down at has a random guy with a full stack open shoving 80% of hands. So I find 55 and call.

Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $9.85
SB: $9.85
BB: $9.85
UTG: $9.75
Pre-Flop: 5 5 dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG folds, Hero calls $0.10, SB raises to $9.85 and is All-In, BB folds, Hero calls $9.75 and is All-In

Flop: ($19.80) 3 7 2 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($19.80) J (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($19.80) T (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $19.80 Pot ($0.95 Rake)
Hero mucked 5 5 and LOST (-$9.85 NET)
SB showed K 9 (a flush, King high) and WON $18.85 (+$9 NET)

Pretty easy call IMO, unfortunate result. Then, seven hands later, against the same villain who has continued to open shove on ~75 percent of hands.


Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): $9.75
BB: $9.80
UTG: $19.50
CO: $9.90
BTN: $1.50
Pre-Flop: A 6 dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG raises to $19.50 and is All-In, 2 folds, Hero calls $9.70 and is All-In, BB folds

Flop: ($19.60) Q J 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($19.60) 4 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($19.60) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $19.60 Pot ($0.95 Rake)
Hero showed A 6 (high card Ace) and LOST (-$9.75 NET)
UTG showed 8 9 (two pair, Nines and Eights) and WON $18.65 (+$8.90 NET)

I have no doubt whatsoever that both calls are +$EV, but it turns out they are also high variance. So after this, the guy stacks someone else when his KQo flushes diamonds against a black AA and then he leaves. So I'm stuck $20 and no one at the table has more than $10 anymore. I decide to try and grind my way out, and play about a hundred hands between this table and the other I have open. Then the following happens at the other table.


Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: $9.80
Hero (SB): $10.65
BB: $3.25
UTG: $9.35
CO: $9.90
Pre-Flop: 7 8 dealt to Hero (SB)
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, BB calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.80) 6 4 T (2 Players)
Hero bets $0.60, BB calls $0.60

Turn: ($2) J (2 Players)
Hero bets $2.25, BB calls $2.25 and is All-In

River: ($6.50) K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $6.50 Pot ($0.30 Rake)
Hero showed 7 8 (high card King) and LOST (-$3.25 NET)
BB showed J 8 (a pair of Jacks) and WON $6.20 (+$2.95 NET)

Now, I'm ok with his top pair call on the turn, but how in the fuck did he call the flop with a bare jack high?! I hate to say it, but I am consistently outplayed by these guys postflop, as you see here. He read me well enough to call with jack high and no flush draw and have it be good. I of course miss my double gutshot on both the turn and river (It will only hit ~35% of the time on the combined streets). I need to stop semi-bluffing, ever, since I obviously suck at it.

BR Status Update: $2375 on Stars, $195 on UB. -$30 today.