So I was going to post hands from the weekend's play, but I'm lazy and never got around to it. I finished the weekend down around $30, so it wasn't a horrible weekend financially, but it felt awful.
I played a $5 MTT today at 6pm. Here are a few hands from it.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
MP3 (t1490)
CO (t840)
Button (t1380)
SB (t5370)
BB (t485)
UTG (t2280)
UTG+1 (t1760)
MP1 (t1385)
Hero (t2748)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Jh, Jc.
3 folds, MPB raises to t90, 1 fold, CO calls t90, 3 folds.
Flop: (t225) Qs, 4d, 3c (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.
Turn: (t225) 9h (2 players)
MPB bets t150, CO calls t150.
River: (t525) Tc (2 players)
MPB bets t300, CO raises to t600, Hero calls t300.
Final Pot: t1725
Hero has Jh Jc (one pair, jacks).
CO has Ts Ks (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t1725.
This hand basically played itself. I check back the flop in order to get action from non-queen hands on the turn. The turn bet is what I was trying to accomplish with the flop bet. Then, on the river, I bet for value against his random 9's. Turns out that he called turn with a gutshot and paid off when he hit his ten. This pot gave me a pretty good stack for the level.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
UTG+1 (t1490)
MP1 (t2210)
MP2 (t550)
MP3 (t5265)
CO (t910)
Button (t1735)
SB (t1730)
BB (t1595)
Hero (t3633)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with As, Ks.
UTGA raises to t90, 1 fold, MP1 calls t90, 2 folds, CO raises to t910, 3 folds, UTGA raises to t3633, MP1 folds.
Flop: (t4678) 9d, Td, Js (2 players)
Turn: (t4678) 3d (2 players)
River: (t4678) Qd (2 players)
Final Pot: t1955
Hero has As Ks (straight, ace high).
CO has 5s Ad (flush, ace high).
Outcome: CO wins t1955.
This hand was very standard. Tough runner-runner, but that's life. I chip up a bit over the next few levels until the following comes up.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t250 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
SB (t3760)
BB (t2925)
UTG (t2285)
UTG+1 (t18865)
MP1 (t8295)
MP2 (t3345)
MP3 (t15197)
CO (t4280)
Hero (t4023)
Preflop: Hero is Button with As, 5d.
6 folds, Button raises to t750, 1 fold, BB raises to t2900, Hero calls t2150.
Flop: (t6150) 4c, Ts, 2h (2 players)
Turn: (t6150) 3h (2 players)
River: (t6150) Jc (2 players)
Final Pot: t6150
BB has Qh Ah (high card, ace).
Hero has As 5d (straight, five high).
Outcome: Hero wins t6150.
This was a tough call. I think I have to call here if I'm raising pre. I only need around thirty five percent equity if his range is a very tight 22+, A5s+, A7o+, KJs+, KQo. As a result, I'm pretty much breaking even on the call against that range. Unlucky that he had AQs, but lucky suck out. That leads to the following.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t250 (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
Button (t7225)
SB (t3560)
BB (t19315)
UTG (t12365)
UTG+1 (t4377)
MP1 (t18007)
MP2 (t3830)
Hero (t6573)
Preflop: Hero is CO with Tc, Ts.
UTG calls t250, 3 folds, CO raises to t1000, Button calls t1000, 1 fold, BB calls t750, UTG calls t750.
Flop: (t4325) 5s, 5c, Kh (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, Button checks.
Turn: (t4325) 9h (4 players)
BB bets t1250, UTG folds, Hero calls t1250, Button folds.
River: (t6825) Qs (2 players)
BB bets t2000, Hero folds.
Final Pot: t6825
BB doesn't show.
Outcome: BB wins t6825.
Hands like these frustrate me. I was not looking to get 3 callers preflop with that raise. Once I did, I don't think I can C-bet profitably even on that flop. I think I need to fold the turn against three opponents though. Then, two hands later, this came up.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t250 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
MP2 (t1545)
MP3 (t6650)
CO (t3385)
Button (t23340)
SB (t11065)
BB (t4327)
UTG (t17957)
UTG+1 (t4255)
Hero (t4273)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 6h, 6c.
2 folds, MPA raises to t750, 1 fold, MP3 calls t750, 2 folds, SB calls t625, 1 fold.
Flop: (t2725) Qh, Qc, 9s (3 players)
SB checks, MPA bets t1450, MP3 folds, SB raises to t2900, Hero folds.
Final Pot: t5625
No showdown. SB wins t5625.
I don't know if the raise pre is any good. This was a very loose table, with three players having a forty plus VPIP. I am also pretty sure the flop bet is not good against two opponents with my stack. But I'm a sucker for the C-bet. This crippled me. I then proceeded to go pretty card-dead. I blinded down to around 6 bb's with people open limping all over the place. I decided to just fold into a cash, since that's probably my most +$EV move at this point. Once we were in the money, I raised twice pre with 3 bb's and won the blinds and antes both times (horrible folds by the BB in both cases). Then, the following comes up.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
BB (t3485)
UTG (t11425)
UTG+1 (t1760)
MP1 (t23020)
MP2 (t14040)
MP3 (t1877)
CO (t19592)
Button (t1595)
Hero (t2748)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, Th.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t1710, 5 folds, Hero calls t1510, 1 fold.
Flop: (t4270) Qc, 3s, 9h (2 players)
Turn: (t4270) Jc (2 players)
River: (t4270) 6c (2 players)
Final Pot: t4270
Hero has Kc Th (straight, king high).
UTG+1 has Ac 4s (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins t4270.
I think this is a pretty easy call. This guy was incredibly short, and he must have noticed that the BB was sitting out. If he isn't raising incredibly wide here, he's doing something very wrong. As a result, I can call very wide profitably. After this, I proceeded to hover around this stack by open-shoving decent hands in good spots. And then this happens.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
UTG+1 (t185)
MP1 (t18766)
MP2 (t5489)
MP3 (t3920)
CO (t8762)
Button (t21383)
SB (t42638)
BB (t13058)
Hero (t5308)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with As, Ad.
UTGA raises to t1500, 3 folds, MP3 raises to t3870, 4 folds, Hero calls t2370.
Flop: (t9040) 6h, 9s, 5c (2 players)
Turn: (t9040) Jh (2 players)
River: (t9040) Kc (2 players)
Final Pot: t9040
Hero has As Ad (one pair, aces).
MP3 has 3d 9d (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins t9040.
Normally I open shove here, but everyone at this table was so bad that I can safely assume they have no idea of the stack size implications of this raise. I was right in that someone might do something spazzy with my raise size. This gave me a 15bb stack, a fairly confortable position for me with the skill of the players around me. After an orbit of folding and having the blinds go up, I'm back to 10bbs, and in open-shoving mode, when the following comes up with me in the BB.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
CO (t13075)
Button (t34858)
SB (t7806)
Hero (t9623)
UTG (t36332)
UTG+1 (t39126)
MP1 (t45172)
MP2 (t5685)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Ah, As.
UTG raises to t2400, UTG+1 calls t2400, MP1 calls t2400, MP2 raises to t5610, 3 folds, BB raises to t9548, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t7148, MP1 calls t7148.
Flop: (t37579) Jc, 2d, 2h (4 players)
UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks.
Turn: (t37579) 8s (4 players)
UTG+1 bets t7200, MP1 calls t7200.
River: (t51979) 3d (4 players)
UTG+1 bets t22303 (All-In), MP1 folds.
Final Pot: t51979
Hero has Ah As (two pair, aces and twos).
UTG+1 has Qc Qd (two pair, queens and twos).
MP2 has 9h 9c (two pair, nines and twos).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t74282.
The converter messed this up a bit. I won 37k on this pot, which is just about the best possible outcome I could have hoped for. This gave me a top fifteen stack in the tournament with about 100 left. Still in with 24 left. Will update with results in a day or two. Thanks for reading.
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