So we get up late, get some food and head to Bellagio for some Cash game. I played one of my best sessions in a while and you can correct me if i'm wrong, but i think i made alot of good decisions.
Haven't really played a hand until i pick up QQ in late position with 5 limpers. The table has been calling raises for large multi-way pots, and i think i wanna disguise my hand if i hit, so i decide to limp in. BB makes it 30 total, and to my surprise, we get 2 other callers, one in the SB and other in middle position. Flop is 7d 4d 2c. Pot is about 140$ and the BB bets 100$. Now i know he could be doing that with JJ 10 10, 99, 88 and i'm pretty sure he will slow down if i call. (Ive played with him numerous times in Vegas, seems to be at my table everytime i play at Bellagio) so i call and the SB shoves all in for 300$ and BB snap calls and i snap fold. What a waste. They show KK in the BB and 44 in the SB. I think i pretty much lost min there. Maybe i call something big preflop and fold the flop, or maybe i save everything after a flop like that.
I'm still in and thats what counts, I reload back up to 400 ish.
Couple limpers and a total donk raises to 10$ and right away, i think he has AA or KK or maybe QQ and i call on the button with Ad 10d. Pot is 6 handed and the flop is Qd Jd 5s. I can taste it now, crack thoses big pairs please. Preflop raiser makes it 30 and i'm the only caller, i know he's huge, so theres no point of raising and being forced to get it all in. Turn is my perfect card, Kh. He can't put me on A 10 but he can put me on flush draw. He now bets 20$. I think right away that he has KK and thats why he's doing that. I decide to make it only 65$ more into pot of about 160$ and he calls. River is 10c. He checks and i go all in hoping that he might call with KK thinking theres no way i have an ace. I go all in for 240 or something and he snap calls with AA.
I limp in early position with 66 and the BB makes it 20$ and we end up being HU. Flop is Qd 10d 2c, he bets 25$, i call. Usually he bets huge when he has something, so i don't think he's got a huge hand. Turn is 3h, he bets 25$, i call. River 2h, he bets 25$, i call, he shows Ah 5h for nothing.
Middle position makes it 10$ bunch of callers and i call in SB with 8s 9s. Flop is 10s 5s 4h and its checked around. Turn is Kh. I check and theres a bet of 20$ with 2 callers. I think both late position callers would have bet with a spade flush draw on flop, so i decide to call. River is Js. I lead for 75$ into pot of about 140$ and get called by A Q. Ship the decent sized pot.
I look down at KK on the button after some limpers, i make it 25$ to go, SB and BB call, and 1 more caller. Pot 110$. Flop is Qd 10h 2d. SB bets 45$, he's been doing that with like AQ and KQ in theses kinds of spots, so thats what i think he has. He hasn't been betting draws at all, so i'm pretty sure he has 1 pair only. i call with another player. Pot is now 245$. Turn is 8c, he bets 100$, other player folds and i decide to call aslong as no Q K or A comes on River. River is 9h. He bets 100$ again and i call, he shows AA. WOW so pist, i read him for one pair and i'm right, just that he has the only stupid pair that beats me.
I decide not to reload, i got about 300 left. I look down at KcKs again in late position and i raise to 25 again with 3 callers. Pot about 100$. Flop is 10d 2c 4c. Checked around to me and i bet 70$. I get called by a pretty donkey player. I put him on probably somekind of flush draw or maybe a 10. I really don't think i'm beat, i think he would raise me. Turn is Qh. He checks and i decide that if he's drawing, he's gonna have to call everything, so i go all in for 205$, he snap calls with Q 10 ... GG me
I love running good in Vegas !!! LOL
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Vegas Day 1
We got here, we are in Vegas and it feels great to be back. We landed and we had our Limo driver waiting for us with our names on a paper like we see in the movies so that was pretty sharp to come to. I was all excited until the doors open and it was freezing. It feels worse then Ottawa.
So we get here and decide to have a some food and start it off with a little tourney at PH for 60$ with about 35 peoples in it. This is when i start running like God.
My chips have been up and down, we are down to about 14 and i have 10BBs and in the BB. UTG limps for 400, middle position limps and SB limps and i check with 4d 3d(no antes). Sometimes i might wanna push but they are calling anything, if they limp, they get it all in preflop with like any2 cards. Flop comes 4s 4h 8s. Now this is an awesome flop for me and its checked around. Turn, i check again and UTG bets 1000, lady pushes all in for 2800 and i can't fold my hand, so i get it in. Lady shows Ah Qc for nothing, and UTG shows Ks 4c. River 3h BINK.
This is where i started running bad. HAHAHA
No big hands, FT, top 7 get money, 8 left, SB completes, and i have like 8 BBs and check with 10 4o.(I know i should push but with no antes, not worth as much) Flop 10 9 2 rainbow, he bets 3000 and i shove for 13 000 more. He calls with 10 7. I bust
We decide to play cash game at Bellagio, some 2-5NL. My table is really tight and not much is happening. I get into a couple small pots, win some small pots and i'm controlling the size of the pots. I just have a fun bust out hand when i sorta play like a retard.
I was about even until this hand. I limp middle position with 7h 5h and a couple more limpers behind, BB makes it 30 total. I call thinking others will call but they all fold. Flop comes Kh 10s 9d. He comes out and bets 45$. I know he could be C-betting so i decide to float with nothing really, but i really like that board to float because he can't really put me on any drawing hand. Turn brinds 6d. Now i have gut shot. He thinks for abit and decides to bet 90$. Now I think that he doesn't dislike his hand, but i don't think he's that strong and if i shove here, he has to give me credit for a big hand because theres no draw, and if i did have 7 8, i would have hit. So i shove my last 225$ in(he has the same amount of chips). Pot is around 550$ range so he's getting 2 to 1.(he has been playing for a while and seems like a player that can fold hands.) He tanks forever and finaly calls, river blank ... GG me. Oh, he shows As Kd.
I WILL NOT MAKE PLAYS IN CASH GAMES, I WILL NOT MAKE PLAYS IN CASH GAMES, I WILL NOT MAKE PLAYS IN CASH GAMES.
We went back to the room for food and 20 min nap and head to Ceasers for 120$ tourney. The tourney is nuts. We start with 80 BB's and the first 6 hands of the tourney someone gets all in pretty much preflop on the flop. The pots are almost always 3- 4 way all ins. We busted like 7 players on our table in the first hour. The tourney had about 50 players. I pretty much didn't play any hands and as i was getting re raised and shoved on everytime i raised with AQ, 10 10. The thing about people shoving is that they showed AA, AK, KK, QQ like all the time.
I get down to 2200 in chips and its 100 - 200 with 25 ante. UTG + 2 limps, next player limps, next limps, and i look down at Qs 10s. I might be able to steal over 1000 in chips if they fold, and if i get called, i like my hand to gamble. I shove and everyone folds until last limper who calls with Qd Jd ... WTF ... Flop is majical, 10h 8s 6s, turn 9s, river brick. I stay pretty even, stealing some blinds. Level is now 200 - 400 with 50 ante, folded around to button who limps and i loop at Qc 7c and complete, BB checks. Flop Qh Jd 5s. I bet 1000, button calls. Now i got about 3800 left and turn is Qd, I check to let him try to bluff me and it works perfect, he shoves, i snap call. He shows As 10c for gutter ball. You guessed it, K on river. GG me
Then i got smashed with Lacasse at Paris. So i'm down 700$ range after day one. Not too worried.
So we get here and decide to have a some food and start it off with a little tourney at PH for 60$ with about 35 peoples in it. This is when i start running like God.
My chips have been up and down, we are down to about 14 and i have 10BBs and in the BB. UTG limps for 400, middle position limps and SB limps and i check with 4d 3d(no antes). Sometimes i might wanna push but they are calling anything, if they limp, they get it all in preflop with like any2 cards. Flop comes 4s 4h 8s. Now this is an awesome flop for me and its checked around. Turn, i check again and UTG bets 1000, lady pushes all in for 2800 and i can't fold my hand, so i get it in. Lady shows Ah Qc for nothing, and UTG shows Ks 4c. River 3h BINK.
This is where i started running bad. HAHAHA
No big hands, FT, top 7 get money, 8 left, SB completes, and i have like 8 BBs and check with 10 4o.(I know i should push but with no antes, not worth as much) Flop 10 9 2 rainbow, he bets 3000 and i shove for 13 000 more. He calls with 10 7. I bust
We decide to play cash game at Bellagio, some 2-5NL. My table is really tight and not much is happening. I get into a couple small pots, win some small pots and i'm controlling the size of the pots. I just have a fun bust out hand when i sorta play like a retard.
I was about even until this hand. I limp middle position with 7h 5h and a couple more limpers behind, BB makes it 30 total. I call thinking others will call but they all fold. Flop comes Kh 10s 9d. He comes out and bets 45$. I know he could be C-betting so i decide to float with nothing really, but i really like that board to float because he can't really put me on any drawing hand. Turn brinds 6d. Now i have gut shot. He thinks for abit and decides to bet 90$. Now I think that he doesn't dislike his hand, but i don't think he's that strong and if i shove here, he has to give me credit for a big hand because theres no draw, and if i did have 7 8, i would have hit. So i shove my last 225$ in(he has the same amount of chips). Pot is around 550$ range so he's getting 2 to 1.(he has been playing for a while and seems like a player that can fold hands.) He tanks forever and finaly calls, river blank ... GG me. Oh, he shows As Kd.
I WILL NOT MAKE PLAYS IN CASH GAMES, I WILL NOT MAKE PLAYS IN CASH GAMES, I WILL NOT MAKE PLAYS IN CASH GAMES.
We went back to the room for food and 20 min nap and head to Ceasers for 120$ tourney. The tourney is nuts. We start with 80 BB's and the first 6 hands of the tourney someone gets all in pretty much preflop on the flop. The pots are almost always 3- 4 way all ins. We busted like 7 players on our table in the first hour. The tourney had about 50 players. I pretty much didn't play any hands and as i was getting re raised and shoved on everytime i raised with AQ, 10 10. The thing about people shoving is that they showed AA, AK, KK, QQ like all the time.
I get down to 2200 in chips and its 100 - 200 with 25 ante. UTG + 2 limps, next player limps, next limps, and i look down at Qs 10s. I might be able to steal over 1000 in chips if they fold, and if i get called, i like my hand to gamble. I shove and everyone folds until last limper who calls with Qd Jd ... WTF ... Flop is majical, 10h 8s 6s, turn 9s, river brick. I stay pretty even, stealing some blinds. Level is now 200 - 400 with 50 ante, folded around to button who limps and i loop at Qc 7c and complete, BB checks. Flop Qh Jd 5s. I bet 1000, button calls. Now i got about 3800 left and turn is Qd, I check to let him try to bluff me and it works perfect, he shoves, i snap call. He shows As 10c for gutter ball. You guessed it, K on river. GG me
Then i got smashed with Lacasse at Paris. So i'm down 700$ range after day one. Not too worried.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Cash Games on Online MTTs, Vegas in Jan
Well, its a new year and i'd like to say that my profit for this year is just about the same thing as last year. I'm up in the area of 15K for the second year. Now i know this has been said quite abit, but i'm thinking of quitting poker(not actually quitting but its almost like quitting when your playing one day a week compared to 24/7). I haven't been playing too much lately and i'm enjoying other things in life which feels good to get out there and do it. I'm trying to master this Guitar Hero 3 thing but i'm getting pretty frustrated and trying to Master 10 pin bowling.
As for cash games and such, i got a couple hands that i played the last time i visited a casino near by.
The player to my right makes it 25$ UTG and i call with A Q and we get a couple more calls. Pot is about 130$. Flop comes As Ac 10d. Pre-flop raiser makes it 30, i call. A decent player makes it 100 total to go and its folded back to me. Now usually, I would always just flat call here and let him fire the turn and hope he doesn't hit his kicker. I'm 95% sure that he has an ace and 100% sure he doesn't have AK. He could have A 10 which would suck, but i would get my money in anyways. Lately, i've kinda lost confidence in people missing their 3 outters, so i decide to make it 125$ more with about 200$ more behind. He tanks and finally folds an ace.(so he says)
Couple hands later, i'm in early position and a limper UTG and i call with AhKh, everyone calls raises and i don't really feel like playing out of position so i just flat call. Button makes it 20 and BB goes all in for 35. The pot is 4 handed but one guy all in so 3 handed and pot is about 150$. Flop is 10h Js 5d. We check to button who makes it 65$ to go. Now this is a player that semi bluffs alot. He could have anything. I call with my 2 overs and gut shot. I think i'm good if either of those come. The turn was a 3h to give me a flush draw on top of it. He now bets 200 and has about 250$ behind. Now usually he goes all in with nothing and i think that if he had nothing, he would have gone all in. Stupid me, my read is that he ain't folding, so if i wanna call, pot of about 300, 200$ bet, and 250$ behind. Makes my 200 call worth about 750 with implied odds. And i can fold if i miss everything. Well stupid me, i go all in just in case he had nothing, i brick the river and he shows J 10.
I reloaded and later got into a pot where i limped in middle position with 9h 7h after a couple peoples limped. SB makes it 25 to go and we all call. 5 handed, pot 125ish. Right before the flop comes out, a player says, i can't say it in english but "Ocho" and i believed him. Flop come Kh 9s 6s. Pre-flop raiser is in SB and bets 30$, Ocho guy calls and another guy calls, and i call because i know i beat of the guys that called. Turn is Ah. The SB guy bets 100 and they fold to me, i know he could be bluffing so i take a chance with my pair and flush draw and shove my last 200$ in the pot, he snap calls and the river is Jc. He says, "your good" i respond with "your good", he says "no, i'm pretty sure your good" i say, "well, i got a 9" and he mucks.
This is probably the last interesting pot i played. I'm about 900 deep so i limp alot and play hands post flop because you can get paid .... anyways, i limp with Kh Jh and its folded to button who calls and blinds check. Flop comes Ah 10d 7s, its checked to me and i bet 15$ thinking the blinds have nothing and i can take this down because i know the buttons range is pretty wide when limping from there and its folded to BB who calls. Now i'm pretty sure he doesn't have an Ace because he would have bet it. I think he either has something like KQ, KJ, QJ or like a 10 or 7. Turn is 3d. He checks again, now i think i can make him fold a 10 or 7 if i fire again, so i bet 40$ into a pot of 50$. He calls again. Now i'm not too sure whats going on. River is a Ks. He fires 100$. Now for how the hand is played and what i put him on, I would think i'm best here. I'm 90% he doesn't have an Ace unless he had AA which is highly unlikely. I think for abit, and i see a tell that i kinda noticed that he did alot when he had big hands. I remembered at least 3 occasions where he had monsters and was doing the same thing. I decide to fold thinking he had QJ and got there or maybe a set or something like that. He showed me K 10 for 2 pairs which made alot of sense.
As for MTTs, i haven't had anything go my way in a while now, I haven't had a score since Nov 6th and i made an FT not too long ago. Finish 8th or 7th, i forget how much i got, but i wasn't happy. I'm laying off MTTs for a little while, probably only going to play Sundays and Monday's.
I'm also going to Vegas next week and I'm starting to get pumped. I'm not sure if i wanna mostly play tourneys or cash. Hopefully i can play a couple tournaments and get off to a good start this time and support myself for the week. My last visit to Vegas, i said i was going to maybe take a shot at the 5 - 10NL game if i got off to a hot start because every time i go to Bellagio, it always seems really soft. I wanna take a stab at it. I hope i can be up 2 -3K early and take a shot at it.
I will report hands later(if i'm not too lazy), hope you enjoyed.
Later ....
As for cash games and such, i got a couple hands that i played the last time i visited a casino near by.
The player to my right makes it 25$ UTG and i call with A Q and we get a couple more calls. Pot is about 130$. Flop comes As Ac 10d. Pre-flop raiser makes it 30, i call. A decent player makes it 100 total to go and its folded back to me. Now usually, I would always just flat call here and let him fire the turn and hope he doesn't hit his kicker. I'm 95% sure that he has an ace and 100% sure he doesn't have AK. He could have A 10 which would suck, but i would get my money in anyways. Lately, i've kinda lost confidence in people missing their 3 outters, so i decide to make it 125$ more with about 200$ more behind. He tanks and finally folds an ace.(so he says)
Couple hands later, i'm in early position and a limper UTG and i call with AhKh, everyone calls raises and i don't really feel like playing out of position so i just flat call. Button makes it 20 and BB goes all in for 35. The pot is 4 handed but one guy all in so 3 handed and pot is about 150$. Flop is 10h Js 5d. We check to button who makes it 65$ to go. Now this is a player that semi bluffs alot. He could have anything. I call with my 2 overs and gut shot. I think i'm good if either of those come. The turn was a 3h to give me a flush draw on top of it. He now bets 200 and has about 250$ behind. Now usually he goes all in with nothing and i think that if he had nothing, he would have gone all in. Stupid me, my read is that he ain't folding, so if i wanna call, pot of about 300, 200$ bet, and 250$ behind. Makes my 200 call worth about 750 with implied odds. And i can fold if i miss everything. Well stupid me, i go all in just in case he had nothing, i brick the river and he shows J 10.
I reloaded and later got into a pot where i limped in middle position with 9h 7h after a couple peoples limped. SB makes it 25 to go and we all call. 5 handed, pot 125ish. Right before the flop comes out, a player says, i can't say it in english but "Ocho" and i believed him. Flop come Kh 9s 6s. Pre-flop raiser is in SB and bets 30$, Ocho guy calls and another guy calls, and i call because i know i beat of the guys that called. Turn is Ah. The SB guy bets 100 and they fold to me, i know he could be bluffing so i take a chance with my pair and flush draw and shove my last 200$ in the pot, he snap calls and the river is Jc. He says, "your good" i respond with "your good", he says "no, i'm pretty sure your good" i say, "well, i got a 9" and he mucks.
This is probably the last interesting pot i played. I'm about 900 deep so i limp alot and play hands post flop because you can get paid .... anyways, i limp with Kh Jh and its folded to button who calls and blinds check. Flop comes Ah 10d 7s, its checked to me and i bet 15$ thinking the blinds have nothing and i can take this down because i know the buttons range is pretty wide when limping from there and its folded to BB who calls. Now i'm pretty sure he doesn't have an Ace because he would have bet it. I think he either has something like KQ, KJ, QJ or like a 10 or 7. Turn is 3d. He checks again, now i think i can make him fold a 10 or 7 if i fire again, so i bet 40$ into a pot of 50$. He calls again. Now i'm not too sure whats going on. River is a Ks. He fires 100$. Now for how the hand is played and what i put him on, I would think i'm best here. I'm 90% he doesn't have an Ace unless he had AA which is highly unlikely. I think for abit, and i see a tell that i kinda noticed that he did alot when he had big hands. I remembered at least 3 occasions where he had monsters and was doing the same thing. I decide to fold thinking he had QJ and got there or maybe a set or something like that. He showed me K 10 for 2 pairs which made alot of sense.
As for MTTs, i haven't had anything go my way in a while now, I haven't had a score since Nov 6th and i made an FT not too long ago. Finish 8th or 7th, i forget how much i got, but i wasn't happy. I'm laying off MTTs for a little while, probably only going to play Sundays and Monday's.
I'm also going to Vegas next week and I'm starting to get pumped. I'm not sure if i wanna mostly play tourneys or cash. Hopefully i can play a couple tournaments and get off to a good start this time and support myself for the week. My last visit to Vegas, i said i was going to maybe take a shot at the 5 - 10NL game if i got off to a hot start because every time i go to Bellagio, it always seems really soft. I wanna take a stab at it. I hope i can be up 2 -3K early and take a shot at it.
I will report hands later(if i'm not too lazy), hope you enjoyed.
Later ....
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)