long one

Yeah, so I had a session a few days ago that I never got around to blogging because I had to drive to Seattle and back (175 mi each way :<) to find a place to live next year. Finished down a buyin and a half there, not too many interesting hands because essentially some shortstack sat, ran hot for a while, then left.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367580

I had to tank before I just flat called the river instead of pushing, but I think if I just flat call the river that calling the turn is wrong. On the other hand, folding the turn seems atrocious. I didn't shove the river because he only calls Q8s and Q9 that I beat, as opposed to QJ and KQ that I don't. This actually doesn't make much sense.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367600

I'm not sure how much I like this because it's exactly how he would play 86, but because of that he could have flush draws or a seven here too. Calling sucks because like half the deck sucks, folding isn't that good, hm well please don't have 86 or 75.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367610

I thought I was being really clever at picking off his missed flush draw because he was aggro enough that I couldn't see him limping Kx or Ax. I don't really hate my line but heh on me.

For some reason pokerhand.org seems to not like converting hands where someone threebets preflop and the other guy folds. I had T8o on the button with $65 stacks and got threebet and elected to fold. I think if we're a bit deeper or it's suited it's a call.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367618

I had a timing tell to threebet preflop; it's completely unstandard. Flop is gross for obvious reasons but if he has AQ/KQ he's flat calling the flop so I think he either has a draw, a low pocket pair, or a weak queen that can't take a lot of heat and shove.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367632

It's really a shame we're too deep to just shove the flop, but after I make it $25 I can only really fold the 8s; pretty much anything else and we have to run it out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367637

I could c/r flop but that basically turns my hand into a bluff. I was gonna just c/r the turn because if he's bluffing he's not triple barreling and if he's not he just got punked. Checking behind is asfajsdfkljsdf but I figure if he calls $20 on the river he calls a shove so let's do it. His river call is really kinda sketchy imo, he really only beats like KJ and bluffs. My image was pretty aggro but I don't get out of line that often in reraised pots.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367653

I misplayed this hand pretty badly, I like making it $25 on the turn because he can't fold an ace or a flush draw. I don't mind the flop because shoving might fold a weak ace or a flush draw but going for the checkraise is just greedy and stupid; he's not gonna bet A9 or whatever and if the river is a spade I just stacked myself. As it is, missed value. Balls.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367659

I don't hate this because he basically needs an eight or a flush to call and my line is suspicious enough that he might fold an eight some of the time. However, on the turn his hand really does look like 87 ; half pot there looks like a scared value bet. If he had a pair he'd bet harder but he doesn't and he's afraid of getting blown off his straight.


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Well that didn't work out.

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As I was making the river bet I was wondering what I would do if he raised and decided my line looked bluffy enough that I'd call a small raise. Then he potted. Arrrgh. I think c/c on the river is best because he's probably not folding a king there, but otoh he's probably not betting a queen, either. Still, he might bluff the naked As and he'll never call it.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367678

This is kinda sketch after he makes that small threebet over my checkraise; either he has an overpair and is instacalling my shove or he's trying to rebluff me and might call with like AQ. I was trying to reverse the Yeti Theorem (threebets [fourbets in my case] on dry paired boards are always bluffs) on him but he actually looked me up with a hand. I'm not sure how okay I am with tptk for 200BBs here because of the presence of 99+ but it's hu and I can't really just be a nit.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367688

I dunno. I like the flop, but I sort of feel like I should have bet the turn or river. On the other hand, A8/A9 are aces up, and I dunno if he's folding AT/AJ there so I'm only folding out three worse hands and even then not all of the time. I guess this is fine but maybe folding preflop is best because I'm so easily dominated? I have position though...not too sure about this one.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367698

This is money because it sets up the below hand.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367700

I spent forever trying to make a hand against this guy because he kept looking me up in smaller pots. Bam.

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Bluffing flop, continuing on turn. River is actually for value because I usually just shove when near pot sized bets are most of a stack on the theory that they'll usually call about the same range. I think if it's the Ac he looks me up with a king but as it is I've spent too much time representing 45 or a flush draw to make this look credible. Still, if I bet 1/2 pot he's obv folding because all the draws got there though.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1367711

(he was thanking me for letting him fold the river in the above hand by shoving)

I was pretty sure he was just FOS here, but wanted the turn to brick so that my equity against draws got better since I'm stacking off to all queens.

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