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The adjustments that I mentioned last day, well, they weren't needed, when I managed to sit at tables where people weren't overly aggressive e.g. like to limp.

Moreover, the regs that I encountered today were TAGs, but they weren't that tricky or tough. So I was able to make another 6 BIs on this day playing relatively straightforward and solid.

4 Afternoon hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535240 T8d Cute multiway bluff
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535317 QQ Lucky that I ran into a smaller pair and held. Didn't know how to respond if I was check-raised AI on flop. Probably still call.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535318 97d PF is questionable. But I made a strong pot-committing check-raise on the flop that will probably fold out some weaker overpairs. Too bad I ran into the virtual nuts.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535319 AK The call-down was very questionable, but then I saved myself some money by flatting PF. Against a shortie I would often get 4-bet AI by all pocket pairs. In addition, if I flat PF and spike TPTK I can comfortably go AI with this stack size.

Quick break, and then an evening session vs worse competition
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535421 AQ worst lost of the day, which is an indication of how well I ran. However, this again is an unnecessary calldown. First, the dude bet into a 4-way scary flop. 2nd, King on turn made me fall behind KQ. Lastly, even the dude was non-standard laggy I didn't think he is stupid enough to lead out with a weaker Ace on the river.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535419 KK of course I wasn't planning to go broke with 1 pair after limping this hand. However against a 25BB shortie it's probably okay. Would've happened anyways, even if I raised PF......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535409 AK But I got it back the very next hand......nice river call BTW......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535406 A6s More back-to-back fun. Part I. Dream flop
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535407 AA Part II. Standard vs decent reg. Lucky that he had AK, not KK
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535408 AA vs monkey

A few other hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535413 99 Really didn't know about this one. Villain was quite laggy, but my 99 stayed overpair on turn when I picked up extra outs, so I put in a raise. River was quite bad -- he might have JT/T9/Txd so I didn't want to risk losing the pot by checking, or worse, check-calling AI vs his 10. So I continued representing a monster (888/straight/boat) and ran him off the pot.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535414 97s I didn't have pot odds to call the turn, but river was scary for him if he had 2 pairs (AK/QJ both improved). So I bluffed and was rewarded with a fold after a lengthy consideration.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535416 A9h I made a smallish c-bet and a smallish 3-bet on this missed, dry-as-hell flop, and convinced my opponent that I had TP solidly beaten.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535418 QTh Another hmm spot. I didn't like his flop call, but he may not like the Ace on the turn, so I decided to fire again in order to find it out. And I got a fairly quick fold.

After a 3-month hiatus I realized that I can't live without poker. The game is fun and making money is fun. QED

Here are some changes that I decide to incorporate into my game for the next little while:

1) Raise much less frequently in the blinds. So what if I pick up JJ or AQ? We are supposed to disguise our hands. So there is no need to ring alarm bells for our villains. Also, rarely reraise PF with monsters, esp in position. I have been doing this for the past few days, with moderate success. Even against standard TAGs raising 15% of their hands PF, reraising simply blows away too much of the trash.

2) Limp behind with monsters, with intentions to reraise PF. With so many people wanting to "punish limpers" with big late-position raises this has become an attractive option.

3) Slowplay like there is no tomorrow, becoz when you flop a monster, chances are your opponent didn't. Give them a chance to catch up or keep bluffing. Esp against cautious thinking players -- if they are unlikely to stack off with top pair make sure don't blow them away by raising flop and following up on turn. If you just flat a drawy flop with a set, thinking players won't put you on a monster and might try to bluff catch later on.

So far I have registered 4 consecutive winning sessions with almost $1000. And I did it without significant suckouts. Hoping to keep it up.

Anyways, hands, just for the record:
Sep 22. Mostly small-ball poker
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532328 AKs Reraised pot, 3-way, TPTK, action on scary board
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532329 Q7d Nice flop but......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532330 Q2h Okay to call minraise PF?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532333 QJc Sooted Queens sucked on this day
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532334 KTs Dude made the same small-raise bluff a few hands ago

Sep 23 more small-ball poker
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533025 63d Easy value bet on river? I actually requested time before throwing out $20...
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533026 QQ Unnecessary stack-off vs someone who hasn't done much
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533028 AA
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533029 AKc I had no idea what he had. But I kept representing AA and preseverance paid off
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533030 77 Bluffing the Ace
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533031 A9h Cute hero call vs good reg
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533032 AJh Bluffing a somewhat scary river. Or representing slowplayed trips. Or whatever.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533033 63s Didn't know what I was representing. But he believed me. Or maybe he was drawing
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533034 98h Slowplaying vs half stack

Sep 25
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534216 85s Flopped flush vs shortie min-checkraise
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534217 T8s Was bored to hell so I pulled this crap
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534219 QQ
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534220 76d I think it was a good bluff
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534367 88 I was hoping to blow out 99-JJ, but instead I got this
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534368 99 Standard
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534369 22 Almost folded bottom set vs button (a standard TAG)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534370 77 Semi-hero calldown on suboptimal board

Sep 26 lots of stacking events on this night
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534910 33 Sicko setups, didn't know how bad my play was
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534912 T8h Very sour ending to an otherwise productive session
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534913 KQ Opponent was loose passive. Who flats river?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534916 77 Happened earlier than the T8h hand (same opponent).
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534917 KK He must think I have a small pocket pair and sick of all the raising/reraising
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534919 AJ I was turning my hand into a bluff. I didn't expect him to call 3 streets with KK-JJ, so I put him on AT and tried to represent a set starting with the strong flop lead
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534920 42d Good time to play trash

Don't know which board this topic should go, so how about my blog?......

During my recent sessions I have been checking TPGK+ / overpair on drawy flops quite a bit, vs both decent player or stationy donks. The downside is of course I give out free cards to drawing hands. On the other hand I keep the pot small and/or underrepresent my hand quite a bit, and could get a worse pair to try to bluff catch vs my apparent missed overs. Or I can induce bluffs vs aggro players

Examples. These are all good:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531416 AA vs a river c/r
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531402 QQ Suboptimal turn and river, but I still caught up on the betting and stacked the dude
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531408 KQd value vs flopped pair+draw that didn't improve
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531421 KK luckie flop check

Any thoughts?

Basically there's too much stuff going on in my life. So I have quit playing intense poker. Nowadays I am playing once every 2 weeks.

Hands from an enjoyable 500-hand session:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530794 97c I had a moderate feeling he was slowplaying a set, but I was too weak-tight to shove with a backdoor flush on the board......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530791 AA ......but I trapped the dude for his stack the next hand......

...more fun trapping:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530790 AA Aggro vil time-called PF and snap-pushed on flop

...and more...
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530792 86s hmm okay......

...and more...
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530798 AK nice outkicking TP
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530801 AK same situation, slightly bigger pot

2 encounters with megadonk
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530796 QQ Now I realize a backdoor straight+flush is worth 10% equity
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/530795 22 ......and then lol'ed it back after I outraced the donkey within one orbit

I have started learning this old game
And I'm hooked
Playing w/ friends vs multiple PC, or vs friend(s)
Hence I haven't played poker in eons

I'm playing AoE II Conquerer's Expansion

is terrible,
becoz more often than not villain couldn't call a reraise,
and we can win many cbets and some medium pots if we let villain flop top pair or a weaker overpair.
Agree or disagree?

Strip poker sounds horny, but it's not my thing. At least IMO not a good way to start romance, because even after the strip my mind is still full of poker.

Or maybe because I always end up losing as I a) run really bad and 2) always do retarded things?

So earlier tonight me and Arielle decided to play some SNG style strip poker. Just a few hands in I called preflop with T3, b3b-pushed a KQ9r flop, she snapped with KK and turned quads, gg.




A few hands later I LRAI preflop with A4 sooted. Arielle called with QQ, and no help for me. Byebye pants.

Last memorable hand we saw a limped flop of 732r. I b3b all-in with 54, she snapped with J7 top pair, but I turned the wheel.



But we were about to go out and meet friends anyways so not much developed.

Around midnight I made almost 4 buyins in 200 hands of 100NL 6max. No skills required -- just run good.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/475708 A8c dream flop vs 2 good players, best hand held
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/475707 KQc RR pot dream flop didn't know opponent was this bad
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/475704 AA needed a suckout at the end but I was way too committed to do anything else

Pretty good day.

BTW what if I had won a few more strip poker games?
Ans: There would be no blog

Heads up poker with my girlfriend

I was owning her on this night. I am up like 6 games to 2 over 30 min of play.

First notable hand. Blinds 1/2, her stack ~140 I covered

She standard raised to 7 I flatted with KK in the BB.

Flop KQ5 (lol), I literally laughed out loud and checked. She checked behind.
Turn 8 didn't complete flush, I lead 10 she raised I insta-shoved she instant-called.
"What do you have" I asked
She flipped over an 8.
I flipped over one K.
"I've got 2 8s" She confidently flipped over the other 8 for a set
I faked a frown and then dispiritedly flipped over my other K
River was Q. I burst into laughter and then got physically abused

Next notable hand I was dealt Tc2s in the SB, 1st hand of a new match, blinds 1/2, stacks 160 I completed she standard-raised to 7 I called.

Flop A74 rainbow. She c-bet 10 I float-called.
Turn 4 completing the rainbow. She bet 15 I raised to 40 she called.
River J, she open shoved I snap-called

"What the hell do you have?"
"Nothing. 10-high~" I flipped my hand over.
"Why do you call then? Obviously you lose~"
And then she mucked my hand, and then sheepishly mucked her own hand face down!?
"Hang on" I said, as I quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her 6d5d out of the muck.

Owned.

And then the very next and final hand of the night she got dealt KK and pushed into my AA preflop.

Took a 1-week break after losing like 10 buys at each of NL50 and NL100. Solution: Make them back at higher stakes.

I recorded a nice $700+ today at 200NL:
1) Buy in 60BB deep
2) Pay close attention
3) Watch out for regulars replacing fishes and leave shark-infested tables

Hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462691 KK vs nitty squeezer
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462690 87d really regret this one -- opponent was loose and not overly aggressive, so it was more likely that he had a better made hand than he picked up extra outs
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462689 AK dude snapped this preflop and showed his furiosity by 3-betting my next 3 or 4 opens (before I swallowed my pride and left with his money)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462688 T8 cute bluff for a nice little pot
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462683 AA glad I didn't miss value after flatting preflop
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462682 AK TPTK successful correct fold
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462681 JJ couldn't put this weirdo on any hand, but I had an overpair so I shoved
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/462680 QQ shrug

This won't make me look like straate, peachy or any renowned online pro. Still, this is probably the sickest call of my life.
This made me full of myself, grinning from ear to ear

Submitted by : T8Suited

PokerStars Game #17699601113: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/05/26 - 07:36:19 (ET)
Table 'Enterprise' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel ($152.25 in chips)
Seat 2: DONKEYLUVIN ($194.75 in chips)
Seat 3: StArCuE ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 4: dumbo2000 ($17.55 in chips)
Seat 5: jacqu407 ($162 in chips)
Seat 6: Tha-MoHustle ($62.60 in chips)
dumbo2000: posts small blind $0.50
jacqu407: posts big blind $1

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to BBQSquirrel
Tha-MoHustle: folds
BBQSquirrel : raises $3 to $4
DONKEYLUVIN: folds
StArCuE: calls $4
dumbo2000: folds
jacqu407: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $9.50)

   
BBQSquirrel : bets $7
StArCuE: calls $7

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $23.50)

   
BBQSquirrel : bets $15
StArCuE: calls $15

River (Pot : $53.50)

   
BBQSquirrel : checks
StArCuE: bets $33
BBQSquirrel : calls $33

Showdown
StArCuE: shows (high card Ace)
BBQSquirrel : shows (high card Ace - King kicker)
BBQSquirrel collected $116.50 from pot

Summary
Total pot $119.50 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel showed and won ($116.50) with high card Ace
Seat 2: DONKEYLUVIN folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: StArCuE (button) showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 4: dumbo2000 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: jacqu407 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Tha-MoHustle folded before Flop (didn't bet)