It's Amazing
How poorly and bad they play. GPP tonight, first fuckin hand I'm UTG with A♠T♠. Blinds 50/100 at this point, I make it 300, player to my immediate left rips it in there without even hesitating. He has ~6k and has me well covered. Folded back to me, decide I am giving this ZERO respect. It just doesn't seem like all that strong of a hand and so I call. I am up against K♥Q♥ and thankfully I get a clean runout and an early double up.
Shortly after with blinds now 60/120-15 I get J♦J♣ in the HJ. Two people limp and I make it 840. Folded back to the limpers who don't hesitate to call. Flop comes down 6♥5♥3♥ and the first limper shoves for his final 685. Second limper folds and I of course call. He had Q♠T♦ so not even a flush draw and he just goes with it anyway. Well played on both streets there buddy. I do get a clean runout again and my jacks hold up.
Get moved to another table after that. My ~6k was a little over average stack which was pretty good for not adding on and max late regging. Went card dead for a bit so got down to ~5k and then something unbelievable happened. I was UTG+1 and had to take a shit so I folded my trash hand and headed for the can (playing on a desktop so can't play while taking the Browns to the Super Bowl). Whatever happened in that hand went quickly and I get back to find that my next hand had been folded UTG, A♦K♥. I was not happy. HJ made a raise, button called and flop came 9♥T♣8♣ so I felt a little better at that point. The two players ended up getting it all-in. The HJ had 99 for a set and the button had QQ (and somehow just flatted with it). Turn and river came running queens of course, lol. So there was absolutely no way I was not going broke with that hand had I gotten back in time to raise it.
So I get to the break still alive with 32 left. They were paying 15 tonight as well so liked my chances of making some money. Few hands after the break I get A♥K♥ again, this time in the SB. A completely reckless donk who ALWAYS seems to be sitting with a large stack in this tournament (just under 19k at this point) but never seems to get into the money* limps from the CO. I am in my least favorite position and I got 4432 behind so I just rip it in there. BB who has me covered now overshoves for 11k! Limper who I was expecting to give me action with worse folds.
So this guy who I'm sure is a GTO genius has 3♥3♦. I actually do get a favorable flop of Q♠7♥5♥ but brick off both the turn and river and I find myself out in 32nd place. Yes, it's a huge overbet there preflop but as you saw with the JJ hand earlier they don't fucking fold to a standard or even slightly larger than standard raise so with a hand like AK I gotta rip it in there and see all 5 cards. But I guess I can't blame him for gambling with me there. I guess you gotta take a shot to knock out the best player in the tournament.
*This was no exception. As I'm writing this up I checked the tournament lobby and he went out in 25th.
Aside from this donkament had a PLO session and was able to win back just about everything I lost in the one prior. Some fun hands:
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:06:10
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players: 4
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 1.89 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 1.71 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 7.05 USD )
Seat 7: seat7 ( All-in )
seat4: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat1: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 5♦, A♠, 2♦, 4♠ ]
hero raises [$ 0.12 USD]
seat4 folds
seat1 calls [$ 0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8♦, 3♦, T♠ ]
seat1: bets [$ 0.26 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.26 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6♥ ]
seat1 checks
hero checks
** Dealing River ** [ 7♦ ]
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.39 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.39 USD]
hero shows [ 5♦, A♠, 2♦, 4♠ ] a flush, eight high
seat1 does not show cards [ 2♠, 7♥, 8♥, T♥ ]
hero wins $ 1.50 USD from main pot with a flush, eight high
We're 3 handed at this point, I don't know what that 4th player all-in thing is all about but he's not involved. Definitely gonna raise a lot of hands on the button and while I would have a Hugh G. Rection over this type of hand in O8 it's not bad here either; I'm at least s00ted to the ace. I flop a small flush draw and backdoor spades so I'm gonna at least float his flop bet and after he checks the turn I do think about trying to take it, but I pick up a straight draw as well so I take a free river. I get there and get paid off. He did flop top 2 which was a better hand than what I figured he might have (which would be a T or a T with a gutshot maybe.
***** Hand history for game #16729689 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:08:12
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players: 4
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 2.02 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 2.34 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 6.15 USD )
Seat 7: seat7 ( All-in )
seat4: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat1: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 7♥, J♠, 9♥, K♠ ]
hero raises [$ 0.12 USD]
seat4 folds
seat1 calls [$ 0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ K♥, 8♣, 2♣ ]
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.13 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.13 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ T♥ ]
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.26 USD]
seat1 folds
hero does not show cards
hero wins $ 0.50 USD from main pot
I grew a pair cause I double barrelled here with just top pair, and my kicker wasn't even that great!
***** Hand history for game #16729702 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:09:23
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players: 3
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 2.02 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 2.55 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 5.90 USD )
hero: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat4: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 6♥, T♠, J♦, 9♣ ]
seat1 calls [$ 0.04 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.02 USD]
seat4 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4♣, 2♦, 9♦ ]
hero checks
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ T♣ ]
hero: bets [$ 0.09 USD]
seat4 calls [$ 0.09 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.09 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ A♠ ]
hero checks
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero shows [ 6♥, T♠, J♦, 9♣ ] two pairs, tens and nines
seat4 does not show cards [ Q♥, 5♦, 8♣, J♥ ]
seat1 does not show cards [ 4♥, 2♥, 3♦, 7♥ ]
hero wins $ 0.38 USD from main pot with two pairs, tens and nines
I think this was pretty standard. Yucky river that could have definitely given one of my opponents a better two pair. Happy to check that down and take the pot.
***** Hand history for game #16729712 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:10:10
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players: 3
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 1.89 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 2.80 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 5.77 USD )
seat4: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat1: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ A♥, K♠, 8♠, J♣ ]
hero raises [$ 0.12 USD]
seat4 raises [$ 0.38 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.36 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.28 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Q♣, J♠, A♠ ]
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2♣ ]
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero checks
** Dealing River ** [ J♥ ]
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.60 USD]
seat4 folds
seat1 folds
hero does not show cards
hero wins $ 1.16 USD from main pot
I'm sure I misplayed this hand. Flop top and bottom with the nut flush draw and a gutshot and I check it back. WTF was I thinking? If that wasn't bad enough, absolutely missed a bet on the turn when it was clear neither opponent was that strong. I fill up on the river and fail to get paid off.
***** Hand history for game #16729725 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:11:07
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players: 3
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 1.49 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 3.56 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 5.37 USD )
seat1: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
hero: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ Q♣, 9♠, 9♥, K♥ ]
seat4 raises [$ 0.08 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.06 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6♥, 5♥, 4♣ ]
seat1 checks
hero checks
seat4: bets [$ 0.24 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.24 USD]
hero folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ J♥ ]
seat1 checks
seat4 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 9♣ ]
seat1 checks
seat4: bets [$ 0.43 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.43 USD]
seat4 shows [ K♣, Q♠, 3♦, 7♦ ] a straight, seven high
seat1 does not show cards [ 4♠, 4♥, K♦, 2♦ ]
seat4 wins $ 1.52 USD from main pot with a straight, seven high
Another hand where my play was questionable. Definitely a hand I can defend with 3 handed from the BB but I flop the 2nd nut flush draw and have an overpair here. I pegged seat4 as a solid player FWIW. I figured he could easily have a bigger pocket pair, or even A♥x♥ so that put me in a tough spot. Could have taken a card off though as my odds improved with the other guy calling but elected to make a tight fold and keep myself out of trouble. Turns out I would've gotten there and would have gotten paid. Ah well.
Plan is to get some live poker in soon, stay tuned.
Shortly after with blinds now 60/120-15 I get J♦J♣ in the HJ. Two people limp and I make it 840. Folded back to the limpers who don't hesitate to call. Flop comes down 6♥5♥3♥ and the first limper shoves for his final 685. Second limper folds and I of course call. He had Q♠T♦ so not even a flush draw and he just goes with it anyway. Well played on both streets there buddy. I do get a clean runout again and my jacks hold up.
Get moved to another table after that. My ~6k was a little over average stack which was pretty good for not adding on and max late regging. Went card dead for a bit so got down to ~5k and then something unbelievable happened. I was UTG+1 and had to take a shit so I folded my trash hand and headed for the can (playing on a desktop so can't play while taking the Browns to the Super Bowl). Whatever happened in that hand went quickly and I get back to find that my next hand had been folded UTG, A♦K♥. I was not happy. HJ made a raise, button called and flop came 9♥T♣8♣ so I felt a little better at that point. The two players ended up getting it all-in. The HJ had 99 for a set and the button had QQ (and somehow just flatted with it). Turn and river came running queens of course, lol. So there was absolutely no way I was not going broke with that hand had I gotten back in time to raise it.
So I get to the break still alive with 32 left. They were paying 15 tonight as well so liked my chances of making some money. Few hands after the break I get A♥K♥ again, this time in the SB. A completely reckless donk who ALWAYS seems to be sitting with a large stack in this tournament (just under 19k at this point) but never seems to get into the money* limps from the CO. I am in my least favorite position and I got 4432 behind so I just rip it in there. BB who has me covered now overshoves for 11k! Limper who I was expecting to give me action with worse folds.
So this guy who I'm sure is a GTO genius has 3♥3♦. I actually do get a favorable flop of Q♠7♥5♥ but brick off both the turn and river and I find myself out in 32nd place. Yes, it's a huge overbet there preflop but as you saw with the JJ hand earlier they don't fucking fold to a standard or even slightly larger than standard raise so with a hand like AK I gotta rip it in there and see all 5 cards. But I guess I can't blame him for gambling with me there. I guess you gotta take a shot to knock out the best player in the tournament.
*This was no exception. As I'm writing this up I checked the tournament lobby and he went out in 25th.
Aside from this donkament had a PLO session and was able to win back just about everything I lost in the one prior. Some fun hands:
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:06:10
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players: 4
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 1.89 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 1.71 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 7.05 USD )
Seat 7: seat7 ( All-in )
seat4: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat1: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 5♦, A♠, 2♦, 4♠ ]
hero raises [$ 0.12 USD]
seat4 folds
seat1 calls [$ 0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8♦, 3♦, T♠ ]
seat1: bets [$ 0.26 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.26 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6♥ ]
seat1 checks
hero checks
** Dealing River ** [ 7♦ ]
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.39 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.39 USD]
hero shows [ 5♦, A♠, 2♦, 4♠ ] a flush, eight high
seat1 does not show cards [ 2♠, 7♥, 8♥, T♥ ]
hero wins $ 1.50 USD from main pot with a flush, eight high
We're 3 handed at this point, I don't know what that 4th player all-in thing is all about but he's not involved. Definitely gonna raise a lot of hands on the button and while I would have a Hugh G. Rection over this type of hand in O8 it's not bad here either; I'm at least s00ted to the ace. I flop a small flush draw and backdoor spades so I'm gonna at least float his flop bet and after he checks the turn I do think about trying to take it, but I pick up a straight draw as well so I take a free river. I get there and get paid off. He did flop top 2 which was a better hand than what I figured he might have (which would be a T or a T with a gutshot maybe.
***** Hand history for game #16729689 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:08:12
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players: 4
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 2.02 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 2.34 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 6.15 USD )
Seat 7: seat7 ( All-in )
seat4: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat1: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 7♥, J♠, 9♥, K♠ ]
hero raises [$ 0.12 USD]
seat4 folds
seat1 calls [$ 0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ K♥, 8♣, 2♣ ]
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.13 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.13 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ T♥ ]
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.26 USD]
seat1 folds
hero does not show cards
hero wins $ 0.50 USD from main pot
I grew a pair cause I double barrelled here with just top pair, and my kicker wasn't even that great!
***** Hand history for game #16729702 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:09:23
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players: 3
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 2.02 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 2.55 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 5.90 USD )
hero: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat4: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 6♥, T♠, J♦, 9♣ ]
seat1 calls [$ 0.04 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.02 USD]
seat4 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4♣, 2♦, 9♦ ]
hero checks
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ T♣ ]
hero: bets [$ 0.09 USD]
seat4 calls [$ 0.09 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.09 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ A♠ ]
hero checks
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero shows [ 6♥, T♠, J♦, 9♣ ] two pairs, tens and nines
seat4 does not show cards [ Q♥, 5♦, 8♣, J♥ ]
seat1 does not show cards [ 4♥, 2♥, 3♦, 7♥ ]
hero wins $ 0.38 USD from main pot with two pairs, tens and nines
I think this was pretty standard. Yucky river that could have definitely given one of my opponents a better two pair. Happy to check that down and take the pot.
***** Hand history for game #16729712 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:10:10
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players: 3
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 1.89 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 2.80 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 5.77 USD )
seat4: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
seat1: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ A♥, K♠, 8♠, J♣ ]
hero raises [$ 0.12 USD]
seat4 raises [$ 0.38 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.36 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.28 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Q♣, J♠, A♠ ]
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2♣ ]
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero checks
** Dealing River ** [ J♥ ]
seat4 checks
seat1 checks
hero: bets [$ 0.60 USD]
seat4 folds
seat1 folds
hero does not show cards
hero wins $ 1.16 USD from main pot
I'm sure I misplayed this hand. Flop top and bottom with the nut flush draw and a gutshot and I check it back. WTF was I thinking? If that wasn't bad enough, absolutely missed a bet on the turn when it was clear neither opponent was that strong. I fill up on the river and fail to get paid off.
***** Hand history for game #16729725 *****
Blinds $0.02/$0.04 PL Omaha - 9 Max - 2019/07/21 - 20:11:07
Table Mediterranean Ave
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players: 3
Seat 1: seat1 ( $ 1.49 USD )
Seat 3: hero ( $ 3.56 USD )
Seat 4: seat4 ( $ 5.37 USD )
seat1: posts small blind [$ 0.02 USD]
hero: posts big blind [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ Q♣, 9♠, 9♥, K♥ ]
seat4 raises [$ 0.08 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.06 USD]
hero calls [$ 0.04 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6♥, 5♥, 4♣ ]
seat1 checks
hero checks
seat4: bets [$ 0.24 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.24 USD]
hero folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ J♥ ]
seat1 checks
seat4 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 9♣ ]
seat1 checks
seat4: bets [$ 0.43 USD]
seat1 calls [$ 0.43 USD]
seat4 shows [ K♣, Q♠, 3♦, 7♦ ] a straight, seven high
seat1 does not show cards [ 4♠, 4♥, K♦, 2♦ ]
seat4 wins $ 1.52 USD from main pot with a straight, seven high
Another hand where my play was questionable. Definitely a hand I can defend with 3 handed from the BB but I flop the 2nd nut flush draw and have an overpair here. I pegged seat4 as a solid player FWIW. I figured he could easily have a bigger pocket pair, or even A♥x♥ so that put me in a tough spot. Could have taken a card off though as my odds improved with the other guy calling but elected to make a tight fold and keep myself out of trouble. Turns out I would've gotten there and would have gotten paid. Ah well.
Plan is to get some live poker in soon, stay tuned.
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