02/25-26/07 100NL

Online
Played 6,214 hands and won $264.25.

Total for period: $264.25
Total since start: $11,784.30

Total hands for month: 64,129

I think I figured out how I can put in like 3-4.5k hands daily without messing up my schedule too much. In the works I think I’ll try developing a short-stacking strategy that is impossible to adjust to (i.e. perfect) I’ll give it a good shot then just attempt it, we’ll see how that goes – probably do that within the next 3 weeks. I still need to play like 7 or 8k more hands this month which I think shouldn’t be a problem. I’m still about $700 short of my target for this month, we’ll see if I can get it – I’m not too worried about it though.

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players


MP1: $39.20
MP2: $107.35
Hero (CO): $115.60
BTN: $103.50
SB: $19
BB: $102.60
UTG: $167.35
UTG+1: $109.35

Pre-Flop: A 8 dealt to Hero (CO)
4 folds, Hero raises to $4, BTN raises to $12, 2 folds, Hero raises to $30, BTN raises to $103.50 and is All-In, Hero calls $73.50

So this whole hand looks completely retarded on my part – and it kind of is. What happened was is that I have about 1k hands on villain and I’m playing him on 4 or 5 tables simultaneously (I think he had position on me on most of those tables). In the span of like 150 hands he reraised me at every opportunity which he got (at least 5) – so that did 2 things, 1) it annoyed the hell out of me, and 2) made me realize he’s probably 3-betting really light. On this hand the chances that he’s 3-betting light go way up (since he even has position here) I decide to 4-bet him. It’s a smallish 4-bet but it’s not like I’d just push AA/KK here (occasionally I do but probably not against this particular individual).

Obviously, if I’m going to call his push here I should just push myself. There are a couple of problems with that play though. First off he’s only calling with hands that totally dominate me – say something like AA-QQ, AK (maybe JJ/TT depending on how he’s reading me). Secondly, I end up risking $91.50 to win $17.50.

After I 3-bet to $30, he pushes – I hate this push by him for a few reasons – none the least of which is that up to now I haven’t really been playing back to hard against him. Once he makes it I have to determine what his range is. If I think that he’s only pushing the top 10% of hands or so I’m a 35% underdog. If I extend that to the top 15% of hands I’m a 41% underdog. I’m getting about 1.8:1 to make the call which isn’t so good. However, add to the numbers involved in this hand that it’ll probably slow him down a lot (in terms of playing back at me), and other intangible variables it’s probably not too far off of being a call. I’m not necessarily happy with how I played this hand but those were a lot of the thoughts going through my head, and I was very annoyed/frustrated with this guy which made the borderline decision into a call.

Flop: ($208.50) A 8 Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Turn: ($208.50) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: ($208.50) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $208.50 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed A 8 (two pair, Aces and Eights) and WON $205.50 (+$102 NET)
BTN mucked J K and LOST (-$103.50 NET)