Poker Sunday

Played for a little while today. Started out down in the cash games, then entered the $10,000 Guaranteed tournament on bodog. Had very little success and ended up busting within the first 45 mins, ran my QQ into a flopped full house. Then ran like shit in the $5.25 HU Sngs on bodog. Won my first one, then in my second one I was ahead until the river, and on my third one I was again ahead until the river. So I decided to take a break after that and just chill out. It did a little good when I came back to the cash games. I started out really crappy and just thought about quitting. I lost half a stack when some moron pushed Q6 pre vs my KK and turned two pair. Anyways, here are a few hands from today.



A hand from early on in the day. I was trying to steal the button and c-bet with one caller here. Unfortunately, I didnt get the button and got looked up by two players. Then a nice flop where I flopped top pair and an open ended SD here. I couldnt really put him on anything here yet, maybe he was drawing towards the low end of the straight here. On the turn it got good and bad. I turned two pair, but it made 4 to a straight. I figured I could still sort of block bet here and hopefully the river. At this point I am pretty much thinking he has a queen or seven. I really cant put him on anything else. The river I figured I would have to bet because I cant call anything here. I am hoping by betting here, although it was a small bet I could get him to fold out a hand that could possibly beat me. I really cant expect anything good here if I get called/raised in this situation because I wont be beating much here but a total bluff.



With this hand here I had previously raised pre flop like, 3 time sin a row. I had JJ the last hand and took it down pre with a raise. So I raise a little smaller than I had been in hopes of getting some callers. On the flop I see those donk bets as either a cheap way to get to draw to cards or weak hands. I had put both of them on either SD/FD here with the donk bet and call here. I overbet it to try and eliminate any pretenders and to make it look like I am trying to take the pot away. The turn wasnt to bad for me because I was pretty much committed to calling what he was going to put in here. I was just hoping he didnt have K10 in this situation.



This is just a hand that I wanted to keep to keep reminding myself about position and aggressiveness. Raised the button with suited connectors and took down a tiny pot on the flop by c-betting here. With this type of hand if I happen to ever hit the flop my hand should be hidden, giving me a chance to take down a decent pot a few times I do ever hit. And if I ever get looked up here I probably shut down on the turn.



I decided to 3-bet htis hand pre flop to see what type of hand I might be dealing with here. Sometimes I just call this, but I really just wanted him and I in the pot here. OOP I always 3 bet this hand. When he just calls it makes me wonder if he has a hand similar to mine, something like AK or AQ, or possible 10's+. The flop bet has me thinking that he does have some type of pocket pair or hit the flop decently. I figure with two overs, the NFD, and a backdoor SD, I can get away with raising here. If I just call here any club may kill my action on the future streets. And if I just raise a little bit here it may look like I am on a draw here further killing my action. And possibly committing me to the pot if I happen to miss the turn and river. Fortunately, I got lucky on the turn here and didnt have to sweat until the river.



Again, another AK hand here where I raise it 5x the BB pre flop and get one caller, putting me in position. I miss the flop and I should probably c-bet this almost 90% of the time. I really have no range for my opponent here though and still would have no idea what to do on the turn. I hit TPTK on the turn here and decide to stab at the pot and see what I can do. When I just get a call I put him on a FD or something like QK, JK. The river is a little scary because if he was on a FD I just lost the hand here. So I figure a check would work best here in case he was going to try and raise me here with the scary river card. If I do bet and get raised I would have no idea on what to do, I guess it depends on his bet sizes really. But I will only get called here probably by a hand that beats me. I have no idea why he called the turn here.



This hand I really butchered here, but got really lucky. It says that one guy shoved pre, but he just timed out so he really isnt in the hand. I normally dont like coming into the hand here in this position, but I was feeling pretty good. I decide to c-bet here and hopefully take the hand down right here. Again, with the donk bet I put him on a FD or something like K9, A9, or a weak nine here. On the turn I decide that his check was weak and if he is on the FD I can take this pot down with a bet right here. I overbet hoping he folds, which doesnt work, but the ten gave me a few more outs. I hit gin on the river, getting runner runner cards to river the nuts here. I decided that he may have some two pair type hand on the river and that the best bet here would be about a third of the pot, giving him the odds to call. This is an area where I need to work on and I thought I made the best bet here for him to call. And I highly doubt he could even put me on this hand here.



With this hand we had a decent sized pot going to the flop. I figured a min bet here I could call, especially with all the players in the hand. I flopped bottom set here on a drawy board. I wanted to check raise here, figuring I could get a little more value out of the hand. My plan worked, and I put this guy on a jack here. He had been playing a little wild and I was a little scared that he was betting into a big field here after just calling pre. But I decide to overbet here and got a call, making him pay to see a turn. It seemed like he had planned on floating me here on the turn, by just auto shoving the rest of his stack here. Unfortunately, that scare card was a good card for me, boating me up. I still had to sweat two jacks on the river here though.

All and all after being down, I ended up I believe around $25 for today. Not too bad I guess, as long as this roll grows along with my knowledge. I really cant wait for my check to arrive so I can hop on FullTilt. Played the home game last night, but I am tired of writing, so will review later. Gonna watch the Bob Saget Roast.