| 08 Oct | Mountains Of Cash. Sort Of.Posted by PokerBarney on 3:40PM, 8th Oct 2006Permalink |  Send to a friend |  RSS feed |
I finally had a good day at the poker cash tables. I realised while I was playing that I'd become a bit worried about going all-in, since i usually lose to a better made hand or get drawn out on. Of course, this is the newbie fish in me that's talking, since the seasoned pro knows that what goes around comes around and that it's all a matter of odds. Right.
It didn't start out so well though. Flopping a straight is good, but getting runner runnered is a beast. It was the first hand of the table, so I figured I should defend my blinds, especially at the 5-1 odds I was getting on my T7o. That's the sort of hand (ie, his call on the turn) that makes me worry about going all in.
Anyhoo, I didn't let it get the better of me though, and I soldiered on. On a different table, I had an over-pusher. I'd watched him shove all in at least 3 times in the last ten minutes, so figured he could probably be taken down. So I waited... for this beautiful AQo. I crossed my fingers, and he shoved. Muhahahahah! Ship it.
Things were picking up. And they continued to pick up with a huge flush. Watching it back in the replayer, I realised I made a pretty loose call on the flop, calling 0.04c into a 0.10c pot with a four flush. At the time, I figured that the guy behind me would call, and then at least one of them would pay me off.. so I peeled one off. Turns out the guy behind me folded, and I was lucky enough that the bettor hit his second pair.. but - what comes around goes around.
At this point I went on a little rush of hands over my 4 tables. Picking up top pair, top two and better, I decided to call a fairly large preflop raise with 66. Good thing I did, because my third 6 landed. Checking the hand history after I stacked the guy, I noticed he was holding AA...
The very next hand, guess what I've got? Yup - AA. Guess who I stack again? Oh yeah, the same guy. The irony almost knocked me off my seat :)
There were a few other hands of interest, but I think I'd like to savour the glory of my bankroll reaching a magnificent $16.50 for a little while longer. I will post some of the strategic hands tomorrow though.. well, a couple of confusing plays from micro stakers anyway, plus a (bad?) bluff from me.
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Thu 12th Oct 2006 12:58
Just because you can check-raise don't think you have to. Personally I bet out this flop as it is very dangerous. Anyone with a 10 has a draw and you're holding the idiot end of it. When you check-raised you'd have been better CR all-in IMO.
Also, I NEVER start playing until the BB gets around to me, ever. Why pay 1/2PTBB and be out of position, usually with trash, it damages your earn rate too much. Also, calling even a min raise with T7o was asking for trouble! He got lucky but the hand itself was full of errors by all partys.