this is going to be solely about Poker and it is probably not going to be extremely entertaining either but I feel like writing a little report about yesterday’s cash session. I felt good in the evening and decided to give the Casino another go. It is so brilliant to have that opportunity within walking distance.
When I arrived there was a £20 re-buy just about to start but I gave it a miss and thought I grind the Roulette a little before the cash games start. Meh, the Roulette did some extremely weird things yesterday and after two hours I found myself down £45 which in the end I was actually quite happy about considering that I had my last 25 of the 100 I was planning to play on red just a few spins before. There was a run of 16 times a number higher than 18. That cost me some money. Sick wheel.
Anyway I got some chips changed and went with 2 stacks two the .5/1 table that was just starting. At the beginning the table was relatively tough with about 5 solid/good players and one typical Spanish short stacker who represented the value at the table. I chipped up a little at the beginning check raising FD+Pair on the flop and following this through with a bet on the turn (which I missed) to make my opponent fold TP.
Then there came a hand where I lost a little:
I call a MP (good/solid player) raise with KQs from the SB and flop is Q,5,7 rainbow. I check call a bet hoping to keep the pot small on this dry board with the only scare card being an Ace. Turn is a 3 and it goes check, check. River is another 3 and there are basically no hands that make sense that could have me beat except maybe AQ still unlikely. Who checks the turn with TPTK on a dry board like this? Anyway I lead for ¾ of the pot and get re-raised.
1. Question: Why did I lead the river? Well I thought I might be able to get a call from 88 – JJ, QJ, A7 and couldn’t see that I could be behind here on the river.
2. Question: What’s his fucking range here? I mean if you ask me there is no hand that should check the turn and raise the river on this board. There a plenty of hands that might be calling behind. I just couldn’t figure the raise. (Help appreciated)
3. How often is he bluffing here? That’s what ran through my head. Normally in a Casino a raise on the river 98% of the time is a monster/the nuts. But he was a solid player and I thought he was able to bluff here with a missed AK, AJ, AT, KJ. I am so not sure about this?!?
In the end I called and he showed me a set of 5’s. I still think that the check on the turn doesn’t make a lot of sense, except that it makes me call the raise on the river maybe? Almost any hand that calls a bet on this flop will call another bet on the blank turn. I hate the check. I still think that this could be a lead and a call with positive EV on the river as I think he is paying me off with one of the above mentioned hands and he is bluffing often enough as well. Don’t know. I am far too lazy to do a EV calculation atm. What do you think?
Some more details to the hand:
Pot Pre: £9
Pot on flop: £23
Pot on turn: £23
River: I lead for £11 (any comments on the bet sizing?)
He raises to £31
Pot: £65 with £20 to call
Would be nice if I could get some comments on this hand and what you think about my reasoning.
Shortly after that I double to about £140 (sat down with £100 at beginning) with KK’s and suddenly this game develops to become the wildest I have ever played. A Spaniard in his 40’s sits down at the table with about £300. The max is normally £150 but no one complaint. He started shoving his £300 in PF over a single raise to £4. He kept shoving, 3-bet, over betting like a hippopotamus on LSD. People obv realized that and started trying to make a hand in order to get his stack in miles behind. A French lad (my special friends) bought in for £60 and left the table two hours later with £650 !!! I mean wtf. Unfortunately for some of the other players, the Spaniard was incredibly lucky and was distributing bad beats all over the shop.
My favourite:
£600 pot
The Spaniard donk-shoves for his whole stack (ca.£800) on a 3,7,9 flop with two clubs. One player calls with his £250 remaining chips and shows KK. Spaniard shows 78 with no clubs. Turn: J; River: T !
Man the other guy was steaming.
During my last few sessions I learned how to play in that game and feel very comfortable. I played rock solid and finished the Session with a £211.5 profit.
Happy days.
Truthans
So the stats for the "busto or convertible challenge" are:
Tournaments:
Played: 2
buy ins: £60 (rake included)
Winnings: £250
Profit: £190
Cash:
sessions played: 3
profit: £216
Roulette:
sessions played: 2
profit: -£34
Total: £ 372
3 years ago
2 comments:
The check raise river bluff is so rare that i think you have to fold there especially as it seems hes given up on the turn. I like your bet sizeing on the river it gets value from the range you assigned him.
It looks like you have found a nice game there perhaps buying into the tournament and loseing 50% equity by shoving every hand might be preferable to the 20% or w/e grinding roulette.
Yeah true but he didn't check raise me. He checked the turn behind and I lead the river which he then raised.
Lol definitely should be checking on your tournament suggestion. But it was my first losing session at the wheel for ages.
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