The leaks might be plugged. Cashed for more than $100 for the second night in a row after starting the month — gulp — 0-for-14.
Would love to hear some opinions on how I played this hand:
Stacks:
MP1 with 1715
MP2 with 1255
CO with 2295
BTN with 1565
SB with 1500
BB with 1940
UTG with 3230
Blinds: 30-60
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to BB:K♣ 9♣
Preflop:
5 players fold.
SB calls [30]
Hero checks
Total folds this street: 5
Potsize: 120
Flop:
10♦ Q♣ 4♣
SB bets [120]
Hero calls [120]
Potsize: 360
I'm not quite getting odds to chase the flush, but I thought I might have earned a free card on the turn. Also, the gut-shot straight draw gives me three extra outs, which makes me about a coin flip to win this hand if villain has something like K-Q or Q-9. I'm not even a huge underdog if villain has Q-T for two pair.
Turn:
8♠
SB bets [240]
Hero calls [240]
Potsize: 840
Same deal here. The three jacks make this an OK call, I think.
River:
2♣
SB bets [840]
Hero raises to 1,520, and is all in
No idea why the SB bet here. The third flush card hit, and he's only getting called if he's beat. He ended up folding and leaving himself 240 in chips, which means he knew he was beat. But he could have figured that out without risking so many chips. If he had checked, I probably would have bet about 500. He could have check-called the river and been ahead of where he ended up.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Another problem solved — I think
Another major hole has made its way into my online game.
In the past, I played tight-aggressive ABC poker online. It's a solid way to punish the numerous horrid players who populate low-stakes games. But sometime in the past month or so, I've changed.
I've started to speculate a lot more, playing suited connectors and one-gappers, as well as other hands I would have folded in the past.
Now, there's nothing wrong with that for the most part. To be honest, I think I've become a better poker player by expanding the hands I'll see a flop with. It's just that online, where the blinds move up fast and the starting stacks are small, that strategy doesn't work as well.
So I'm going back to being tight. So far, so good. After starting April on an unbelievably bad 0-for-14 streak, I finished second in an $11, 45-player SNG for more than $100.
In the past, I played tight-aggressive ABC poker online. It's a solid way to punish the numerous horrid players who populate low-stakes games. But sometime in the past month or so, I've changed.
I've started to speculate a lot more, playing suited connectors and one-gappers, as well as other hands I would have folded in the past.
Now, there's nothing wrong with that for the most part. To be honest, I think I've become a better poker player by expanding the hands I'll see a flop with. It's just that online, where the blinds move up fast and the starting stacks are small, that strategy doesn't work as well.
So I'm going back to being tight. So far, so good. After starting April on an unbelievably bad 0-for-14 streak, I finished second in an $11, 45-player SNG for more than $100.
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