Played a little bit today and had great results. I played well and ran well too:
•+$1113.30
•+$9317.94 on the year (46.5% of the way to my goal, pulling ahead of schedule)
This will be a quick update (longer update to follow tomorrow while I'm bored at WWDC), but I'll just say that I played my biggest hand so far tonight (and won!)
The villain's line makes almost no sense from start to finish. The river check-raise is just beautiful, laying me 10-1 odds on my call. What was he trying to represent? Jacks that had rivered a full house and then checked (???) with the betting lead and only 1/2 pot left to play? Sevens full? A2 suited? None of these hands would ever check the river given the way the hand was played and I find it hard to believe that any of these hands would re-raise before the flop so small when out of position and deep-stacked against an almost UTG raiser...
In any case, my opponent gifted me $550 for no reason. After the hand, he called me a donk and left the table. He must have subconsciously been saying that to himself. I think I played the hand perfectly to induce spew. I just wish I had snapped off his check-raise instantly rather than thinking about it...
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB ($604.80)
UTG ($106)
Hero (MP) ($553.50)
CO ($200)
Button ($398.70)
SB ($410.35)
Preflop: Hero is MP with K
1 fold, Hero bets $6, 3 folds, BB raises to $16, Hero raises to $49, BB calls $33
Flop: ($99) 2
BB bets $62, Hero calls $62
Turn: ($223) 6
BB bets $160, Hero calls $160
River: ($543) J
BB checks, Hero bets $180, BB raises to $333.80 (All-In), Hero calls $102.50 (All-In)
Total pot: $1108 | Rake: $3
Results:
BB had A
Hero had K
Outcome: Hero won $1105
Dammit google, why are you screwing up my formatting?
ReplyDeleteHe called you a donk??? You 4-bet him pre-flop and he double-barreled OOP with Ace high, then check-raised the river. Was there some history before this hand where you picked some people off with suited gappers or something?
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that his thought process was something like, "People bluff all the time, my opponent is probably on a bluff, and I have the best bluffing hand," and that he completely disregarded your preflop betting (or convinced himself that your most likely hand was A-Q). I think hands like this usually involve a lot of wishcasting on the part of the villain.
ReplyDeleteA more reasonable player would realize there's a pretty good chance from your preflop betting that you have a pair, and any pair beats him.
His line of play is totally wonky. He might have been able to bluff some hands (although probably not yours) out of the pot, but he'd have to plan it ahead of time and size his bets better so he's not giving you 3-to-1 (never mind 10-to-1, WTF?) when he goes all-in.
This is what I think his line of thinking was:
ReplyDelete"Hoorays! I has AK! I cannot lose!"
"Oh he raised, I had better re-raise because I has AK and I cannot lose!"
"Oh crap! He reraised... But I has AK and I cannot loooooose! I call!"
"Oh crap! This is a terrible flop for my hand... I should bet, because otherwise I cannot wins! (AK! Cannot loooose!)"
"Oh crap! He called... Oh wells, I will bet again because he cannot calls again because I clearly have AA! (I cannot lose!?)"
"Oh crap! He called again! But I has AK! I cannot lose! (?)"
"Oh crap! He bet so small, he cannots has anything! And after all, I has AK! I cannot lose! I'm all-in!"
"Oh crap! He called again! But I clearly had AA!!! He's such an idiot! Didn't he know I cannot lose???"
Yes, my opponents do think in LOL-speak...
Is wishcasting related to typecasting?
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