Table Talk on Tuesday

2-5 nl at MS. Three lags at the table. What is it about Tuesday nights that brings out the wolves? Of course, the big superstack even at the Sun started on Wed.

I posted a straddle, but intended to make it my last hand of the night. I have 450$
utg +1 limps with only 80$ behind. folded to lag on button with 600$ he raises to 55$ all fold.

I find black 10s in the straddle, I call, utg calls with his 25$ behind...

Flop Q 9 2. I donk for 100$, utg calls, button calls. oh brother.

Turn is low card. I don't like how this hand is playing out but I didn't want to give a free card to AK or a str8 draw or whatever wild hand he could have.

I bet 150$, and he says "Well, I guess you have me but I think we'll just put the rest of it in."

I insta-folded. I wonder if I should have pretended to think about it, or grabbed my turn bet back and sprinted out of the room.

River 8. LAG turns over a set of 9s and limper mucked. SHould I have counter blasted pf??

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- A few hands hands later The Lag (A) opens for 25 from late position. I look down at AJo and shove all in over the top. Now I get to give a speech "Well, send me home." He said 'you probably got me' and called with KJo. Got me a trip to double upsville, and more importantly went off tilt from the 1010 hand.

- A half hour later, that took on lag B. B raised to 30 and A called. Flop Qc Qd Jd. check, B bets 200$ (full moon I think) A check raises all in for about $1,000 total.

B thinks about it and then calls with black AA. To his dismay the board comes Qc Qd Jd Jc 10d.

A shakes his head, flashes the 6d and mucks and leaves, B finished his 3 hour session with about $3.2k in his stack.

Gotta be the full moon.

Money I Didn't Need to Lose

One recurring problem is that I make a plan and then can't follow through with it. Commonly a situation where I decide I'll fold to more action morphs into a call and pray plan.

FW 1/2 nl. Table is very prone to pre-flop overbetting, there is a european guy on my right with over 1,,000$ that overbets a lot with rags but isn't in this hand.

A few limps, the "hijack" raises to 20$, euro folds, I look down at JJ on the button. The pfr seems to be a typical young player who learned on the net, so I don't know too much yet. He has about 400, I have about 250$. I call, one of the limpers calls.


Flop 64$. 10 4 5, two diamonds, I have the Jd. check, he bets 45$ and I??

don't like it. the problem with this huge pfr game is that you feel commited on the flop. I guess you can sit around and wait for big hands but there is a time charge and the game was pretty F%ing slow.

I min raised to 90$, the limper folds. My plan was to raise to gain information.

The kid stares me down and starts talking and joking. I tried to keep a str8 face but I couldn't. I let loose a giggle and said "cut it out". Me being happy was supposed to make him think that I had a set, it didn't.

He shoves all in. An over pair of JJ is not very good in this situation and the plan was to fold.

But: 64$ preflop, +90 from both of us on the flop, + 150ish more to put me all in = 394$ vs my 150 to call. 2.6:1 hmmm, I guess the odds were roughly what I eyeballed them at, I am bad at doing math at the table.

But 2.6:1 isn't much when you probably have 2 outs. I didn't have to pay that last bet but I did.

He had QQ. and won. as it came 4, K.

Calling down the flop doesn't change much. I should have stuck with my plan of jettisoning to a 3rd raise.

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I went on tilt after that, somewhat. I rebought and two hands later I called a 17$ raise pf with 9h7h, (6 way) and then called off another 240$ with a str8-flush draw, Jh 10h 4c board against someone with a black AJ. blank-blank I mucked without showing and everyone thought I was a donkey for calling so quickly when I couldn't beat top pair. I fled in disgrace.

Cold Deck?

I was in Mohegan in a 7 handed must move 2-5 trying to get to the table that had money. Unfortunately, it was freezing in there, unsure if it was the AC or the outdoor walls. As a result, most of the the players were holding their hands tight and not much action.

that room gets everything wrong.

Folded to cutoof who open limps. I raise to 20$ with K10s, she calls. I bought in for 230.

Flop 45$ 10 9 2 rainbow.

She leads for 35$. I have no reads so I call.

Turn 115$. (10 9 2) Q. She leads 45$ I hate this card because I really though she could have a str8 draw with over cards. I call.

River 205$. 5 blanky. She leads 45$. I can't be good but I don't like a fold and call. She has Q10, for 2 pair.

It may have been cold in there but I was really steaming after that.

Didn't Plan on Flopping Quads.

I have to reconstruct this hand as my notes are disorganized.

2/5 nlhe at Foxwoods. Table is tight and stable.

I limped 77 from middle position. a couple more limps, the asian gal in the sb with an I-pod raised to 30. I called but the limpers behind me folded. I think this was Harrington's fault. We each had around 350 in our stacks.

flop 7 K 7. rainbow She bet 50 and I froze like a deer in headlights who just flopped quads. I had been planning on playing a set carefully or slowly folding. Quads weren't part of the planning.

I called. Turn was a 9 and she checked. I checked right behind.

River was a low card. No flush draws or anything. She bet 50, I raised to 150 because I didn't think she had top pair or anything. She thought a while and folded.

I don't think there was much of a chance of making money from what was probably her missed big cards or medium pair. If she got away from AK then I salute her. I do need to have some type of idea what I am going to do, I think the flop call was fine but am not sure about the rest.

A Quick Loser's Rant

I lost 70 big bets at 20/40 last night. Ugh, I am going to cry if I ever get rehydrated. They wouldn't fold... and I sometimes paid them off. such as:

utg raises, she is a strange player. mp cold calls. I 3-bet with KsKh from the button. sb calls, they call.

4 players 12 sbs

Flop. Jh 10h 4c. They check, I bet, 3 calls.

Turn 7.5 bbs. 4h. They check. I bet, sb calls, utg check raises. mp folds. I call with my questionable 2 pair and K high flush draw. Sb tanks then calls.

River 13.5 bbs. 6d. sb checks, utg bets, I call, sb thinks then folds.


She had Q4s in spades. No, there weren't any spades on the flop.

Hit outs

We live ones, errr, live players tend to overplay our powerhands like 64s.Converted by DMW's keyboardFoxwoods 20/40 HE. 7 handed. Table is tight passive.

Preflop DMW is dealt 64 in the big blind.Folded to button who puts in the usual steal limp. SB completes, I decided to nix the squeeze play here and check.

Flop 3sbs Qs 5h 4d Hero bets, button calls, sb calls.

Turn 3bbs 2s SB checks, Hero bets, button calls, SB c/r. Hero calls, Button calls.

River 9bbs 3s SB checks, Hero bets, button calls, sb calls.

Showdown: 12bbs

Hero shows 64s Flush Q high.
Button shows 79s Flush Q-9 high.
SB Shows AA mucks a pair of aces.

Same Theme: BRAG POST

2-5nl at Mohegan Sun.

I seem to be posting a lot about nl cash games. This is because I am still unfamiliar with them while the flow of limit hold'em seems to be worn into my brain after 3 years of regular play. I seem to feel intuitively that I am not playing nl correctly. Not that I play limit great, but there aren't as many interesting hands.

Or situations like this one.

I am on my way home to New Hampshire. Stop by at the Sun with 200$ left in my wallet. I make my usual short stack buy into 2-5 and resolveto wait for a real strong spot. While I am waiting, I notice that one guy is all over the place with his bets and he is thoroughly inebriated. I skip my blind and go to the atm and take $ out and come back with a full 500$ buy in.

I post behind and the drunk guy opens for 45$. I see KJs and call. The small blind shoves all in for his last 185 total. The drunk calls, I am not enthusiastic but decide I have great implied odds in the empty side pot.

Flop 6 6 4. Two spades and none of my suit. sigh. We both check.

Turn Jc. Out of the corner of my eye I see the small blind wince at the card. The drunk moves all in, having me covered. I called. River is a deuce. Drunk moans and flashes 10 3. Honestly, I don't remember if he had a flush draw or not, I don't think so because he would have jammed the flop probably. The small blind mucked and said he had a pair, which was probably tens or 9s. How he instantly knew the J had killed him, I have no clue.

I counted the pot at 1185, the largest of my career. I am happy of course, but at the same time rather disappointed that after these years there has been nothing bigger. I don't think I have won any of those 10 way capped mega pots during my occasional shots at 20-40 yet.