Se Last Night

DocO

I Played in the 75double chance in the emporium last night, and was lucky enough to chop it heads up. memory of hands is terrible, but ill do my best to give some of the vital ones i was involved in, and would seriously appreciate all critisicm that could be thrown at me, as it is from this contrustive critiscm that i hope to improve from.
It was my first time playing in the SE and it had 4 tables, 36 players or so. found myself on a very loose table to begin with. There were three lads who were all friends , and they seemed to be there for the fun more than with expectations to win it, but they certainly added a bit of excitement to the table. One guy kept bettin the nuts "all in" to a measily 200 pot. his friend eventually called him wen he flopped a str8(one instance). He would announce that all in was his game, and that anyone who cared to play it with him, was welcome. Bit of a mad fella, but brought a lota craic to the table, whether guys laughin with him or at him.
Started off by raising with AQ on BB, after 3 limpers, and when all 3 called (my 4bb raise) i realised that i wudnt be shaking many off preflop at all, neadless to say i mssed and had to surrender the pot with ad pos.
Another hand i hold K10 in bb, flop comes KJx rainbow, i check as first to act, waiting for a bluff from l8 position. its checked around. rag next and i bet 400, called, blank river i bet 850, called. rock had the jack, my check worked, although prob slighlty risky giving free card (comments??)
another guy moves to our table and i see the flop with low connectors on the button. Checked to me i bet, he calls, i raise bet, he calls, on river i put 3quarters pot bet, he folds.
The hand which i think damaged my image alot, and caused me to loose alot of my chips is the following : The very hand previous KK had been shown, and now i get dealt the exact same hand. on 2nd last pos, and still aware that most will call a small raise, i make it 5bb to call, 4 limpers (too much a raise?), two call. Flop A42, checked to me, i bet over half pot, tryin to show i dont mind a caller, after alot of deliberation folded round. Because KK had just been dealt, i show for the irony factor, and i think this was a mistake, the "pub tournie" players at my table, label me as a Bluffer, and are out to catch me.
Raise early pos with KQc, flop KK9. i check its chekd round, 4 players. Next card a 4, after alot of deliberation, i bet 700, called by mid pos. on river theres a 9, ive the fullhouse, The acting now to get a caller, i say what has he, bang my chip son the table, and eventually get called with A high, having sucked out 1.7k off him post flop.

After the break i raise in late pos to nearly 2k total (my stack is 11, 2 limpers) with 44. flop comes down with 3 over cards, checked to me, i bet, re raised all in, have to fold. (any other way to play this? check take free card?)
few orbits later, and still annoyed at bn re-raised i call wit 76clubs on button to a non-raised pot. flop comes down Q high, with flush draw(diamonds). Mr RE-Raise-alot bets half pot, i call looking to out play him with flush draw or hit either of my cards,which i think will make me ahead.Turn blank, he bets (simular size) i call. river no flush, but an ace, he bets 1k, i re raise to 3k total, he puts me all in . . . WTF, cant call, thought i played it well but obv not (???) i told him id only mid pair (5's i think). He turns over K2, bottom pair, he was ahead, but what about the re-raise (not terrible player, but doubt he had any reads). He replied that he was in that deep that it was his only way out. now i make it a personal vendetta, and am down to only 5k, startin wit 4! (2 tablesleft)
Mr re-raise alot everntually gets caught by sum1 else, wen "in too deep again", so he goes and donates my chips (i no you shouldnt get personal in poker, but very hard, wen ur out played!)

"My Games all in" has been knocked out after losing twice at his own game to the new chip leader (who sits quietly on these chips). Im pretty shortstacked and on bb of 400. ive 3.4 overall. Folded round, small blind completes, im all in blind, he calls. A3 vs my 10-8. 8 and 3 on flop, no improvement and im back in it. New player moves in, (ive built stack up a bit more)and wen im button, he's one off folded to him, he raises to 1200 after eyeing up everybodies moves b4 him (i put him on a steal). i look down to A10 suited, ive pos, and call. (shud i have pushed him all in?)Flop comes J high, but with 3 clubs. He checks, i bet 2.1k, he checks cards, stares at me, then re-raises all in. I put him on maybe Aof clubs, but i cuda bn ahead at the time, threw it away (shud i have checked? gone all in myself? folded preflop??)
Raging again that ive bn re-raised, and i think most of it (the first 2)have cum from showin my kk.
Final table now, im on 7k r so, blinds 400-800. on small blind first so have pos on table from den on. Very passive final table, blinds der to be robbed, esp with my button, rock on BB. Banter is gud at table, everyone havin the craic, and dey start droppin like flies. No major hands to mention on my part, until we get to final 6, top five bn paid.
Very confident now, pickin the right battles and winning most of em. Ive K9h in l8 pos, and limp, knowing ill get button, flop K86. cheked to me, i bet 3k, blinds 500-1k, re-raised to 6k by player i respect most. we hadnt really tangled as of yet. now i get mixed reads off him . . . He tries to stare me out of it, breaks eye contact, then leans back, is aggresive about the call (seeing he is tryin to provoke me into it) but then puts on fake smile . . . I eventually call, leaving 7k behind me, i was always callin his all in on turn, but hoped if he was blufn he'd chek it, and id follow suit. Im all in, 10 on turn, he turns over 66, trips, ive gut shot, standing up and furious at myself for gettin so close i hit it! Robbery! i shuda bn out (how badly did i actually play this??
Im on bout 17k now by robbing blinds, and after a few all ins by short stacks sitll got 6 deep enuf stacks, i propose 100 off top for 6th, to give them sumtin, its agreed and every1 is happy.
Get a few reads, and at one stage i folded QJ to a 3bb raise wen im on bb, after he more than heppilly answered my "how much have u left Q", i knew he had me more than covered, he in turn showed AA.
I get dealt AA myself in UTG, min raise because im not sure if itl get raised otherwise, folded round to me (how else to play it? one guy berated me on not limpin, but i disagree with this.

Eventually check down a few big hands were ive the nuts, knock ou tmore players and im sittin with chip lead, 4 left. They drop like flies now, and its headsup, ive bout 50k, he's 100k i think, but i he says 80k, so i win blinds three time, 4k big blind, and i offer deal, 100 off top 4 dealer, 750ech he accepts. Happy days.
i would have been confident to have hime heads up, but itt oculd have gone on hours, and also cuda ended diastastrously so deal was best, oh and did i metion that my last exam in coll was the next mornin at 9, its now 2 wen we do the deal!
(only played the poker coz i was head wrecked study)
Sorry about length, but hope it gets point accross about most hands.
ull notice that most of my hands mentioned are critiscm of myself, so i know that their is alot of room for improvment, and i hope to receive alot of feed back, thanks guys

fixer

"Raging again that ive bn re-raised, ". Why rage when you were bluffing both times?

POKERKING

goodpost well done just wondering what you hit when your man had trip 66s was it a flush?cos cant make out what else you could of hit!!

Dave

His other King I think?

Good post btw

ditpoker

well played. congrats on the win.
only hand i'd rethink alot is

Ive K9h in l8 pos, and limp, knowing ill get button, flop K86. cheked to me, i bet 3k, blinds 500-1k, re-raised to 6k by player i respect most. we hadnt really tangled as of yet. now i get mixed reads off him . . . He tries to stare me out of it, breaks eye contact, then leans back, is aggresive about the call (seeing he is tryin to provoke me into it) but then puts on fake smile . . . I eventually call, leaving 7k behind me, i was always callin his all in on turn, but hoped if he was blufn he'd chek it, and id follow suit. Im all in, 10 on turn, he turns over 66, trips, ive gut shot, standing up and furious at myself for gettin so close i hit it! Robbery!

my thinking is u have limped with K9, leaving anyone out there with hands like 86 in the hand, and k8 and k6. for me i'm either raising to get rid of those hands, or folding. it really is a hand that if you dont hit your out of the hand, and even if you do hit there is alot of hands than can still be out there that beat you. if you raise a hand like 86 or even 79 is folding, but they are going nowhere with that flop even if you bet ur top pair. when u got re-raised i think u drop the cards... 9 is not actually a great kicker so if u have him on top pair too if he has a better kicker (he prob would have raised with a better kicker) but if its lower then he could easily have k8 or k6.
although well done hitting runner runner!!

also, i got a call from the SE saying the 50+5 double chance is not on tonight... any idea??

ditpoker

POKERKING wrote:

goodpost well done just wondering what you hit when your man had trip 66s was it a flush?cos cant make out what else you could of hit!!

he has k9. 68 on the flop, 10 on turn. im guessing he hit a 7 for a straight!?
and cant have been his King cos that would have given the 66's a full house 6's over Kings.

jd

POKERKING wrote:

goodpost well done just wondering what you hit when your man had trip 66s was it a flush?cos cant make out what else you could of hit!!

i would a thought a 7 for a gutshot?

Dave

ditpoker wrote:

cant have been his King cos that would have given the 66's a full house 6's over Kings.

lol, my hungover head didn't even think

POKERKING

yep 7 was his only out unless a flush only realised it after i post cheers lads!

Sangre

Don't worry about people folding to your pocket Ace raise better then being sucked out on a rags flop. Winning a little is better than losing a lot.

DocO

fixer wrote:

"Raging again that ive bn re-raised, ". Why rage when you were bluffing both times?

You dont need the best hand to win, often once you can put your opponent on a hand, then putting him off it is enough to win, and this is what i thought i did, but true enuf, i had nothing!
Thanks very much for the replies lads, yeh i shud of dropped the K9, but it was the reads that forced me into calling to be honest, they were so contradictory, and i honestly didnt think that he was capable of purposely doing them.
Very hazy post as i said, but hopefully most got the point! true about the aces, jus unlucky didnt get a bit of action, there is the argument that even min raise is too little???

On another note, ive been playing texas hold em one year now. first started last december with the lads for the craic, we didnt even know the proper rules. played my first tournie in UCD in feb r so, thought i knew what i was doing, but didnt, and since then ive been bitten by the poker bug! In march i played a small ucd event, and won 125. with the winnings i decided to play the fitz double chance. it was my first time in a casino playing poker and i was very fortunate to win it, with a mix of The Deck hittin me in the face, being an "Uber Rock" and gettin extremely lucky i happened to win it. Marq can testify to my luck (all in with not enough for the ~BB with 5 left, hit fkush and didnt stop~)
ever sinnce then started reading books, playing a bit online and a year down the line i think im alot more of an improved player, but def wont argue that ive LOADS to improve on, and i lok forward to doing so. ive never featured in any high buy in events, and i absolutely suck at live cash games, which ive deceided to give up for the time bn. its bn an enjoyable year, and hopefully next year will keep improving!
KEep the critiscm coming, and to those who get bitten by the bug, any time in the near future, enjoy it! I certainly have

DocO

Yes, hit the seven for the gutshot, sorry if wasnt explained. unbelievably lucky, and badly played by me, but ill take ll the luck i can, sorry DIT not sure y that is cancelled!

De Deraco

hey declan, i think your moves were good suited your style of play you generally outplay porer players postflop and seemed to have a good read of the opponent.

ps i though you weren't allowed to play in the se.

DocO

Cheers De Deraco, its a wonder u made any sense outa the first post, got a bit carried away with the narrative.
Apart from the 10 8 failed blind steal, and the k9 were i got lucky, wasnt all in or calling an all in for the rest of the tournie,so tried to keep the ball in my own court, most of the time!!!
No allowed to play there the last few weeks, first chance i got to get in, wont b in then til new year, hope to c ya der den.
Ps. Donal (not Declan!)

willis

nice 1 donee, wp