.05/.10 NLH LH 25/10/07

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Opening Balance: $423.74
No. of Tables: 3
No. of Hands: 135
Closing Balance: $434.59 (+$10.85)

Running Totals: +2378ptbb/9138
+$237.79/9138

Started badly, turned out great in the end. Luckboxing more than anything, I think.

UPDATE

Some analysis of my play earlier. The problem with doing analysis now is that I can't remember my reads on anyone. Some of them I'll have notes for, most of them I have at least a few hands on PT, but really I can't remember what I was thinking some of the time (assuming I was).

Hero (BTN): $22.40
SB: $2.35
BB: $8.20
UTG: $18.50
UTG+1: $10.05
MP1: $2.05
MP2: $13.30
CO: $6.75

Pre-Flop: 5h 6h dealt to Hero (BTN)
3 folds, MP2 checksOOP blind, CO folds, Hero calls $0.10Cheap, well-priced flop to hit a straight or baby flush, SB folds, BB checks

Flop: ($0.25) 6d 3h 7s (3 Players)
BB checks, MP2 bets $0.30, Hero raises to $1 I figure I'm strong with middle pair and a gutshot, especially if he's betting as a bluff, BB folds, MP2 calls $0.70 Guess he really has something

Turn: ($2.25) 5s (2 Players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks Not sure if betting here is better. He might be checking a big hand here because he thinks I'll follow up on my flop raise or because he's weak. Either way, I'll take a free card to my straight or a full house

River: ($2.25) 2c (2 Players)
MP2 bets $2.60, Hero calls $2.60 This looks too big for a value bet. I'm intruiged by this unknown player and I do have two pair in case he has A7 or an overpair or something else strong

Results: $7.45 Pot ($0.35 Rake)
Hero mucked 5h 6h and LOST (-$3.70 NET)
MP2 showed 7d 4s (a straight, Three to Seven) and WON $7.25 (+$3.65 NET)

Turns out he checked a straight on the turn, probably so I would bet and he could either raise me or squeeze a little more out. I guess either my check worried him and he wanted to make the most of his third nuts, or he always makes big value bets on the river.

Hero (CO): $21.60
BTN: $2.45
SB: $9.80
BB: $17.50
UTG: $2.20
MP: $6.90

Pre-Flop: Tc Ac dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30 Standard for me with just about ATC, BTN folds, SB raises to $0.50 Resteal perhaps, perhaps genuine strength. Small bet size could go either way. Could be a minbet for extraction or it could be a cheap resteal, BB folds, Hero calls $0.20 4:1 even if he has JJ-KK

Flop: ($1.10) As 3d 9d (2 Players)
SB bets $0.50 Continuation. Could be anything really, although I have no strong read on the villain, Hero raises to $1.50 I did hit top pair with an above average kicker, SB folds

Results: $2.10 Pot ($0.10 Rake)
Hero mucked Tc Ac and WON $2 (+$1 NET)

Consistent aggression took this hand down. Some table chat has been cut out by the HH convertor. The villain said "kk well I lay it down" just before folding. I don't know if that "kk" means "Pocket kings you ace-flopping bastard" or "OK, OK, aggro-donk, leave me alone". I surmise this is a surprisingly good laydown of kings from the villain. Partly because it makes me feel like the big man.

Hero (SB): $10.75
BB: $2.50
UTG: $11.70
UTG+1: $3
UTG+2: $6.10
MP1: $5.65
MP2: $13.75
CO: $11
BTN: $9.75

UTG+1 posts $0.10
Pre-Flop: 2s 4s dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG folds, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 calls $0.10, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.05 7:1. Easy call, BB checks

Flop: ($0.40) As 3d 8h (4 Players) Flopped a gutshot
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets $0.10, UTG+2 folds, Hero calls $0.10 5:1 which isn't really enough, also hoping for a call behind. The min-bet suggests he likes his hand, and my 5 is pretty nonthreatening, so I'll take the bad wager and see what develops, BB folds

Turn: ($0.60) 5h (2 Players)
Hero checks Why bet it? I know it's not a scary card and that's how I like it. If the flop bet was a weak bluff, I won't get much unless he bluffs again, UTG+1 bets $0.20 He definitely likes his hand, lacking a read that this is how he bluffs. I guess at A9+ or a set, Hero raises to $0.40 Terrible. With my call, pot is $1 and villain has $2.60 left. If I make it $.80, pot becomes $2.60 with villains call (minus rake) and villain has $2 left. Perfect to shove the flop and get all his money, UTG+1 calls $0.20

River: ($1.40) Jh (2 Players)
Hero bets $1.10 About the most I expect him to call unimproved. Flush is non-scary. If he hit the backdoor, I'll pay him, UTG+1 raises to $2.40 and is All-In, Hero calls $1.30 Dull, obvious.

Results: $6.20 Pot ($0.30 Rake)
Hero showed 2s 4s (a straight, Ace to Five) and WON $5.90 (+$2.90 NET)
UTG+1 showed Js Ad (two pair, Aces and Jacks) and LOST (-$3 NET)

I eventually got all his money, but the weak turn raise nearly let him escape with $1.30 of my money. I think I was thinking about recovering the odds I missed by calling on the flop with a gutshot. If anything but the J hits (or another Ace), I probably don't get that last chunk.

That'll do it for the analysis for now. Since the last update, I've also played a 180 man $4.40 and finished thirty-first (not great, but not terrible) and played some micro seven stud, which is still pretty easy for me to beat. Made $2.13 at .04/.08 in about 100 hands (including one funny incident where I, with Aces showing, caught a third ace on the end to beat a guy with sevens showing who capped on third with a six on the door. He berated my "one outer", and I stupidly told him it wasn't a one-outer, although I didn't explain that I had 14 outs at the river to beat his sevens up, which would've made folding to one bet a mistake)

Closing Balance: $432.42