.25/.50 NLH LH 11/11/07

Stars
Opening Balance: $1 000.09
No. of Tables: 2
No. of Hands: 188
Closing Balance: $1 110.64 (+$110.59)

Running Totals: -$23.35/688
-47ptbb/688

Ran hot but I don't think I played badly most of the time (played horribly for about two orbits in the middle). Lost to a couple of three outers (A with a good kicker loses to A with worse kicker->two pair on turn/river) but only for small pots. Focussed on the bad players around me again.

Hands

UTG+1: $67.10
UTG+2: $96.90
MP1: $32.65
MP2: $42.70
CO: $9.25
BTN: $80
SB: $13.15
BB: $50.25
Hero (UTG): $138.10

Pre-Flop: Jc Td dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $1.50 Specualtive raise. Table is a little frightened of me and I'm mixing it up (a lot) 5 folds, BTN calls $1.50 BTN is relatively loose and easy to read. TP+ he bets, anything else he doesn't. I recently stacked him with trips against his pocket overpair. Preflop range is quite loose but not manic. Connectors, gappers, small pairs, two big cards, 2 folds

Flop: ($3.75) Qd Tc 4h (2 Players)
Hero bets $2, BTN calls $2 Sticking to my read, I'm putting him on a ten, straight draw or 4. Maybe a set or two pair, but I doubt it. I expect he'll raise a set, two pair or top pair on the turn

Turn: ($7.75) 4c (2 Players)
Hero bets $4.50, BTN calls $4.50 Now think I'm way ahead of his range. Right now, I think I'm only behind to KT and AT. He's relatively straightforward although he might have just caught his own trips on me

River: ($16.75) 5h (2 Players)
Hero checks, Draws missed. Time to bluff induce. BTN bets $15, Hero calls $15 Read-based. Too big for a value bet from this guy.

BTN showed 7c 8c nothing! (a pair of Fours) and LOST (-$23 NET) I think he might have been steaming
Hero showed Jc Td (two pair, Tens and Fours) and WON $44.50 (+$21.50 NET)

Results: $46.75 Pot ($2.25 Rake)


UTG+2: $64.85
MP1: $97.65
MP2: $30
CO: $47.95
BTN: $5.20
SB: $81
BB: $29.40
UTG: $51.50
Hero (UTG+1): $113.25

Pre-Flop: 9h 9c dealt to Hero (UTG+1)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $2, 2 folds, MP2 calls $2, CO folds, BTN raises to $5.20 and is All-In, 2 folds, Hero raises to $30, Puts MP2 all in. Isolation play. Obviously I'm screwed if he calls, but I don't think he can without KK, AA or maybe AK MP2 folds

So what is the button's range? He's loose but not that aggressive as far as I know (71/14 over 7 hands). He doesn't seem that good. My image is loose but not good at being played back at (honestly, I can't remember what he's seen of me and what he hasn't). I'll give him a range like any pair, A8o+, A2s+, K8s+, KT0+, QTs+, QJo. Pokerstove gives my equity as 57% here. I'm uncertain about the validity of this range.

On the one hand, he could be thinking "Oh, fuck it. All in." He's lost most of a buy in in six hands. I doubt he's picked up a big hand but he may have. This could be any hand he wants to play (and he's shown down hands as low as 87o, so my range might be tight). I think the play is ok against someone who has recently become shortstacked, rather than a dedicated shortstacker.

Results: $13.15 Pot ($0.65 Rake)
BTN showed As 8d (a pair of Eights) and LOST (-$5.20 NET)
Hero showed 9h 9c (three of a kind, Nines) and WON $12.50 (+$7.30 NET)

Here's a hand I played very badly.

UTG: $65.95
UTG+1: $100.65
UTG+2: $3.50
MP1: $30.70
MP2: $29.85
CO: $34.70
BTN: $13.50
SB: $52.50
Hero (BB): $52.05

Pre-Flop: 9h Kd dealt to Hero (BB)
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $1.50, 3 folds, BTN calls $1.50, SB folds, Hero raises to $3.50, Puts UTG+2 all in. In retrospect, the first of many mistakes as UTG+2 is tight and his range crushes me, UTG+2 calls $2 and is All-In, BTN calls $2 Damn BTN

Flop: ($10.75) Ac 7h Js (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
Hero bets $10, Stupid. I missed the flop, so I should check/fold here. I'm still behind UTG+2 so I can't hope to pick up a pot here. This is a hole in my game I throw money through frequently BTN calls $10 and is All-In

Turn: ($30.75) 4h (3 Players - 2 are All-In)

River: ($30.75) Qc (3 Players - 2 are All-In)

Results: $30.75 Pot ($1.50 Rake)
UTG+2 showed As Ah (three of a kind, Aces) and WON $10.25 (+$6.75 NET)
BTN showed Ad 7d (two pair, Aces and Sevens) and WON $19 (+$5.50 NET)
Hero showed 9h Kd (high card Ace) and LOST (-$13.50 NET) I hate everything I did in this hand.

This session also showed my biggest weakness is preflop. I call way too much. I'm getting a lot of $10-12 pots where I raised pre and c-bet the flop only to give up on the turn or get raised off my hand. These are ok, I feel, and analysis of individual hands won't really help. But preflop I'm habitually doing things like this.

BB: $55.50
UTG+1: $18.65
UTG+2: $16.85
MP1: $119.85
CO: $50
Hero (BTN): $65.10
SB: $24.60

Pre-Flop: Qc Ks dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $1, UTG+2 calls $1, MP1 calls $1, MP2 folds, CO calls $1, Hero calls $1, SB raises to $8, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $7, UTG+2 calls $7, 2 folds, Hero calls $7

First call is speculative and OOP, so maybe a fold. I'm looking for KKx, QQx, KQx, JTx, so probably a fold is best. The second call is stupid. This is easily the worst example. I think I should open raise more in the last three seats and call less in them.