[Naismith's Blog Apparently]

LOL, wow.U did get a few very nice hands there HU. but also. He did play some pretty horrible poker in a couple of those hands.

That is a huge understatement. He played horrible poker basically the whole match lol. I'm serious when I say that after about 100 hands in he began min 3 betting every one of my raises and would raise to 5BB himself 100% of the time, and when I 4 bet to 15-20BB he NEVER folded. Not once. The reason it took me so long to get all his monies is because I actually had to play a bit careful considering how ridiculously deep stacked we were at some points and his huge hand range.

[Naismith's Blog Apparently]

Post some HH please.weeeeeeeeeeeeei take it he quit you after he lost 5 buy-ins? - Jordan

Actually he started with about $1,200 and never rebought, he just stood until he went broke. At the very beginning of the match he taunted me a few minutes in saying I "even played like a puppy" (in reference to my avatar of the poodle) simply because I wasn't playing every hand like him. I have NO IDEA how he made so much but I destroyed him. About halfway into the match he went on total tilt and began raising every hand to 5BB and min 3 betting me whenever I raised. I actually got worried for a bit because it seemed like every time I was gonna breakthrough he would spike a 2 pair on the turn and end up taking a big hand down. He slowed down once he was down to about 200 bucks a little bit for some reason. As requested, some gems:Here's what started the tilt. I admit I got a bit lucky here.Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$22 playersConverterStack sizes:SB: $1199.95Hero: $212Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is BB with A T SB calls, Hero raises to $7, SB calls.Flop: Q 6 T ($14, 2 players)Hero bets $9, SB calls.Turn: 5 ($32, 2 players)Hero checks, SB bets $20, Hero raises to $62, SB raises to $174, Hero raises all-in $196, SB calls.River: 7 ($424, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $424)Results:Final pot: $424SB showed 5c QsHero showed As TsMe calling him down with what turned out to be 4th pair.Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$22 playersConverterStack sizes:SB: $961.25Hero: $446.50Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is BB with 7 7 SB calls, Hero raises to $7, SB calls.Flop: 8 4 3 ($14, 2 players)Hero bets $8, SB calls.Turn: K ($30, 2 players)Hero checks, SB bets $30, Hero calls.River: 9 ($90, 2 players)Hero checks, SB bets $64, Hero calls.Results:Final pot: $218SB showed 2d TcHero showed 7s 7cI think an argument can be made to push here considering how horribly he has played but I'm not sure if he pays me off with a lesser diamond so I just called. Plus we're so deep and I don't want to have to rebuy back down to 100BB against this guy if I'm wrong. Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$22 playersConverterStack sizes:SB: $863.25Hero: $538.50Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is BB with Q Q SB raises to $10, Hero raises to $35, SB calls.Flop: 6 7 K ($70, 2 players)Hero bets $40, SB calls.Turn: 8 ($150, 2 players)Hero checks, SB bets $50, Hero calls.River: 4 ($250, 2 players)Hero checks, SB bets $150, Hero calls.Results:Final pot: $550SB showed Ts JcHero showed Qd QhNot sure why he didn't bluff this after he bluffed that 7's hand down so horridly. Maybe I scared him. I didn't pull the trigger because I figured if he had any part of that board he would call any river bet (fold wasn't really in his vocabulary).Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$22 playersConverterStack sizes:SB: $748.50Hero: $640.75Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is BB with 6 5 SB raises to $10, Hero calls.Flop: A 2 Q ($20, 2 players)Hero checks, SB checks.Turn: K ($20, 2 players)Hero bets $20, SB calls.River: K ($60, 2 players)Hero checks, SB checks.Results:Final pot: $60Hero showed 6s 5sSB mucks 5c 3sHe's in min 3 bet mode. It's fun to chase gutshots. I'm liking his call down with bottom pair, Q kicker.Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$22 playersConverterStack sizes:Hero: $431.25BB: $955Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is SB with 6 9 Hero raises to $6, BB raises to $10, Hero calls.Flop: K 8 5 ($20, 2 players)BB bets $12, Hero calls.Turn: 7 ($44, 2 players)BB bets $12, Hero raises to $44, BB calls.River: 9 ($132, 2 players)BB checks, Hero bets $80, BB calls.Results:Final pot: $292Hero showed 6c 9dBB mucks 5c Qs

[2-5 Nl, Kk Deep Stacked]

Thats only if villain bets out pot. villain doesnt bet out pot with a set. lets be honest here. if we're trully LAG, we should be firing with any PP here right?So yes, if we do check /raise a pot sized bet, i'm confident to invest. because I do not think our villain would call a check/raise. Why? because if we do check raise, it means villain made a bet when we showed weakness. Which is why i eliminate the set. and lead more to 99,88 or maybe JJAlso, in a live 2-5 game like OP is talking about, YES a raise of 3BB's is horrible for QQ,JJ. And NO. i dont play KK or AA for set value. But I play cash games, much differently than tournaments. I dont always invest my stack with AA or KK just because its a board lower than Q. I'm there for hours without any increasing blinds, or short handed situations.

I play cash games primarily and obviously I know not to overvalue overpairs. This situation is one of those cases where I am "overvaluing" it. We just put a LARGE amount of money in preflop which means once again less play postflop. We also got the best flop we could hope for. Basically you're hinting if he bets we check-raise all in because he wouldn't bet a set. I think this is completely wrong but I will entertain it for a minute. What do we do if he checks? Automatically assume he has a monster? If he checks we go to the turn are we supposed to check our overpair again?? That is obviously wrong. Also, if we bet pot on turn and he reraises then do we give him credit for a monster or do we even take into account he is probably doing this because we showed huge weakness on the flop and bet the turn? I think we're getting too close to Fancy Play Syndrome here when the correct way to play the hand is simple.

[2-5 Nl, Kk Deep Stacked]

I think the fact that he cant get away from KK here misplayed.If I'm playing deep stacks NL and I go broke with KK just because its a low unconnecting board, I'd have to re-evaluate my game.I really dont like the looks of my KK after the raise. and i especially dont like it if he comes over the top of a check/raise

There is no coming over the top of a check/raise then folding for us. A check/raise not only commits you, it puts so much money in the pot that it becomes HORRIBLE to fold. We're not getting away from this and if we do it'd be by doing something like betting half pot and then being able to fold to a reraise which seems like scared poker. Also, a check raise would basically put opponent all in anyways so he can't come over the top with anything significant.I'm going to reinforce that his raise to 25 doesn't mean suited connectors or small PP. A raise to 5BB is low with the straddle but you can't immediately put him on a hand because of it. Also, JJ/QQ play this the same, almost always. If OP's image is LAG then his hand range is even BIGGER here because he could be seeing our 3 bet as a move or correctly putting our 3 betting range as quite large and not necessarily strong.Why even play KK man if you are gonna play it so scared on a completely uncoordinated board such as 1023? Do you play KK/AA for set value only or something?

[Naismith's Blog Apparently]

One opponent, $1/2 NL HU109 minutes, $1,097 won, 323 hands, 84.91BB/100

[Lololololol]

Or he was a bot...

[Raising Leads To Setting, Setting Leads To Housing (6-max) (3/6)]

I'd bet more on flop. So many draws out there I would probably just pot it.I like check on turn. Keep pot managable after a huge scare card hits and maybe hit some outs to a boat for free.River value bet you made seems standard. I might pot it simply because that board is very coordinated and there are plenty second best hands out there that will look you up after you checked turn.

[Qq, Heads Up Cash Game]

what gives you that impression? reducing his range to Ax is very strange hu

I think an Ace is defintley in his range. I see HU people call bets on the flop with Ax a lot. Either they think it is good here or they are floating to take it away later. Regardless I like firing a half potish bet and if he calls reevaluate for river. If he raises obviously fold.

[2-5 Nl, Kk Deep Stacked]

its HU right? so play it like its HU.If u arent a good HU player, you wont understand where i'm trying to come from.You are supposed to study everyone at your table, and note the good the bad and the horrible.Now when ur HU with a guy you say is solid. u gotta think, is he capable of a C-bet after i raised preflop? Does he lead when strong? or does he slow play?what notes do you have?if you check, does he fire out with a set? does he play back at aggression? what about a check/raise? is he a loose enough player to raise to 600 with JJ or QQ? or chop with KK?so thats where your preflop your knowledge, and now your postflop come into play.My guess is AA or KK re-raises your aggression preflop. I know i would. if i think you're loose enough to make this same move with jacks.if i hold 10's or jacks here i might play for set value. and assuming we put you on AA,KK or QQ if we hit, we have great implied odds to double up off you.Only other thing is, if we do have Jacks, and we missed the flop but its 10 high, are our jacks good?so you C-bet the pot. maybe u have AK? i raise to 600. ur stuck with a huge choice now.?? is that basically what u thought that he migt think?which is why i like checking, to see what his line is.

I am a fairly good HU player. Checking after you 3 bet preflop KK p-flop on a 1023 board with a possible flush draw seems pretty bad though. There is 350 in the pot with original raiser having 900 behind. We're playing a big pot for stacks now and we put a lot of money in preflop which means less play postflop. A 1023 board with a flush draw means we are most likely ahead but there is no reason to check a huge 3 bet pot. If he checks and a scare card hits (Ace, flush card, maybe a J or Q since JJ and QQ are defintley in his range) we could either lose action because of it or lose the pot by allowing him to catch up if the card hits his hand.If he is loose/tricky/agressive I might check to induce a bluff but only with the intention of check-raising. If he is a normal TAG then only hands I see him beating us with here is 1010. Most players won't raise 22 or 33 so I'm not as concerned with them. I think this is much more likely JJ-QQ or even a middle PP. Maybe he is putting you on a squeeze play. You might even see a retarded hand like A10 or air. A flush draw is also very possible. Bottom line is you are ahead much more often then not in this situation. For those who advocate checking, why? If he pot bets it we have less info then we do now. Is he potting it because we checked? Does he have a hand? Would he pot it with a monster or slowplay? Check/Folding=Horrible and checking with the intention to call or raise is bad simply because we don't have a read of him being aggressive or anything to lead us to believe he would fire a pot hard after we 3 bet and then check. Maybe with some extra reads I would check but not here. I think you're ahead of his range here by A LOT. Push.

[Donkalicious?]

I think you'd be better of pulling this move with a hand like KQ because you have some decent equity if CO calls with an overpair like 99 or 1010 or a better 8 then you had. If you get called with KQ you usually have 6 outs as opposed to the 2 you have if he call you with a hand like 1010, or JJ and with both hands you dont want to be called.I don't like risking so much for so little and with so little but it is ballsy.

[Variance]

Yea I ran through some sick downswings in online poker and that is multitabling 5-6 games from anywhere from an hour-4 hours on an almost daily basis. So I'm seeing probably 50 times as many hands as a live player. I've had some last a few days, other a few weeks, one or two lasted more. About a month or so ago I actually went through such a sick downswing I really questioned my playing abilities as a NL hold em player. I barely played after that for a week or so and I actually had the mentality that I would lose if I did play. I reviewed my play through Poker Tracker and found some leaks and realized I was playing scared and timid among other flaws due to dropping so many buy-ins. I found playing other games helped (I played Omaha a good deal) and after a while I shook it off and the cards started cooperating again. I can only imagine how long a live downswing can last. I suggest playing other games, taking a small break, and defintley playing online some if you haven't before. GL. I've been there man.

[Guess My Cards (6-max) (3/6)]

Q 9

[Naismith's Blog Apparently]

I would actually fold that normally, but I figured I was waaaaay ahead of his range based on his extremely high donktasm.

Fold QQ there? Whatttt? Its an obvious misclick (meant to raise 30 and pressed 3 twice most likely) and QQ is way ahead of any average player's raising range, especially 6 max.As for call with KQ, it's borderline but I still don't think it's right. He's dominated with AK,KK,AA, AQ a good amount of the time and behind to QQ a lot as well. What is he even ahead of? A ballsy bluff by a player who realizes it's a misclick and is trying to take advantage (in which case he might be 60-40 or 40-60) and he is flipping with a lower PP although I'm not sure what PP is pushing here (maybe 99-JJ).

[Naismith's Blog Apparently]

These CAP games are so juicy. All 3 of these hands within 15 minutes. Lol doomswitchaments. Loving the call in the last hand.Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $2/$44 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: $498.30Hero: $258SB: $317.25BB: $31.70Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with K A UTG raises to $8, Hero raises to $30, 2 folds, UTG raises to $128, Hero calls.Flop: 5 7 T ($262, 2 players)Turn: J ($262, 2 players)River: K ($262, 2 players)Results:Final pot: $262Hero showed Ks AsUTG showed Ah QdFull Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $2/$44 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: $610.30Hero: $438SB: $247.25BB: $279.35Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with J J UTG folds, Hero raises to $14, SB calls, BB raises to $120, Hero calls, SB folds.Flop: A A 5 ($254, 2 players)Turn: 8 ($254, 2 players)River: 9 ($254, 2 players)Results:Final pot: $254Hero showed Jc JsBB showed 9h 9cFull Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $2/$45 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: $389.35CO: $291Button: $626.30Hero: $302BB: $254.95Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with A T UTG folds, CO calls, Button calls, Hero raises to $20, BB calls, CO calls, Button folds.Flop: T J T ($64, 3 players)Hero bets $44, BB folds, CO calls.Turn: 2 ($152, 2 players)Hero bets $56, CO calls.River: K ($264, 2 players)Results:Final pot: $264Hero showed As ThCO showed Qh Ah

[Kk 200bb Deep]

Unless you were playing KK for set value this has to go all-in. Safest flop you could hope for.

[Semi-deep Stacked 1/2pl.]

Edited to include stack sizes.Once again I am not thinking about folding and I was aware he min raised pre-flop but I wasn't entirely sure what it meant. He has a very small raising percentage as opposed to his high limping percentage so at first I figured maybe premium hand. Flop check tells me nothing.As for turn action, anything from a small PP, a boat, flush draw, or Jx might play it this way.He value bets river then min reraises a hard reraise on a paired board. This is such an obvious sign of a monster but what kind? Jx? Defintley not. Nut flush? Once again, I don't feel he is min reraising my obvious sign of a monster on a paired board with a flush. 33? Yes. J3,J5,J7,JJ? Yes. 55? Unlikely he called turn with it and didnt fire c-bet on flop but possible. I am beating 55 and 33 here. 68s? YesTo take a look a min raise pre-flop it could've been an accidental click of raise button, a legitimate hand, or just garbage. He does have a low raising percentage leading me to believe that he didn't intentionally raise a hand like J5s although with a loosey goosey opponent like this then it is possible. If he legitimately raised, then JJ is only hand that makes sense given his low raising percentage.

[Naismith's Blog Apparently]

This is fun.Full Tilt PokerPot Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$25 playersConverterPre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with A A Hero raises to $7, CO folds, Button calls, SB raises to $21, BB folds, Hero raises to $79, Button raises to $130, SB calls all-in $28.8, Hero raises all-in $251.6, Button calls all-in $53.35.Uncalled bets: $68.25 returned to Hero. Flop: 6 9 7 ($55.8, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $151.4, Sidepot 1: $219.3)Turn: K ($55.8, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $151.4, Sidepot 1: $219.3)River: T ($55.8, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $151.4, Sidepot 1: $219.3)Results:Final pot: $55.8Hero showed Ac AdButton showed Kc KdSB showed Jh Jd

[Semi-deep Stacked 1/2pl.]

My question isn't whether to fold or not, obviously I don't plan on it. Rather whether to reraise or not. Villian is like 42/7/1. He makes some questionable calls but I have yet to see him make a move or reraise without the goods(notice his low AF). This is obviously not a bluff. I originally figured he had a J or FD and assumed since flush completed he would bet river with either of those hands. A weaker opponent would play a jack similar to how he played that hand, and same with the flush draw, up until river. However, he is competent and wouldn't throw in a reraise on river with the flush or lone jack I'm almost certain. So hand range seems to be narrowed down to a boat or straight flush. I pretty much discounted straight flush but I do think J3, J7, and J5 are in his range. In fact he took a large pot earlier in the session with J5s to a raise after flopping trip 5s so I know he plays garbage like that.So eliminating nut flush and Jx from his range safely, we're left with 33, J3, JJ, J7, J5. I left out 55 because I don't think he calls turn with it. If we use that narrow range I am only ahead of 33. Of course if we widen range to nut flush then it seems like easy push. Given his AF and seemingly decent grasp of the game I just eliminated the nut flush but maybe I shouldn't have?At first glance this seems like easy push but when taking another look I'm not so certain. This isn't a disguised bad beat post I just found given villian, his stats, his range, and the obvious showing of strength that maybe the decision isn't as obvious as I originally thought. What do you guys put him on?Full Tilt PokerPot Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$26 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: $200UTG+1: $566.95CO: $326.50Button: $78SB: $392.40Hero: $322Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with 7 7 UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $4, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, Hero calls.Flop: J 3 J ($16, 4 players)SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO checks.Turn: 7 ($16, 4 players)SB checks, Hero bets $12, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds.River: 5 ($40, 2 players)Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $20, Hero raises to $100, UTG+1 raises to $200,

[Naismith's Blog Apparently]

Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1/$26 playersConverterPre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with 8 8 UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $4, CO folds, Hero calls, SB folds, BB calls.Flop: 3 4 7 ($13, 3 players)BB checks, UTG+1 bets $2, Hero raises to $9, BB folds, UTG+1 calls.Turn: 5 ($31, 2 players)UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.River: 6 ($31, 2 players)UTG+1 is all-in $36.9, Hero calls.Results:Final pot: $104.8UTG+1 showed 6s AhHero showed 8h 8c

[Tpgk Til Scary Turn Card]

If you had position, then the idea is to raise the turn and check the river. If you don't think that'd work against him, then you have no reason to raise becuase you're not raising for value or information (although you're obviously folding to a RR) but to get to showdown for a lesser price.

Someone with Adxd just overtook you

At these limits it doesn't have to be a diamond draw, plenty of aces will float this flop with absolutely no draw. Low limits=bad players.

[Your Start In Poker]

I play poker for kids who dont have a thing, just a dream and a card player magazine.

Lol @ Eminem reference.

[Im Work And Cant Play. Need A Horse To Do It For Me]

I'd be willing to bet there's a correlation between how fast people respond to stake offers and how low their ROIs are. You should probably wait until around Page 7 to actually award the stake.

QFT

[Bb With Tt]

If I was in position I'd consider it. OOP, never. He only bet 30% of the pot on the turn. I think you call becuase you feel that if another non-threatening card rolls off that he might make another weak bet and you'll get to showdown cheaply. Raising accomplishes nothing I think.

Why raise even if we have position on the turn? Seems so spewish to raise 1010 on a ridiculously coordinated board with a card to come. We probably aren't getting him to fold much that we are losing too. If we get called we MIGHT get a free river, or he could just donkbet again a ridiculously low amount and were forced to call knowing were beat. Id fold turn.

[How Often Does Someone Have Quads Here]

I can't fold this without a read and to a shortstack who could be a maniac for all we know.

[Is This A Good Bluff?]

If youre playing LAGish, which based on seeing some of your other questionable hands I think you do, then you might be getting looked up with a LOT more then AA here. This is just standard, some villians will call with air when a raiser c-bets this type of flop because they can either rep a strong hand later or take it away on the turn when raiser gives up. I'm not saying you played it incorrectly but I expect to get looked up enough here to make this situation almost -EV.