Session 29-5-2008

I started today on NL200. I played some HU 50NL as well.

Session 28-5-2008

Very swingy. But a great recovery. Played more then 3k hands, profit: $3,95.

Session 27-5-2008

Session 26-5-2008.

How not to play A8o.

Donkbetbluffing ftw

Herocall, not very cool though

What did villain fold in this fold?

Is this too fancy?

Nasty river

Session 25-5-2008.

I've played 1583 hands today, profit: $373,85. I had been up like 700$ though already after just 400 hands. After this little heater I got coolered a few times. That's why I didn't fancy poker anymore for today. I don't have a lot to complain though, 11,81 ptbb/100 hands and I ran slightly above All-In EV.

Some hands I played this session:


Hand 1:

Villain runs 18/15/4.2; 259 hands.

I consider he raises this flop with 22/TT/A2/AT/KQhh/KJhh/QJhh/Axhh. There are really a lot of draws in his range, especially because the Ah isn't on the deck. He plays sets and two pair hands the same though, I suppose. I decide to call his raise and stack off on any blank turn. I don't want him to check the turn behind, so I bet smallish (31$ in a 50$ pot) to make my bet look like a blockbet, to create some fake folding equity as well. I suppose he shoves his whole range here. I call, and I'm glad to see he doesn't suck out on the river this time. It's possible to get the money in at the flop as well, though my equity versus his range would have been less in comparion with his shoverange on a blank turn.

PokerStars Game #17676828506: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/05/25 - 09:06:34 (ET)
Table 'Chara V' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: amdmyers ($101 in chips)
Seat 2: volleyoghurt ($157.75 in chips)
Seat 3: snejjj ($130.45 in chips)
Seat 4: RochusN ($198 in chips)
Seat 5: FIrmFighter ($108.20 in chips)
Seat 6: DSCHAA ($236.90 in chips)
snejjj: posts small blind $0.50
RochusN: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FIrmFighter [As Qs]
FIrmFighter: raises $2 to $3
DSCHAA: folds
amdmyers: folds
volleyoghurt: calls $3
snejjj: calls $2.50
RochusN: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ac 2h Th]
snejjj: checks
FIrmFighter: bets $7
volleyoghurt: raises $13 to $20
snejjj: folds
FIrmFighter: calls $13
*** TURN *** [Ac 2h Th] [3d]
FIrmFighter: bets $31
volleyoghurt: raises $103.75 to $134.75 and is all-in
FIrmFighter: calls $54.20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($49.55) returned to volleyoghurt
*** RIVER *** [Ac 2h Th 3d] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FIrmFighter: shows [As Qs] (a pair of Aces)
volleyoghurt: mucks hand
FIrmFighter collected $217.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $220.40 Rake $3
Board [Ac 2h Th 3d Kd]
Seat 1: amdmyers folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: volleyoghurt (button) mucked [4h Ah]
Seat 3: snejjj (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: RochusN (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: FIrmFighter showed [As Qs] and won ($217.40) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: DSCHAA folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Hand 2:

Villain runs 38/8/0.6/24 hands. He had shown to be a real bad donk though already.
That's what me made play my Jacks a little different.

***** Hand History for Game 17684378318 *****
$100.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, May 25, 03:31:46 2008
Table Marconia (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: FIrmFighter ( $99.50 )
Seat 2: ALL_IN 1G ( $164.20 )
Seat 4: prabelo ( $101.85 )
Seat 5: zazz47 ( $132.25 )
prabelo posts the small blind [$0.50].
zazz47 posts the big blind [$1.00].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to FIrmFighter [ Jc Jd ]
FIrmFighter raises [$3.00]
ALL_IN 1G calls [$3.00]
prabelo folds
zazz47 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4c, 4d, 7c ]
FIrmFighter bets [$5.00]
ALL_IN 1G raises [$13.00]
FIrmFighter calls [$8.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
FIrmFighter checks
ALL_IN 1G bets [$19.00]
FIrmFighter raises [$44.00]
ALL_IN 1G calls [$25.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
FIrmFighter bets [$39.50]
ALL_IN 1G calls [$39.50]
FIrmFighter shows [Jc Jd ]
FIrmFighter wins $198.50 from main pot
ALL_IN 1G doesn't show [8h 8s ]

Hand 3:

I was like WTF here when I saw his hand. We had a lot of clashes before, that's what made me calling his 3-bet preflop. He is not a good player imho.

***** Hand History for Game 17677112233 *****
$100.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, May 25, 09:26:59 2008
Table Carme (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: JLAUT ( $34.00 )
Seat 2: FIrmFighter ( $136.45 )
Seat 3: smok!ng_Aces ( $153.00 )
Seat 4: RochusN ( $97.50 )
Seat 5: DSCHAA ( $100.00 )
Seat 6: pengeberg ( $67.20 )
RochusN posts the small blind [$0.50].
DSCHAA posts the big blind [$1.00].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to FIrmFighter [ 5h 4h ]
pengeberg folds
JLAUT folds
FIrmFighter raises [$3.00]
smok!ng_Aces folds
RochusN folds
DSCHAA raises [$11.00]
FIrmFighter calls [$9.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, 2c, Ks ]
DSCHAA checks
FIrmFighter checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
DSCHAA checks
FIrmFighter bets [$17.00]
DSCHAA calls [$17.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 3s ]
DSCHAA checks
FIrmFighter bets [$42.00]
DSCHAA raises [$71.00]
FIrmFighter calls [$29.00]
DSCHAA shows [Ah Qs ]
FIrmFighter shows [5h 4h ]
FIrmFighter wins $197.50 from main pot

Hand 4:

I think Djunkell is a good player.
He runs 16/15/2.8. I don't see him donkbetting a lot, I decided to float with my gutshot. Turn/River is pretty default imo. I could shoved turn as well, but his range is very polarized. It's air/66/KQ. KK/QQ 3-bets preflop. That's why I just called the turn, hoping the river wouldn't pair the board, and let him shove is KQ/66/AIR.

***** Hand History for Game 17683531301 *****
$100.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, May 25, 02:59:33 2008
Table Grano (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: B.Witched ( $88.65 )
Seat 2: DjuNKeLL ( $155.50 )
Seat 3: FIrmFighter ( $94.00 )
Seat 4: Oord ( $101.00 )
Seat 5: MoNteiRoZor ( $175.60 )
Seat 6: hartvig ( $128.40 )
B.Witched posts the small blind [$0.50].
DjuNKeLL posts the big blind [$1.00].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to FIrmFighter [ Jh Ac ]
FIrmFighter raises [$3.00]
Oord folds
MoNteiRoZor folds
hartvig folds
B.Witched folds
DjuNKeLL calls [$2.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6h, Qs, Kc ]
DjuNKeLL bets [$4.50]
FIrmFighter calls [$4.50]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
DjuNKeLL checks
FIrmFighter bets [$11.00]
DjuNKeLL raises [$35.00]
FIrmFighter calls [$24.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
DjuNKeLL bets [$113.00]
FIrmFighter calls [$51.50]
DjuNKeLL shows [Kd Qd ]
FIrmFighter shows [Jh Ac ]
FIrmFighter wins $185.50 from main pot
DjuNKeLL wins $61.50 from main pot

My First Blogpost

I decided to start a blog about my poker journey. At the moment I'm still only interested in Texas Hold'em No Limit. I don't play MTT's and SnG's anymore, just cashgames. I moved my way up through the limits this year from 10NL in January up till 100NL right now. I have never played Fullring, it just doesn't attract me. In 6-max poker you have to post blinds more often. This obliges you to be more creative.

I've played a while at Full Tilt Poker and Partypoker, at the moment I'm only grinding at Pokerstars. It's a shame this site doesn't offer a rakeback deal, though it's possible to order VIP Reward Bonuses. I tend to consider these bonuses as a rakeback deal. Pokerstars offers great support as well in my humble opinion. Usually I play nine tables simultaneously. My nickname is FIrmFighter, don't ask me how I could have ever found my self able to devise such a donkish name. I can imagine, though, unknown villains can see this nick as fishy. This can be very nice obviously, after all it contributes to my table image.

In the end I started this blog to become a better poker player. I'll post some handhistory's with my thought processes. Maybe I'll try to discuss some strategy every once in a while as well.

I hope you'll enjoy to read my blog.

[Disclaimer: English isn't my primary language, I could make some (grammatical) mistakes now and then]