100,000vpps in February

[Canuck]

I will post one interesting hand from today and answer the questions in the thread later today if that's ok chaps...

Def ok with me!

[The Camel]

Keith, Why do you play HU SNGs instead of HU cash?

I have tried head up cash and I'm just not as good at it. Stealing blinds and small pots is where I'm strong and the rising blinds make stealing imperitive in heads up sngs.

I guess I haven't got the patience to play heads up cash. I like the finite nature of the heads up sng and the fact you can make your opponent make a decision for all his chips. In cash game, they simply reload, so its not so easy to make them make hard decisions.

[The Camel]

Camel, what bankroll requirements do you recommend for HU tourneys?

Sword,

I would say 50 times the buyin of your chosen size game would be about right.

10 game downswings are not uncommon and since I started playing them I have had a couple of 25-30 game downturns. I think if you have a 50 game downturn you would have to accept you are terminally unlucky or the game is just too good for you..

[The Camel]

Here's an interesting hand...

I have removed my hand from the hh... what do you think of my opponents play here? And what do you think my hand is?

PokerStars Game #8290211444: Tournament #42275069, $550+$20 Hold'em No Limit -
Match Round I, Level III (25/50) - 2007/02/05 - 09:10:44 (ET)
Table '42275069 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Villain80 (1735 in chips)
Seat 2: The Camel (1265 in chips)
The Camel: posts small blind 25
Villain80: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Villain80 [ ]
The Camel: raises 50 to 100
Villain80: calls 50
*** FLOP *** [ ]
Villain80: bets 50
The Camel: raises 100 to 150
Villain80: calls 100
*** TURN *** [ ] []
Villain80: bets 50
The Camel: raises 250 to 300
Villain80: calls 250
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
Villain80: checks
The Camel: bets 715 and is all-in
Villain80: calls 715

[Nem]

 

or if this is one of your "Donktards play at this level also" posts

 

[booder]

 

[Rookie (Rodney)]

[NoflopsHomer]

 

[Royal Flush]

I dunno exactly what but you have sweet FA

[boldie]

I dunno exactly what but you have sweet FA

lol that's what I thought at first but his betting doesn't make any sense for that..the raises are too small to be a bluff...(other then the river bet).

I don't like him calling your all-in bet with just the 8.

I'm taking you for a King+ (probably an underpair to the king quite possibly JJ)..but could be giving you WAY too much credit there.

[Royal Flush]

I dunno exactly what but you have sweet FA

lol that's what I thought at first but his betting doesn't make any sense for that..the raises are too small to be a bluff...(other then the river bet).

I don't like him calling your all-in bet with just the 8.

I'm taking you for a King+ (probably an underpair to the king quite possibly JJ)..but could be giving you WAY too much credit there.

That's the art in the bluff, building a pot to take away whilst telling a story of great strength. Keith also finds out if his oppo is strong as its hard for them to resist the 3 bet, the small raise leaves him back enough to fire a decent bet on the river.

[redsimon]

Here's an interesting hand...

I have removed my hand from the hh... what do you think of my opponents play here? And what do you think my hand is?

 

[Swordpoker]

Gotta agree with you having sweet FA. He's only going to call you if he has really hit a straight - which is a possibility considering his flat calls. And that would make for an interesting hand



If you weren't bluffing then I would say you hit your straight on the turn. Not much else I can put you on. Maybe  but that would be too normal.

His calls are all pants. Had you been bluffing him a lot beforehand, perchance?

[Blackbeard]

THE CAMEL IS FAMOUS!!!! Just watching him on a pokerxfactor video with com from johnny bax!

[The Camel]

Sorry about the interuption in service... been up to my eyes in stuff.

Here's the complete hand history.. Methinks Redssimon might have cheated!

PokerStars Game #8290211444: Tournament #42275069, $550+$20 Hold'em No Limit -
Match Round I, Level III (25/50) - 2007/02/05 - 09:10:44 (ET)
Table '42275069 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Villain80 (1735 in chips)
Seat 2: The Camel (1265 in chips)
The Camel: posts small blind 25
Villain80: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Camel [ ]
The Camel: raises 50 to 100
Villain80: calls 50
*** FLOP *** [ ]
Villain80: bets 50
The Camel: raises 100 to 150
Villain80: calls 100
*** TURN *** [ ] []
Villain80: bets 50
The Camel: raises 250 to 300
Villain80: calls 250
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
Villain80: checks
The Camel: bets 715 and is all-in
Villain80: calls 715
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The Camel: shows [ ] (a pair of Eights)
Villain80: shows [ ] (a pair of Eights - lower kicker)
The Camel collected 2530 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2530 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: Villain80 (big blind) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: The Camel (button) (small blind) showed [ ] and won (2530) with a
pair of Eights


The reason I posted the hand is it includes a concept I've been thinking about recently.

When playing heads up, the weak lead bet (which Villain makes by betting 50 into a 300 pot on the flop) invariably means a drawing a hand... I raise him to make his draw expensive. But, being a bad player, he calls anyway. when he hits a pair on the turn he wasn't going anywhere. My bet on the river is terrible. He isn't going to pass a hand which beats me and I've got enough of a hand to beat a busted draw. Anyways, it turns out to be a sick value bet. I get lucky he's such a bad player.

But, the interesting thing about the hand is the weak lead on the flop. I have never seen it discussed, but I feel most players think the weak lead is a "stopping" bet and will raise when they are confronted with it. So, for the past few days, when the blinds are 50-100, I've called a raise and I flop a big hand in first position I have tried the weak lead. (Only try this against good players however). It has been very successful. I have been raised virtually every time I tried it.

Anyways, I will collate my figures and post an update later tonight or tomorrow. I'm afraid it isn't going to be very pretty reading however