Really frustrating day but weirdly feel really ok, not sure exactly why, could have been really tilted but feel great. Happy and content about everything. One tabling the million now last 300 or so just lost at v 99 on a9fd for a lot of chips so instead of spewing the rest I'm going to write report with hands from today.
Here are hands that I played in tournaments that I sold action for, I promised updates but think best to just post in blog, makes it more flowing.
1k Kickoff- TT < 66 aip.. Pretty standard, I think his jam is totally fine, just bad run out, nothing to be bitter about though, just run better.
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14347313_0D92BFC2E8kickoff
aa < ak aip for nice stack. Pretty bad result obviously
But whatever, hand plays itself, not super interesting. I wouldn't have folded AK either
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14349452_12894D2AFB2k 6max progressive kobluff with blockers.. Interesting hand, I think in bounties when you have the larger stack its good to have overshove ranges, I did it for value in Thursday thrill recently 3xpot jamming river for value vs a reg, so definitely not unbalanced here. I think this is my only bluff otr. Obviously fantastic hand to bluff with, I don't need to bluff KJ/K9 imo, can just call.
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14347552_3AD112521Abig pot with Akhh.. Really interesting hand imo. I think triple barreling and getting stubborn turn calls to fold is a good strategy, checking is ok too, but if he bets twice with draws etc and makes us fold it's obviously bad. If he folds Ax too its obviously a good thing. On the river I think he can turn pairs with 1 heart into a bluff. I actually didn't think that much about being beat, but he obviously has a bunch of 8x. I had 3bet him the hand before and played aggressive on the table, I think for this reason he calls turn/folds river a bunch expecting me to just not barrel off, which I probably wouldn't do if I didn't have hearts. Checking flop seems good too.
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14350537_0658E0716FTT Bust.. I would usually 3bet call here, but because I had a larger bounty he may spite call pre and try to flop equity and my hand is vulnerable, also he may gii with pairs that he hero folds to my 3bet. I think jam is best in this exact scenario.
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14357740_C34A05C54A109r
big fold AK.. Really interesting hand again. I was petrified of his sizing pre flop. I think I should just fold to his 3bet pre flop, but its kinda ridic right? On the flop I think we have to stick around, on the turn I don't see many merits of betting AK unless I want to bluff. On the river its so hard to find bluff combos for him. If he did squeeze a hand like a4o randomly, it would be a terrible board for him to bet when it absolutely smashes my range. If he has QQ then he can't bluff because the hands he's trying to bluff are KQ (nobody expects me to flat ak pre) and he blocks it so so hard. So otr I guess he has jj/kk/aa a lot and not much else, I also don't think I'm chopping as often as you'd imagine because of his sizing pre flop, people go alot larger with AK imo.
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14351890_7C3693B8992k milly
thin value, too thin? Pretty thin value bet, but I don't expect him to 3bet/check back 7x so often has Ak/Aq kind of hands imo, theres a bunch of missed draws, kinda wish I didn't have a blocker to the calling range but not like I get here with 42 or something ambitious, and 7x is a clear value bet I guess so 2x felt like same hand strength equivalent, I understand having an Ace is bad of course though. He folded, but what do you think? Too thin or ok?
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14354584_AD776DAA0Athiiiiin? I felt like he would keep betting full houses on the turn so only beat against TT on the river, his sizing felt relatively weak so was bit of a merge. I look so strong, I need to turn like 88/99 into a bluff and definitely can have JT/TT/QJ/QQ in my range, so he COULD fold AK vs my sizing I thought whilst perhaps hero calling me with like KQ/AQ which would be better hands to call from a combos point of view, also if he is always bet/calling AK, he can have k9s and 98s too so can potentially get value. I don't regret this hand.
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14356985_1400F341B7Valuuuuue tho. Lol awful reg did this.. No value in SCOOP guys..
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14359379_CC8A2E801Cbust sigh. His call seems a little bit thin to me, I would r/f a bunch of hands he dominates and jam all the hands that dominate him
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14365002_DDBB67AC25sunday 530 river bluff missed draw. I regret this river size I think I should go somewhere like 4200 on the river, I'm trying to fold out a weak range, A/Q highs, maybe a random ax(wheel ace) I think I get called here quite often so should go vamoose all in or bet slightly under 3rd pot and bet wider for value. I would say this was my main mistake of the session although not super pissed about it.
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14362633_9EC0142283bust. Again another close spot, fish limps, reg iso's. My hands pretty pretty :heart: and with the positions and enough FE it would be juuuuust about ok, fish had l/f, IDK fold/call could be options too, not trying to be defensive about this one
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/14363056_B87C8EA818Generally very happy about today, played less tables, felt good, ate well, had a nice breakfast, focused a lot. Looking forward to the rest of SCOOP.
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