Ok so $5k 6max day 1
Started ok table with Nacho Barbero (very nice guy) Noah Schwartz (very rich and tells everybody about it a lot) and it started pretty good. I think I won every 20 hands I played but was down to 23 from my 25 starting stack. You may think huh? But the way binder winning poker hands now is making the best decision and making better decisions to my opponents.
First hand of any note is at 50/100
Nacho completes and bets bets bets bvb vs me on aj65a with j2 which was almost surely too thin.
First big hand of note is me opening cut off to 600 (3x) at 100/200 and Nick Schulman making it 1700 in the big blind.
I call and he triples 98426ssddx all in on he river for 165bbs with AA I think it's probably going to be too thin. I get to the river with
T7s (all combos)
99 (all combos)
88 (all combos)
44 (all combos)
98s (all combos)
84s (all combos)
75ss (dd/ss)
98o (1/4 combos)
That beat him.
My potential bluff catching range is something like
TT
JJ
QQ
KK
J9s
T9s
Q9s
K9s
I likely fold all 8x ott, may even fold 9x at some rate too. Let's keep them in now.
Out of that range, theoretically, TT, JJ won't be particularly great bluffcatchers. Qq/Kk likely bet when checked too on this run out and my 9x are very likely folding.
He shoved and I called with T7. Maybe looks like I was very lucky but I really doubt his river bet will be profitable. I think he's an awesome player, seems like a great guy and not calling him out or anything just think it's an interesting hand that may look standard with the board texture but I think checking this and probably entire range would be better play. What do you guys think?
I build and build and build and win 50+% of pots for 3-4 hours (actual pots not galfond bucks
)
I get in for a big pot just before dinner with AK v TT and KJ for 130k total at 500bb but KJ wins.
Rest of the day was pretty interesting. Lots of just grinding and pretty interesting pots.
I played a very very interesting hand with Fedor. We're pretty good friends and he knows I respect him a lot. I haven't done anything of note at all vs him and avoided pots as table is hilariously soft. Actually one fun lot first.
Button opens 1500, I make it 4500 sb, bb taaaaank cold calls. Flop j52hdd I bet 2100 and he folds a4hh face up haha
Anyway, I open cut off and Fedor defends sb. (1500 at 600bb)
Flop A75dd
He check calls 1300
Turn A756xddd
He check calls 4600
River A7568dddd
He check folds 5600
Think river is very interesting. It's the bottom of my value bet range ott, thus at the river I'm at the bottom of my range. I have no natural bluffs here at all really, almost all my barreling range here is 9x or high diamonds (made flushes and straights aswell) and then aq/ak. He's going to have all sets, some straights, two pairs etc. I bet and he folds aces, so that was fortunate/cool.
I lose 4 more all ins in the day but end with 69k. Shoutout to protential. He played really solid and seemed to avoid playing big pots against good players and focused on maximizing vs the fish. No ego, very impressive that
Day 2 I had a pretty ok starting table.
First hand of note i build up to 100k no showdown. I 3bet vs fish, 3k-8k and reg jams 28k and I gotta call AQs and lose to AA. I build back up again, one pretty interesting hand
I open off 75k to 3600, reg on button 3bets to 9600 I peel Red aces.
Flop j83ssx I check call 7600
Turn j834xsss I check he checks
River j834T I check again and he checks.
I think being is pretty good, checking sometimes is ok too though.
Lost another all in and then played an interesting one.
Reg opens and bets bets bets 97659 1/3, 4/5, 1/6 I decide to jam this combo. Would you guys rather jam 65o or t9?
Play probably the most crazy hand in my life just after. Splashy reg opens hijac, huge nit flats cut off I jam 22bbs from button and it folds to the nit. He doesn't seem to like it. He's def snap folding AJ and kqs etc. I assume he has 88 but with dead money I want him to fold. I tell him if he shows and k show and he has be dominated (3 outs of less) I give him 300$ out of my pocket. He sighs, folds and shows AKcc. I pay that man his money.
1 hand later same reg opens, he flats button I jam sb and give him the Same deal when I had 99, he fodls AQs!!
Anyway, lose AJ vs KT aip for 75k but I'm still ok with around 70k when I move table with a few friends.
Play one interesting hand. Friend opens, I call ATs. We go four way with button and the bb. Flop 772 I bet 10k into 20 and bb c/min raises to 22k. Pretty frustrating but I let it go 😂😂
Next hand I open hijac, kuul jams button for 22bbs I call ATo and lose to four flush KQ after flopping an ace.
Finally down to 15bbs I jam my 22 from cut off, get called from button and bb. And they out more chips in post flop and I lose to AJ on ace high board.
I had such great fun all the way through the days, not tilted at all. I lost all 11 all ins pre flop but that makes me happy that I'm playing great and building stacks and making the right patient plays.
Football tonight. 10k 6max tomorrow. Let's fucking go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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