1st session a lot of up and down play. Two players went out quickly then the 4 of us hung around before things finally happened. I was behind at start of HU's but managed to win it in the end.
2nd session less up and down for me. At HU's I was short stack. I got a bit tired toward the end and though I got close, I made some poor choices last few hands.
All in all a good day. I was up $20.85. Now if I could do that every day.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
2 HU $2 + .15 End 1st 58 hands
I wasn't sure how this was going to end as I was behind most of the time. The other player was pretty aggressive a lot of time and I often felt I didn't have good enough cards to make it worth challenging him. To some degree that approach helped me overall. The few times I would double his raise he'd fold. For the longest time it felt like anything that went to the River he'd have the better cards and did. We had a couple of chopped pots.
The end came quick in two hands. I'd worked my way back up from a low of 540 chips many hands earlier to 1045 chips, so I had a bit of breathing room again. Blinds were 25/50, I was SB. I decided just to limp with 6c 7s and the BB checked. Flop: 8d 9c Ks. I had an opened ended straight draw. BB checked and I bet 1/2 the 100 pot and BB raised me to 150. I was hoping he'd just check, but I called to see if the Turn might help me. Turn 8s, pairing the board and no help to me. BB bet 150 into the 400 pot and for reasons I'm not sure of, I decided to call and see what shows up on the River. River: 10d. Well isn't that interesting. I hit my open-ended straight, but I'm on the bottom side of it. BB decides to go All-In for 1605 and I toss in my last 695 chips.
I don't know if he has anything, but I knew I had a straight, and I didn't feel I was necessarily beat by his bet. BB shows 6s Jh ..... NOTHING! I really didn't expect him to have that bad of hand since he bet or raised on the Flop and the Turn. Our situations are now reversed!
The next hand turned out to be the last one. I had pocket K's as BB and decided to just check the SB's limp and hope the flop will show something to get him to bet and let me collect more of his chips. Flop 7d Kh 7s. Oh WOW, I have a FH, that's good, but with a K and paired board there's a good chance he'll just fold no matter what I do. I bet half the pot of 100 and too my surprise he goes All-In with his last 860 chips.I instant call. I have to admit I didn't spend any time thinking about what he might have, with my having such a good hand. I did think he might have 7's full of K's, which I had beat, but I didn't consider that he might have quad 7's. Even if that thought did cross my mind I doubt it would have stopped my call. BB shows Kd 5c. I was lucky that he hit top pair on the board and was willing to risk it all. I win!!
The end came quick in two hands. I'd worked my way back up from a low of 540 chips many hands earlier to 1045 chips, so I had a bit of breathing room again. Blinds were 25/50, I was SB. I decided just to limp with 6c 7s and the BB checked. Flop: 8d 9c Ks. I had an opened ended straight draw. BB checked and I bet 1/2 the 100 pot and BB raised me to 150. I was hoping he'd just check, but I called to see if the Turn might help me. Turn 8s, pairing the board and no help to me. BB bet 150 into the 400 pot and for reasons I'm not sure of, I decided to call and see what shows up on the River. River: 10d. Well isn't that interesting. I hit my open-ended straight, but I'm on the bottom side of it. BB decides to go All-In for 1605 and I toss in my last 695 chips.
I don't know if he has anything, but I knew I had a straight, and I didn't feel I was necessarily beat by his bet. BB shows 6s Jh ..... NOTHING! I really didn't expect him to have that bad of hand since he bet or raised on the Flop and the Turn. Our situations are now reversed!
The next hand turned out to be the last one. I had pocket K's as BB and decided to just check the SB's limp and hope the flop will show something to get him to bet and let me collect more of his chips. Flop 7d Kh 7s. Oh WOW, I have a FH, that's good, but with a K and paired board there's a good chance he'll just fold no matter what I do. I bet half the pot of 100 and too my surprise he goes All-In with his last 860 chips.I instant call. I have to admit I didn't spend any time thinking about what he might have, with my having such a good hand. I did think he might have 7's full of K's, which I had beat, but I didn't consider that he might have quad 7's. Even if that thought did cross my mind I doubt it would have stopped my call. BB shows Kd 5c. I was lucky that he hit top pair on the board and was willing to risk it all. I win!!
What's been happening
Not much. Haven't played a lot lately. Had some stomach distress and was feeling tired, so I might play a HU's and then decide to quit until I felt more alert.
Was in the Poker Stars $25,000 Million Dollar Challenge from the final show in this last segment. The TV show had the 4 earlier winning players compete against each other. The winner there won $100,000 and the chance to play Daniel for $1M. The young single mom won of the 4, but Daniel reigned in the final.
In the online session, for the rest of us, we had 41,832 players and I did OK. I ended up 2809 which is the highest I think I've ranked. Of course you need to make it to the top 9 to win anything. You start with 3000 chips and new ante's every 5 minutes. Those ante's get high pretty quick so by the 1st break at an hour you'd better have some chips or you'll be outta there quickly. I'd managed to build up a decent stack but took a couple of hits just before the break and never recovered, but it was fun and I was able to avoid making stupid plays most of the time.
Was in the Poker Stars $25,000 Million Dollar Challenge from the final show in this last segment. The TV show had the 4 earlier winning players compete against each other. The winner there won $100,000 and the chance to play Daniel for $1M. The young single mom won of the 4, but Daniel reigned in the final.
In the online session, for the rest of us, we had 41,832 players and I did OK. I ended up 2809 which is the highest I think I've ranked. Of course you need to make it to the top 9 to win anything. You start with 3000 chips and new ante's every 5 minutes. Those ante's get high pretty quick so by the 1st break at an hour you'd better have some chips or you'll be outta there quickly. I'd managed to build up a decent stack but took a couple of hits just before the break and never recovered, but it was fun and I was able to avoid making stupid plays most of the time.
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