I created this blog because there are just way too many poker hands that I want to talk about for me to go flooding forums with them. Lately I've been doing really well and I want a place to put down some hands that are interesting and if anyone wants to comment on how I played them that would be nice.
I just finished an SnG that had some of the worst play in the world. The guy who eventually got heads up against me had minraised A2o and K8o from EP. It actually kind of made it difficult to be comfortable with any hand, but it didn't make the SnG difficult by any means. I love how this one ended.
FullTiltPoker Game #233210892: $20 + $2 Sit & Go (1490500), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:37:11 ET - 2005/09/27
Seat 4: soso_player (5,330)
Seat 6: ekillian (8,170)
soso_player posts the small blind of 80
ekillian posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ekillian [7h 4c]
soso_player raises to 320
ekillian calls 160
*** FLOP *** [7c 3d 8s]
ekillian checks
soso_player bets 640
ekillian raises to 2,080
soso_player raises to 5,010, and is all in
ekillian calls 2,930
soso_player shows [Ac Kd]
ekillian shows [7h 4c]
*** TURN *** [7c 3d 8s] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [7c 3d 8s 6s] [Qd]
soso_player shows Ace King high
ekillian shows a pair of Sevens
ekillian wins the pot (10,660) with a pair of Sevens
soso_player stands up
ekillian stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10,660 | Rake 0
Board: [7c 3d 8s 6s Qd]
Seat 4: soso_player (small blind) showed [Ac Kd] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 6: ekillian (big blind) showed [7h 4c] and won (10,660) with a pair of Sevens
What I really find interesting is if he hadn't raised preflop I don't think I get all my chips in here. I sure as hell don't checkraise and call his reraise with 74o if he had limped. A major problem with his play is his preflop min-raise gives me information without making me feel inclined to fold. I'm still trying to figure out how I was convinced it was an overpair... I believe he would have raised most pairs more freflop with the exception of AA, KK, QQ and JJ. I'd imagine he'd minraise those. But on the flop with those hands I don't think he would've put out his pot bet. That's where all the information pointed at overcards. Of course I won't lie and say I was 100% sure he had overs. But I was sure enough. Most of the analysis I'm doing now is me trying to figure out how I knew I was ahead as opposed being to analysis I consciously did on the flop. All those elements were in my mind when I made the call but not nearly so well articulated.
Now that I've bragged about that I'm gonna tell you some problems with my game. It's possible to put me on tilt though it's usually a slight tilt but it's enough to cost me money. I think it used to be harder to put me on tilt. I also think I'm getting back to where it's hard again.
Also. Sometimes (rarely but too often) I DON'T think a hand through. I don't think about my position or chipstack or opponents chipstack or an opponents previous mood. And it can be costly. Sometimes I only see what I want to see on the flop and immediately react. That can be trouble. I also sometimes have a plan for what to do when the next card comes down, and I execute the plan not realizing it put 4 to a straight on the board or something goofy like that.
The problem is most of my thinking is done very internally. I don't really always know what I'm thinking. I can do things "for a reason" and spend five minutes explaining the reason afterward, but while I'm explaining it I'm figuring it out. Know what I mean? And so that does have potential flaws because, sometimes once it comes down to direct reasoning my plan just wasn't thought out and sensical.
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