[Closed] Poker for Freedom - SNG HU and FR

Here's one hand for your delight ♦
That's what I call pure pwnage haha

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 5.25 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t1370)
Hero (SB) (t1630)

Hero's M: 54.33

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7, 7
Hero bets t60, BB raises to t140, Hero calls t80

Flop: (t280) 7, 8, 7 (2 players)
BB bets t140, Hero calls t140

Turn: (t560) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t560) A (2 players)
BB bets t340, Hero raises to t1060, BB raises to t1090 (All-In), Hero calls t30

Total pot: t2740

Results:
Hero had 7, 7 (four of a kind, sevens).
BB had 3, 3 (full house, threes over sevens).
Outcome: Hero won t2740

Originally posted by wuttehhell

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Hero (SB) (t1470)
BB (t1530)

Hero's M: 49.00

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 8
Hero bets t60, BB calls t40

Flop: (t120) 5, 7, 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60, BB raises to t120, Hero calls t60

Turn: (t360) 9 (2 players)
BB bets t1350 (All-In), Hero calls t1290 (All-In)

River: (t2940) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t2940

yep..cant get any sickerrrrrr , lol even that i know the results...sick sick sick call.. fish ♦

Didnt get the chance to "Congtras u" on ur winning latley ♠_cool: well done ♠_love:

Keep playin the 5$ , if u go down i ship u what u need ♠_grin: nd no matter how bad it gets , dont play 2.20$ ...

Nd u dont need a coach, just play liltle bit tighter, nd stop making crazy calls mannnnnn

c yaa

you got to love when this happens ♠_love:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 5.25 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t3190)
Hero (SB) (t2810)

Hero's M: 18.73

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
Hero bets t200, BB calls t100

Flop: (t400) K, 7, 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (t400) K (2 players)
BB bets t100, Hero calls t100

River: (t600) Q (2 players)
BB bets t300, Hero raises to t800, BB raises to t2890 (All-In), Hero calls t1710 (All-In)

Total pot: t5620

Results:
Hero had K, K (four of a kind, Kings).
BB had A, J (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: t5620 returned to Hero

Current bankroll: 81$

Hi guys.
I've been running bad the last 2 days.

My bankroll droped from 85 down to 26$, which means I have to go bank to 1.2$ FR SNGs again.

I also started reviewing the games I played using Universal Hand replayer, and I discovered quite a few mistakes in my game. Not huge of course, but they add up.

That's about it for now, I'll post again when I make it to the initial 36$ or so.

Cheers.

Why the hell would anyone want to play FR sngs? I say it takes lot of avatanges of abusing your opponents.

NL is the way to go...

Originally posted by Them
Why the hell would anyone want to play FR sngs? I say it takes lot of avatanges of abusing your opponents.

NL is the way to go...

This makes no sense at all... he said FR SnGs, as in Full Ring SnGs, NOT FL SnGs, as in Fixed Limit...

Indeed FR as in full ring not fixed limit.
I've owned the 2.2 HU tonight, winning 11 in the first 13.
After that, things got a little worse.
I kinda broke even the next 4-5 games, and then I lost 3 in a row so I stopped playing.

The last HU I played consists of only one hand:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 2.2 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (t1500)
Hero (BB) (t1500)

Hero's M: 50.00

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
SB bets t60, Hero raises to t160, SB raises to t560, Hero raises to t1500 (All-In), SB calls t940 (All-In)

Flop: (t3000) 10, 7, 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t3000) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t3000) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t3000

Results:
SB had 8, 8 (two pair, eights and sevens).
Hero had A, K (two pair, sevens and fives).
Outcome: SB won t3000

I'd like you to tell me your oppinion about this all in.
I know that AK vs a smaller poker pair has a EV of 0 but -$EV cause of the rake, but I believe their range is more like AT+, 22+, KJs+ ... perhaps JQ. I wouldn't be surprised to see an ocasional JTo or 57s either. So against this range, and taking fold equity into account, would pushing AK actually be +$EV?

I'm about 10$ up for today, for a total bankroll of about 35$.

you can certainly ship AKs first hand of a 2$ sng dude. they will turn up with a lot of hands you crush nh wp

Originally posted by wuttehhell
Here is a hand I played in a 5.25$ SNG HU.
I'd like you to discuss it and I'll post the results of the hand after I get some feedback.

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Hero (SB) (t1470)
BB (t1530)

Hero's M: 49.00

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 8
Hero bets t60, BB calls t40

Flop: (t120) 5, 7, 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60, BB raises to t120, Hero calls t60

Turn: (t360) 9 (2 players)
BB bets t1350 (All-In), Hero calls t1290 (All-In)

River: (t2940) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t2940

At the moment I'm reading Moshman's book on HU, and I'm also looking for a coach to whom I will give part of my profits, with the condition that he teaches me everything he knows and he can beat at least the low stakes.

If any of you is good enough at HU and wants to coach me, don't hesitate to contect me.

For those of you who replyed to this post here are the results:

Results:
Hero had A, 8 (one pair, nines).
BB had Q, K (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Hero won t2940

Yes, I won the hand, but I'm not a result oriented player. I don't say I've took the right decision because I won. Here's my rationalization from when I played the hand:

I raise preflop and he called, so he's likely to be on high cards. His range would be something like: AX, Kx, Qx, 22+, JT and some mid-low connectors.

Now I bet pot on the flop, and he min raises. I narrow his range: Ax (most likely A9), Kx(most likely K9), JT, T9, any pair exept for the ones that make a set. Notice a streight or a set is out of question here, cause he would have slowplayed such a strong hand.

On the turn another 9 comes, and he goes all in in a small pot. Now I'm sure he doesn't have the 9, because again, he would have bet pot at most on such a powerfull hand. A streight is the only hand that makes sence here (he goes all in on streight hopeing I have trip nines), but we have eliminated this posiblity on the flop. So his range narrows to a pocket pair, JT, Kx and A+.

A big pocket pair is not very likely cause he would have probably raised preflop. A small one is not likely either because he would have been scared of all the overcards, so there aren't many pairs he could hold.

So atm, he can only beat me with a pocket pair, but I'd still have at least 6 or 7 outs to improve on the river on that.

His most likely holdings are Kx and Ax. Now against Kx i'm the favorite, and aginst Ax I will be good sometimes, and I'll have 7 outs the other times.

This is a close call, a fold would have been on okey play 2, but when equity of call is close to equity of fold, I like to call cause if I hit I put my opponents on tilt, and if I don't, at least I create the impresion of a player that doens't have to have the nuts to go all in.

I hope this makes sence. Luck.

Here are 2 close decisions I encoutered today.
I won them bouth but had I done the supperior play, or was there a better option? Please argue:

First hand:

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SB (t1480)
Hero (BB) (t1520)

Hero's M: 50.67

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, 8
SB calls t10, Hero bets t80, SB calls t60

Flop: (t160) 5, J, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets t60, SB calls t60

Turn: (t280) A (2 players)
Hero bets t120, SB raises to t420, Hero raises to t1380 (All-In), SB calls t920 (All-In)

River: (t2960) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t2960

Results:
SB had 9, Q (one pair, Jacks).
Hero had K, 8 (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won t2960

Second hand:

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Hero (SB) (t1130)
BB (t1870)

Hero's M: 37.67

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, 8
Hero bets t40, BB calls t20

Flop: (t80) J, 3, 7 (2 players)
BB bets t60, Hero raises to t120, BB calls t60

Turn: (t320) 10 (2 players)
BB bets t80, Hero raises to t180, BB calls t100

River: (t680) A (2 players)
BB bets t1530 (All-In), Hero calls t790 (All-In)

Total pot: t2260

Results:
Hero had J, 8 (one pair, Jacks).
BB had Q, 3 (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero won t2260

If any of you are wondering why I'm putting myself in so many difficult situations, I'm not. It's just that I find no point in posting a hand in which I had AA preflop and he went all in. Close spots are the ones that need to be analyzed.

Here is some wisdom for poker players.
I've read a poker theorem a while back saying: "No one ever flods a full house".

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Hero (BB) (t1480)
SB (t1520)

Hero's M: 49.33

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, A
SB bets t60, Hero calls t40

Flop: (t120) A, K, K (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (t120) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t80, Hero calls t80

River: (t280) A (2 players)
Hero bets t1340 (All-In), SB calls t1340

Total pot: t2960

Results:
SB had 4, K (full house, Kings over Aces).
Hero had 9, A (full house, Aces over Kings).
Outcome: Hero won t2960

The reason why I went all in is because it would have been a split if he had the A, but I was sure he wouldn't have folded if he had the K, which is very likely considering flop and turn action.
Some of you may think I should have bet and pot to make sure he calls, and that he would probably have raised on full house anyway, but the truth is that he's 99% to call on KKKAA, so why should I risk beeing called if I make a smaller bet, when I can extract more value?

Originally posted by gedwashere91

Originally posted by Them
Why the hell would anyone want to play FR sngs? I say it takes lot of avatanges of abusing your opponents.

NL is the way to go...

This makes no sense at all... he said FR SnGs, as in Full Ring SnGs, NOT FL SnGs, as in Fixed Limit...

oh yea ♦. My bad. I tought he only played FL HUSNG.

Well keep going then

and about the hands....

K8, I really dont like shipping this on turn. What hand did you expect him to have? I think you would see Ax lots of times there and his line doesnt seem too bluffy for me....I quess your betsizing makes it seem like a weak hand/draw. I dont think the villain played that very good. Call would be ok for him too since you give him good odds to call if we assume you had a small pair or worse draw. Anyway I would like to bet bigger on flop since you have tons of equity on the hand and its ok to get the pot bigger. And there is about 0% FE here, so I prefer call over raising

Again I dont like too much of your betsizing, but for that board its not a bad call and you can expect some bluffs there. I really dont like how the villain played this...When I think about this more, I dont totally hate your minraise on the flop. You got the possition and its not too scary board...You got the max value here so I kinda like it...

In my opinnion your style might work against bad players, but I think you might find yourself in trouble against better opponents.

Thanks for your replye, Them.
I didn't expect him to have the A in the first hand, because I don't think he would have raised with it. Or if he did, I believe he would have raised smaller.
Then, I get lots of FE is indeed he doesn't have the A, but a smaller pair. And even if he did have the A or a smaller pair that called, I'd still have 9 outs.

The other hand, I min raised for value cause he was making blocking bets, so I knew my J was good. On the river, the same logic from the first hand applies: he wouldn't have bet so big with A, so it's a bluff.

I'll move back to 5.25$ soon, we'll see if I have problems against better players.

Originally posted by wuttehhell
I didn't expect him to have the A in the first hand, because I don't think he would have raised with it. Or if he did, I believe he would have raised smaller.
Then, I get lots of FE is indeed he doesn't have the A, but a smaller pair. And even if he did have the A or a smaller pair that called, I'd still have 9 outs.

The other hand, I min raised for value cause he was making blocking bets, so I knew my J was good. On the river, the same logic from the first hand applies: he wouldn't have bet so big with A, so it's a bluff.

I'll move back to 5.25$ soon, we'll see if I have problems against better players.

In the K8 I mean he bet 420 on turn. That leaves him about a potfull of stack and therefore I dont think he is ever going to fold on your shove. If you think villain only has a draw then its a good play i quess, but pretty marginal to say that? (soulreads lol?)

I dont think there are any good players in 5,25d husngs. They should be fairly easy to beat. I dont even remember when the good players show up, but I quess there might be some for each level...in 20-30d you probly start to encounter more regulars.

It will be interesting to see how you succeed in husng. I will be watching you and commenting on your hands, maybe you find my advices helpfull, maybe not....hf

What the fuck is wrong with this guy?

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Reads and stats: VP: 90%, preflop raise: 0%; bluff-raises the flop almost every hand.

SB (t1980)
Hero (BB) (t1020)

Hero's M: 34.00

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 9
SB calls t10, Hero bets t80, SB calls t60

Flop: (t160) 9, 5, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets t120, SB raises to t240, Hero raises to t420, SB calls t180

Turn: (t1000) J (2 players)
Hero bets t520 (All-In), SB calls t520

River: (t2040) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2040

Results:
SB had Q, 8 (straight, Queen high).
Hero had 8, 9 (one pair, nines).
Outcome: SB won t2040

If my luck won't change in the next few days, I'll have to make a campaign to eliminate the river from all types of poker, cause it seems it always helps the opponent.

Why would someone go all in preflop on AJ, small blinds?

In that last hand, you should reraise more imo. I'd just shove it all in. Your already commited if you reraise his reraise anyway.

Originally posted by Hahaownedlolz
In that last hand, you should reraise more imo. I'd just shove it all in. Your already commited if you reraise his reraise anyway.

Now that you drew my attention to that, I totally agree with you. I should have shoved. But I don't think I did anything wrong though. He made a stupid call both to my reraise and on the turn.

Tought I'd post again when I make it to 66$ (30BI for 2.2) but now that I posted... current bankroll: 50$. I've been at 3.8$ at the lowest about 1 week ago... tilted when I was left in 24$ so I tryed a couple 11$ SNGs. Then I took a day off and I started playing 2.2 HU. Won like never before... but I didn't put too much volume. I've been at 62$ at most, but I did a couple or more mistakes and I lost part of them.

I have a 10$ bonus almost cleared, so I'll post again when I make it to 66$ (hopefully tomaraw).

Moving back to 5.25 at 100 roll.

Hello for one last time to everybodey that reads or did read my blog.

As aceontheriver moved to fulltilt, he asked me for the initial 36$ back, and after I shiped them I'm left in 20$, and 750 FPP. I haven't decided yet if I'll buy a T-shirt or invest the points in tournaments. Not big profit for almost 1 month time, but profit is never bad, no matter how small.

I'll keep playing 2.2 HU with less then 10BI, so chances I go broke are about .. 70-80%.

In case I manage to win 20BI more, I'll start another blog to post my progress and so on, but this is my last post in this blog.

I just want to thank everybodey that replyed, and a big hug ♠_love: to ace that was kind enough to stake me although he didn't know me too well. I own you one my friend.

Good luck at the tables to all on you!

yep.. I just had to add this...
i qualified to a 11$ rebuy tournament using 250 FPP.

There was this hand that costed me about 80% of my chips somewhere around the bubble, but I managed to make it in the money and I won 87$, so I have 97$ atm (used 10$ for an add on). I'm prety sure I would have won more if I just folded that hand that costed me lots of chips.

The hand that I was knocked out on was something like... I had JQ and the flop came 9 Q K. One bets and I call. Turn is Q and he puts me all in, and of course I call (only had bout 10BB in total). He wins with TJ.

Prety happy with the results, altough I could have won more if it wasn't for my endless stupidity.

Now having enough BI for 2.2$ HU, I'll start a new blog like I said earlier.

Cheers!