Another session, and this time it was roller coaster all the way!
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At one point I finally surfed over the EV, but it evened out. With the exception in the end, the whole session was sort of a nightmare. Good Customers made their hands constantly on the river. Typical pot was where I flop hard and pot flop and turn. On the river there is SPR 1/3, and either opponent shoves (and I am there with flopped nuts and one backdoor filled) or check-calls with rivered miracle that looked blankish. I just kept saying to myself that if they call flop raises with gutshots or chase OESD on paired and suited board, in the end the money will come to me.
In the end it happened. Of course it's nice when the session ended in profits, but in the long run it doesn't matter if it goes up today, tomorrow or day after that.
Have been exploiting him since 2010
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BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 33.29, PFR: 24.01, 3Bet Preflop: 12.01, Hands: 2,890)
UTG: 38.6 BB (VPIP: 65.10, PFR: 13.02, 3Bet Preflop: 2.44, Hands: 196)
Hero (CO): 110.28 BB
BTN: 133.88 BB (VPIP: 53.76, PFR: 19.36, 3Bet Preflop: 5.38, Hands: 349)
SB: 252.28 BB (VPIP: 44.05, PFR: 9.72, 3Bet Preflop: 1.39, Hands: 515)
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J♠ J♦ 3♠ 3♥
fold, Hero raises to 3.4 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 10.6 BB, Hero calls 7.2 BB
Flop: (21.6 BB, 2 players) 8♦ 2♦ 8♣
BB bets 12 BB, Hero calls 12 BB
Opponent is a multitabling reg who has played micros for over 10 years. And still grinds. One of his leaks is really weird 3bet ranges. Not consistent, it seems that it's more based on feelings and feng shui. There are some dryish KK and QQ, bad and low rundowns, some AA and some quite disconnected hands. It looks like he has never really put an effort to his preflop game. Also he is opening flat 20-30% of hands from all positions except BTN where he opens 40.
His range on the flop is quite wide, except if he had 8 or AAdd he would bet bigger. I called with the idea of turning the hand into a bluff as I can rep an 8 easily vs. this player.
Turn: (45.6 BB, 2 players) 7♣
BB checks, Hero checks
When he checks the turn he caps his range. Definitely no 8 in his hand. But I can't bluff yet, as he will probably call that bet with overpairs/FD.
River: (45.6 BB, 2 players) 4♦
BB bets 20 BB, Hero raises to 61.84 BB, fold
That bet is most likely a flush or Ad blocker, weighted heavily on flushes. When I call the flop my range is either 8xxx or a flush draw. So it wouldn't make sense to bluff the river. One thing on the opponent is that as he is multitabling his decisions are more or less automatic, he follows his abc poker and rarely makes any adjusted decisions, traps etc. So he could have also dry AA here, and bets the river without thinking about my range at all.
I can rep a full house or nut flush here and his small sizing gives me good odds with that raise. He snap folds.
Hero wins 81.96 BB
Oh boy...
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SB: 433.32 BB (VPIP: 69.05, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 29.56, PFR: 19.21, 3Bet Preflop: 8.44, Hands: 618)
UTG: 106.6 BB (VPIP: 89.47, PFR: 28.95, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 38)
MP: 324.52 BB (VPIP: 19.25, PFR: 11.21, 3Bet Preflop: 3.06, Hands: 1,873)
Hero (CO): 130.36 BB
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 27.43, PFR: 18.32, 3Bet Preflop: 7.38, Hands: 4,750)
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7♣ 9♠ T♥ K♥
UTG calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 4.4 BB, fold, SB calls 4 BB, fold, UTG calls 3.4 BB
Flop: (14.2 BB, 3 players) 7♥ 6♥ 2♣
SB checks, UTG bets 13.6 BB, Hero calls 13.6 BB, fold
Turn: (41.4 BB, 2 players) 5♥
UTG checks, Hero bets 19.84 BB, UTG calls 19.84 BB
River: (81.08 BB, 2 players) 8♥
UTG bets 39 BB, fold
This was a nasty spot. Opponent is a bit wild, so I don't know what the hell that river donk was. The only hand that makes sense is Th9h and I block that. If he had Ahh or 3h4h why would he call the turn and then donk the river? So it's a situation where he can't have the hand that his line would make sense, and with anything else it doesn't make sense at all. He could shove the river, but instead he bets small. Blocker bet with Qhh? Doesn't make sense.
He donk potted the flop against 2 players which indicates a hit. Another confusing element in the hand. Somehow Ahh could be played that way as he is not a good player. Now this fold haunts me as I am really curious what he had there.
UTG wins 77.64 BB
Look at that board! And the river!
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PokerStars - $0.25 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG: 106.92 BB (VPIP: 33.57, PFR: 24.00, 3Bet Preflop: 11.61, Hands: 2,769)
CO: 29.36 BB (VPIP: 68.22, PFR: 7.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.83, Hands: 262)
Hero (BTN): 208.92 BB
SB: 58.12 BB (VPIP: 19.40, PFR: 9.36, 3Bet Preflop: 4.72, Hands: 607)
BB: 73.88 BB (VPIP: 43.69, PFR: 13.59, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 105)
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J♦ 7♣ 7♥ A♦
fold, CO calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4.4 BB, fold, fold, CO raises to 14.6 BB, Hero raises to 45.2 BB, CO calls 14.76 BB and is all-in
Good old limp-trap. Once he 3bets I thought that "let's go!". He had lost a big pot, and sometimes these recreationals can shove almost anything when they just want double up or quit. Still, AJ77 is not a hand that can go all-in here, so a mistake for me.
Flop: (60.12 BB, 2 players) 7♦ 7♠ K♦
Turn: (60.12 BB, 2 players) K♣
River: (60.12 BB, 2 players) K♥
But oh boy how the board run out! He had the nut boat on the river, just to put some salt into his wounds! This would have been a nice board for really deep stack situation.
CO shows A♠ T♠ 5♥ A♣ (Full House, Kings full of Aces)
(Pre 71%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows J♦ 7♣ 7♥ A♦ (Four of a Kind, Sevens)
(Pre 29%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 57.56 BB
Too easy.
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SB: 106.76 BB (VPIP: 41.52, PFR: 25.65, 3Bet Preflop: 9.77, Hands: 468)
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 26.59, PFR: 19.24, 3Bet Preflop: 8.68, Hands: 3,603)
UTG: 89.88 BB (VPIP: 27.78, PFR: 7.07, 3Bet Preflop: 2.56, Hands: 203)
CO: 126.24 BB (VPIP: 48.91, PFR: 10.22, 3Bet Preflop: 5.45, Hands: 139)
Hero (BTN): 222.92 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♥ 9♦ K♣ 5♣
fold, fold, Hero raises to 3.4 BB, SB raises to 11.2 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.8 BB
Flop: (23.4 BB, 2 players) 7♣ 5♦ 4♥
SB bets 12 BB, Hero calls 12 BB
Half a pot bet, probably does it with most of his range. If he had hit the board well, I think his sizing would be bigger.
Turn: (47.4 BB, 2 players) J♠
SB checks, Hero bets 34.04 BB, SB calls 34.04 BB
As flop call was a combo float, he it's a good spot to represent that straight. If he calls, we have outs to improve and if unimproved just bet again on non-pairing rivers.
River: (115.48 BB, 2 players) A♦
SB bets 49.52 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 49.52 BB
On the river he tries to rep AA, with SPR under 1/2. A bit optimistic, as none of my turn valuerange hands would fold here. As his 3bet range is wide, my 2 pairs is an easy call.
What really amazed me was his turn call. Dry QQ on 754Jr board when I bet. If he even thought about my hand/range, what did he think I have?
SB shows Q♠ K♠ 6♠ Q♥ (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 55%, Flop 55%, Turn 75%)
Hero shows A♥ 9♦ K♣ 5♣ (Two Pair, Aces and Fives)
(Pre 45%, Flop 45%, Turn 25%)
Hero wins 206.52 BB
Biggest pot of the day
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PokerStars - $0.25 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.63, PFR: 14.27, 3Bet Preflop: 4.56, Hands: 2,663)
Hero (BB): 248.48 BB
UTG: 351.96 BB (VPIP: 67.03, PFR: 5.23, 3Bet Preflop: 1.04, Hands: 368)
CO: 187.52 BB (VPIP: 81.76, PFR: 31.57, 3Bet Preflop: 12.92, Hands: 1,866)
BTN: 106.68 BB (VPIP: 12.90, PFR: 8.06, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 62)
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J♠ 9♠ 8♠ T♦
fold, CO raises to 3.4 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 10.6 BB, CO calls 7.2 BB
With deep stacks most players are quite passive with their raises postflop without the nuts. 100bb deep I would just call here probably, but now when we are deep I like to 3bet these rundowns. Really good implied odds against these active players.
Flop: (21.6 BB, 2 players) 9♣ 7♥ 3♦
Hero bets 15.52 BB, CO raises to 67.24 BB, Hero calls 51.72 BB
I should have just shoved here, top pair with a wrap. I wouldn't fold to any turn anyway, so just get it in here. I misclicked the call.
Turn: (156.08 BB, 2 players) 6♦
Hero bets 149.44 BB, CO calls 109.68 BB and is all-in
EV line thanks for the misclick, looks better when you get it in with the nuts. His hand is one of the examples what you really wouldn't want to have in deep stack (or actually with any stack depth) 3bet pot. That hand isn't even in the CO opening range, so he got what he deserved.
River: (375.44 BB, 2 players) A♦
Hero shows J♠ 9♠ 8♠ T♦ (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 65%, Flop 53%, Turn 85%)
CO shows 6♥ 3♠ T♠ 7♦ (Two Pair, Sevens and Sixes)
(Pre 35%, Flop 47%, Turn 15%)
Hero wins 367.44 BB
VS
so he left you alone. That´s what the MTT god did to me! Running in MTT like you totally under EV and win some bucks back in PLO-CG. 
