I did this yesterday online and saw it pulled off by another person yesterday live in a 40/80 game.
I got pocket aces (AdAc) in the small blind in a 1/2 6-max online table currently playing 4-handed, I was playing for fun while watching TV. I check-raised all 3-streets!
In fact it was even better than that. Preflop button open-raises, I 3-bet from the SB, he capped. Having watched this guy's play, he sucked, was overaggressive in bad spots and couldn't lay down a hand. I check-raise the flop on a board of 4c 8d 5h. He 3-bet, I called. I check-raised the Ks turn, he 3-bet, I called. I check-raised the Td river, he 3-bet, and I called. My aces were good, he had QcTc, that finally made a pair on the river. I had him drawing stone dead on the turn, and he put in 6 BBs! It's not often that you can have your opponent drawing stone dead on turn with just a single pair. Actually, the river check-raise by me is kind of suspect. He easily could have had KT, K8, T8, 45, and made two pair on the river. The better play is to bet and then call a raise. But with this guy so bluff happy, I was willing to let him bluff one more street. On the river I really hated calling the 3-bet, but now I have to given the pot size, which is why bet-call would have been better.
Another player did it to a really bad player in a live 40/80 game where he had pocket queens and she had AJ, on a JJxQy board. He check-raised the flop, turn, and river. It was pretty awesome.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Spaceship!
Last night one of the stranger things happened to me at Oceans-11. The 40/80 game broke really early like 7:15 pm. I got there around 7, and got into the short-handed 40/80 and then the game broke, mainly cause I ran really lucky and everybody was trying to give me their chips. I made almost $1500 in less than 15 minutes.
I think I won every hand I played postflop, and only lost my BB or SB once or twice, when I either folded preflop, or just check folded on the flop. So, I played the 20/40 for a couple of hours, and then they started back a 40/80 game. At least I got to play with Dan Dreger, one of the part owners of the casino. He's a super nice guy, super friendly, and a bad poker player. Everything you want from my point of view! He was drinking last night too, so it made it even better.
However, since it was late at night, the only free table they had was one of the worst tables in the casino in terms of location, and it didn't have a shuffle master. The location is the first table you hit as you walk in from the main entrance, and there is literally no space around the table as it is against a wall and the stairwell leading down into the main casino floor.
Well, a spaceship sort of just landed at our table. Some guy out of the blue, who just happened to walk in, see that our table had empty seats and decided to sit down and play with us. He had some cash on him and at least bought a rack of chips (later after he lost most of first rack, he purchased another), but it was obvious he had very little experience playing casino poker, as he played super slow on fairly easy decisions, counted out his chips 1 or 2 at a time, didn't know how many chips to bet or raise with on each street. At first it was excruciatingly painful, but since he was donating, I think everybody put up with him.
I knew that eventually he would pick up a monster and snap someone off by accident, and of course it happened to Joe sitting to immediate right, who I am friendly with. He beat Joe with pocket kings, on a very scary board that 99/100 times Joe will have him beat, but he doesn't know that. However, in a different hand this guy took one of the strangest lines I have ever seen before. He called from the big blind Joe's cutoff raise. On the flop he check raised, Joe reraised and he called. On the turn he bet, Joe raised, and he called. And then on the river he check - folded!
Then I played the following hand with him.
One other fishy limper, all folded to me on the button, I raise Ad7d, SB folds, spaceship calls in the big blind, limper calls.
Flop came 8x 5d 6d. Checked to me, I bet, both call.
Turn comes 2d. Spaceship checks, limper bets, I look left and I see what looks like the spaceship getting ready to raise, so I just call. Spaceship raises, limper folds, I 3-bet, spaceship calls.
River is a blank. Spaceship checks, I bet, he check-raises, I 3-bet, he 4-bets, and I ponder a 5-bet, but realize that if this guy 6-bets I will throw up and call, I just call his 4-bet and I announce straight flush good. He says, uh, I don't have a straight flush, I table my hand and he flips over his hand, Kd 3d. So I guess I should have just kept raising, as this guy thought he had the nuts or something, but I didn't want to be his second victim of the night, plus anytime I get 4-bets on the river I'm pretty happy.
I think I won every hand I played postflop, and only lost my BB or SB once or twice, when I either folded preflop, or just check folded on the flop. So, I played the 20/40 for a couple of hours, and then they started back a 40/80 game. At least I got to play with Dan Dreger, one of the part owners of the casino. He's a super nice guy, super friendly, and a bad poker player. Everything you want from my point of view! He was drinking last night too, so it made it even better.
However, since it was late at night, the only free table they had was one of the worst tables in the casino in terms of location, and it didn't have a shuffle master. The location is the first table you hit as you walk in from the main entrance, and there is literally no space around the table as it is against a wall and the stairwell leading down into the main casino floor.
Well, a spaceship sort of just landed at our table. Some guy out of the blue, who just happened to walk in, see that our table had empty seats and decided to sit down and play with us. He had some cash on him and at least bought a rack of chips (later after he lost most of first rack, he purchased another), but it was obvious he had very little experience playing casino poker, as he played super slow on fairly easy decisions, counted out his chips 1 or 2 at a time, didn't know how many chips to bet or raise with on each street. At first it was excruciatingly painful, but since he was donating, I think everybody put up with him.
I knew that eventually he would pick up a monster and snap someone off by accident, and of course it happened to Joe sitting to immediate right, who I am friendly with. He beat Joe with pocket kings, on a very scary board that 99/100 times Joe will have him beat, but he doesn't know that. However, in a different hand this guy took one of the strangest lines I have ever seen before. He called from the big blind Joe's cutoff raise. On the flop he check raised, Joe reraised and he called. On the turn he bet, Joe raised, and he called. And then on the river he check - folded!
Then I played the following hand with him.
One other fishy limper, all folded to me on the button, I raise Ad7d, SB folds, spaceship calls in the big blind, limper calls.
Flop came 8x 5d 6d. Checked to me, I bet, both call.
Turn comes 2d. Spaceship checks, limper bets, I look left and I see what looks like the spaceship getting ready to raise, so I just call. Spaceship raises, limper folds, I 3-bet, spaceship calls.
River is a blank. Spaceship checks, I bet, he check-raises, I 3-bet, he 4-bets, and I ponder a 5-bet, but realize that if this guy 6-bets I will throw up and call, I just call his 4-bet and I announce straight flush good. He says, uh, I don't have a straight flush, I table my hand and he flips over his hand, Kd 3d. So I guess I should have just kept raising, as this guy thought he had the nuts or something, but I didn't want to be his second victim of the night, plus anytime I get 4-bets on the river I'm pretty happy.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Jackpot!
Really, this time. So when I was out in Minnesota, I got out to Canterbury Park on Thursday evening the 14th of May. It turns out that day is also my anniversary. After going out to dinner with my wife, at this nice restaurant Chambers, my wife gave her blessing for me to go play some pokers at Canterbury Park. I'm never one to say no to a good time gambling, so off I went.
A little after 1am Minnesota time, I was still on California time, I never bother to change my watch whenever I go to Minnesota, I got a player share of the bad beat jackpot in Minnesota. Fitting, that the place I rarely play I got a piece of something I hardly pay into, but at the place I play all the time (Oceans-11), I have never won the bad beat. In any case, the bad beat jackpot was a little over 32k, and at Canterbury Park they split it up 50/25/25. We were 7 handed, so I got a little over 1600 for being a lucky sap occupying space at a poker table. The hand in question was a weird way to win it too. I forgot the exact position and details, but one guy, flopped the nut flush, while another guy flopped top two pair. The nut flush check/raised the flop, and lead in on the turn when he turned the royal. The two pair guy, almost mucked, but decided to make a bad call drawing dead, but with 2 possible outs to a bad beat jackpot. He hit it on the river and I think 5 bets went in before the full house just called, he said later he was actually afraid that the other guy had AQ, for a bigger full house. The guy with the royal knew it was a jackpot, because he told the other guy when he just called, don't muck your hand, you have aces full right? He did indeed and we got paid, eventually, like 30 or 40 minutes later. Not sure what took them so long to pay us off. Now the only thing that sucks, is I'm not sure if I need to file a Minnesota tax return now for this year, since they issued as a W-2 for the winnings. That part kind of sucks.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Off to Minnesota
Wife is in Minnesota, since last Monday. I have a few things to take care of this week at work, and then I'll be heading for Minnesota on Wednesday evening. Hope the Canterbury Park regulars are ready to see me again. Not sure if I'll actually get a chance to play out there however, as I think I'll probably have a full schedule while I'm out there since it's my father in laws 70th birthday. We'll see.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Heater check?
After a pretty big downswing, I think variance is starting to swing the other way now. I have been on a mini weekend heater, and picked up 5 dimes this weekend. I played 20/40 last night and some 20/40 this afternoon/early evening and just crushed it. I love sessions like these, where it seemed I had no tough decisions, and all my river value bets were correct, my ace high call downs were good, and even the hands that I lost I felt that I played properly. Today's lineup was great for me. Only 1 other good player at the table, 1 nit, 1 super LAG, and everyone else was loose passive. I simply ran over the table. It felt good to know that I was the best player at the table.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Finally
I finally booked a win last night, 1820 in 7.5 hours in the 40/80 game at Oceans-11. There was a super tilting player, who normally plays pretty solid, but is a super lag too. I made two correct call downs with very marginal holdings. I 2-bet AQo, and I was 3-bet preflop, and it was heads up after that. I check/called 2 streets, and the river went check/check and my hand was good, with just ace high. The next time a little while later, when the game got short handed, I 2-bet KTo, and was 3-bet by the same player, and again it was heads up. Flop went check/check, and I check/called the turn, and the river went check/check. Neither one of us had a pair, and I ended up chopping the pot, as we both had the same hand KTo.
There was one final pot played the last hand before the game broke, that was huge. Two people made a flush, and the tilting player made a straight. The flop was Jd9s7d, and some bets went in. Turn was the Kd, and all hell broke loose, 4-bets from two of the players, and almost 3-bets from the tilting player. River was a blank, and then the first player bet, the other player raised, and the first player, an excellent limit holdem player, folded his Qd8d face up. Winner had Ad3d for the nuts, and the other all-in player had QcTd for the turned straight. Both players were drawing dead on the turn.
I may have misplayed a hand too, where I may have lost 2 or 3 bets I could have made. Temporarily 3-handed because a bunch of people were walking. Button raises, who is an excellent tight aggressive player, although sometimes too aggressive post flop. I 3-bet pocket 7's from the small blind, big blind clears out, and the button just calls. Flop comes J7x. I bet, button calls. Turn is a 7. I bet, button raises, I 3-bet, button 4-bets, and I just call. River is K. I bet, button calls. I'm pretty sure that I should have 5-bet, even though it turns my hand face up. I was pretty sure that the button had AA, KK, or JJ. So I thought that the river card was a good chance to get a b/3b in. On the other hand, with me just calling the 4-bet on the turn, I may have also been able to get a check/raise in on the river. In any case the button just called with his AA. So in retrospect, I think I lost at least 1 bet on the turn by not 5-betting. I don't think I'll get 6-bet by him here like ever. Having not 5-bet, I probably should have gone for the c/r, since I think the button is aggressive enough to make the very thin value bet of AA here on the river, but I'm not totally sure.
There was one final pot played the last hand before the game broke, that was huge. Two people made a flush, and the tilting player made a straight. The flop was Jd9s7d, and some bets went in. Turn was the Kd, and all hell broke loose, 4-bets from two of the players, and almost 3-bets from the tilting player. River was a blank, and then the first player bet, the other player raised, and the first player, an excellent limit holdem player, folded his Qd8d face up. Winner had Ad3d for the nuts, and the other all-in player had QcTd for the turned straight. Both players were drawing dead on the turn.
I may have misplayed a hand too, where I may have lost 2 or 3 bets I could have made. Temporarily 3-handed because a bunch of people were walking. Button raises, who is an excellent tight aggressive player, although sometimes too aggressive post flop. I 3-bet pocket 7's from the small blind, big blind clears out, and the button just calls. Flop comes J7x. I bet, button calls. Turn is a 7. I bet, button raises, I 3-bet, button 4-bets, and I just call. River is K. I bet, button calls. I'm pretty sure that I should have 5-bet, even though it turns my hand face up. I was pretty sure that the button had AA, KK, or JJ. So I thought that the river card was a good chance to get a b/3b in. On the other hand, with me just calling the 4-bet on the turn, I may have also been able to get a check/raise in on the river. In any case the button just called with his AA. So in retrospect, I think I lost at least 1 bet on the turn by not 5-betting. I don't think I'll get 6-bet by him here like ever. Having not 5-bet, I probably should have gone for the c/r, since I think the button is aggressive enough to make the very thin value bet of AA here on the river, but I'm not totally sure.
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