Rollin’ On the River [228 Hands / +$24.40]

Posted by icemonkey9 on Aug 27, 2008 in General | 1 comment

Today was a really great poker day. Two 6max sessions totaling a profit of +$39.75 and a huge win over my pal Zachvac from CardsChat in the CC Headsup Championship. The championship bracket can be seen here and as you can see it's played like the NCAA March Madness Tournament. My match against Zach was VERY exciting and we both hit some coolers but in the end I won it, and I am STOKED

Also I asked Brian (bw07510 from cardschat) about what to do with the FPPs, and he directed me to a post on the 2+2 forums that basically say that if you play the 210fpp sattys for the $11 tournament ticket it's the better investment in the long run. The options are playing in a higher FPP tournament (5400, 2700, etc) or saving up and using it for a bonus which then you have to unlock. So I decided to take 210 of my 3100 FPPs and put them to good use, and sure enough I finished ITM (in the money) out of 20 (6 get paid). So now I have $11 tournament bucks which I can apparently sell to some agency who will give me 97% of their worth in actual dollars. yay! I figure that every time i get 210 FPPs I'll give these a crack and when I get $55 i'll sell them.

The night session was very juicy. Apparently the fish are biting on Tuesday night since I saw a great number of players on the site, much more so than usual at this hour. Good for me since I'm on a heater and playing well ... combine those two and you get my ChuckTs-like 26.31bb/100 over the last 3 days.

Night Session Stats
Game: 25nl 6max - Pokerstars - 4 tables
Duration: 46 minutes
Hands: 228
End Result: +$24.40

Taking a look at some hands from my 6max sessions ...

5bet at 25nl 6Max?!?!

This dude was making moves at the table usually reserved for 100nl ... I should know since I've watched a ton of 6max poker at that level ... he was 3betting light, making great float plays ... and before this hand I considered leaving since he'd probably just run over the table and we'd get in each other's way. So he 3bets me with JJ and because I know he's been 3betting light I solid 4bet him. What does he do? F'ing 5bet me. At 25nl, serious folks, a 4bet is 99% AA or KK. I don't think I've ever even seen a 5bet yet. So I just let it go ... either he has balls of steel or he really does have QQ-AA in which case I am crushed. Still tough to let go.

KK ... The River with Taketh and the River will Giveth

The 2 preflop villains are 33/19/1 and 60/20/3 which means they are really unaware of what they are doing. I can't believe how many people in 6max I see with stats like this ... and apparently they are all over the place up to 200nl (according to Zachvac). Anyways, not so excited about that board and let out and see the A. I absolutely put this douchebag on an A but he bets so lightly I figure I can see a cheap showdown at the river so I call. Implied odds - you betcha - and I hit my K and start smacking my lips. He bets $3 again and so if anything I have learned from the videos is to get value on the river ... and people just aren't letting go of paired aces at this 25nl level, so I stack him off, he calls, I win. Yay.

AA Wins AIPF vs Shortstacker

Just had to put this in here ... I thought about flatting Morpheus but with the pot so big I figured he might just call a shove here anyways ... and if not that's fine I have enough in the pot to where I am ahead of EV for the hand.

Proud of Myself for this One

health99 is a 43/8/2 fish and the other guy is completely unknown. With the flop I have the nut flush draw and two overs and the shortstacker (as he probably should do) stacks off here. I give myself some time to think about what he would do this with ... and I figure it's pretty wide if he's a decent enough shortstacker. Any straight draw and I am ahead ... any flush draw and he is dead ... two overs and I'm a favorite. I just didn't see me really being in bad shape even if he had a set of 8s or 9s even. I call. I didn't know what he had until the river but he hit his 7 to take a brief lead and I hit one of my 15 outs on the river.