WSOP Europe $500+25 satellite

Balance : $1212

I gave it a go….WSOP Europe satellite.  I figured it wasn’t that often this sat was coming up and I had deposited in a new site just to check it out…so I figured fate!  Still, I didn’t feel lucky.  But I have to try these things.
Early on I got KQ, pf raise.  I just called to see what would happen.  No idea how good/bad the raiser was but I had position.  Normally fold being tight but position got me in.  Hit the flush by 4th but decided to check down as I was cautious.  He bet a tiny amount on the turn so I just called, hoping he’d bluff the river.  He bets full pot on the river.  I call, aware of the nut flush and the board pairing on the river.  He shows a full house.

The same player ran super hot – hitting another FH and getting paid.  Then he crushes aces with QQ hitting trips.  Unreal.

Finally I was down to 3BB on the BB.  One raiser, he’s bad, he shoved with 75s earlier and got lucky against AK.  So I shove with 67s, not much choice.  He shows Q9 and I don’t hit. 

Finished 29/111 which I thought was a good result.

Cash game refined, very small leaks now.  But a few coolers.  I’m hanging in there.  Trying to whittle out these marginal JJ/QQ hands so they don’t show a loss.

 
Very cold cards, got it in with KK and won.  AJ sucked out on the river against AK to give me a straight.

Thereafter, I just got cold carded

My battle with the fish

Balance : $1388

I’ve been targetting some fish with Spadeye software.

I managed to target one today, and called his all in with the 10-high flush to crush his small flush.  I wouldn’t have done this to a tight player.

Sadly later I stacked off with 99 to AA fish.  This same fish called me off on a flushed, paired and overcarded board for a full size pot with 44.  There were many hands that beat him.  Unbelievable.  I got caught with air lol.

I knew I had to hang in.  Was dealt AJ, same fish raises it.  I call.  Flop J97 (two spades).  He bets, I reraise.  He shoves.  I instacall hoping he has QJ or KJ.   Instead he shows QQ.  Aaaargh!  But not to worry, I hit the straight by the river.  Amazing suck out.

So I wait further, he reloads to $200.  But someone else 3-bets PF to $40.  He calls, flop comes with an Ace and he stacks off immediately with AQ.  I would always throw away AQ to a 3-bet and to a PF raise from a tight player, the flop had a shortstacker all in too.  So the fish got eaten.  I bet he’s cursing online poker being rigged.

The session didn’t go all well – got it in with QQ after 4-betting it PF.  villain calls, I’m presuming AK.  Flop comes low cards, so I shove and he insta-calls with AA.  Oh well, cooler.

I also stacked a fish with a full pot bet on the river – he called me with 2nd pair, I had air.  Teach me not to bluff a fish.  I figured it was for his full stack so he’d think twice.  Wrong.

So overall finished -$100 overall for today.  I’m still a bit loose because I’m targeting fish.  I need to cool down a bit and stop calling with such trash just to get in with the fish.  Typically though there are 1 fish only at 9-table.  So it’s not great, but it increases your chances of getting it all in with a good hand.

In anycase I need to study some more videos and play ‘nitty/light’ a bit more.  Still grinding NL200 outside my bankroll as it just seems to produce more fish than the other limits.  My philosphy – less tables, higher stake = same return.

I make a huge big stupid mistake.

Balance : $1355

I installed Spade-eye so I could find fish at the tables.  Turns out in my greed I ended up running 7 tables at NL200 with my whole bankroll in play.

Everything was OK but I mistakenly thought I had a straight but in fact I had 8 high.  He shoves, I call.  In fact he had a bigger straight + flush draw and I choked on -$200 for my stupidity.

My balance flew up to $1800 at one point but down to $1080 at the end of the session.

Sick and pissed off with my play, I got back in the saddle and made another $270 this morning…still playing as I write this.

Missed the homegame…no idea for results, Shugster won last week.

Bobbing between NL200 and NL100.  NL50 is too slow and less fish.  I find more fish at the NL200 who know they’ll get paid off with $40 or $80 really easy for a quick double up.  That doesn’t happen so much at NL50.

My game is definitely more refined.  I’m checking down in situations and controlling my losses more.  When I get out of line, I get busted when my draws miss.  I’m also showing less aggression on the flop and turn.  It seems to keep me from losing too much.