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.