WSOP Part 2-The Cash Games

Got out of Vegas alive but not without some absurdity. I was scheduled to take the red-eye home on Sunday night at 11:30 p.m. Got to the airport at 9:45 and was informed that the 11:30 flight was delayed and was now a 3:30 a.m. flight. Uggggh. So I checked my bag, got my boarding pass and circled back to the Strip for a bit more Omahahaha to kill 3 or 4 more hours. Flight finally left closer to 4 a.m. and I got home to Baltimore around 1. Obligatory hugs, etc. with the kids and Big Man is fast asleep by 1:20.

Anyway, a bunch of interesting hands so I will likely do this in 2 or possibly 3 parts.

I played a total of ~64 hours over the week broken down about as follows:

5/10 NL 2 sessions ~8 hours
2/5 NL 6 sessions ~20 hours
1/3 NL 1 session ~3 hours
1/2/5 PLO 6 sessions ~20 hours
5/5 PLO 2 sessions ~10 hours
1/2/5 Big O 1 sesion ~2 hours
Misc 8/16 Mixed, 20/40 O8 ~2 hours

Fortunately I won at each game at each level.

In total I played ~64 hours for a profit of $4,686 or almost $74/hour.

Here are some of the more interesting hands I played:

The first 3 hands are with the same 2/5 villain and the first 2 hands set up the 3rd. Villain is a baddish live LAG. Pretty sure I have seen him at Borgata. He does the typical live-ish stuff we all see: open limp, raise to see where he is, make desperation bluffs that make little sense, etc.

My image is probably pretty aggressive, raising in position, etc.

Hand 1-Pay Attention!

2 limps including villain. I go $30 with AK Only villain calls.

(Pot ~$70) Flop T53 He checks, I bet $45, he reluctantly calls. I think he is pretty weak here and certainly doesn't have TP+ IMO..A4, A2, AJ+, 67s, 46s, etc are all in his range along with perhaps 44, 66 type hands.

(Pot ~$160) 3 Now I guess fl draws are a part of his range but I just didn't think he had a flush here. He checks, I still think I am good some % of the time but I catch him looking at his cards before I act. For whatever reason I immediately zoomed in on Ax and really feel that is what he was double checking. I don't think there is a ton of value in betting so I check it back.

(Pot ~$160) River is an absolute brick 8 He insta bets $100. Given my read and my belief that he had the bare A the only hand that improved on this river is A8o and I just don't see how he gets to the river with that hand. I decide to call. he shows AQ and I win a mid sized pot.

Key here was paying attention. When he went back and double checked his hand I really was confident he had A. He began muttering and complaining that I called with AK high which leads to the next hand.

Stacking off with 1 pair

Villain now has ~480 and this is only an orbit or two later. I open AQ from EP to 20. Get 3 calls including villain in BB.

(Pot ~$80) A64 Checks to me and I bet $55..folds to villain who c/r to $160. I think for a moment and feel like his range here is 2 pr+, flush draws, maybe a combo draw or two and probably worse Ax hands. So I flat.

(Pot ~$400) I'm pretty much calling any non , 3, 5, 7 or 8. With a I think I am folding to most ships..with the others I think I am tanking a bit and am not sure how I'll react. Anyway turn is 2 and he ships $320ish. This changes very little unless he has exactly 35 so I call rather quickly. Judging by his reaction I am virtually certain he has .

Pot (~$1,040) River J and he shows 58 for a flopped combo draw. I hold and drag a nice pot.

Now he is on raging tilt talking about me calling with 1 pair, etc. One thing about bad regs is I don't think they have any clue about their table image. I mean he is exuding tilt characteristics and thus I am going to call him down lighter and lighter until he gets himself under control.

This would lead to the next hand where he plays a hand totally face up and I just need to win a flip.

LOL overbet Jam

I open JJ to 25 over a limper from MP. LP calls, BTN calls and tilter open ships $400 from SB. I think this is an easy call given his table demeanor and I guess an extremely tight range is like 99-QQ, AK, AQ, KQs. Given that and the $100 dead in the pot calling $380 seems easy. I call (the other callers are pretty ABC and never have me beat here).

ProPokerTools Hold'em Simulation

94,176,720 trials (Exhaustive)

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
JhJd	57.47%	53,115,779	2,020,785
AK, AQ, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, KQs	42.53%	39,040,156	2,020,785

Widen his range to include AJ, 66+, etc and it is obvious that calling here is trivial. Note I think he almost NEVER has AA or KK here.

ProPokerTools Hold'em Simulation

138,696,624 trials (Exhaustive)

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
JhJd	63.79%	87,290,943	2,379,687
AK, AQ, AJ, 66-QQ, KQs	36.21%	49,025,994	2,379,687

He tables AQ then basically begs me to run it twice. I agree. I have no problem running it twice. I feel like it is something the weaker players really rely on and I think if they are comfortable I don't want them to not play anymore because they are no longer comfortable. So I will often agree to run it twice to appease them. I am fairly ambivalent on running it twice and almost always leave it to the other dude.

Anyway we run it 2x and I lose both board. First to a flush and 2nd to a rivered Q. After this I still hear him whining about me calling him with AK and now with JJ. Unfortunately he would continue to spew off; just not to me anymore.

Will follow with a few more good hands later including a fun river PLO bluff!