November-$10k Month?

It's possible though might be a bit of a stretch.  Here is a review of a good session the other night.

15 min 5/10 NLHE +$885
9:08 2/5 NLHE +$1,805

Well my card dead/run bad from October is officially disengaged. Running pretty well, coolering a few people and playing well has added up to a really good stretch over my last ~5-6 sessions. Did a better job tracking some interesting hands so will have a bunch in this post.

I arrived yesterday afternoon and was immediately seated at 5/10. I only had $2k on me so I really wanted to play 2/5 as this reps only 2 bullets. anyway 1 hand was enough.

Some times the Game is Easy

This is literally like my 3rd hand at 5/10. Table was 6/7 handed with a dude that had played every pot for a raise. He is Villain in this hand. He opens to $50 with XX and I 3b in the BB with KK. He calls. My read was that he was spewy just based on the 3 hands and didn't want to give up like ever.

(Pot $305) Flop KT9 I lead $175 and he starts cutting out chips like he is going to raise but ultimately just calls. I think he has a pretty wide range still with a lot of TJ, QT, J9, AJ type hands being a big part of his range. Pair with gutters, bare gutters, etc.

(Pot $655) Turn 8 This is obv a brick. My man has like $575 left and although I can easily shove I think I can bet small and get him to commit thinking he has fold equity or just get 2 streets of value here. So i decide on $225. he calls pretty quickly.

(Pot $1105) River 8 Seems like a good card . I put him in for his remaining $340-350 and he calls saying "I can't put you on a hand". I table and obv MHIG.

Right after that I got called for 2/5. Thought about it for a minute and said fuck it, I'm gonna hit and run this game. So off to 2/5 I went when the following happens:

If your plan is to bet/fold you gotta bet/fold

I fold a few hands then on cue I get KK in MP. 2 limps in front and I go $25. only 1 of limpers calls. he appears young, good with chips, kinda talkative but never seen him in the room before.

(Pot $60) Flop QQ8 He ch and I decide to ch it back

(Pot $60) Turn 7 He ch, I bet $40 he call

(Pot $140) River 6 I decide to bet/fold targeting like 99/TT, 89, 8T, maybe 87, etc. So I bet $75 and he pretty quickly c/r to $250. His line doesn't really make much sense at all. But it's 2/5 and they don't a lot of time. I start talking to him asking him what he thinks I have. he says "I think you have a Q". When he says this I really think he is bluffing like he is trying to say he thinks I'm strong, yet he still made this play. But I went with my initial plan and folded. he showed JT for an odd bluff that worked.

Turning a meh hand into a bluff

A bad non-thinking player opens to $10 in LP over a limp or 2. I had a pretty good read on him that he bet big with big hands and smaller with smaller hands. He had earlier bet $25 pre, then bet $125 on the flop with $75 in the pot on Qxx board and showed the table QQ. Anyway I call BTN with AJ. 6 to flop.

(Pot $60) Flop QJ6 He bets $25, I call, SB calls.

(Pot $135) Turn 8 He bets $60 only I call. I think he has some weakish Q's here (QTs, etc.), maybe some hands I beat like AK or 99/TT and just doesn't know what to do so he bets kinda small. I obv pick up the NFD so I'm not folding.

(Pot $255) River 8 Not the card I was looking for. He fumbles around and bets $100 and I start thinking. I can't really call but he's a fish and I don't really like bluffing fish. Anyway I really decide to go with my read about his betting patterns. Although he has bet 3 streets, none of them have been very strong bets. So I decide to cram $375 more. He then starts thinking and quickly confirms he has a Q so I was right to raise or fold. Finally he says "You must have a full house so I fold".

Paying attention there and being engaged in the hand won me that pot for sure.

Stacking a meh LAG-set up hand tho

I open prob my fave QJ to $20 in MP. 3 callers including a LAG in SB. He was playing a lot of pots, raising every single time he straddled. He wasn't bad but wasn't a star either. Anyway 4 to flop.

(Pot $80) Flop AT8 Welp I'm not folding now, 2nd flush draw, double gutted is pretty good! Checks to me and I bet $55, only SB calls.

(Pot $190) Turn 3. he checks and I bet $125. He calls. I range him on 2 pair, sets, maybe like KQx, J9 (least likely I guess). I think he 3b AK preflop so I don't think he has AxK

(Pot $440) River 5 He checks a 3rd time and I decide to bet bigger. I bet $350 relatively quickly. He starts tanking and finally gives me the "Why so much?" speech. I try to look nervous and he finally calls with what he said was 88.

Nice pot. I wonder if I can bet even more on the end. Always hard to know.

Flopped world-just cram it

This is with the same Villain I bluffed above. He again min-raises and gets 1 caller. i decide to try and iso on him and raise KQ to $45, Folds and he calls, caller calls as well. 3 to flop.

(Pot $140) Flop K36 Villain leads $60 and other dude folds. I'm clearly raising but just not sure how much. Anything looks strong IMO. I finally settle on a jam and so I do jam effectively for his stack of $435. He thinks for a moment and then calls with KJo....lol. I hold and am off and running.

In this hand I just felt like he could find a fold if a bad card came on the turn (ie I made my flush). Once he led I put him on TP type hand so I thought my jam would look bluffier than a smallish raise. Also he probably thinks I am picking on him a bit.

I level myself into a bad call

Here is a hand that I hate the way I played. There are 2 limps and I raise to $25 with 99. 3 call and we go to the flop.

(Pot $100) Flop 457r Checks to me, I bet $65 and only young asian kid calls. I have played with before. Decent player that plays 5/T some and PLO at times.

(Pot $230) Turn 6. Now he leads $75 and I call. IDK this is probably a fold but the only hand that makes sense here is 88 and maybe 87s.

(Pot $380) River 9 He leads $115 and I puke in my mouth a little bit. I beat 77, 76, 66, etc but obv nothing with a 3 or 8 in it. I am getting in the neighborhood of 4.5-1 so I need 20-22% to call. I decide that he doesn't just have a straight and I beat all hands but the straight. So I puke call to see 88.

Blah. Don't like the way I played this hand at all.


Little over 60% of the way to a $10k month but will put in some grind over the next ~10days.