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May 2009 - Posts

• Triple Crown Goal, PLO hand analyized

  By lukaluka05 - May 29 2009, 06:47 PM

  So on Monday night I took the FTP 33re PLO which had 10.5k prize pool. Last night I was a river away from taking 1st in the PS 55re NL which would have been sick because I said I wanted to get the Triple Crown in three different disciplines and that would have been two of them. Oh well. Two big hands I played I'll discuss: FTP 75$ PLO: I raise KQQ10hhdd and SB calls. Flop is J108hh giving me overpair/gutshot/and flush draw. SB makes PSB. I would expect a check/raise from most players however I don't know this guy and pot is small I call to see turn action. He makes PSB again on J1087hh board, now the bet is 1500 to me, getting big here(15/30 blind level). Now what range do I assign this guy. I have no reads on him. Is he PSBing trips/str8/two pair or a combo draw/pair?. Since I have a large stack (10k after stacking two people) I decide to call. River makes it J10877 with no flush getting there and another PSB. Wat? You figure a str8 would slow down with paired board. Top two would slow down as it would be counterfit a lot. Was he PSBing AKQhh all the way and missed? I feel like maybe he has trips and filled up or he has air/busted draw and is hoping I missed my draw as well. So I call the 3k PSB to see Q986 for the nut str8. I'm surprised by PSB on river. I think I would check call there because if I was on a draw and missed his check would give me a chance to bluff at it. If I was calling with trips there would be some pot control issues there. What if I raise? Is he calling his whole stack off with a paired board in PLO holding a str8. I think the lesson here is to not assume your opponents play like you. I think he would have called shove and he wasn't concerned with my holdings only his. Flop call was fine, turn questionable, river was just wrong. I hope writing it helps me realize it next time. Okay, maybe I'll post the holdem hand later. Gl all.... No Comments on this post. Click here to post a comment.




• Hand of Day from FTP 19.5K Guarantee

  By lukaluka05 - May 21 2009, 01:24 AM

  2500/5000 Ante 600 Seat 1: texas-xan (82,598) Seat 2: SS-18 Satan (147,645) Seat 3: gl2um8 (81,420) Seat 5: Sharkfiction (93,078) Seat 7: psutennis11 (295,424) Seat 8: zoyberg777 (183,254) Seat 9: debeuker (227,536 Final two tables so we are shorthanded. I'm UTG with A10o and 16bbs. I'm 13 of 14 left so I will need to double eventually. Is this this spot. I hate raise folding here. Should I open fold? Seems a little nitty to be the shortest stack and folding A10o at a shorthanded table. I really didn't know what to do and shoved. 10k out there to pick up and open shoving can get baby pairs out and maybe AJ as well. I think I'll post this on 2plus2. I shoved and lost, results don't matter to me but I wonder if this was +EV. 1 Comments on this post. Click here to post a comment.




• Poker Goals

  By lukaluka05 - May 19 2009, 01:40 AM

  I have a few goals for this current "fiscal" year of poker (starting Oct 08).     - Double my earnings from my first year of playing "professionally" (Oct07-Sep08)     - Make multiple 5 figure scores     - Earn a P5's Triple Crown by taking down a Holdem, OHL, and PLO tourn in same week. I doubt this has been done before and of course it will be tough because there aren't as many OHL/PLO tournies that meet the criteria for triple crown. I would still like to do it though.     - Break 3000 in TLB points at some point during year   The first goal is the most important, the other stuff is just for fun. I used to do blogs summarizing how my day went to I guess I began to find that pointless and stopped doing them. I think maybe I'll just post one key hand or so in a tournament and discuss it. I can think of a couple from Mini-Ftops two day main event that I played poorly but I think my decision making was clouded by the fact that these hands happened after playing 10.5 hours of poker. I usually do 6-8 hours and this was too much. All for the min cash!! Of course I may have done better than min cash had I not made 3 mistakes after the bubble burst. Very disappointing considering I felt I made 0 mistakes before hand. Ok. Gl all. No Comments on this post. Click here to post a comment.