Cirquemsized Poker

Veronica had penciled me in on her calendar for tonight, so waking up at 1pm I looked online to see what kind of cool things there were to do in Indy on a Thursday night. I was debating going duck pin bowling or ice skating after eating, then came across an ad for the Cirque Du Soleil Saltimbanco show. I decided that we were going to that, with her consent of course :) We didn't have time to eat before so we just ate junk food there, which was quite tasty. We had brats, pretzels, and frozen custards...probably dusting off 1500 calories each. Our tickets were in the 13th row at Conseco Fieldhouse, which put us eye level with the show and very close. I can't even adequately describe how good the show was using words, but it was an awesome mix of standard circus acts like juggling, trapeze, and gymanstics with dance, live music, and comedy. If you get the chance to see it, I would definitely recommend spending the money. Here's a taste:



So that was a fun date. On the drive home I was debating on whether I wanted to "work" or not when I got home. I was in such a good mood and didn't want to ruin that by having a bad night at the tables. I hopped on Cake and checked out the 1/2 games and they looked absolutely horrid, so I looked at 2/4 and they looked ok. Nothing spectacular, but definitely playable. I got on all 8 tables and played for a while, ending the session up $430 after 1300 hands. Here are the big hands:

1.) Brickity brick brick. At least I wan't playing scared eh? I'm still not sure about my turn shove against a player who I know nothing about, but he did time all the way down before calling so I definitely had fold equity to go along w/ my 32% to win.

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (10 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (CO) ($415.90)
SB ($151)
BB ($402.40)
UTG ($120.40)
UTG+1 ($595)
UTG+2 ($93)
MP1 ($307.30)
MP2 ($640.70)
MP3 ($497)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 7, 6
4 folds, MP2 calls $4, 1 fold, Hero raises $16, 2 folds, MP2 calls $12

Flop: ($38) 8, 5, 10 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $23, MP2 raises $54, Hero calls $31

Turn: ($146) 2 (2 players)
MP2 bets $77, Hero raises $345.90 (All-In), MP2 calls $268.90

River: ($837.80) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $837.80
Results:
MP2 had K, K (two pair, Kings and twos).
Hero had 7, 6 (one pair, twos).
Outcome: MP2 won $834.80

2.) Who do I have to fuck to hit a big draw around here? Geesh

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (SB) ($602.03)
BB ($400)
UTG ($570.80)
UTG+1 ($440)
MP1 ($388)
MP2 ($388)
MP3 ($456.05)
CO ($129)
Button ($390.20)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 8, A
7 folds, Hero raises $14, BB calls $12

Flop: ($32) 5, 7, J (2 players)
Hero bets $19, BB raises $46, Hero raises $141, BB raises $338 (All-In), Hero calls $224

Turn: ($800) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($800) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $800
Results:
Hero had 8, A (two pair, sevens and fives).
BB had Q, Q (two pair, Queens and sevens).
Outcome: BB won $797

3.) Sets are WAAAAYYYY too overrated

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (10 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (SB) ($765.10)
BB ($973.40)
UTG ($540.30)
UTG+1 ($175.30)
UTG+2 ($444.80)
MP1 ($352)
MP2 ($394)
MP3 ($375.35)
CO ($443)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4, 4
4 folds, MP2 raises $9, MP3 calls $9, 1 fold, Hero calls $7, 1 fold

Flop: ($31) 4, 9, A (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets $15.50, Hero raises $52, 1 fold, MP3 calls $36.50

Turn: ($135) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $101, MP3 calls $101

River: ($337) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $603.10 (All-In), MP3 calls $213.35 (All-In)

Total pot: $763.70
Results:
Hero had 4, 4 (three of a kind, fours).
MP3 had J, 10 (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: MP3 won $760.70

4.) Mr. Gingers berated me after this one. Basically he said "nice call preflop". After the hand, SB said he had 88 and I most certainly believe him. Thanks for donking the flop dumbshit and ruining the action...grrr it's irritating that I had to shove...it's one of those spots where no matter what I did it looked strong.

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (10 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (CO) ($399.30)
Button ($410.10)
SB ($691.60)
BB ($133.40)
UTG ($102.90)
UTG+1 ($485.50)
UTG+2 ($373.60)
MP1 ($366.25)
MP2 ($386)
MP3 ($388)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 3, A
5 folds, MP3 raises $14, Hero calls $14, 1 fold, SB calls $12, 1 fold

Flop: ($46) 9, K, 8 (3 players)
SB bets $34, MP3 raises $105, Hero raises $385.30 (All-In), 1 fold, MP3 calls $269 (All-In)

Turn: ($828) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($828) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $828
Results:
MP3 had K , K
Hero had 3, A (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $836.30

5.) I get to cooler somebody? Hell yeah!

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (UTG) ($416.50)
UTG+1 ($576.90)
MP1 ($1029.80)
MP2 ($376.50)
MP3 ($563)
CO ($634.90)
Button ($869.65)
SB ($396)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, Q
5 folds, Button raises $14, 1 fold, Hero raises $36, Button calls $26

Flop: ($82) 9, 4, Q (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

Turn: ($82) J (2 players)
Hero bets $62, Button raises $134, Hero raises $314.50 (All-In), Button calls $242.50

River: ($835) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $835
Results:
Button had Q, 9
Hero had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $832

6.) Well I knew when he calls the flop he either had Qx or AA or KK, so the turn and river didn't look too great. Well the river looked ok obviously haha, but I mean I would've much rather seen an 8 roll off. When he checked I had to put out one of those value bets where I'm sitting there thinking "Oh please have QJ or QT and not the rest of your range, don't shove don't shove!"

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (10 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (MP2) ($394)
MP3 ($206.60)
CO ($294)
Button ($400)
SB ($414)
BB ($455)
UTG ($238.60)
UTG+1 ($1172.26)
UTG+2 ($341)
MP1 ($411.10)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 10, J
2 folds, UTG+2 raises $12, MP1 calls $12, Hero calls $12, 1 fold, CO calls $12, 3 folds

Flop: ($54) 9, Q, Q (4 players)
UTG+2 bets $27, 1 fold, Hero raises $100, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls $73

Turn: ($254) A (2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks

River: ($254) K (2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero bets $120, UTG+2 calls $120

Total pot: $494
Results:
UTG+2 had Q, J
Hero had 10, J (straight, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $491

7.) It's fun when a pot control line induces spazz bluffs

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (10 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (MP1) ($647.50)
MP2 ($170.60)
MP3 ($400)
CO ($436)
Button ($422.30)
SB ($399.50)
BB ($287)
UTG ($832.26)
UTG+1 ($517.20)
UTG+2 ($584.10)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A, A
UTG calls $4, 2 folds, Hero raises $20, 6 folds, UTG calls $16

Flop: ($46) 4, 7, 9 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($46) 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $30, UTG raises $60, Hero calls $30

River: ($166) 5 (2 players)
UTG bets $166, Hero calls $166

Total pot: $498
Results:
UTG had 2, 2 (two pair, fours and twos).
Hero had A, A (two pair, Aces and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $495

Ok that's enough hands. So it wasn't a spectacular session or anything, but I felt like I played pretty well, wasn't playing scared, and I definitely got my feet wet playing bigger pots. I did learn that there is no way I'm going to be able to check my account balance while playing 2/4 and keep my sanity because the swings in terms of monetary value are just ridiculous. Well hopefully this weekend's continued shot at 2/4 goes well, but that's all for now. I'm off to play some xbox before heading to the Y for my 5:30AM basketball.