The Jersey Worm (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bobby_the_worm) wrote,@ 2008-09-23 04:08:00 |
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The stars align
I'll try and keep it brief this time, mostly because this was a great session, and I don't have too much to go over in the way of lessons. There were no 1/2 seats open when I first showed up, so I passed a bit of time at a 2/4 limit game. I wasn't sure if it was a good omen or not that on my very first hand, I got dealt KK in the big blind and they held up nicely against multiway action by flopping a set. :) On the one hand, it's nice to start the day so well. On the other hand, it was at 2/4, and regardless, you know it's all going to be downhill from there. :) Anyway, I'll forgive myself for not logging that session in my records. I'm sure my results will stand up to the discrepancy of that 15 minute, $3 swing. :)
Anyway, soon enough a new 1/2 NLHE table opened up, and I jumped right in. What a world of difference from last night's opposition. Firstly, it was nice to not have to sit down with a bunch of giant stacks. Half the table bought in short anyway, and I was able to take decent control early on just with aggression. I abandoned last night's strategy of rock-like play and just started mixing it up right away. I had mixed results with that, frankly, but I won a bit and enjoyed the action. We started off short-handed, too, which let me cut loose a bit more than usual. It wasn't long, though, until the table filled up, and one of those players was the reason things went so well tonight.
We had a super, super, super fish sit down and join us. Firstly, this guy was in for a pre-flop raise probably on 80% of his hands. Not kidding. Secondly, though, and more importantly, he would stack off with anything, and then instantly rebuy. It was amazing. This is absolutely not an exaggeration, but I stacked this guy six or seven times over the course of the night. It was incredibly juicy. Not only that, but he just could not be swayed from playing. Like I said, he sat down not too long after the table opened, and he was with us the whole time. He was still there when I left. I know, I know, there was no reason I should have left that situation. I was just tired and getting punchy. I caught myself getting way looser than I should have been, and that's a recipe for disaster when I'm the big stack; it's way too easy for me to give back too much money that way. So I don't feel bad about leaving. I was just happy to (finally!) book a win.
There's not much to go over. I ran a few decent bluffs, and I had a few bluffs picked off. All in all, I think that part of the game went well. It was, of course, always a mistake to bluff Superfish since he was willing to stack off with anything. I, of course, tried it once and got snapped off for my trouble, but I deserved it. It's one of the first rules: never bluff a calling station. Honestly, though, everything just magically clicked into place for my game tonight; I got good cards, and I got paid off. Not much more you can ask for than that.
I just can't get over my experiences with Superfish. The (failed) bluff I ran against him was pretty early on in the session. He made himself a pretty nice stack with that hand (there was a third guy involved), but within two or three hands he gave half of it away. A couple hands later, I get QQ in early position and open for a standard raise of $10. Superfish raises me to $40, it comes back around, and I jam it. So for his action, the pot is like $80 and he calls off the rest of his stack (maybe $150) with...ace-nine off. He gets crushed on the flop of Q22, and I stack him. He rebuys.
Seriously, less than an orbit later, I'm dealt AA in middle position. UTG opens for $6. It comes around to me, and I make it $15. Two flat callers behind me, and Superfish in the small blind pops it to $45. Blinds fold, UTG folds, I jam, having everybody covered. The two flat callers behind me fold. Superfish doesn't even hesitate, and he calls. This time? Ace-jack off. Stack. Rebuy.
All night! Seriously! I opened for a raise with KQ suited, flop trip kings, jam into Superfish, and stack him. I came into a multiway pot with 77, I crush the flop of 755, and I stack Superfish with QQ and another guy in the hand with AK. (?!) The worst I did to him was suck out runner-runner Broadway on one hand when he had position on me. I jammed it, I stacked him. The worst he did was crack AK and QQ with five-freakin'-deuce offsuit when he called $75 cold pre-flop. Yes. It's a 1/2 game. He was facing a raise and re-raise to $75, and calls it cold with five-deuce off. He caught a straight that hand, stacked the QQ and took a chunk out of the AK, which happened to be me, by they way. ;) Sick stuff. :)
Anyway. High-variance game, as I'm sure you can imagine. It worked out well for me, though. This time, anyway. But I'm happy to have booked a win, and I'm happy to have had such a fine opponent at my table. Hope I see him again soon!
P.S. I won a dollar on a prop bet, too!
I'll try and keep it brief this time, mostly because this was a great session, and I don't have too much to go over in the way of lessons. There were no 1/2 seats open when I first showed up, so I passed a bit of time at a 2/4 limit game. I wasn't sure if it was a good omen or not that on my very first hand, I got dealt KK in the big blind and they held up nicely against multiway action by flopping a set. :) On the one hand, it's nice to start the day so well. On the other hand, it was at 2/4, and regardless, you know it's all going to be downhill from there. :) Anyway, I'll forgive myself for not logging that session in my records. I'm sure my results will stand up to the discrepancy of that 15 minute, $3 swing. :)
Anyway, soon enough a new 1/2 NLHE table opened up, and I jumped right in. What a world of difference from last night's opposition. Firstly, it was nice to not have to sit down with a bunch of giant stacks. Half the table bought in short anyway, and I was able to take decent control early on just with aggression. I abandoned last night's strategy of rock-like play and just started mixing it up right away. I had mixed results with that, frankly, but I won a bit and enjoyed the action. We started off short-handed, too, which let me cut loose a bit more than usual. It wasn't long, though, until the table filled up, and one of those players was the reason things went so well tonight.
We had a super, super, super fish sit down and join us. Firstly, this guy was in for a pre-flop raise probably on 80% of his hands. Not kidding. Secondly, though, and more importantly, he would stack off with anything, and then instantly rebuy. It was amazing. This is absolutely not an exaggeration, but I stacked this guy six or seven times over the course of the night. It was incredibly juicy. Not only that, but he just could not be swayed from playing. Like I said, he sat down not too long after the table opened, and he was with us the whole time. He was still there when I left. I know, I know, there was no reason I should have left that situation. I was just tired and getting punchy. I caught myself getting way looser than I should have been, and that's a recipe for disaster when I'm the big stack; it's way too easy for me to give back too much money that way. So I don't feel bad about leaving. I was just happy to (finally!) book a win.
There's not much to go over. I ran a few decent bluffs, and I had a few bluffs picked off. All in all, I think that part of the game went well. It was, of course, always a mistake to bluff Superfish since he was willing to stack off with anything. I, of course, tried it once and got snapped off for my trouble, but I deserved it. It's one of the first rules: never bluff a calling station. Honestly, though, everything just magically clicked into place for my game tonight; I got good cards, and I got paid off. Not much more you can ask for than that.
I just can't get over my experiences with Superfish. The (failed) bluff I ran against him was pretty early on in the session. He made himself a pretty nice stack with that hand (there was a third guy involved), but within two or three hands he gave half of it away. A couple hands later, I get QQ in early position and open for a standard raise of $10. Superfish raises me to $40, it comes back around, and I jam it. So for his action, the pot is like $80 and he calls off the rest of his stack (maybe $150) with...ace-nine off. He gets crushed on the flop of Q22, and I stack him. He rebuys.
Seriously, less than an orbit later, I'm dealt AA in middle position. UTG opens for $6. It comes around to me, and I make it $15. Two flat callers behind me, and Superfish in the small blind pops it to $45. Blinds fold, UTG folds, I jam, having everybody covered. The two flat callers behind me fold. Superfish doesn't even hesitate, and he calls. This time? Ace-jack off. Stack. Rebuy.
All night! Seriously! I opened for a raise with KQ suited, flop trip kings, jam into Superfish, and stack him. I came into a multiway pot with 77, I crush the flop of 755, and I stack Superfish with QQ and another guy in the hand with AK. (?!) The worst I did to him was suck out runner-runner Broadway on one hand when he had position on me. I jammed it, I stacked him. The worst he did was crack AK and QQ with five-freakin'-deuce offsuit when he called $75 cold pre-flop. Yes. It's a 1/2 game. He was facing a raise and re-raise to $75, and calls it cold with five-deuce off. He caught a straight that hand, stacked the QQ and took a chunk out of the AK, which happened to be me, by they way. ;) Sick stuff. :)
Anyway. High-variance game, as I'm sure you can imagine. It worked out well for me, though. This time, anyway. But I'm happy to have booked a win, and I'm happy to have had such a fine opponent at my table. Hope I see him again soon!
P.S. I won a dollar on a prop bet, too!
