You See Some Interesting Stuff at the Micros …
… yes you really do. I played a nice long session tonight, three tabling and got about 500 hands in. A lot of fun, came out marginally ahead but had a ball. This was my favourite hand of the night. I’d been fairly aggressive on this table, and I’d been c-betting and raising quite a bit. I’m not sure why, but I decided to back off on this hand. I was glad I did, take a look at what villian shows down (Villian was over 50 VPIP by the way):
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
saw flop | saw showdown
Hero (CO) ($10)
Button ($12.68)
SB ($14.08)
BB ($16.30)
UTG ($11.18)
MP ($8.08)
Preflop: Hero is CO with K
, Q
2 folds, Hero bets $0.35, 2 folds, BB raises to $0.70, Hero calls $0.35
Flop: ($1.45) J, J, 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($1.45) A
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: ($1.45) A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Total pot: $1.45 | Rake: $0.09
Results:
BB had A, A
(four of a kind, Aces).
Hero had K, Q (two pair, Aces and Jacks).
Outcome: BB won $1.36
Quad Aces! Normally I c-bet the hell out of a JJ7 flop, again I can only say the reason I didn’t was that I had just recently taken down several pots (although I did lose one to bring me back to original buyin) and thought my c-betting was starting to get a bit over the top. Then of course the turn A and while that could be a good scare card for me to represent AK I didn’t fire again. But villian … what is villian thinking???? Perhaps he fears I have a J on the flop, but then to turn the full house and not bet? Being generous, I’ll say that he was trying to give me the chance to bluff at it. But when you river the absolute stone cold nuts, how can he not bet here? If I did have a J I would have to call. Just bizarre, but thanks Mr Villain, that saved me some cash!
I’ve been running pretty well lately. Holdem Manager says my winnings are about 3 buyins above EV, so my hands have generally been holding up. Always a nice feeling when things are going well, and it should be savoured. It’s easy to think it will always be this way, the mirror image of the sometimes seemingly never-ending downswing. I know which one I prefer!
Yes… Mr Villain needs to learn the concept of value betting.
Btw, in Holdem Manager, is the EV only calculated in all-in pots, or for any pot where there is a showdown? I use Pokertracker and it is only in all-in pots which is annoying.
I think all tracking systems only capture All-in EV, anything else is subject to too many variables such as bluffing etc. That said the graph tracks with all the other wins/losses, but only indpendently factors in EV changes on all in situations.
Pokertracker is the same. But you should be able to calculate the EV at every street when money is put into pot, as long as there is a showdown. The reality is that only very few pots include all-ins, however there are many that don’t that are still large pots with a showdown. e.g AA v KK on a 56789K board migh not go to allin, but you still got unlucky on the river.
Hi Buzz Good thing that you didn’t bet!
All Super Fishy Donks LOOOOVE to min raise Aces as they are afriad of you folding and this make them lose a bunch of value. His Turn and River play is totally retarded, make sure you sit at his table every session!!
It must be fun to rake in a huge $1.36 Pot with 4*Ace LOL
Cheers
LillaRya
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