5/20: A Belated 6/12 Session

So, after a bunch of procrastinating I am finally getting around to posting a blog about my last session.

Last Wednesday (5/20) I met the Superdonk and Nik down at Cap for some 6/12 action. After donking it up at 4/8 and losing about $40, I was called and took the 6 seat to the right of the Superdonk.

I ran pretty cold for the most part and got involved with some hands that I shouldn’t have been in. One being where I raised w/ A6 of diamonds after a couple limper including an off shift dealer who limp re-raised from UTG. It was elected not to peel on an all black board that came J93 (2 spades) but what ever. I also whiffed some over cards before my move to Seat 1 on the right of Nik, uggg. Weeeeee, 2 TAGs right next to each other.

Things started to look up, at least in card quality. I had KK 2x, and QQ once, none were able to hold on a drawy boards and ones that had over cards.

I did have a couple notable hands after that. The first being in a pot where it was limped in 3 spots and I limped on the button w/ KJos, which I probably should have raised but w/e. Nik was in the SB and raised it up, the BB and everyone else called. Short story was that I flopped broadway and Nik flopped a Set of Aces. He didn’t pair and I took a nice sized pot. He was also pissed I didn’t raise preflop 

The next hand of note was where I raised red 7’s after 2 limpers and gained position, and had only the BB along with the other limpers call. The flop came Q63 and it was checked to me, and I bet called by Bill, a loose player who typically called with ATC and another person. Turn was an offsuit Ace both the caller and Bill checked to me, and I bet again. I am probably behind but I am planning on getting to show this hand down. The river paired the 6 and Bill checked and I checked behind and showed 77 to win; Fwiw Bill mucked JTos.

I won another hand where QQ held on a drawy heavy paired board, and a hand where I rivered a set of 5’s vs. some chick’s top pair and busted flushed draw. She had been your typical station calling my raises w/ crap. In that hand I opened 55 in MP and bet the flop, checked the turn where she didn’t bet and I would have insta-mucked, obv. And then I donked the river where she looked me up with top pair.

And my most crusher hand of the session was in a kill with JJ. Against the UTG guy who looked a lot like Johnny Chan and had opened to $24, I was UTG+1 and 3-Bet to $36. All folded back to him, and he capped it. Flop came Ten-High he checked, I bet. I knew at this point I was probably way behind to QQ-AA. Usually these guys donk go crazy in kill pots without QQ-AA. So, when a 6 hit the turn, I just planned to check and call a river bet. I checked the turn, and you know what, a jack hit the river. So I obv, bet the river. UTG begrudgingly called and said if I hit my Jack I was good. He mucked KK.

That was pretty much it. I came up $70 after the loss at 4/8 and the downswing during the first part of my session at 6/12; it feels good to put one in the win column after the last 2 sessions.

Hopefully I will be putting some major sessions next week as I will be put on stand by here at work, wooooot and boooo at the same time.

Vegas is little under 2 weeks away!!! Gogogogogo.

Down and Down - 6/12

Short blog, lost close to 2 racks this weekend, running really bad and card dead but w/e. Just have to start holding and fading those draws/gutters.

After talking to Santi, the simple only cure is to run better.

OK, I will work on that.

Look for more updates next week.

5/9: Superdonk Birthday - 6/12 Bash

First off, a Happy B-day to the Superdonk. No real telling what his age is; Nik mentioned that instead of assigning an specific age, you should assign a range to him. That being said we think that the Superdonk is anywhere from 21 to 40 years old.

Enough of that business down to the action. After talking to TFong on Friday he said he would be playing at Cap on Saturday during the day, so I showed up around 2 and put both of us on the list. After a small wait I was called for a 4/8 Kill seat where I sat for about 30 min before they opened a new 6/12 game. During this time, the SD said Nik would be joining us so I added him to the list.

By the time that the new 6/12 started the table shaped up like this:

1 - Sagtard Azn Female
2 - LPP older Mediterranean looking dude
3 - SAG
4 - Superdonk
5 - SAG (Tuan) He plays there alot and I have played with him for about 20+hrs he is pretty loose
6 - Wilson - Cap prop player now, who usually plays pretty well
7 - Some half mexican looking dude with a wolverine haircut and a goatee :)
8 - Older lady who plays pretty tight but always seems to hold good cards
9 - Me

Overall the session at both the must move, and main 6/12 went well, I ran I would say better than average. And was a bit more aggro pre-flop. Although I did miss 2 value bets (once w/ QQ, and once w/ AJ) which Nik let me know about and I added that to the knowledge bank and will start doing more and more often in the upcoming sessions.

I will give a quick rundown of some hands.

33 > AQ I open raised in LP and got called down on a board of Q53T8
TT > AQ Nik limped AQ UTG in a Kill, I raised black tens and the flop comes T-High, He didn't peel
AQ > ?? I capped pre-flop and turned the Nut flush and don't get looked up on the river.
QQ > ??
KK > K7os Some donk at main game block bet into me when a 3 flush hit the turn, I called and we check-check the river
AQ > ?? I rivered a straight after flopping Top pair
55 > Some flush

So with all that said, I want to talk about this hand and the game structure when there is a no-post kill game. You might think that it doesn't change things but that is not true this structure totally changed my play in this hand.

There had been some discussion a while back about limping into a kill pot in EP when you are first to act because there is no real reason to raise to win 2 chips. But obviously had there been a kill-blind, I raise 100% of the time in this spot.

Kill-Pot

Hero is UTG w/ AQos and limped in planning to limp-reraise as Santi and I had discussed earlier in the session

Called by the guy directly to my left in the 9 seat the SB and the BB.

Flop: AJ7 rainbow.

Checked to me I bet called by everyone ut oh. I was only betting the turn if a safe looking card comes.

Turn: T, hmmmmm

SB Checks, BB thinks for a bit and bets out. I have played with him enough to know that he isn't betting the turn with at least 2 pair, and I was somewhat disturbed that everyone called on the flop with a board like that.

I fold the turn, I just didn't make any sense at this point, and to be honest I was pretty lost.

The hand plays out like this. Seat 9 calls, the SB check-raises, the BB 3bets, Seat 9 folds SB calls.

River T.

Check, bet, call. The BB turned a straight with T9, and the SB flopped two pair w/ J7os.

All in all, that was a pretty interesting hand and you can see that the no post kill blind totally changed the play during that hand.

Just for fun, 1 more hand.

Hero is in the HJ w/ 55 and it is limped in every spot, and I limp as well. I think that only the CO folded this hand.

Flop: J65 rainbow (1 heart)

SB, and BB (Superdonk) both check UTG leads out, 1 call, and 1 fold to me, I raise called everywhere.

Turn: 6 of hearts

Checked to me I fire w/ the boat and I see the Superdonk almost getting ready to raise but he just called and so did the guy in seat 6.

River: T of hearts

Superdonk thinks for a bit and bets out, and the dude in seat 6 tanks then folds, I raise and he calls.

I show the 5's and rake in a nice pot.

He went runner-runner flush, just a bad spot for running hearts.

Thanks for reading. I will be at Cap next Friday for more 6/12, see you all there.

-Out

Eeek, Card Deadedness, Again

I got in 6 hours or so of action down at Cap. It was a pretty dull day though. I was just card dead as all hell, even worse that 3 sessions ago. But hey, that is life sometimes. Of the small percentage of hands that I did play, I couldn't hold at all.

There were no real hands to talk about.

So I guess I can just chalk this one up to experience and look to run better next time.

Overall for the day:

4/8: -$60 (.5 hr)
6/12: -$120 (6 hrs)

On a side note, I will be becoming a live grinder at least for a little while as it looks from the work stand point. Unemployment, and live poker, lets give that a shot.