AFchung Poker Blog: Crappy session -$1.62 // 1098 hands

Had a losing session today. Things haven't been going well for the past few sessions, but I'm still up almost 4 ptbb at 25NL over 17k hands I've played this month. I only have 1k more to go to hit the volume prop bet which is a huge burden lifted off my shoulders. Albert has a ton of hands to go, so it might not even be a push, I might end up pocketing $100 of his money. Not really what I had in mind since I expected it to be a wash like 95% of the time, but we'll see hahah.

Looking at my red line, I can tell there's a huge downward trend. It feels like my continuation bets are not working that often at 25NL and I'm forced to adjust by either cbetting less or double barreling more. Obviously at 25NL double barreling as a bluff is hardly profitable because people don't like to fold pairs, but when a beautiful turn card presents itself I will definitely fire another round. I've found myself cbetting and having to check the turn and face a river bet so damn often that its gotten really annoying.

I had two interesting AK hands come up where I'm not sure if the play I made was right. At the time I felt that folding was the right play in both of these hands, but during my post-session review it felt as if the spots were a lot closer than I had expected.

Hand #1:

Villains are both loose passive fish, around the 40/5 mark. Flop feels like a very standard call and turn I think it is a mandatory bet when checked to. There are very obvious draws on the board we need to get value from, as well as a lot of weaker aces in both player's range. During the session, I felt as if he would barrel the turn himself if he had a very strong hand so I felt okay about betting here rather than pot controlling TPTK.

River is of course the interesting spot. I have absolutely no idea what fish do this with, but being lead into on the flop, c/c'd on the turn, and open shoved on the river does not feel like a bluffy line. Two pairs and sets can take this line from these bad players. In addition, in multiway pots the general trend is that people play a lot more straightforward/honest and because of this I felt as if his range was weighted a lot more towards a value range than a bluff/spew range. The only hand we beat in his value range is AJ-AQ and we're chopping with AK. The rest has us owned.

Can he bluff this river? He's a loose passive and two players have shown strength/interest in this pot. I don't think he's bluffing often here and I ended up folding. However, we were getting 3:1 on a call so I'm not sure if I made the right choice or not.

$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem • 7 Players

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UTG	unicornvl	$8.65
UTG+1	maicons2maiara	$17.23
MP	shoeB1	$25
CO	buzzed_light	$25.69
BTN	AFchung X	$30.94
SB	ms2223	$23.89
BB	julian olivarez	$37.51

Pre-Flop ($0.35, 7 players)Hero is BTN

2 folds, shoeB1 calls $0.25, buzzed_light calls $0.25, AFchung X raises to $1.35, 2 folds, shoeB1 calls $1.10, buzzed_light calls $1.10

Flop ($4.40, 3 players)

shoeB1 checks, buzzed_light bets $2.50, AFchung X calls $2.50, shoeB1 calls $2.50

Turn ($11.90, 3 players)

shoeB1 checks, buzzed_light checks, AFchung X bets $6.50, shoeB1 calls $6.50, buzzed_light calls $6.50

River ($31.40, 3 players)

shoeB1 checks, buzzed_light goes all-in $15.34, AFchung X folds, shoeB1 folds

Final Pot: $46.74

buzzed_light wins $45.17 (net +$19.48)
AFchung X lost $10.35
shoeB1 lost $10.35

Hand #2:

Villain is 26/19 over a 50 hand sample. Flop and turn I believe are pretty standard, and river is where we get fucked with.

He fastplays this hand so hard that I have no idea what to think of it. Two pairs/sets are definitely there but he's representing such a narrow value range since he's raising us already on the flop. Turn brings in some draws and the river is probably the worst card we could ask for. If he was somehow full of shit on the flop and picked up a draw on the turn and decided to barrel, it just got there. Only getting 2:1 on this call, facing an extremely aggressive line, against a player I have no dynamic with, I opted for a crying fold. I don't think this hand is as close as the previous one since we are a little bit deeper and getting a bad price on a call.

$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem • 9 Players

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UTG	olotol	$29.51
UTG+1	Andrew100	$24.13
MP1	smoggy1962	$25
MP2	idealcrap	$30.07
MP3	33gao	$55.85
CO	koprakahvi	$23.78
BTN	TroySchultz	$10.29
SB	Nemenum	$9
BB	AFchung X	$38.34

Pre-Flop ($0.35, 9 players)Hero is BB

olotol calls $0.25, 7 folds, AFchung X raises to $1.25, olotol calls $1

Flop ($2.60, 2 players)

AFchung X bets $1.50, olotol raises to $3, AFchung X calls $1.50

Turn ($8.60, 2 players)

AFchung X checks, olotol bets $5.75, AFchung X calls $5.75

River ($20.10, 2 players)

AFchung X checks, olotol goes all-in $19.51, AFchung X folds

Final Pot: $39.61

olotol wins $38.61 (net +$9.10)
AFchung X lost $10

Hand #3:

I ended the session with this hand. I was up about a buyin which was okay (better than losing) until this hand came up. Villain is 56/3.

Preflop is standard and I make a cbet on a wet board and he check-shoves on me. Now usually I'm very hesitant calling 100 bb's with one pair and I really went into the tank for this hand. I think this is a semi bluff a huge percentage of the time. He'll show up with straight draws and flush draws, which I have good equity against. He could have QQ+, TJ, or a set which I was worried about, but would he really check-jam such a strong hand and blow me off whatever I have? Had he made a normal size c/r I would just fold here without much thought, but a check-shove is really suspicious. I ended up calling with 3 seconds left on my time bank and he shows me KT for second pair good kicker.

Obviously he binks river. Now I'm stuck for the session. I'll post a september graph later and my allinEV line is absolutely horrid. Hopefully I can learn to emotionally control myself a little bit better and not have these beats/coolers get to me. They are definitely affecting my play and my ability to put in hands.