Don’t Try to Bluff a Guy Named Psycho
This one’s a little embarrassing. I shoved turn here hoping to get him off a mid-pair, but here’s what happened instead:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 6000/12000 Blinds 1500 Ante (8 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (CO) (t497480)
Button (t227662)
SB (t634145)
BB (t816177)
UTG (t1063367)
UTG+1 (t302032)
MP1 (t1684089)
MP2 (t451048)
Hero’s M: 16.58
Preflop: Hero is CO with A
, K
2 folds, MP1 bets t24000, MP2 calls t24000, Hero raises to t88888, 3 folds, MP1 calls t64888, MP2 calls t64888
Flop: (t296664) 10, 10
, 2 (3 players)
MP1 bets t43210, 1 fold, Hero calls t43210
Turn: (t383084) 4 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets t363882 (All-In), MP1 calls t363882
River: (t1110848) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t1110848
Results:
MP1 had Q, A
(one pair, tens).
Hero had A, K (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero won t1110848
Truthfully, AQ might actually be a better call than like 66 there, though I’m not sure he realizes that.
Cold-Decking Bakes
I know I look like a giant luckbox for this, and of course I am, but I can also point to two occasions where I lost huge pots on the final table bubble of big FTP tournaments with AA vs. KK.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 10000/20000 Blinds 2500 Ante (5 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (UTG) (t1445058)
MP (t745644)
Button (t891965)
SB (t1483692)
BB (t1109641)
Hero’s M: 34.00
Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, A
Hero bets t48888, 2 folds, SB raises to t112450, BB calls t92450, Hero raises to t288888, SB raises to t1481192 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls t1153670 (All-In)
Flop: (t3010066) J, J, J (2 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: (t3010066) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: (t3010066) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: t3010066
Results:
SB had K, K (full house, Jacks over Kings).
Hero had A, A (full house, Jacks over Aces).
Outcome: Hero won t3010066
Pushing Psycho Around 3-Handed
The third player was clearly far weaker than Psycho and I, so Psycho had to avoid playing big pots with me for fear of busting in 3rd. He kept trying to play small pots with me, but I made very clear that he wasn’t getting anything from me cheaply. Here I don’t think he’s ever slowplaying the flop against me, in part because I hadn’t been folding flops and in part because he just can’t afford to take risks against me. So with a ton of outs and him probably not having anything too good, it’s an easy shove:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 14000/28000 Blinds 3500 Ante (3 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (SB) (t3402015)
BB (t1313313)
Button (t960672)
Hero’s M: 64.80
Preflop: Hero is SB with K, Q
Button bets t56000, Hero calls t42000, 1 fold
Flop: (t150500) 10, A, 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks
Turn: (t150500) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets t77777, Button raises to t176543, Hero raises to t3342515 (All-In), 1 fold
Total pot: t503586
Results:
Hero didn’t show K, Q.
Outcome: Hero won t503586
Bluffing Him Off a Chop
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 17000/34000 Blinds 4000 Ante (2 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (SB) (t3942502)
BB (t1733498)
Hero’s M: 66.82
Preflop: Hero is SB with 5, 3
Hero bets t68000, BB calls t34000
Flop: (t144000) 10, 10, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t66666, BB raises to t173000, Hero calls t106334
Turn: (t490000) 10 (2 players)
BB bets t90000, Hero calls t90000
River: (t670000) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t555555, 1 fold
Total pot: t670000
Results:
Hero didn’t show 5, 3 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won t670000
I guess he probably had the case 5 or 22-44? He’s never checking river if he beats the board, so betting is a freeroll.
The One That Won It
I’d actually been folding my bottom 10% of hands preflop only because I didn’t want him to realize that he should be raising more than the minimum. At this point he was so short that I figured I’d have no trouble showing down the best hand any time I made it, so I decided to call.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 20000/40000 Blinds 5000 Ante (2 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (BB) (t5055614)
SB (t620386)
Hero’s M: 72.22
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, 3
SB bets t80000, Hero calls t40000
Flop: (t170000) 3, 3, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t55000, Hero calls t55000
Turn: (t280000) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks
River: (t280000) J (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t480386 (All-In), Hero calls t480386
Total pot: t1240772
Results:
SB had J, A (two pair, Jacks and threes).
Hero had 9, 3 (three of a kind, threes).
Outcome: Hero won t1240772
His flop range is mostly bluffs, and he hadn’t been playing back at my check-raises (though he may have here out of frustration, and I did consider it). I decided to let him either make a hand or bluff later, though. I was planning to check-shove river, I dunno why he tried to overbet AJ. I don’t think I would have called with KJ.
Why can’t I ever be the “far weaker” player who cashes for $285k ? 🙂
Amazing stuff… well done.
Sick score Andrew! Good job mate
I remember the KQs hand – your hand looked a lot like a monster draw, but at the same time what’s he gonna do about it.
The bluff chop – I think its far more likely he had air / overcards than a hand like 5x or a smaller pair. I think this is the classic board for a weaker player to attack because it’s so dry. His v small turn bet also suggests he was bluffing for cheap.
Awesome results nonetheless – and congrats again
Congrats and well deserved.
Don’t let this dose of donkament heroin cause you to become addicted 😉
Shorty! Great to hear from you. Will you be in Vegas this summer?
I hope you realize that with that win you lost the right to complain about running bad (don’t know if you even did that…) for at least a few years;)
I expect I’ll resume complaining in approx. one month. I can still complain that I run bad in cash games, run bad at heads up, etc.- there are plenty of loopholes!