It’s a clear and lovely evening here in Canmore, great for unwinding after a long day of poker.
I played both of the $200 WCOOP events today but didn’t last long in either. Honestly I consider that a fine result. The one thing I dread every time WCOOP rolls around is playing for six hours and bubbling, or for ten hours and min-cashing. PokerStars made more of the events two-day tournaments this year, which I think is a very good change.
Anyway the upshot is that I don’t have a lot of really interesting hands to post. Here are two from the 6-max event, in which I got a rather difficult table draw for an event with mid-four-figure participation.
Liv Boeree was on my immediate left and playing very well, and there was a well-known online MTT’er at the table who was actually not playing that well (mostly just unaccustomed to deep-stacked play I think). Of the three people I didn’t recognize, two were decent, and the major mistake the sixth guy made was playing too loose, which is a tough thing to exploit when he’s two seats to my left. Between him and Liv, I couldn’t open many pots.
This one is against Liv and I’m not happy with how I played it:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 215 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds 10 Ante (6 handed) – PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Button (t9246)
SB (t9477)
Hero (BB) (t6565)
UTG (t13187)
MP (t15374)
CO (t5187)
Hero’s M: 31.26
Preflop: Hero is BB with J
, K
UTG bets t225, 4 folds, Hero calls t125
Flop: (t560) 4
, Q, 10
(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t224, Hero calls t224
Turn: (t1008) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t600, Hero calls t600
River: (t2208) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t1545, Hero folds
Total pot: t2208
Results:
UTG didn’t show
Outcome: UTG won t2208
Probably I should check-raise the flop. I actually considered check-shoving the river, but she has flushes in her range, and she probably wouldn’t give me credit for one. Glad I didn’t do that.
This one was against one of the unknowns on my right. I had an aggressive image, but my read was that he was playing pretty straightforwardly and not fighting hard for pots:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 215 Tournament, 30/60 Blinds (6 handed) – PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Button (t11303)
SB (t10650)
Hero (BB) (t8545)
UTG (t13065)
MP (t8776)
CO (t6575)
Hero’s M: 94.94
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, 9
4 folds, SB bets t180, Hero raises to t444, SB raises to t1212, Hero calls t768
Flop: (t2424) J, 2, J (2 players)
SB bets t1212, Hero calls t1212
Turn: (t4848) 4 (2 players)
SB bets t2424, Hero folds
Total pot: t4848
Results:
SB didn’t show
Outcome: SB won t4848
Obviously I have to put him on a pretty tight range to fold this, but I think I can. The fact that it’s blind-v-blind argues against that, but it’s also pre-ante and a 4-bet pot. I’m happy with this one.
Tomorrow I’m playing only the 6-max shootout, but I’ll also be hosting the final table of Event 3, which is a two-day.
just wondering – what would plan be in hand 1 if you check-raise the flop? would you be triple-barrelling that run out?
That’s a good question. It might have defended on the feel I got from her timing when she called the flop. I don’t think I’d bet this river, and turn would be close between bet and check-decide (probably fold).