Monday, September 2, 2013

Quads Will

Two weeks in a row I flopped quads.  Last week, I flopped 4 Queens.  Today, I flopped 4 aces.  That was nice, but the hand before it was the real interesting hand of the night.

With Blinds in the 100-200, I was in LP with pocket sixes.  UTG limps, I raise to 600, the SB calls, BB folds and limper calls.
The flop comes 6c-7x-10c for a flopped bottom set.
SB be1200.  Limper folds.  I repop to 4000.  SB Calls
Ace of spades comes on the turn.  I initially think this is a good card for me, cause that would give the SB top two, but I've got a concern that I'm already beat, so I've got to be smart.
He bets 4000 I raise to 8000.  He calls and immediately pushes the rest of his stack in blind, announcing that  he's all in to and says I'm hoping for a third club.  The river blanks with a 3 of hearts.
He's all in for all my chips.
So the board is:
6c-7x-10c-As-3h and I'm looking at a set of sixes.
His range at this point is:
Pocket 7's, 8's, 9's, 10's,  Most medium to big aces (A-8 and up) suited connectors starting with 7,8.  KQ of clubs, maybe J9 of clubs, but that would be at the bottom of his range.
I tanked for 30 seconds or so and fold my cards face up.
He doesn't show but later tells me he had pocket 10's for top set.  Most people at my table though it was a bad fold, the villain was surprised I folder.  10's made sense for his line, so I'l believe him for them.
The very next hand I flopped quads and got a little of my money back.

I grinded for the next  hour or so, not really getting to many hands to play.  I was never really able to get any momentum going as the cards or the action was never a good combo for me.
I focused a lot on making sure I played my position well.  I mostly stayed away from out of position plays, except for the blinds.  I think the only UTG play I made the whole night was pocket aces. (I had them twice!)
The second time I got them, UTG, I raised to 3x BB, and got two callers.  Dude to my immediate left and who I didn't think was very good, and a slightly loose, but good player on the other side of the table.
The flop cam QJ5 rainbow. I bet 8 large and the dude insta-calls me.  The guy on the other side hates that!  He tanks and finally calls.  Turn blanks and I rebet 8 grand.  Insta-call again and the other side folds.  River is a complete blank and the only hand I can put my neighbor on is QJ for a flopped two pair.  As soon as I check he announces he missed and tables 9 10.  The other side says he folded AQ so I probably could have won a bit more if Mr. Instacall hadn't been in there, but this hand put me back over my original starting stack, so I was pretty happy.


Things to work on:  Sqeezing and three betting from position with a wider range.
I had a few leaks with some calls that were a little light on my part, that I may have wanted to bet/raise, and I have to work harder on trying to bet the villain off a week river hand.  All in all, happy with my progress.
In the last 14 weeks, I've final tabled 9 times and cashed 5.  I've started tracking them officially the last 5 weeks and you can view my statistics on my google docs Poker Info link.

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