Some hand histories.

So although I've been running at over 15ptbb/100 over the last 5 000 hands, I've still made some mistakes, some that were avoidable, and others I would consider to just be coolers. Anyways, I'm going to try to post something like ten hands in this blog with some thoughts on each one and see where I went wrong.

Hand 1
So I'm going c-bet this flop like 90% of the time here, but after a strong re-raise here I probably should have proceeded with a lot more caution. If it was a min-raise I wouldn't be too worried but he showed a lot of strength here and at this level, it should be pretty blatant. Throwing away the other half of my BI probably wasn't a good idea either. Tough to let go of AA with a loss, but I have to show more control in these situations.

Hand 2
So I flop top pair, most likely top kicker on this board and after the smallish raise on my c-bet, I put him on a weak A type hand or maybe a flush/straight draw. The 8 on the turn I considered a blank and I'll happily get in on this turn almost all the time, just sucks that he hit his 2 outer on the turn that I considered a blank. Not too upset about this hand.

Hand 3
The villain was tilting me a bit over the session as he was so passive and calling with almost anything on each street. He was like 82/15/1 over 200 hands and he was somehow up money! Anyways, I was stupid and just didn't believe he had the K, it was in his range, but so was a lot of Ax type hands, which is what I assumed he showed up here with. Anyways, played this horribly so I noted this guy and moved on.

Hand 4
Set over sets always suck but I have to ask myself I could have played this any differently? The way the villain flatted me from the CO screamed TT-QQ, AK, AQ or AJ so when I flop the set I thought that checking would allow him to catch up as I believed I had his range killed. He bets so I put him on a TPTK type hand or maybe even a KQs so I was happy to call. The J on the turn wasn't that great as it completes a straight draw but I don't think AT is in his range. I bet strong showing strength and he calls and then the river is an even worse card and we both check it down. I think I played this hand fine, maybe betting strong on the flop would have been better but still, a tough situation.

Hand 5
Bah this hand was ridiculous, there isn't much to think about by getting it in on the flop with AA on a K high board. Although it is slightly connected, I still don't think it's a bad move. I kinda blinked when he showed up with J7s and the cried when he rivered his straight. Oh well, I got in good and he was able to hit his straight.

Hand 6
This hand kind of sucked but I played it well I believe. I liked my min-raise on the turn after I hit my nut flush as it was pretty obvious villain had the other T or a smaller flush and I was expecting him to shove, which he did. He rivers his 3-outer on my of course and I lose flush over flush. Another one of those hands where you rip out some hair and then move on.

Hand 7
I think a pre-flop fold wouldn't have been a bad idea, being OOP for the hand but with the suited AJ, I think a call is also correct. Got into trouble by just check calling and never really knowing where I was in the hand. I think a re-raise on the flop would have been sufficient but with AJ against a very loose player, I think I would have gotten it in a lot of the time if he shoved to my re-raise. He was definitely playing an A, just sucked that I was outkicked.

Hand 8
I played this hand with JB sweating me so I'm pretty sure he owes me for half my loss here lol. Top and bottom pair versus top two pair. Villain was showing any aggression and I simply bet out each street believing I had the best hand. So I guess I lost the least amount possible thanks to the villain being so damn passive.

Hand 9
I didn't like how I played this hand vs the shorty here. I flop top-pair, but was behind the entire time. I thought he could have a J like me or smaller PP type hand so I put him in on the turn for the rest of his stack as the A was a scare card, sadly he had AJ lol. Probably a c/f would have been in order on the turn after his min-raise on the flop, but of course, hindsight is always 20/20.

Hand 10
With an overpair on the flop, I was probably ahead of his range. I bet the K on turn as a scare card, but with his min-raise here I think it would have been fine to just fold here as obviously the K wasn't scary for him. The call by me was a leak for sure. Then with J on the river, I finally get the idea that a c/f is proper. Meh, could've saved myself 13BB by not calling his raise on the turn but other than that, I played this hand fine.