Hodgey's cash games

[Hodgey]

Originally Posted by the croc

call from me too

Cheers mate.

Originally Posted by Steve'O

Had they both gone all in I'd call every time.

That's an interesting point mate and I did think afterwards perhaps I should have flat called in the hope of getting the other guy in the pot too. Another point I've just thought of though - what if I'd folded cos I don't have the odds and then the other guy calls? Tricky one that.

Have been playing about a bit on poker calculators and have put three situations in:



So obviously if I'd known he had aces I should fold. But I didn't know.

A very possible hand is KQ - in which case I probably did have the odds seeing as the 3rd guy had put money in the pot too.

Another hand, though not as likely to shove with in this instance, is 88. I think this is probably where the 50/50 ratio in my head has come from in the past.

And one final possibility is he was drawing to a lower flush too, which I would beat most of the time, unless he pairs something and I don't.

Still open to views on this - it's certainly made me think a bit more about flush draws.

[Hodgey]

Was looking like being one of those sessions after getting no action with KK, AA and AKs and losing a few small pots.

Then a cheeky bluff (I don't normally! ) secured a nice pot and suddenly it all turned round and I ended the sesh $44 up.

Feb 23rd +$44

Overall +$385

And the best thing is I'm finally back in profit for Feb. Its taken a while since those dark days on 3rd and 4th Feb but I've recouped all of the $192 loss.

03-Feb	$(112.00)
04-Feb	$(80.08)
09-Feb	$64.71
10-Feb	$12.10
12-Feb	$34.55
14-Feb	$32.28
15-Feb	$22.96
16-Feb	$(14.57)
20-Feb	$14.40
23-Feb	$43.84
Feb	$18.19

[SteveO]

Recognising when to bluff can be very profitable Hodgey you need be up against a gd opponent who is able to recognise that you are representing extreme strength. Also it needs to be a flop that isn't likely to have hit your opponent, and must follow through with the bluff to the end.

[Hodgey]

Originally Posted by Steve'O

Recognising when to bluff can be very profitable Hodgey you need be up against a gd opponent who is able to recognise that you are representing extreme strength. Also it needs to be a flop that isn't likely to have hit your opponent, and must follow through with the bluff to the end.

Totally agree mate.

I think sometimes it's difficult to find a good opponent to do it against at my level (or maybe they just see straight through me! ) and I sometimes in the past failed to follow it through. But very satisfying when it comes off.

[Hodgey]

Played a short sesh last night on a very agressive table. My 1st hand cost me $15 after I misread my opponent thinking he was flushing. 2nd hand I flopped a straight but unfortunately hadn't reloaded in time so only got $35 from it.

I then made trips to get to $45 up in about 5 minutes.

A mistake by me cost $30, but then flopped another straight to finish $48 up in 20 minutes. Nice.

Feb 24th +$48

Overall +$433

[Hodgey]

Finished Feb last night with an hour sesh.

Nothing much was happening until my flopped 2 pair was beaten by a higher 2 pair on the turn. Not much I could do about that I guess.


** Game ID 1895182041 starting - 2008-02-29 19:36:50
** Come with Me [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- Flushyfish sitting in seat 1 with $52.23
- Tero1000 sitting in seat 2 with $20.94
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 3 with $44.51 [Dealer]
- Koren87 sitting in seat 4 with $16.53
- LaParka sitting in seat 5 with $48.75
- Cardenden sitting in seat 6 with $34.09
Koren87 posted the small blind - $0.25
LaParka posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: 5 of Spades, 4 of Hearts
Cardenden folded
Flushyfish folded
Tero1000 folded
Sleekshot raised - $2.00
Koren87 called - $2.00
LaParka folded
** Dealing the flop: 5 of Diamonds, 10 of Hearts, 4 of Clubs
Koren87 checked
Sleekshot bet - $2.25
Koren87 called - $2.25
** Dealing the turn: Ace of Diamonds
Koren87 checked
Sleekshot bet - $4.50
Koren87 called - $4.50
** Dealing the river: King of Spades
Koren87 went all-in - $8.03
Sleekshot called - $8.03
Koren87 shows: Ace of Spades, 10 of Diamonds
Sleekshot mucks: 5 of Spades, 4 of Hearts
Koren87 wins $32.36 from the main pot
End of game 1895182041

Nothing much then happened for what seemed ages. All my draws were missing, no pairs until this:

** Game ID 1895258491 starting - 2008-02-29 20:18:06
** Come with Me [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- thomasz sitting in seat 1 with $69.42
- Tero1000 sitting in seat 2 with $32.93
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 3 with $37.69 [Dealer]
- ouiee sitting in seat 4 with $49.91
- Dennis_78 sitting in seat 5 with $51.33
- Cardenden sitting in seat 6 with $39.61
ouiee posted the small blind - $0.25
Dennis_78 posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: 9 of Diamonds, 9 of Spades
Cardenden folded
thomasz called - $0.50
Tero1000 raised - $3.00
Sleekshot raised - $11.00
ouiee folded
Dennis_78 folded
thomasz folded
Tero1000 called - $11.00
** Dealing the flop: 9 of Hearts, 10 of Clubs, Ace of Spades
Tero1000 checked
Sleekshot checked
** Dealing the turn: 9 of Clubs
Tero1000 bet - $11.62
Sleekshot called - $11.62
** Dealing the river: 5 of Spades
Tero1000 went all-in - $10.31
Sleekshot called - $10.31
Tero1000 shows: Ace of Clubs, King of Hearts
Sleekshot shows: 9 of Diamonds, 9 of Spades
Sleekshot wins $64.11 from the main pot
End of game 1895258491

A perfect flop, and then even better turn.

The final key hand came when someone limped in early with AK and my K8 in the BB beat him.

** Game ID 1895288440 starting - 2008-02-29 20:32:56
** Come with Me [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- thomasz sitting in seat 1 with $57.92 [Dealer]
- Tero1000 sitting in seat 2 with $65.02
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 3 with $79.60
- JIMHOVA sitting in seat 4 with $37.95
- Blaze_ sitting in seat 5 with $51.68
- Cardenden sitting in seat 6 with $24.80
Tero1000 posted the small blind - $0.25
Sleekshot posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: King of Clubs, 8 of Clubs
JIMHOVA folded
Blaze_ folded
Cardenden called - $0.50
thomasz folded
Tero1000 folded
Sleekshot checked
** Dealing the flop: 3 of Diamonds, King of Spades, 5 of Spades
Sleekshot checked
Cardenden checked
** Dealing the turn: 8 of Hearts
Sleekshot bet - $1.25
Cardenden raised - $2.50
Sleekshot raised - $5.00
Cardenden went all-in - $21.80
Sleekshot called - $24.30
** Dealing the river: 4 of Diamonds
Cardenden shows: King of Diamonds, Ace of Diamonds
Sleekshot shows: King of Clubs, 8 of Clubs
Sleekshot wins $47.36 from the main pot
End of game 1895288440

I only played last night in the hope of getting the $29 leap year bonus from Stan James but ended up with $36 profit instead!

Feb 29th +$36

Overall +$469

[Hodgey]

So another month completed and after a horrendous start I have to be pretty pleased to finish it $100 up. 12 days played and 3 losing days so again not bad. Just need to remove the big loss days now.

Date	Winnings
03-Feb	$(112.00)
04-Feb	$(80.08)
09-Feb	$64.71
10-Feb	$12.10
12-Feb	$34.55
14-Feb	$32.28
15-Feb	$22.96
16-Feb	$(14.57)
20-Feb	$14.40
23-Feb	$43.84
24-Feb	$48.37
29-Feb	$36.10
Total	$102.66

A couple of summaries:

Table	Time	Buyin	Buyout	Winnings	$/Hr
10c/20c	18 hrs 43 mins	$538.00	$669.56	$131.56	$7.03
25c/50c	31 hrs 38 mins	$2,712.25	$3,049.73	$337.48	$10.67
Total	50 hrs 21 mins	$3,250.25	$3,719.29	$469.04	$9.32

Month	Time	Buyin	Buyout	Winnings	$/Hr
Dec-07	24 hrs 19 mins	$973.00	$1,225.03	$252.03	$10.36
Jan-08	15 hrs 45 mins	$1,377.80	$1,492.15	$114.35	$7.26
Feb-08	10 hrs 17 mins	$899.45	$1,002.11	$102.66	$9.98
Total	50 hrs 21 mins	$3,250.25	$3,719.29	$469.04	$9.32

And have also received $45 in rakeback now. I won't include that in my running stats but it's a nice addition.

[Hodgey]

Nice to start the month off with a winning hour.

Nothing really eventful happened. I guess this was the best hand profit wise. Kinda played itself though:

** Game ID 1896299001 starting - 2008-03-01 13:23:23
** Bootylicious Vinyl [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- Maxxxan sitting in seat 1 with $72.18 [Dealer]
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 3 with $52.00
- Deizoo sitting in seat 4 with $48.25
- poccis sitting in seat 5 with $70.08
- hannes10 sitting in seat 6 with $16.01
Sleekshot posted the small blind - $0.25
Deizoo posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: Jack of Diamonds, 8 of Diamonds
poccis folded
hannes10 called - $0.50
Maxxxan folded
Sleekshot called - $0.50
Deizoo checked
** Dealing the flop: 8 of Spades, 8 of Clubs, 7 of Hearts
Sleekshot checked
Deizoo checked
hannes10 checked
** Dealing the turn: 7 of Clubs
Sleekshot checked
Deizoo checked
hannes10 bet - $1.50
Sleekshot called - $1.50
Deizoo folded
** Dealing the river: Queen of Diamonds
Sleekshot bet - $2.25
hannes10 raised - $5.62
Sleekshot went all-in - $48.00
hannes10 went all-in - $8.39
hannes10 shows: Queen of Spades, King of Clubs
Sleekshot shows: Jack of Diamonds, 8 of Diamonds
Sleekshot wins $30.90 from the main pot
End of game 1896299001

Mar 1st +$28

Overall +$497

[Hodgey]

It really wasn't my night last night.

Too many times I was outdrawn and also I played poorly at times and paid people off on the river when I really knew I should have folded.

This was the worst hand:

** Game ID 1898751545 starting - 2008-03-02 20:38:07

** Dominator [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- TheNorsk sitting in seat 1 with $29.68

- Sgt_Rocket sitting in seat 2 with $74.21

- Masterxx sitting in seat 3 with $86.60

- Sleekshot sitting in seat 4 with $46.01

- bigron11 sitting in seat 5 with $60.18 [Dealer]

- elosmg sitting in seat 6 with $27.76

elosmg posted the small blind - $0.25

TheNorsk posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to Sleekshot: 7 of Spades, 7 of Clubs

Sgt_Rocket folded

Masterxx folded

Sleekshot called - $0.50

bigron11 folded

elosmg called - $0.50

TheNorsk checked

** Dealing the flop: 5 of Hearts, 9 of Spades, 2 of Clubs

elosmg checked

TheNorsk checked

Sleekshot bet - $1.50

elosmg folded

TheNorsk called - $1.50

** Dealing the turn: 7 of Diamonds

TheNorsk checked

Sleekshot checked

** Dealing the river: King of Clubs

TheNorsk bet - $5.00

Sleekshot raised - $12.00

TheNorsk went all-in - $23.18

Sleekshot called - $28.18

TheNorsk shows: 8 of Hearts, 6 of Clubs

Sleekshot mucks: 7 of Spades, 7 of Clubs

TheNorsk wins $57.86 from the main pot

End of game 1898751545

Not sure I can really get away from this though. Only slight error is maybe should have raised pre-flop. However I find mid pairs quite difficult to play. If I raise preflop and get called then unless you hit your set you are normally behind. And if you limp preflop and do hit the set then you have no idea what you're up against.

Anyway I did manage to claw most of it back, albeit somewhat fortuitously, and finished the session just $9 down.

Mar 2nd -$9

Overall +$488

[Hodgey]

Half hour sesh last night resulting in $4 profit.

Lost $39 on a bluff, which I carried through to the river when I thought he was flushing.

Then my KK got busted on the river with this junk:

** Game ID 1905222594 starting - 2008-03-06 20:16:51
** Of A Broken Heart [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- ma6inata sitting in seat 1 with $124.73
- raider-bg sitting in seat 2 with $29.76
- warningshoot sitting in seat 3 with $45.75 [Dealer]
- saintoza sitting in seat 4 with $51.45
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 5 with $53.03
- HesBigHesRed sitting in seat 6 with $21.64
saintoza posted the small blind - $0.25
Sleekshot posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: King of Spades, King of Hearts
HesBigHesRed called - $0.50
ma6inata folded
raider-bg folded
warningshoot folded
saintoza called - $0.50
Sleekshot bet - $2.50
HesBigHesRed called - $2.50
saintoza folded
** Dealing the flop: 5 of Clubs, 6 of Spades, Queen of Hearts
Sleekshot checked
HesBigHesRed bet - $1.37
Sleekshot raised - $4.80
HesBigHesRed went all-in - $17.77
Sleekshot called - $19.14
** Dealing the turn: 6 of Diamonds
** Dealing the river: 5 of Diamonds
HesBigHesRed shows: 5 of Spades, Queen of Spades
Sleekshot mucks: King of Spades, King of Hearts
HesBigHesRed wins $41.60 from the main pot
End of game 1905222594

But then very next hand against the same muppet got it all back. Particularly pleased with my overbet on the river!

** Game ID 1905224671 starting - 2008-03-06 20:17:28
** Of A Broken Heart [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- ma6inata sitting in seat 1 with $124.73
- raider-bg sitting in seat 2 with $29.76
- warningshoot sitting in seat 3 with $45.75
- saintoza sitting in seat 4 with $51.20 [Dealer]
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 5 with $31.64
- HesBigHesRed sitting in seat 6 with $41.10
Sleekshot posted the small blind - $0.25
HesBigHesRed posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: 5 of Spades, 9 of Spades
ma6inata folded
raider-bg folded
warningshoot folded
saintoza folded
Sleekshot called - $0.50
HesBigHesRed checked
** Dealing the flop: 3 of Hearts, 6 of Diamonds, 7 of Spades
Sleekshot checked
HesBigHesRed checked
** Dealing the turn: King of Spades
Sleekshot checked
HesBigHesRed checked
** Dealing the river: 4 of Spades
Sleekshot went all-in - $31.39
HesBigHesRed called - $31.39
Sleekshot shows: 5 of Spades, 9 of Spades
HesBigHesRed mucks:
Sleekshot wins $60.78 from the main pot
End of game 1905224671

And a few mins later got all my cash back from him with this:

** Game ID 1905229380 starting - 2008-03-06 20:19:09
** Of A Broken Heart [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- raider-bg sitting in seat 2 with $27.76 [Dealer]
- warningshoot sitting in seat 3 with $45.00
- saintoza sitting in seat 4 with $54.63
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 5 with $60.78
- HesBigHesRed sitting in seat 6 with $7.96
warningshoot posted the small blind - $0.25
saintoza posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: Ace of Diamonds, Queen of Diamonds
Sleekshot raised - $2.00
HesBigHesRed went all-in - $7.96
raider-bg folded
warningshoot folded
saintoza folded
Sleekshot called - $7.96
** Dealing the flop: Queen of Clubs, 9 of Spades, Queen of Spades
** Dealing the turn: Jack of Spades
** Dealing the river: 6 of Clubs
HesBigHesRed shows: 7 of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts
Sleekshot shows: Ace of Diamonds, Queen of Diamonds
Sleekshot wins $15.84 from the main pot
End of game 1905229380

Then this little straight put me back into the black for the night:

** Game ID 1905243221 starting - 2008-03-06 20:25:40
** Of A Broken Heart [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- DeeKay77 sitting in seat 1 with $18.83
- raider-bg sitting in seat 2 with $23.26 [Dealer]
- warningshoot sitting in seat 3 with $45.54
- saintoza sitting in seat 4 with $54.63
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 5 with $68.79
- walshyo4 sitting in seat 6 with $23.92
warningshoot posted the small blind - $0.25
saintoza posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: 6 of Spades, 7 of Spades
Sleekshot called - $0.50
walshyo4 raised - $1.00
DeeKay77 called - $1.00
raider-bg folded
warningshoot folded
saintoza called - $1.00
Sleekshot called - $1.00
** Dealing the flop: 2 of Spades, 8 of Hearts, 5 of Diamonds
saintoza checked
Sleekshot checked
walshyo4 bet - $1.50
DeeKay77 called - $1.50
saintoza folded
Sleekshot called - $1.50
** Dealing the turn: 4 of Hearts
Sleekshot checked
walshyo4 bet - $2.24
DeeKay77 called - $2.24
Sleekshot raised - $8.85
walshyo4 called - $8.85
DeeKay77 folded
** Dealing the river: 10 of Diamonds
Sleekshot bet - $14.34
walshyo4 went all-in - $12.57
Sleekshot shows: 6 of Spades, 7 of Spades
walshyo4 mucks:
Sleekshot wins $51.14 from the main pot
End of game 1905243221

So an entertaining half hour, with no damage done in the end.

Mar 6th +$4

Overall +$492

[Hodgey]

40 mins last night for $26 profit.

Flopped a straight to gain $15, but nothing really eventful after that.

Mar 9th +$26

Overall +$518

[Hodgey]

A very poor session yesterday.

Made one huge error which cost me a buy-in. Ground my way back to about $20 down when dealt KK. Only to get outdrawn on the turn, and then not good enough to fold even though I suspected he might have the straight.

** Game ID 1912050353 starting - 2008-03-10 22:12:10
** Feel This Way [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- Bikkosos sitting in seat 1 with $87.79
- ma6inata sitting in seat 2 with $167.33
- P18 sitting in seat 3 with $40.22 [Dealer]
- h01aer sitting in seat 4 with $45.63
- _Slaughter_ sitting in seat 5 with $29.78
- Sleekshot sitting in seat 6 with $82.56
h01aer posted the small blind - $0.25
_Slaughter_ posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to Sleekshot: King of Diamonds, King of Clubs
Sleekshot called - $0.50
Bikkosos folded
ma6inata folded
P18 called - $0.50
h01aer folded
_Slaughter_ bet - $1.50
Sleekshot raised - $4.50
P18 called - $4.50
_Slaughter_ called - $4.50
** Dealing the flop: King of Spades, 6 of Hearts, 10 of Clubs
_Slaughter_ checked
Sleekshot checked
P18 bet - $3.00
_Slaughter_ folded
Sleekshot called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: Queen of Clubs
Sleekshot checked
P18 bet - $7.72
Sleekshot raised - $20.00
P18 went all-in - $25.00
Sleekshot called - $32.72
** Dealing the river: 3 of Hearts
P18 shows: Ace of Clubs, Jack of Clubs
Sleekshot shows: King of Diamonds, King of Clubs
P18 wins $82.19 from the main pot
End of game 1912050353

Sets just aren't happening for me at the moment. Earlier I flopped a set of 2's against 2 callers but no action at all. And then to rub it in right at the end of the sesh, my Ace paired only to be beaten by a set of Jacks.

So a poor day, which puts March into the red.

Mar 10th -$91

Overall +$427

[Hodgey]

Awful session last night resulting in a $150 loss. Things really conspiring against me at present. 4 key things yesterday:

88 beaten by AA on a 6 high board -$38
Ace high flush beaten by Full House -$38
2 pair rivered by a set -$18
AA beaten by 44 -$34

I don't think I'm playing any differently to how I have been, but if I'm not then I'm suffering from some serious short-term variance swing. And at the end of the day I've wiped out nearly 2 months profit in 2 days.

Am really gutted again. It's not so much the money, but the fact that I really wanted to make a go of cash games this time round. I shall continue with it mainly cos I'm only a few loyalty points short of releasing a $50 bonus but I'm not sure if I have a long-term future at it.

Hats off to you guys who consistently win at the cash tables. Any tips gratefully received.

Mar 11th -$150

Overall +$277