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 Hello, and welcome to my poker blog. The purpose of this blog will be to chronicle my online poker play, as well as to provide an avenue for hand and session review. Allow me to get started with some biological data.

My name is Zachary Young, and I am a 37-year-old poker player. Presently I am playing PLO $50 and PLO $100 on PokerStars and BetOnline.


One of my weaknesses as a poker player is that I do not spend enough time engaged in studying poker and in hand review. Both of these activities are very important. I have many weaknesses in poker. One is my mental game, and trouble dealing with negative variance. I have many strengths as well. I am extremely experienced, I have spent some time studying the game (plo), and I am a resilient person.


Next, a little hand review. 



Hand History driven straight to this forum with DriveHUD Poker Tracking Software - http://drivehud.com



Dealt to Hero: 8d 8c Qs Js


HERO Raises To $1.75, SB Folds, BB Calls $1.25




A fairly standard button open. BB is a loose and aggressive player, but we don't have much in the way of reads on him aside. 





Hero SPR on Flop: [12.87 effective]

Flop ($3.75): 6s 4h Td

BB Checks, HERO Checks



Here we decide to check back. We do have two eights, which are good bluffing cards because they remove a decent amount of our opponent's continuing range, but are lacking the further board interaction which a bet requires.  



Turn ($3.75): 6s 4h Td 9d

BB Bets $1.78 (Rem. Stack: $72.43), HERO Raises To $8.90 (Rem. Stack: $39.35), BB Calls $7.12 (Rem. Stack: $65.31)

 



Here we opt for the turn semi bluff raise. Note our single diamond, an important factor in our decision. The only problem with this play is that I assumed villain would be leading here at a high frequency. This was an assumption based on conjecture instead of observation. Against an opponent with a high (or perhaps even reasonable?) turn probe frequency I like my play. 





River ($21.55): 6s 4h Td 9d 6d

BB Checks, HERO Checks


Bluffing this river as the turn aggressor seemed unnatural, given that the flush and full house got there.



BB shows: Th Ad 7c 8h


BB wins: $20.80






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PL 5 Card Omaha 0.5(BB)

HJ ($52.47) [VPIP: 65.3% | PFR: 8.5% | AGG: 31.5% | Flop Agg: 26.3% | Turn Agg: 41.3% | River Agg: 29.6% | 3-Bet: 1.7% | 4-Bet: 0% | Cold Call: 68.4% | Hands: 199]

HERO ($49.25) [VPIP: 26.5% | PFR: 14.1% | AGG: 18.8% | Flop Agg: 20.1% | Turn Agg: 18.6% | River Agg: 16% | 3-Bet: 3.2% | 4-Bet: 13.6% | Hands: 61868]


Dealt to Hero: 9d Jc Jd Th 9h


HJ Calls $0.50, HERO Raises To $2.25, BTN Folds, SB Folds, BB Folds, HJ Calls $1.75


Hero SPR on Flop: [8.95 effective]

Flop ($5.25): 8h 6d Ts

HJ Checks, HERO Bets $2.48 (Rem. Stack: $44.52), HJ Calls $2.48 (Rem. Stack: $47.74)



I like my flop c-bet. Villain is passive, meaning we can get away with a higher bet frequency. We lso block his presumed limited flop c/r range pretty hard. Villain is a very loose player, so he will have more continues on the flop than normal. This board doesn't really smash our iso range, which is very conservative and high card oriented, but this isn't so relevant in this situation because that is probably not a big factor in villain's flop decision making process.



Turn ($10.21): 8h 6d Ts 2d

HJ Checks, HERO Bets $6.43 (Rem. Stack: $38.09), HJ Calls $6.43 (Rem. Stack: $41.31)


We barrel. I think this okay. We have the diamonds, we're still blocking 97. Villain's wide flop continuing range will leave him with a lot of marginal hands that might not be able to stand the heat. And this is a high equity semi bluff, so our required success frequency is not really that high. And playing a bigger pot in position on the river is fine with me as well, more opportunities to make good decisions for more money across a variety of river cards.


River ($23.07): 8h 6d Ts 2d Ks

HJ Checks, HERO Checks


We do not pull the trigger on the river. A common theme perhaps? 


HJ shows: Qc 9s 8s 2h Ah


HJ wins: $21.79





PL 5 Card Omaha 0.5(BB)

HJ ($90.51) [VPIP: 65.6% | PFR: 22.4% | AGG: 33.7% | Flop Agg: 37.8% | Turn Agg: 34% | River Agg: 25% | 3-Bet: 1.9% | 4-Bet: 0% | Hands: 126]

HERO ($51.29) [VPIP: 26.5% | PFR: 14.1% | AGG: 18.8% | Flop Agg: 20.1% | Turn Agg: 18.6% | River Agg: 16% | 3-Bet: 3.2% | 4-Bet: 13.6% | Cold Call: 22.5% | Hands: 61868]

Dealt to Hero: Ad 6c Qd Ts Js


HJ Raises To $1.75, HERO Calls $1.75, BTN Folds, SB Calls $1.50, BB Calls $1.25




The gap concept in poker states you need a stronger hand to call a raise than to raise yourself. We might supplement this by saying you need a much stronger hander to call a raise. Here we have a clear open, but against HJ's liberal opening range the decision is not so clear. Our dangling six is a defect, but having a nut suit and four broadway cards I decided to peel. Upon review, this call looks pretty marginal / break even. If we were on the button, or our six was a seven, it would be a very clear spot to VPIP imo.




Hero SPR on Flop: [6.9 effective]

Flop ($7): 9d Jh 2s

SB Bets $4.41 (Rem. Stack: $43.89), BB Folds, HJ Folds, HERO Calls $4.41 (Rem. Stack: $45.13)



Another marginal decision. We have eight nut outs and position, two back door flush draws, and a number of hidden outs to two pair as well. SB's lead into the field smacks of strength. That could be a strong made hand, like a set, or perhaps a huge draw, or a combination made hand and draw. Against that range we have serious issues, since our nut draw could be to a chop.


Turn ($15.82): 9d Jh 2s 7s

SB Bets $8.25 (Rem. Stack: $35.64), HERO Calls $8.25 (Rem. Stack: $36.88)


River ($32.32): 9d Jh 2s 7s 3c

SB Bets $13.75 (Rem. Stack: $21.89), HERO Folds


SB wins: $30.53

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