The Irish Thug

First of all, this is only over 700 hands, so all conclusions made of this can be completely useless. This ended up being a lot longer than I expected. It’s not my fault, posting hands just takes up a lot of space.

Maybe it was just the tables I was playing at, but it seemed that they play deeper than .5/1. The average stack at .5/1 was less than 100bb. Most of the tables I saw had many people with over 200bb stacks. While I was playing I had a 250bb stack at one table and a 300bb stack at another (but that’s getting a little ahead of ourselves). Also note that this was on Absolute Poker where the max buy-in is 200bb. So maybe there are just more people buying-in for the full amount then at .5/1.

Now for the fun part. This is the ride I went on last night:

Half of those vertical lines are because of 1 guy. He is my new best friend and I will be spending as much time at his tables as possible.

Button – Hero $256
BB – MyNewFriend $340.42
SB – Posts small blind $1
MyNewFriend – Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero As Ah
3 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB calls $7, MyNewFriend calls $6
*** FLOP *** 6h 5h 3h
SB checks, MyNewFriend checks, Hero bets $20, SB folds, MyNewFriend calls $20
*** TURN *** 6h 5h 3h Jc
MyNewFriend checks, Hero checks
*** RIVER *** 6h 5h 3h Jc 10c
MyNewFriend bets $78, Hero calls $78
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MyNewFriend – Shows Jh Ad (One pair, jacks)
Hero – Shows As Ah (One pair, aces)
Hero Collects $217 from main pot

Between these two hands, Evan and I start discussing the psychology behind this guy. He is also a very big talker and is always trying to belittle people. BIG fan of the word sissy.

Button – Hero $405.35
BB – MyNewFriend $442.79
SB – Posts small blind $1
MyNewFriend – Posts big blind $2
Hero: Ad Qh
2 Folds, Hero raises to $8, SB folds, MyNewFriend calls $6
*** FLOP *** 8s Qc 6h
MyNewFriend checks, Hero bets $14, MyNewFriend calls $14
*** TURN *** 8s Qc 6h Jh
MyNewFriend bets $90, Hero raises to $228, MyNewFriend calls $138
*** RIVER *** 8s Qc 6h Jh 10c
MyNewFriend checks, Hero checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MyNewFriend – Shows Ah 7h (ace high)
Hero – Shows Ad Qh (One pair, queens)
Hero Collects $498 from main pot

I tell Evan that our conversation lead to my new biggest pot won. He comes and starts sweating me. My action at this table dies. Evan only gets to see one interesting hand. But we will come back to that as I’m trying to do this chronologically.

As I said before, I had two tables where I had a stack of 250bb or more. The other table went as follows (plus two other uninteresting hands for about a 25bb net on each).

SB – Hero $193.60
BB $228.55
CO $744.27
Hero – Posts small blind $1
BB – Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero Qd Qs
CO calls $2, Button folds, Hero raises to $8, BB calls $6, CO calls $6
*** FLOP *** 4h 2h 5h
Hero bets $20, BB calls $20, CO calls $20
*** TURN *** 4h 2h 5h 5c
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks
*** RIVER *** 4h 2h 5h 5c 9s
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero – Shows Qd Qs (Two Pair, queens and fives)
BB – Mucks Kh Js
CO – Mucks Kc Jh
Hero Collects $82 from main pot

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UTG – Hero $254.45
Seat 4 – UTG $125.95
SB – Posts small blind $1
BB – Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero Qs Ks
Hero raises to $8, MP folds, CO calls $8, 2 folds
*** FLOP *** 2c 9s 7d
Hero bets $14, CO calls $14
*** TURN *** 2c 9s 7d 3s
Hero bets $34, CO raises All-In to $103.95, Hero calls $69.95
*** RIVER *** 2c 9s 7d 3s 10s
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero – Shows Qs Ks (Flush, king high)
CO – Shows 7s 7c (Three of a kind, sevens)
Hero Collects $251.90 from main pot

On the surface this looks kinda bad. For the situation it ended up being, I wasn’t getting odds to call. That being said, I was messing around with Poker Stove with some ranges to put him on. He plays pretty loose pre-flop so that gives me some wiggle room with his hand range. I need to be ~29% or more to make this call.

Feel free to comment on what ranges you think are fair or if there is anything I am missing.

Button – Hero $479.60
BB $671.29
SB – Posts small blind $1
BB – Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero 2h Qd
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB folds, BB calls $6
*** FLOP *** Qh 5s Kd
BB checks, Hero checks
*** TURN *** Qh 5s Kd 2s
BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB calls $12
*** RIVER *** Qh 5s Kd 2s 8h
BB checks, Hero bets $30, BB raises to $60, Hero calls $30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BB – Shows 8d 5c (Two Pair, eights and fives)
Hero – Shows 2h Qd (Two Pair, queens and twos)
Hero Collects $158 from main pot

That where the fun starts to end.

Button $269.40
CO – Hero $531.60
SB – Posts small blind $1
BB – Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ah As] UTG folds, Hero raises to $8, Button calls $8, SB folds, BB calls $6
*** FLOP *** [4d 8s 7h] BB checks, Hero bets $18, Button raises to $45, BB folds, Hero raises to $144, Button raises All-In to $261.40, Hero folds

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Button – Hero $303.60
MP $205.57
SB – Posts small blind $1
BB – Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero Ah Ad
UTG folds, MP calls $2, CO folds, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, MP calls $6
*** FLOP *** 2c Kh 9h
MP checks, Hero bets $18, MP calls $18
*** TURN *** 2c Kh 9h 7h
MP checks, Hero bets $45, MP calls $45
*** RIVER *** 2c Kh 9h 7h 10s
MP checks, Hero checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MP – Shows Jh 8h (Flush, king high)
Hero – Mucks
MP Collects $142 from main pot

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BB $219.15
MP – Hero $152.15
SB – Posts small blind $1
BB – Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero 7c 6c
UTG folds, Hero raises to $8, CO folds, Button calls $8, SB folds, BB raises to $30, Hero calls $22, Button folds
*** FLOP *** Ks 9c 8d
BB bets $60, Hero Raises All-in to $122.15, BB calls $62.15
*** TURN *** Ks 9c 8d Jd
*** RIVER *** Ks 9c 8d Jd As
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero – Shows 7c 6c (ace high)
BB – Shows Kc Ah (Two Pair, aces and kings)

Now the one interesting hand Evan saw:
SB – Hero $556
CO $570.05
Hero – Posts small blind $1
BB – Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero 4s 5c
UTG folds, MP calls $2, CO calls $2, Button folds, Hero calls $1, BB checks
*** FLOP *** 10c Jc 5h
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, CO checks,
*** TURN *** 10c Jc 5h 5s
Hero bets $6, BB folds, MP folds, CO raises to $12, Hero raises to $42, CO calls $30
*** RIVER *** 10c Jc 5h 5s Ks
Hero checks, CO bets $266, Hero folds

So, now we fast forward to the end of my session. I was going to sleep because I had an 8am exam today. I had started to close down my tables after I played a hand UTG. Looked at Poker Tracker and saw that I had lost everything I had made during the night. Then I realized I had forgotten to uncheck Auto-Post Blinds on the table with MyNewFriend. Fine I’ll play one more hand, then I am done. Here is that last hand:

BB – Hero $536.90
CO – MyNewFriend $659.55
SB – Posts small blind $1
Hero – Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero Qh Ks
RIGGED14 folds, MyNewFriend calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $8, MyNewFriend calls $6
*** FLOP *** 2d 9h 10s
Hero bets $15, MyNewFriend calls $15
*** TURN *** 2d 9h 10s Jd
Hero checks, MyNewFriend checks
*** RIVER *** 2d 9h 10s Jd 6d
Hero bets $35, MyNewFriend raises to $190, Hero calls $155
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MyNewFriend – Shows Ac 10d (One pair, tens)
Hero – Shows Qh Ks (Straight, nine to king)
Hero Collects $424 from main pot