4/27/06

I played at an underground SNG joint last night and played two SNG's.

In the first game, I sat in late as the game was already started and couldn't find decent position to do a BBS. Most of the flops missed me but action was very brisk in the 10-man table. We were about 5 players left and I was very short stacked with probably 12x BB left, which is not bad but still totally below average stack at that point.

I get 43o and I raised it to 300 (3xBB) and I get a raise for all my chips, I look back at my hand again and at the 43o and it looked kinda good so I called. When the player opened his KQo, I smirk and turn over my cards. The rest of the players, who've seen me play and had been served BBS by me as well, knew what I was doing. The favorite was nervous eventhough he had a 2-1 advantage preflop. It was an uneventful flop J-2-9 and I was deeper in the whole with only 25% chance of winning this hand. But when the 5 hit the table, which only increased my chances by 5% to 30% of winning the hand, the favorite now was sweating bullets. A Q showed up on the river. I got busted out.
BBS Denied

Analysis - Open ended straight draw was not bad, but a draw I haven't been getting of late and the trend continued with

Game result - (400)
Running Total (400)

In the second game, we were short handed, as compared to the previous game of 11 people. Here we were only 7 players but slightly higher stakes, thanks to yours truly. With a medium stack midway to the game, I get 82o and raise it to 500 which wasn't 3xBB but I think was close enough. Being out of position, I check in the dark for the flop which came 2-2-5. I hit the flop hard and when the player bet out 200, I raised all-in. He called, I turned over my 82o, to the surprise of my opponents (still?), and the other player flipped over KJo. The board ended up with A-3 and I busted out a player.

Analysis - I was about a 1-2 underdog preflop but was a 99% favorite post flop. BBS served.

Late in the SNG, I have a very healthy stack, a player raised it to 1600 which was an extremely high raise, given the blinds which was probably 100-200. I look down at 56c and I decide to play. I called him and decided not to check blind on the flop (have to mix it up a bit) and the flop came A-5-8. I check and my opponent bet 500, which seemed fishy after the huge over raise pre-flop, and I call. With the turn coming out a 2, I decide to represent the Ace and bet out 1000 which he quickly called. Texture was not a problem on this board and my clubs were not at all. With a 6 coming on the river, I decided to trap and checked to my opponent, who checked as well. I open up my hand and he takes a quick look at my hand and decides to muck his cards. Later he told me he had pocket tens

Analysis - I was a 22/78 underdog preflop which is usually the case with the over pair. But I think the Ace on the flop scared him a little and gave a weak feeler bet, the percentages stay the same at that point. My representing the Ace on the turn, even though I had only 12% chance of winning, might have scared him out of betting on the river.
BBS Served

Sidebar - This SNG also featured an effect of the BBS when I looked down on AQo and raised it UTG 3xBB, and with a Q coming on the flop, I went all-in. With only one player left in the hand to my left. He called quickly and I turned over my AQo and he the KQs. He said "I was hoping that you were playing low cards this time." I just smirked as I was pushing his chips into my stack after busting him out.
BBS-effect Served

I had a healthy chip lead coming into heads up but it was 3am already and I decided just to chop it with the second place guy, which only came to a 10% decrease in the prize.

Game analysis - Most of my BBS were rarely seen when they were unsuccessful which was good. But with the reputation that is going around now, they know how I play. Which only makes me more harder to read. Its all good.

Game result - 1400
Running Total - 1000

More to come