Predator314's Poker Journal

Ok, starting to feel the sugar hangover effects. This will be a tough couple days.

On to poker...

You know that great feeling you get when you just have someone's number? No matter what they do, you are one step ahead of them. I had that feeling today against a guy claiming to be 12. He was VERY aggressive, but too loose to be profitable.

Here are a couple hands where we clashed:

PokerStars 2/4 Hold'em (6 handed) converter


Preflop: Hero is SB with As, Qh.

2 folds, CO raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, CO calls.


Flop: (7 SB) 8s, Js, 2s (2 players)

Hero bets, CO calls.


Turn: (4.50 BB) 2c (2 players)

Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls.


River: (8.50 BB) Td (2 players)

Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.


Final Pot: 10.50 BB


Results in white below:

Hero has As Qh (one pair, twos).

CO has 9s Ah (one pair, twos).

Outcome: Hero wins 10.50 BB.

Normally, this would probably be a -EV decision to call the river with Ace high, but I was pretty confident with my read.

Hand #2:

PokerStars 2/4 Hold'em (6 handed) converter


Preflop: Hero is CO with Qh, Kh.

UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 3 folds, UTG calls.


Flop: (7.50 SB) 3s, Kc, 4s (2 players)

UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG calls.


Turn: (7.75 BB) 3d (2 players)

UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.


River: (11.75 BB) 8d (2 players)

UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG folds.


Final Pot: 12.75 BB


Results in white below:

Hero has Qh Kh (two pair, kings and threes).

Outcome: Hero wins 12.75 BB.

In this hand, I purposely overplayed the KQs because I was still confident in the read on this guy.

Last hand:

PokerStars 2/4 Hold'em (6 handed) converter


Preflop: Hero is UTG with Jd, As.

Hero raises, 3 folds, SB calls, 1 fold.


Flop: (5 SB) Js, 7d, 7s (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.


Turn: (4.50 BB) 5s (2 players)

SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.


River: (8.50 BB) 9c (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.


Final Pot: 10.50 BB


Results in white below:

SB has 8h Jh (two pair, jacks and sevens).

Hero has Jd As (two pair, jacks and sevens).

Outcome: Hero wins 10.50 BB.

This hand pretty much played itself.

The kid is probably a winning player at $2/4. He is definitely one of the most aggressive players I've seen at the tables. He just overdoes it.