General Update
March 14th, 2008 by KenricI’m going to apologize in advance for the next week or so. This blog will not get daily updates in the next two weeks because of a few things.
I’m having writer’s block and I don’t have time to sit down and try to think of things to write about. However, if I do have things jump into my head I’ll definitely be writing about them.
Now, on with the update… Why don’t I have time???
First, my ebiz2 is being redone because I went to get an SSL certificate for the site and found out that my shared hosting allows only one certificate per account. That’s no big deal, I just got another account for $5/mo. However, in trying to export my database from one account to another, I ran into some snags. So I decided to just redo the database instead of troubleshooting the import. So my ebiz2 hasn’t been up for the entire week.
Second, my friend who is the professional poker player stayed with me during the week. I have to admit that having him sit next to me and coach me on how to play definitely inspires confidence.
I will give you one example which I had to sit down and figure out later.
Dealt to Kenric [Kh Qd]
Kenric: raises $0.60 to $0.80
3 folds
Villian: calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [9d 7s Qh]
Villian: checks
Kenric: bets $1.00
Villian: raises $1.40 to $2.40
Kenric: calls $1.40
(I hope I remember this right, Bill please chime in if I butcher this analysis) AQ would check raise, maybe 99 or 77, but most likely those hands would just call. No other hand that would beat me should be here now. AA,KK would/should have reraised PF. Q7, Q9, 97 shouldn’t be here.
*** TURN *** [9d 7s Qh] [7h]
Villian: bets $3.25
Kenric: calls $3.25
With the turn bet, he ruled out 77 because quads would not bet here. He said that the villian was representing he had 99 with that bet.
*** RIVER *** [9d 7s Qh 7h] [8h]
Villian: bets $7.90
Kenric: calls $7.90
Villian made a nice size bet which I had to call.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Villian: shows [Kc 6c] (Pair of Sevens)
Kenric: shows [Kh Qd] (Two Pairs, Queens and Sevens)
Kenric collected $27.40 from pot
Of course, I still don’t really understand this too well. But it took him about 1 second to read my opponent’s possible hands. I don’t think most people understand the type of detailed thought that goes into a split second decision of an online poker player.
Third, I’m going on vacation next week to California to watch the NCAA March Madness tournament, do some mountain biking and DisneyLand.
Fourth, I gotta keep churning out ebiz’s if I’m to get to my friend MJ’s status. Seeing his new Lambo is definitely a kick in your pants to get off your a$$.
Fifth, I really need to hit the gym if I’m to do well at the Orange County Adventure Race. After our dismal showing at the Phoenix Urban Adventure Race earlier this month, I don’t want to be embarassed. But in my defense, I don’t know many people that can kick a razor-scooter for 8 miles! Seriously, look at that thing below… 8 miles???
And yes, some people did do it for 8 miles…
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Stumble it!
Wow, you have a lot going on, Kenric. And, Bill is amazing at Poker! It would be a dream come true to play at that level.
Ok, work hard! And, come back soon!
By Trisha on Mar 14, 2008
Ya, you had it pretty much right. AQ will usually call, but will sometimes check raise at these stakes. 99 and 77 are in the check-raising range. It’s a rainbow flop(3 different suits), so there’s no flush draw that would play it like this, and at these stakes semi-bluffing draws is not very common, so he’s basically repping 77 or 99 here. When the turn brings a 7, and he bets, it’s not necessarily that he wouldn’t bet quads, but that the chance that he actually has quads here is slim to none because he’d need the only 2 cards in the deck to make that happen, and we know he didn’t check-raise the flop with just one seven because he’d want to continue on cheaply with the hand because his 7 might be good, he wouldn’t want to bloat the pot. So on the turn, his hand is usually going to be 99, or a bluff. When he follows through on the river, his range doesn’t really change. He may have AQ, he may have 99, or he is bluffing. Also, one thing I don’t think I mentioned when you were playing the hand is that if he did have a Q here he may not fire on the river because a 7 is out there.(many players at the lower stakes won’t break down you’re range, to understand that a 7 is not in it once you call his check-raise on the flop), so you won’t see a Q very often from him, and a bluff is as likely if not more likely than 99, and you already have money in the pot. Many players at these stakes won’t realize that there’s nothing different about the texture of the board to make his bluff successful on the river when it wasn’t on the flop and turn. In other words, there’s no scare cards to scare you into a fold based on the fact that there were no flop draws, and he won’t realize this and often players like this will feel like they can bluff their way out of trouble, which is their only option unless they want to just give up, which they may not like in this hand.
By Bill on Mar 15, 2008