wcoop update 3 - $700 pain/gain

Hi folks,

at the start of the session I had a deep run in the $265ko, finished with three tables left for $640 when 1st was 20k. Was lucky enough to run Queens into Kings.

Here a few interesting hands of the $700 Wcoop Event:

I lost 20bbs with A8s in a multiway pot 1st hand and when I 3bet A5o bvb and cbet/folded to a checkraise.

Then this happened, no clue how though...

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 9 players - View hand 1892642
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SB: t10530 210.60 BBs
BB: t9975 199.50 BBs
UTG: t9925 198.50 BBs
UTG+1: t9925 198.50 BBs
UTG+2: t10075 201.50 BBs
MP1: t9830 196.60 BBs
Hero (MP2): t8990 179.80 BBs
CO: t10675 213.50 BBs
BTN: t10075 201.50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is MP2 with 8 8
3 folds, MP1 raises to t100, Hero calls t100, 4 folds

Flop: (t275) 8 2 T (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets t155, MP1 raises to t500, Hero raises to t1169, MP1 raises to t2300, Hero raises to t8890 all in, MP1 calls t6590

Turn: (t18055) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t18055) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t18055
MP1 shows J J (a pair of Jacks)
Hero shows 8 8 (three of a kind, Eights)
Hero wins t18055



Here I might have taken villain off of a better hand or bluffed with the best of it.

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t40/t80 Blinds - 9 players - View hand 1892646
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BB: t9806 122.58 BBs
UTG: t10513 131.41 BBs
UTG+1: t8798 109.97 BBs
UTG+2: t10952 136.90 BBs
MP1: t5571 69.64 BBs
MP2: t15870 198.38 BBs
Hero (CO): t18508 231.35 BBs
BTN: t10847 135.59 BBs
SB: t8955 111.94 BBs

Pre Flop: (t120) Hero is CO with 4 4
3 folds, MP1 raises to t240, 1 fold, Hero calls t240, 3 folds

Flop: (t600) A Q Q (2 players)
MP1 bets t200, Hero calls t200

Turn: (t1000) 7 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks

River: (t1000) 8 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets t425, MP1 folds

Final Pot: t1000
Hero wins t1000


This hand I guess I got the best of villain by snapcheck/snapcalling twice, which usually is what people do when they're weakish and try to get to showdown cheaply and discourage further action.

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t50/t100 Blinds + t10 - 9 players - View hand 1892647
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UTG+2: t8611 M = 35.88
MP1: t13547 M = 56.45
MP2: t9031 M = 37.63
CO: t9702 M = 40.42
BTN: t3641 M = 15.17
SB: t15630 M = 65.12
Hero (BB): t18680 M = 77.83
UTG: t10787 M = 44.95
UTG+1: t10191 M = 42.46

Pre Flop: (t240) Hero is BB with J Q
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t220, 6 folds, Hero calls t120

Flop: (t580) J J 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets t300, Hero calls t300

Turn: (t1180) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets t600, Hero calls t600

River: (t2380) K (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets t1000, Hero calls t1000

Final Pot: t4380
Hero shows J Q (three of a kind, Jacks)
UTG+1 shows T A (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins t4380



Then I had a mirror match:


Hand #2
Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t60/t120 Blinds + t15 - 9 players - View hand 1892650
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BTN: t20195 M = 64.11
SB: t30237 M = 95.99
BB: t5833 M = 18.52
UTG: t3354 M = 10.65
UTG+1: t10000 M = 31.75
UTG+2: t6453 M = 20.49
MP1: t12228 M = 38.82
Hero (MP2): t24373 M = 77.37
CO: t7228 M = 22.95

Pre Flop: (t315) Hero is MP2 with K K
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t265, 2 folds, Hero raises to t678, 4 folds, UTG+1 raises to t1975, Hero raises to t3272, UTG+1 raises to t9985 all in, Hero calls t6713

Flop: (t20285) 9 2 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t20285) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t20285) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t20285
UTG+1 shows K K (a pair of Kings)
Hero shows K K (a pair of Kings)
UTG+1 wins t10143
Hero wins t10142


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Then I got this villain to not fold his weak ace, don't know how I did that:

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds + t25 - 9 players - View hand 1892651
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UTG: t14451 M = 27.53
UTG+1: t41151 M = 78.38
UTG+2: t8979 M = 17.10
MP1: t10670 M = 20.32
MP2: t10056 M = 19.15
CO: t4273 M = 8.14
BTN: t8796 M = 16.75
Hero (SB): t31846 M = 60.66
BB: t10317 M = 19.65

Pre Flop: (t525) Hero is SB with K K
5 folds, CO raises to t400, 1 fold, Hero raises to t888, 1 fold, CO raises to t4248 all in, Hero calls t3360

Flop: (t8921) 7 T 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t8921) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t8921) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t8921
CO shows A 3 (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows K K (a pair of Kings)
CO wins t8921


So I had my first sort of confrontation with this guy:

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds + t25 - 9 players - View hand 1892653
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UTG+1: t13426 M = 25.57
UTG+2: t45406 M = 86.49
MP1: t8307 M = 15.82
MP2: t5951 M = 11.34
CO: t10909 M = 20.78
BTN: t11834 M = 22.54
SB: t7996 M = 15.23
Hero (BB): t27923 M = 53.19
UTG: t8787 M = 16.74

Pre Flop: (t525) Hero is BB with 7 7
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t500, 6 folds, Hero calls t300

Flop: (t1325) 7 J 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets t795, Hero calls t795

Turn: (t2915) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

River: (t2915) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t3696, UTG+1 calls t3696

Final Pot: t10307
UTG+1 mucks T T
Hero shows 7 7 (three of a kind, Sevens)
Hero wins t10307



Then the most important hand of my tournament took place, I think this really was the pot that determined the future outcome of this tournament for me. I basically missplayed the nuts by not protecting them / getting value on the flop vs MP1 who clearly had at least an overpair in my opinion.. SB was quite a character, often pot cbetting, 4-6xing preflop. Couldn't really assign no hands to his plays because he like never went to showdown with those crazy lines. On the turn I figure I might be beat by a straight and be drawing to boat-outs. I'm glad that I resisted the first instinct of shoving because I wasn't gonna get value from worse hands usually.

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t125/t250 Blinds + t30 - 9 players - View hand 1892654
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BTN: t16745 M = 25.96
SB: t51825 M = 80.35
BB: t8102 M = 12.56
UTG: t6262 M = 9.71
UTG+1: t10682 M = 16.56
UTG+2: t15298 M = 23.72
MP1: t8046 M = 12.47
Hero (MP2): t32267 M = 50.03
CO: t6055 M = 9.39

Pre Flop: (t645) Hero is MP2 with 6 6
3 folds, MP1 raises to t550, Hero calls t550, 2 folds, SB calls t425, BB calls t300

Flop: (t2470) T 6 4 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 bets t1750, Hero calls t1750, SB calls t1750, BB folds

Turn: (t7720) 9 (3 players)
SB bets t8750, MP1 folds, Hero calls t8750

River: (t25220) 4 (2 players)
SB bets t9250, Hero calls t9250

Final Pot: t43720
SB shows 9 9 (a full house, Nines full of Fours)
Hero mucks 6 6
SB wins t43720



After that pot I'm back to 40bbs and decide to tighten it up again. After defending deuces and check-folding a non-deuce flop I go on a 47 hand folding-stretch. Matter of fact I folded for the whole 150/300/40 level...
At 200/400/50 I openshove AQo in the Hi-Jack seat for 16bbs. I didn't bother minraising because I felt after folding so many hands, shoving had to look weaker. I then folded again for 16 hands straight. I woke up with pocket queens on the button with 14 big blinds, reshoved a 2.5bb HJ steal and held up against Ace-Eight offsuit. An orbit and some hands later I woke up with Kings:

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t250/t500 Blinds + t60 - 9 players - View hand 1892656
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MP2: t51247 M = 39.73
CO: t82159 M = 63.69
BTN: t7577 M = 5.87
SB: t64891 M = 50.30
BB: t24153 M = 18.72
UTG: t15805 M = 12.25
UTG+1: t14602 M = 11.32
Hero (UTG+2): t10704 M = 8.30
MP1: t9586 M = 7.43

Pre Flop: (t1290) Hero is UTG+2 with K K
2 folds, Hero raises to t1000, 1 fold, MP2 calls t1000, CO calls t1000, 3 folds

Flop: (t4290) 7 6 6 (3 players)
Hero bets t1696, MP2 folds, CO calls t1696

Turn: (t7682) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (t7682) J (2 players)
Hero bets t7948 all in, CO calls t7948

Final Pot: t23578
CO shows J A (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
Hero shows K K (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
Hero wins t23578



After doubling again vs the awkward villain I felt like I was officially back in the game, which actually was the case with me playing 40-50bbs again. I then got 1 barrel of value with Aces in a 3bet pot where I flopped a nutflush draw to complete my overpair on Td8d3d holding the ace of diamonds. Probably should have checked the turnblank and get villain to bluff off some chips. Bet instead and villain mucked.
Then another big pot slid my way after I 2barrel a flushdraw being the 3bettor and got there on the river:

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t250/t500 Blinds + t60 - 9 players - View hand 1892658
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UTG: t40860 M = 31.67
UTG+1: t65218 M = 50.56
UTG+2: t25899 M = 20.08
MP1: t53277 M = 41.30
MP2: t25413 M = 19.70
CO: t17958 M = 13.92
BTN: t21216 M = 16.45
Hero (SB): t30522 M = 23.66
BB: t11636 M = 9.02

Pre Flop: (t1290) Hero is SB with 4 A
UTG raises to t1000, 6 folds, Hero raises to t2669, 1 fold, UTG calls t1669

Flop: (t6378) T 7 J (2 players)
Hero bets t2696, UTG calls t2696

Turn: (t11770) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t4696, UTG calls t4696

River: (t21162) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t8187, UTG calls t8187

Final Pot: t37536
UTG mucks J Q
Hero shows 4 A (a flush, Ace high)
Hero wins t37536



I actually tanked for like 30seconds before I decided to valuebet for two-fifhts pot, giving villain a chance to call with the kind of hand he had. Didn't expect such a weak Jack to still be there by the river though... At first my plan was to value-bet/fold the river if he had shoved, but in retrospec I realized he probably like never has a boat here since he probably would get in sets by the turn the least (talking 77, TT, JJ). I think the sizing was good to get a call from the type of hand he actually had. Think I would've bluffed river around the same amout, had I missed and decided to bluff...

So after 3betting A4s out of the blinds I had to lower the pace a little bit since I just had shown a huge amount of relentless aggression / spewyness.

Playing a healthy 55-60 big blind stack the following hand occured, blessing me with clarity on the turn when I probably would have been lost a little bit on other turns vs continueing aggression from villain.

Poker Stars $670+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t350/t700 Blinds + t85 - 9 players - View hand 1892660
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MP1: t28291 M = 15.59
MP2: t45520 M = 25.08
CO: t32238 M = 17.76
BTN: t71569 M = 39.43
SB: t21947 M = 12.09
BB: t42426 M = 23.38
UTG: t24142 M = 13.30
Hero (UTG+1): t39471 M = 21.75
UTG+2: t79254 M = 43.67

Pre Flop: (t1815) Hero is UTG+1 with T T
1 fold, Hero raises to t1400, 2 folds, MP2 calls t1400, 3 folds, BB calls t700

Flop: (t5315) 6 7 3 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t2286, MP2 folds, BB raises to t5950, Hero calls t3664

Turn: (t17215) T (2 players)
BB bets t6650, Hero raises to t13337, BB raises to t34991 all in, Hero calls t18699 all in



I think it would be fun to have a little quiz here and see if you guys can guess villain's hand (just comment below if you got an idea of what villain might have).

With this quiz I'm gonna end this first part of my $700 Wcoop Handhistory-Review since it's quite big already. See you for the next installment.

Cheers