Poker Grinders

Starting today I am going to post the 1 hand with the biggest loss per day to analyze. The focus of the hand post is to identify big leaks. I understand an important determining factor of whether a leak is a big one is the frequency. I don’t have enough hand logged to go off the frequency of my mistakes, so I’ll just start off with hands where I loss a big pot.

i was at a full 6max game, when it seemed like everybody started to just vacate the room. The villain was the only player left. The first hand heads-up he raised me from the BTN. In my mind he had an aggressive (maybe even overly aggressive) image.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.25 BB (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($26.65)
Button ($22.90)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, K
Button raises to $1, Hero calls $0.75

I decided to just call and let the villain take the lead. I wanted a flop where I would hit TP and have the villain in a situation where he had TP weak kicker.

Flop: ($2) 8, 4, Q (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1, Hero calls $

I really like this flop. I figured the villain has top pair weaker kicker. QJ or Q10 maybe. Seeing how aggressive he was playing AQ+, KK, AA were possible but I thought unlikely. If he had it I was willing to go broke.

Turn: ($4) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $3, Hero raises to $6, Button raises to $20.90 (All-In), Hero calls $14.90

The turn was a little tough. Could the villain really have a 4 in this spot. A4s was the only hand that made sense. I had only played a few hands against the villain so I didn’t know how wide he was open raising. I finally decided to call his shove because in my mind he has a loose aggressive image. Also there were very few hands that had me beat in this spot.

River: ($45.80) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $45.80 | Rake: $1

This post about the hand with the biggest loss, therefore I obviously didn’t win at showdown. I’m not going to post the villain’s hand, but have you comment on what hands you think are in his range and what decision you would make at the decision points.

Till next time
Sam

Share This