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This hand analysis is from a $200 heads
up match online. I've gone through the key
hands in the match and let you know exactly
why I made the play. All of my thoughts
and ramblings are in bold.
Travis C, aka Travo.
Level I (10/20) - 2005/10/25 - 06:00:09
(ET)
Seat 1: BCournut (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (1500 in chips)
BCournut: posts small blind 10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [Jh Qs]
BCournut: raises 60 to 80
Alright first hand I get raised
3 times the big blind. Now from what I experienced
this tells me either the guy has an amazing
hand or he is very aggressive. So I make
the call with my decent QJ and find out.
Travo: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [4s 9h Th]
Travo: checks
BCournut: checks
When he checks in the dealer spot
on the flop it makes me think he is weak,
so I am betting the turn regardless what
comes up.
*** TURN *** [4s 9h Th] [Qc]
I hit top pair but I would still
make the same bet if I don’t hit just
to test his hand. He folds and I collect
the pot.
Travo: bets 60
BCournut: folds
Travo collected 160 from pot
Travo: doesn't show hand
Level I (10/20) - 2005/10/25 - 06:00:34
(ET)
Seat 1: BCournut (1420 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (1580 in chips)
Travo: posts small blind 10
BCournut: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [9c Kc]
So I get king 9, a decent hand heads
up, but Im just going to call rather than
raise to see how this guy is going to play
me after I outplayed him on his raise the
hand before.
Travo: calls 10
BCournut: raises 80 to 100
He raises 4 times big blind, instead
of folding this hand which I usually would
Im going to call and see how aggressive
this guy is.
Travo: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [2s 5c 6d]
BCournut: checks
He checks the 6 high flop which
makes me immediately think he just has an
ace high .
Travo: checks
*** TURN *** [2s 5c 6d] [2c]
BCournut: checks
After he checks the turn Im convinced
he is going to try to win this pot with
ace high, so Im going to put a bet out on
the river to try and buy it.
Travo: checks
*** RIVER *** [2s 5c 6d 2c] [Qh]
BCournut: checks
Travo: bets 100
Queen comes up and I bet a decent
amount, he folds.
BCournut: folds
Travo collected 200 from pot
Travo: doesn't show hand
After this hand I think of this
guy as aggressive and weak. He can bet big
preflop but will not follow it up unless
he catches.
Now im gonna skip through a couple
hands that we folded back and forth to minimum
pots.
Seat 1: BCournut (1410 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (1590 in chips)
BCournut: posts small blind 10
Travo: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [3s 9s]
BCournut: calls 10
Travo: raises 40 to 60
I’ve lost a couple blind hands
so I try to mix it up here and raise in
the big blind
BCournut: calls 40
After he calls I plan on trying
to outplay him.
*** FLOP *** [Js 3h Tc]
Travo: bets 40
BCournut: raises 80 to 120
I hit low pair of 3s on the flop
and bet, he raises pretty decent for what
the amount of the pot was. I think this
is a weird fishy bet, possible a bluff so
I call.
Travo: calls 80
*** TURN *** [Js 3h Tc] [4s]
Travo: checks
BCournut: bets 280
He bets 280 on the turn. Right now
I think hes trying to buy the pot with this
huge bet, it’s a low card that couldn’t
have helped him. Notice that I have a flush
draw but Im not calling to catch it Im simply
calling thinking my 3s are good.
Travo: calls 280
*** RIVER *** [Js 3h Tc 4s] [Ks]
Travo: bets 520
To my luck I hit a flush on the
river. I put a big bet out of 500 and he
calls. He shows k 5. I don’t feel
lucky for hitting this because I was right
that my 3s were good the whole time, he
paired on the river but helped me out more.
BCournut: calls 520
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Travo: shows [3s 9s] (a flush, King high)
BCournut: mucks hand
Travo collected 1960 from pot
We go back and forth again raising
preflop and folding. I have a good lead
on him now so I am not going to try to steal
any unnecessary pots while these blinds
are so low.
Seat 1: BCournut (250 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (2750 in chips)
BCournut: posts small blind 10
Travo: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [3h 3c]
BCournut: raises 230 to 250 and is all-in
I knocked this guy down a little
bit more and I pick up 3s when he goes all
in. I call hoping to survive the race but
to my misfortune he has a higher pair.
Travo: calls 230
*** FLOP *** [3d Ah Qc]
*** TURN *** [3d Ah Qc] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ah Qc 7d] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Travo: shows [3h 3c] (three of a kind, Threes)
BCournut: shows [7c 7s] (three of a kind,
Sevens)
BCournut collected 500 from pot
You can see how the hand went out
I hit a set on the flop should be game but
he resucks on the turn with his set. I was
wondering why that 4th 3 didn’t come
up. At this point it seems to be an all
in show with him so I just wait until I
get a decent hand to call with.
Level I (10/20) - 2005/10/25 - 06:06:47
(ET)
Seat 1: BCournut (440 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (2560 in chips)
BCournut: posts small blind 10
Travo: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [As Jh]
BCournut: raises 420 to 440 and is all-in
I call his all in with a hand I
thought for sure I would be ahead with but
he had a pair so we went to the races again.
Travo: calls 420
*** FLOP *** [2d 8s 6h]
He hits his set and starts to make
a comeback at me.
*** TURN *** [2d 8s 6h] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [2d 8s 6h Kc] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Travo: shows [As Jh] (high card Ace)
BCournut: shows [6s 6d] (three of a kind,
Sixes)
BCournut collected 880 from pot
I stay calm and play the guy the
same way Ive played him the whole match.
He catches a couple big hands while
I catch decent hands and makes a big comeback.
I try to agitate him a little bit here to
make him think I don’t really have
a hand but he doesn’t bite.
Level II (15/30) - 2005/10/25 - 06:10:21
(ET)
Seat 1: BCournut (1580 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (1420 in chips)
BCournut: posts small blind 15
Travo: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [2d Js]
BCournut: calls 15
Travo: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jh 5h Td]
Travo said, "look at the two outer
that sprung life up from the grave"
Travo: checks
BCournut: checks
*** TURN *** [Jh 5h Td] [3d]
Travo: bets 30
BCournut: folds
Travo collected 60 from pot
Travo: doesn't show hand
This next hand is critical for
a hand right after this.
Level II (15/30) - 2005/10/25 - 06:13:06
(ET)
Seat 1: BCournut (1490 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (1510 in chips)
Travo: posts small blind 15
BCournut: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [5h Ad]
Ive been playing the guy a little
more aggressive than usual and raise him
here with my ace 5.
Travo: raises 60 to 90
BCournut: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Qd 7c 2s]
BCournut: checks
I bet the flop normal planning to
bet bigger later on to represent top pair.
Travo: bets 60
BCournut: calls 60
*** TURN *** [Qd 7c 2s] [7h]
BCournut: bets 120
He calls and bets 120 before I can
act on the turn, this play seems strange
to me since Ive seen the way this guy has
played and I would never think he would
bet trips without trying to trap me, I call
thinking my ace high is good.
Travo: calls 120
*** RIVER *** [Qd 7c 2s 7h] [Qh]
BCournut: checks
Travo: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BCournut: shows [5s 2d] (two pair, Queens
and Sevens)
Travo: shows [5h Ad] (two pair, Queens and
Sevens - Ace kicker)
Travo collected 540 from pot
River queen and we both check, he
shows that he had twos but now just 5 high
after the river. I don’t normally
put people that call my raises preflop on
52, I got a bit lucky my ace high held up
but I know that pissed him off that he lost
on the river. This guy raised 3 hands in
a row before this hand, so Im thinking that
hand from before put him on tilt.
Level II (15/30) - 2005/10/25 - 06:13:45
(ET)
Seat 1: BCournut (1250 in chips)
Seat 2: Travo (1750 in chips)
Travo: posts small blind 15
BCournut: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Travo [Kd 4h]
Travo: calls 15
BCournut: raises 60 to 90
He raises this hand which I am not
surprised. I call this hand out of value,
thinking my king high is the best right
now.
Travo: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Th Kc Ah]
An ace flops along with my king
so I know hes going to bet it to represent
that he has the ace.
BCournut: bets 120
Bets pretty big I call.
Travo: calls 120
*** TURN *** [Th Kc Ah] [3d]
BCournut: bets 240
He then bets 240 on the turn, now
Im convinced he doesn’t have the ace
with the big bet. Instead of raising I just
call because if I raise here and he has
nothing he will lay it down, just calling
here which lets him think that I might be
drawing at a hand and will lay it down on
the river if he bets big.
Travo: calls 240
*** RIVER *** [Th Kc Ah 3d] [3s]
BCournut: bets 800 and is all-in
Another blank at any draw and he
goes all in I instantly call knowing my
kings are good. He shows 9 high and I win
the match.
Travo: calls 800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BCournut: shows [8d 9c] (a pair of Threes)
Travo: shows [Kd 4h] (two pair, Kings and
Threes)
Travo collected 2500 from pot
This is my first article I am writing
about my heads up play. I will be writing
more articles about different players that
I play. There is about 5 different types
that I consider how people play. This guy
is considered to be my aggressive/weak player,
one of the more easier people to beat but
not as easy as a weak/tight player (by far
the easiest money around).
If you have any questions about
the article or want to know more let me
know on the Ohio
State Poker Forum or talk to me on aim(Travo35).
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