6.5 More Hours Of $2-$5 No-Limit Hold'em
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The document summarizes a 6.5 hour no-limit hold'em poker session where the player lost $710 playing very tight and making few hands. Over the session, the player only made premium hands like AA and KK early on and JJ late. While staying even for the first four hours, a big loss on a bluff got called which contributed to the overall loss. Key lessons included being able to stay afloat with bluffing for a while without making hands, but ultimately needing to make hands to win, looking for other players' interest in hands before calling marginal hands, and using bet sizing tells to get folds from decent hands in multi-way pots. When things aren't going well and feeling negative
6.5 More Hours Of $2-$5 No-Limit Hold'em
- 1. Ed Mi l ler 6.5 MORE HOURS OF $2-$5 NO-LIMIT HOLDEM GET THE VIDEO AT
- 2. A SESSION HISTORY $2-$5 with $1,000 star ting stack Every hand I put money in the pot preflop or saw a flop I include some timings and numbers of hands folded to give you an idea of how tight I play A dif ficult session for meyou get to see me squirm making very few hands
- 3. HAND #1 5 minutes and 4 folds af ter star ting Qc8d in the BB 3 l imps, I check 7c6h2d I check, the next player bets $15, two players cal l, and I fold
- 4. HAND #2 9 minutes and 6 folds later Qd9d in the BB One l imp, SB cal ls, I check 8d8c6s SB checks, I check, and l imper checks Jc SB checks, I bet $10, and everyone folds
- 5. HAND #3 4 minutes and 3 folds later AsJd two of f the button I open $15 and everyone folds
- 6. HAND #4 2 minutes and 1 fold later AsAh in the BB -- $600 ef fective stacks Button opens $15. I 3-bet $55, he cal ls. Ts7s2h I bet $60 and he cal ls Qc I bet $160 and he folds
- 7. HAND #5 13 minutes and 9 folds 3s3c on Button Open $15 and everyone folds
- 8. HAND #6 5 minutes and 2 folds later KhKs four of f the Button Open $15, Button cal ls, BB cal ls 9d4d2s BB bets $20. I raise to $75, everyone folds.
- 9. HAND #7 Very next hand 9d3s in BB One l imp, SB cal ls, I check. Ts7h2c Check, I bet $10, both cal l . 3d Checks around. Th Checks around. Limper shows a 7 and wins.
- 10. HAND #8 5 minutes and 1 fold later TdTh on the Button Two l imps, and I raise to $30 on the Button. Both cal l . Kc8d6s First l imper checks with a physical tel l of interest in the pot. Second player bets $30. I fold. First player cal led flop and then bet out $100 on a 6c turn.
- 11. HAND #9 1 minute and 1 fold later KdQd two of f the Button Two l imps. I make it $30. Everyone folds.
- 12. HAND #10 7 minutes and 4 folds later 8d7c in BB One l imper, SB cal ls, and I check. Th8h3c SB bets $15, and I fold.
- 13. HAND #11 10 minutes and 3 folds later 9s2h in BB Two l imps, SB cal ls, and I check. JsTh6h SB bets $15, I fold.
- 14. HAND #12 3 minutes and 1 fold later Js9s on Button Two of f button opens $15. I cal l . Bl inds fold. KdKh2c Check-check. 6c Other player bets $25. I cal l . Th Other player bets $75. I fold.
- 15. HAND #13 3 minutes and 1 fold later 2d2s two of f Button Player four of f Button opens $25. I cal l . $350 ef fective stacks Th8c3h Player bets $25. I raise $85. He tank cal ls. Ac He bets out $100. I fold.
- 16. HAND #14 7 minutes and 3 folds later Ac6d in BB Three l imps, SB cal ls, I check. Td7c3d Checked around. Qc Checked around. 5d SB checks, I check, next player bets $25, and al l fold.
- 17. HAND #15 35 minutes and 20 folds later Ad7d Two l imps, I l imp in SB, BB checks. AcQc8s I c h e c k , a nd i t s c h e c ked a ro u nd . Kh I bet $20, and al l fold.
- 18. HAND #16 8 minutes and 5 folds later AhKs five of f the Button Limp, I raise $20. Cutof f and Button cal l . Limper cal ls. Qd5d2s I bet $80. Cutof f tank folds. Everyone folds.
- 19. 2 minutes and 1 fold later QdTd in BB Player five of f Button opens $20. Cal l from four of f Button and SB. I cal l in BB. 5s3c2d SB checks. I check. Raiser bets $40. Next player raises to $90. SB folds, I fold. HAND #17
- 20. HAND #18 4 minutes and 1 fold later AsQd on Button One l imp, I raise to $20. Limper cal ls. Js5c2d Check, I bet $30, he folds.
- 21. HAND #19 Very next hand 2c2d in Cutof f Open $15. Button ( l ive pro) 3-bets to $50. I fold.
- 22. 13 minutes and 6 folds later Kc9d in BB Three l imps, SB cal ls, I check. As8s8c SB checks, I check, next player checks. Next bets $30. Al l fold. HAND #20
- 23. 10 minutes and 6 folds later Qd5d in BB Cutof f opens $15. For this player I interpret this open bet size as weakness as he sized according to hand strength. I cal l . KdJd6c I bet $30. He folds. HAND #21
- 24. HAND #22 27 minutes and 13 folds later 4d4s in BB Two of f Button opens $20. I 3-bet to $65. He cal ls. AsKhJd I bet $95. He tank folds.
- 25. 16 minutes and 11 folds later AhJh on Button Six of f Button opens $15. Two cal ls. I cal l . Both bl inds cal l . 7d6d4d Everyone checks to player on my right who bets $75. Everyone folds. HAND #23
- 26. HAND #24 Very next hand Js9s in Cutof f Three l imps. I raise to $35. First l imper cal ls, al l fold. Ks9h7h Check-check Kd Check-check 4d Check, I bet $55, he folds.
- 27. HAND #25 17 minutes and 10 folds later 6d6h three of f Button Limp, I raise to $20. Two of f Button cal ls, l imper cal ls. 9c7s2d Check, I check, player bet $40. We both fold.
- 28. HAND #26 6 minutes and 3 folds later AsQc in BB Three l imps. I make it $30. Al l fold.
- 29. HAND #27 23 minutes and 10 folds later TsTc two of f Button. UTG Straddled pot. Three of f Button opens $35. I cal l . BB cal ls, Straddle cal ls. Ac6c4s Checked to me. I bet $105. BB cal ls. Straddler shoves for about $900. Both fold. Straddler was a tel lbox on this play, and it was obvious he had a strong hand that he felt was vulnerable and he felt stack sizes were awkward. He said he had 6-4 and I bel ieve him based on his behavior during play.
- 30. HAND #28 2 minutes and 1 fold later AsQs four of f Button. UTG Straddled pot. Open $30. Straddle cal ls. Ks4s4d Check, I bet $35, she folds.
- 31. HAND #29 15 minutes and 10 folds later Jd7d in SB Four l impers. I cal l . BB checks. Td8h3d I check, BB bets $20. Three cal ls. I raise to $120. Al l fold.
- 32. HAND #30 15 minutes and 9 folds later QdJd two of f Button Limp, I raise to $20. Cal l from one of f Button. BB cal ls, l imper cal ls. Tc7s4h Two checks, I bet $70. One of f Button cal ls, others fold. 7h I check, he bets $100, I check-raise to $300. He cal ls. 3s Check-check. He shows Td5d
- 33. HAND #31 3 minutes and 1 fold later KsJs five of f Button Open $15. SB cal ls. AhQh4h Check-check. As Check, I bet $20, he folds.
- 34. HAND #32 2 minutes and 1 fold later 8c7c in SB Two l imps. I raise to $30. Al l fold.
- 35. HAND #33 3 minutes and 1 fold later JhTc on Button One l imp, I raise $20, l imper cal ls. Qc9d2s Check, I bet $40, she cal ls. 6h She bets out $55. I cal l . 2d She bets $75. I fold. This player was extremely weak and I bel ieve she would have stacked of f with anything on the turn that she was wi l l ing to bet $55 with.
- 36. HAND #34 6 minutes and 3 folds later AdJc in BB Two l imps. I check. Jh4s2s I bet $15. Both fold.
- 37. HAND #35 Very next hand 6h4h in SB Three l imps. I cal l , BB checks. Jh8c3s I check and it checks around. 2s I bet $25, and al l fold.
- 38. HAND #36 7 minutes and 6 folds later Ah4h in BB One l imp. I raise to $25. Cal l. Kc8d3d I bet $25. She raises to $75. I fold.
- 39. HAND #37 3 minutes and 1 fold later Kh9c on Button Open $15. BB cal ls. Ad7s5h Check-check. 4d Check, I bet $20, he folds.
- 40. HAND #38 12 minutes and 4 folds later AhKs in BB Five of f Button opens $20. Four cal ls. I 3-bet to $120. Original raiser cal ls, al l others fold. 6d6c2s Check-check 5c Check-check 3s Check-check. My hand is good.
- 41. HAND #39 12 minutes and 6 folds later 9c6c in BB Three l imps, SB l imps, I check. Qd4s3h SB checks, I check, l imper checks, next bets $25. Al l fold.
- 42. HAND #40 4 minutes and 1 fold later 4s4d on Button Five of f the Button opens $20. Cal l from two of f Button. I cal l . BB cal ls. 8s8h2s. Two checks. Next player bets $50. I fold.
- 43. HAND #41 9 minutes and 4 folds later 8h6h four of f Button (This hand is not technically in my opening range here. Ti lt?) Open $15. Button cal ls. BB cal ls. TsTd3s Check, I bet $30. Button cal ls. Ac I bet $70. Button cal ls. 2h Check-check. Button shows AhQh.
- 44. HAND #42 43 minutes and 24 folds later JdJc four of f Button Limp. I raise to $20. BB cal ls, l imper cal ls. 9h4h4c Checked to me. I bet $40. BB shoves for $110 total . Limper cal ls. I cal l . 2d Limper checks. I bet $180. He folds. 7c Al l - in shows Ac4d
- 45. HAND #43 11 minutes and 5 folds later QhQd two of f Button. UTG Straddled pot. Open $40. Cutof f and BB cal l . Straddle folds. AhJs4c BB bets $50. I caught a tel l that Cutof f showed interest in the pot. I folded. Cutof f raised. I racked up for the night.
- 46. SESSION SUMMARY 6.5 hours. Lost $710. Made very few hands al l night. Just A -A and K-K overpairs early in session and J-J overpai r near the end. Stayed about even for first four hours unti l the big hand I lost when my turn check-raise bluf f got cal led. Key Strategy Points You can stay above water for a while without making hands as long as you stick with bread-and-butter bluffing lines. Ultimately you cant win at this game without making hands at all. Before you act on marginal hands, look for signs of interest from other players in the hand. In multiway pots you can use reverse bet -sizing tells to get folds from fairly good hands. If very little is going right and you are starting to feel negative about the session, quit. At least for an hour. Then come back with a fresh mindset.