NL10 Day #2

Saturday afternoon home alone is perfect for another of these online sessions. Somehow I don't feel like playing for long periods of time right now, so I sat for one hour of NL10. We'll see if this is a continuing trend, but I seem to get tired more easily playing cash than tournaments. The static nature of the game probably explains it. Tournaments are always moving forward and the differences between early, middle and late phases make it always exciting, I guess.

Anyway, another NL10 session and this one has been the most profitable one so far. Two days in and four sessions later, I'm still to have a negative stretch. But they will come. Ohhh, they will come. This time, I ran into a few fishes and was able to actually exploit them. I also had a few cards and was able to extract some value from them. I'm going to paste two hands here, which we won't go into much detail, but are illustrative of the nonsense that goes on at these stakes:

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Button ($10.40)
Hero (SB) ($12.26)
BB ($10.16)
UTG ($10.30)
MP ($11.09)
CO ($9.74)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A

1 fold, MP bets $0.40, CO (poster) calls $0.30, 1 fold, Hero raises $1.25, 2 folds, CO (poster) calls $0.90

Flop: ($3.15) 9, A, 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $1, CO calls $1

Turn: ($5.15) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.70, CO calls $1.70

River: ($8.55) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $8.26 (All-In), CO calls $5.69 (All-In)

Total pot: $19.93

Results:
Hero had A, A (full house, Aces over nines).
CO had A, 7 (two pair, Aces and nines).

Outcome: Hero won $21.53, CO won $0.05

This is what happens when people think top pair is the nuts. Another example was the following hand.

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Hero (Button) ($11.02)
SB ($21.94)
BB ($5.55)
UTG ($10)
MP ($14.13)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, 8
2 folds, Hero bets $0.25, 1 fold, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.55) 2, 10, 10 (2 players)
BB bets $0.40, Hero raises $0.90, BB calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.35) A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($2.35) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $1.30, Hero raises $4.40, BB calls $3.10 (All-In)

Total pot: $11.15

Results:
Hero had K, 8 (flush, Ace high).
BB had 7, A (two pair, Aces and tens).

Outcome: Hero won $10.60

Again, top pair rules. In both these hands - and on a few others - I was able to take more liberal, relaxed, lines because I had somewhat solid reads on my opponents. I started using a well known website to fetch player profiles in cash games and it's been helping me quite a bit.

Anyway, session stats, as usual:

Minutes Played: 60.3
Hands: 182
Winnings: EUR 14.28
VPIP/PFR/AF/3Bet%: 19.8/14.7/24.00/4.8


Happier about my aggression and 3bet%, which won me a couple of good pots without showdown. More to come soon!