I decided I had to 3bet bluff this guy preflop as he was clearly stealing every button (BB was supertight, so not worried about him. I possibly could have waited for a better hand, but he was starting to take the piss and needed to sent a message). He minraised back though, so I called rather than make it obvious I was bluffing (figured the $0.60 was worth it in order not to lose my image which had been quite strong up to that point), plus my hand was sooooted and you never know.
In hindsight, was a shove a bit excessive? He called it, and I was 70% favourite at that point, so it wasn’t bad really though, was it? Hands that would call are AA, KK (would’ve expected more than a minraise preflop, but obviously you can never tell), AQ, KQ (maybe), any pair that thought I was bluffing (huge river overbets seems a popular (and stupid) move at Party Poker), the hands I’m in danger of are sets although 3′s & 4′s are unlikely, as are QQ since I had one of the queens. The most likely outcome was a fold which would have been a good pot…
6 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($0.94)
UTG+1 ($8.44)
CO ($5.17)
BTN ($12.89)
Hero ($19.07)
BB ($13.24)
Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 6 players) Hero is SB Q
5
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $0.90, 1 fold, BTN raises to $1.50, Hero calls $0.60
Flop: 3
4
Q
($3.10, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.27, Hero calls $1.27
Turn: 5 ($5.64, 2 players)
Hero goes all-in $16.30, BTN goes all-in $10.12
River: 3 ($32.06, 2 players, 2 all-in)
Final Pot: $32.06
BTN shows
A A
Hero shows
Q 5
BTN wins $24.88 (net +$11.99)
Hero collects $6.18 (net -$12.89)
Update: Actually today’s poker turned out to be very enjoyable despite that bad beat. Last couple of days Party Poker has been ultra-aggro, which is good when you get a hand against them but pretty bad when you don’t. I was doing well at putting people on hands, although still made a few mistakes. For instance, in the following hand I put the guy on a pocket pair between 88 & TT, which meant I was a bit stuck about what to do on the river. I thought he’d probably wouldn’t fold to a river bet, so I just let it go. I really wish I’d typed 88? into the chat and then raised…
5 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($7.80)
Hero ($18.72)
BTN ($10)
SB ($10.20)
BB ($9.42)
Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is CO 7 7
UTG raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.40, 1 fold, SB calls $0.35, BB calls $0.30
Flop: 6 4 6 ($1.50, 4 players)
SB bets $1.06, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.06
Turn: 10 ($3.62, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.79, SB calls $1.79
River: Q ($7.20, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Final Pot: $7.20
Hero shows
7 7
SB shows
8 8
SB wins $6.99 (net +$3.74)
BB lost $0.40
Hero lost $3.25
UTG lost $0.30
The guy who won that hand was a really solid player actually, although that made him actually easier to play against (or at least it made him less ‘random’). I was playing with him on two tables, and part of today’s enjoyment was that between the two of us we drained everyone else’s stacks. At the end of the day though he did better than me since I continued to float a little too often, bluff a few too many rivers etc. (kind of obvious from the awesome redline 
). Frustrating since I know without doing that (and without the bad beat), I’d have won a big pile today…
