x-posted @http://www.vincewille.com

So I recently spent a couple days skiing at Whistler with brtnboarder + GF and takesix. I'm pretty fucking terrible, but was able to take a few photos and I've added a video of brtn carving it up. Overall, I wouldn't recommend Whistler for relocation over Vancouver (much worse food and weather), but it's definitely a fun visit if you like skiing.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g36V-...ature=youtu.be

Poker's been going well. Here are two more graphs. I'll make sure to use a different hosting site, as they've gotten taken down pretty quickly (NSFW obv). I'm definitely tired of the grind, and have found myself having stretches of poor play. I think i'd be ~5pt if I could play my a-game the entire time, but I would rather maximize my hourly than go for the biggest winrate possible. The plan is to just do the best I can for the next 4 weeks, and head home with all the monies I can make.






I had kind of a fun hand today vs a 60/0 (obv 1k euro pots are often fun hands when your average stake is 150nl). Villain is 60/0, and a unique 60/0 at that--he doesn't really change his preflop ranges too much based on what raises are in front of him (i.e., he calls a lot to large raise sizes and opens/3bets in front of him). Preflop is obviously standard. The flop, I think, is a pretty easy bet-call (he could have worse Ax, and pairs im priced in against). Turn is an interesting spot, though, in my opinion. I ended up choosing value shove > check back turn and call or check river > check back turn and fold or check river. Basically, I decided that he has quite a few combos of Ax in his range, and betting against a range of those and pairs, and some Ax that have paired up and have me crushed is slightly better than checking.

Overall, I think this spot illustrates an important concept: you want to bet as thinly as possible, and on as early of a street as possible vs fish. If I don't extract value with my very marginal holdings here, then I'm sort of letting my opponent freeroll me when he decides to value shove 99 on the river, but check/fold random high cards. All things considered, it's hard to say whether or not this play is best, but in my experience shrug calling and shrug value shoving have made me a lot of money.

PokerStars Hand #79857797660: Hold'em No Limit (€2/€4 EUR) - 2012/05/03 16:17:07 ET

Table 'Felicia IV' 9-max Seat #7 is the button

Seat 1: EliElezra (€538.32 in chips)

Seat 2: tFORCEiwME (€431.15 in chips)

Seat 3: mcIaren f1 (€400 in chips)

Seat 4: SobraoBoY (€160 in chips)

Seat 5: vinivici9586 (€467.85 in chips)

Seat 6: JVL_STARRR69 (€693.86 in chips)

Seat 7: IntenseDawg (€400 in chips)

Seat 9: PSÄ! (€441.48 in chips)

torowe will be allowed to play after the button

PSÄ!: posts small blind €2

EliElezra: posts big blind €4

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to vinivici9586 [Ks As]

tFORCEiwME: folds

mcIaren f1: folds

SobraoBoY: folds

vinivici9586: raises €8 to €12

JVL_STARRR69: folds

IntenseDawg: raises €28 to €40

PSÄ!: folds

EliElezra: calls €36

vinivici9586: raises €60 to €100

IntenseDawg: folds

EliElezra: calls €60

*** FLOP *** [2d 4c 3h]

EliElezra: checks

vinivici9586: bets €100

EliElezra: calls €100

*** TURN *** [2d 4c 3h] [4h]

EliElezra: checks

vinivici9586: bets €267.85 and is all-in

EliElezra: calls €267.85

*** RIVER *** [2d 4c 3h 4h] [Jc]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

EliElezra: shows [Th Ac] (a pair of Fours)

vinivici9586: shows [Ks As] (a pair of Fours - Ace+King kicker)

vinivici9586 collected €975.55 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot €977.70 | Rake €2.15

Board [2d 4c 3h 4h Jc]

Seat 1: Jabe1975 (big blind) showed [Th Ac] and lost with a pair of Fours

Seat 2: tFORCEiwME folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: mcIaren f1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: SobraoBoY folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: vinivici9586 showed [Ks As] and won (€975.55) with a pair of Fours

Seat 6: JVL_STARRR69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: IntenseDawg (button) folded before Flop

Seat 9: PSÄ! (small blind) folded before Flop