Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Got Durrrred!

So I was playing some 2/4 nl yesterday and in sits Tom "Durrrr" Dwan to my direct right. He tells the table he is going to play for 20 minutes. I assume he's making a video for the FTP academy. Anyway how often do you get a chance to play vs him at these stakes? So I looked for every opportunity to play hands vs him and they didn't end well as evidenced below.

Full Tilt, $2/$4 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players

Poker Tools by CardRunners - Hand Details

UPsDaeSy: $465 (116.3 bb)

Tweelingen: $777.60 (194.4 bb)

durrrr: $548.20 (137.1 bb)

Hero: $400 (100 bb)

cwalk2k3: $406 (101.5 bb)


Preflop: Hero is SB with 4 of hearts 5 of hearts

UPsDaeSy raises to $12, Tweelingen folds, durrrr calls $12, Hero calls $10, cwalk2k3 folds

Flop: ($40) 3 of clubs A of hearts 7 of clubs (3 players)

Hero checks, UPsDaeSy checks, durrrr bets $31, Hero calls $31, UPsDaeSy folds

Turn: ($102) T of hearts (2 players)

Hero checks, durrrr checks

River: ($102) 8 of hearts (2 players)

Hero bets $82, durrrr raises to $505.20 and is all-in, Hero calls $275 and is all-in


Results:
Spoiler:


Full Tilt, $2/$4 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players

Poker Tools by CardRunners - Hand Details

UPsDaeSy: $495 (123.8 bb)

Tweelingen: $777.60 (194.4 bb)

durrrr: $885.20 (221.3 bb)

Hero: $400 (100 bb)

cwalk2k3: $433 (108.3 bb)


Preflop: Hero is BTN with 8 of diamonds 4 of diamonds

Tweelingen folds, durrrr raises to $12, Hero raises to $36, 2 folds, durrrr calls $24

Flop: ($78) 6 of hearts 6 of diamonds 5 of spades (2 players)

durrrr checks, Hero bets $40, durrrr calls $40

Turn: ($158) 7 of hearts (2 players)

durrrr checks, Hero bets $92, durrrr calls $92

River: ($342) 2 of hearts (2 players)

durrrr checks, Hero bets $232 and is all-in, durrrr calls $232


Results:
Spoiler:
Obviously they're not +ev spots $ wise but they are +ev in happiness and experience. Also I'd rather lose to him at 2/4 than say 50/100.

As for my actual play of hands postflop I think they were ok and tbh were coolers in his favor. The 1st hand I thought I could be beat when he shoved but he's Durrrr, he's capable of bluffing anytime. The 2nd hand I thought @ turn I got this dude now (w/ thoughts of stacking Durrrr by 3betting w/ 84s..get a taste of your own medicine Tom!!). Oh how wrong I was! Anyway I got owned by him and he quit shortly after he stacked me for the 2nd time. Hit n Runner!

Anyway besides that I'm off to a good start to the month. Just been grinding 6max (w/ a little hu) 2/4 nl...






















Now this is the way to start off a month! I'll be looking to play 3/6 and 5/10 soon and hope the good run continues. No matter how I run, I'm gonna aim to play a ton of hrs this month. I wanna give myself a chance of having my best year ever in terms of $ won and even if I don't reach that goal, I wanna know I tried my best.

As for other stuff, I've been getting exposure which is a good thing I guess. I guess I should've started a blog years ago. Anyway I was asked to come on Cardplayer's UTG show to provide some strategic advice...I thought I could've done a better job here...

http://www.cardplayer.com/cptv/channels/14-under-the-gun/poker-videos/4304-under-the-gun-poker-strategy-extravaganza-with-eric-lynch-nick-brancato-and-john-kim

Also I got to answer some questions about my career and hosting Cash Plays on PokerRoad. I thought this came out well...

http://www.pokerroad.com/news/newsbrief/1907

6 comments:

  1. nice to see you blogging here. hope you are splendid! greez, Mel

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  2. u gotta post stuff every day man come on !

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  3. oh and good stuff, keep going strong. hows the secretary handling the bizz?

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  4. She's good.. she's had experience before handling some well known poker pros so makes it easier.

    Also posting stuff everyday is a lot of content... not sure enough exciting things happen daily to do so. Also I'm not as good a writer like Doublefly who posts everyday.

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  5. Definitely want to say playing Durrr at $2-$4 is pretty cool and has to be ultra rare. Keep up with the good work on the blog. Thanks and also wanted to mention I enjoyed you on Poker Road Radio.

    PS This post was at the bottom of my google reader....think I had about 300 posts above it....hence forth the late reply.

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  6. I think any true poker player wants to measure their skill level against the best. I'm sure everyone wanted to win a pot against him to have a story to tell their poker buddies

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