Vacation

Been a whirlwind at work the last couple weeks between wrapping up a big project and a meeting this week where I got to demo our product to a couple thousand people.  It all went well :).  Plus I've been trying to get things in order before heading up to Lake Tahoe with my dad to do some skiing.  He lives across the country, so we don't get a chance to see each other too often...looking forward to some good skiing and getting to catch up.  I don't know how much time I'll spend online over the next week or so, though.  If the weather is good for skiing, probably not too much.  I do at least have some videos loaded up on my iPhone.  See you in a bit.

Overbet shoves

Have there been some recent videos advocating overbet shoves, either as a bluff or for value?  I swear I'm seeing a ton more of them than I'm used to on pretty dry boards, since moving to 200NL.  Could be coincidence (we're not talking a crapload of hands), or it could be that it's just something you see a bit more of at 200NL than at 100NL. 

I have not been calling with my hands, even when my hands are somewhat stronger than a bluff catcher, for the most part.  My assumption is that for the most part, people are not overbet shoving without the goods or a really strong draw that has tons of equity against a top pair sort of hand.  However, if there's some video out advocating this, that would change my thinking entirely, as there are some spots where it would be pretty bad to do it without a strong hand, and misapplying something from a video would explain a lot.

I'm not talking about spots where it's reraised preflop and getting in on favorable flops for it, but more where there is some postflop action, but the final result on the turn or river is an overbet shove.

Finally did a video review

Had been meaning to try a video review out for a while with Jared, but I kept putting off installing Camtasia.  I recorded a session last weekend in which I felt totally unconfident while playing.  I started the recording just after stacking off KK  in a pretty reasonable spot, although it was like 4 hands into the session, and I hate when they start like that.   Then, right at the beginning of the video I made two mistakes, one pretty minor and one kind of bad, and I was thinking about Jared seeing those hands.  It was weird, knowing that someone would be watching the vid, I was actually a little nervous, even though Jared has definitely seen me play at my worst.

I broke even during the video (about an hour), and like I said, I felt a little lost, so I thought it would be pretty instructive, and we would maybe not even have time to finish it, as we would have to stop and dissect.  But as it turns out, I played better than I thought.  Not to say perfect, but pretty well.  I did particularly well, in his opinion anyway, varying my bet sizes well postflop (although not so much preflop).  That was good, because it's something we've been working on.  The biggest mistakes I made after the beginning both happened with AK.  In one hand, I got all in vs a TAG who was in early position.  I forget the action, but AK isn't going to fare that well against a TAG's UTG range.  This time he also had AK and we split.   Another time, I cold-called in the CO vs a 15/12's UTG open, and the flop was Kxx.  He bet, I called.  Turn was a 7.  He bet, I called.  So far, so good.  River was another middle card and it put 4 to a straight on there.  He bet, I called.  This is the mistake of the hand.  When a nit 3-barrels on a scary board, he's going to have TP beat.

Not too much free time today.  Wife is decorating a birthday present for our niece, then it'll be lunch and off to sports.  First I'm heading down to the baseball diamond to pick up equipment for this year's little league team and for the president of the league to give all the managers and coaches a pep talk/thank you for coaching, etc.  Then it's off to the gym to coach a couple basketball games.  The fun never stops :).

Quote from the conference call I'm listening to

This should show up on Dilbert.  Senior executive talking about recent product launches and initiatives in progress....

"Now we've shown that we can come in through the front and through the back.  Moving forward, we're going to build on that...these things will allow us to penetrate even deeper."

If he's telling the truth, I like our chances, even in this economy :).

C-Betting Question

I forget the reads on villains in this hand, but I'm pretty sure both of them were loose -- just can't remember if they were loose/passive or loose/aggressive. 

The fact that we're 3-way makes the hand interesting, IMO.  If you bet, what's your plan if you get called by the BTN and are OOP on the turn?  If you check, what's your plan if BTN bets?

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 $60 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

SB: $145.90
Hero (BB): $265.00
CO: $114.20
BTN: $81.15

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BB with Td Ad
1 fold, BTN calls $2, SB calls $1, Hero raises to $8, BTN calls $6, SB calls $6

Flop: ($24.00) 5s Kd Tc (3 players)
SB checks, Hero?