I've been drinking a bit tonight and thought of a great experiment. I'll join the loosest limit tables on UB (0.1/0.1) and play nearly every hand. My only exceptions:
a) If there's a raise before me, I'll only play hands in 3 categories: 1) by the book. 2) pocket pairs. 3) any two suited cards.
b) If there's a raise and re-raise before me, I'll only play by the book.
Otherwise, I play every hand. The different between me and the other extra loose players? I will also exercise superb post-flop play. (Not quite as great while drunk.. but still better than most of them I bet.) So far I've only played 150 hands, so my results aren't that precise. I'm down 0.1, which comes out to -0.33 BB/100. Not bad at all for this ridiculous playing. Let me give a few hand examples:
Ultimate Bet 0.01/0.02 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
,
. SB posts a blind of $0.01. MP1 posts a blind of $0.01.
UTG+1 calls,
UTG+2 raises, MP1 (poster) calls,
1 fold, MP3 calls,
1 fold, Button calls, SB (poster) calls, Hero calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.
Flop: (16 SB)
,
,
(8 players)
SB checks,
Hero bets, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, MP3 calls,
Button raises, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP3 folds.
Turn: (14.50 BB)
(6 players)
SB checks,
Hero bets, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, Button calls, SB calls.
River: (19.50 BB)
(5 players)
SB checks,
Hero bets, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Button calls, SB calls.
Final Pot: 22.50 BB
In retrospect I should have checked to PF raiser, let him bet, and then determine my play from the action there on. I had a pair with a flush draw, I wasn't going anywhere in that huge pot!
Ultimate Bet 0.01/0.02 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
,
. SB posts a blind of $0.01.
1 fold, UTG+2 calls,
1 fold,
MP2 raises,
1 fold, CO calls,
1 fold, SB (poster) calls, Hero calls, UTG calls,
UTG+2 3-bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls.
Flop: (18 SB)
,
,
(6 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks,
UTG+2 bets,
MP2 raises, CO calls, SB folds,
Hero 3-bets, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.
Turn: (16.50 BB)
(5 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, MP2 checks, CO checks.
River: (16.50 BB)
(5 players)
Hero bets, UTG folds, UTG+2 calls, MP2 calls, CO folds.
Final Pot: 19.50 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has 2d Jd (flush, ace high).
UTG+2 has Tc Ts (one pair, tens).
MP2 has Ac 3c (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins 19.50 BB.
In retrospect, I shouldn't have check 3-bet the flop. I probably should have just lead the flop since the PF raiser was in MP. That or check-called the raise and re-raise. And then me going for a greedy check-raise on the turn was just stupid. Since I 3-bet the flop, I might as well have bet out the turn!
Ultimate Bet 0.01/0.02 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with
,
. SB posts a blind of $0.01.
UTG calls, Hero calls, MP1 calls,
1 fold, CO calls,
1 fold, SB (poster) checks, BB checks.
Flop: (6 SB)
,
,
(6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks,
CO bets, SB folds, BB calls, UTG folds, Hero calls, MP1 folds.
Turn: (4.50 BB)
(3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks,
CO bets, BB calls,
Hero raises, CO calls, BB calls.
River: (10.50 BB)
(3 players)
BB checks,
Hero bets, CO calls, BB folds.
Final Pot: 12.50 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has 6s 3s (three of a kind, threes).
CO has 5d Qd (two pair, queens and threes).
Outcome: Hero wins 12.50 BB.
I probably could have bet out this flop with my pair and backdoor draw. Either way, from the turn and on I played it fine.
Ultimate Bet 0.01/0.02 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with
,
. Hero posts a blind of $0.01. MP3 posts a blind of $0.01.
UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls,
1 fold, MP3 (poster) checks, CO calls, Button calls, Hero (poster) checks,
BB raises, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls.
Flop: (18 SB)
,
,
(9 players)
Hero checks,
BB bets, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls.
Turn: (11.50 BB)
(5 players)
Hero checks,
BB bets, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, Button folds, Hero calls.
River: (14.50 BB)
(3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG+1 folds.
Final Pot: 16.50 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has 8h 2d (three of a kind, twos).
BB has As Kd (two pair, aces and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins 16.50 BB.
With 13:1 odds on the turn, I had the odds to continue with my 5-outter. And I hit! I should have check-raised the river here... ah well.
At these ridiculous tables I was nearly break-even by limping 60% more hands than usual but sticking to my post-flop play.