craigcu12 diary

craigcu12 · April 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary : bet the flop build the pot and definately raise that river
Posted by bearlyther

it's ok saying that but with these tables betting is so poor and time and time again with bets all i expect to happen is the villian will either fold or jam right away.
why else would that villian fold in the hand which i posted to help with larsons question on AQ when he has already raised just because i jammed after he can't expect me to hold a set for sure
and this one too i would never have expected him to hold a flush and should be been made to call a jam made by the villian nbut i wouldn't have been expected to do it myself and loose to his flush soTBH i wish i did just call the first bet thinking he would just fold.

Flop
TINTIN	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.00
x	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.16
	Your hole cards	Q Q
garner909	Fold
BCFC_CHU	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.78
ddyfrenwen	Fold
TINTIN	Fold
x	Call		£0.16	£0.42	£3.00
		5 K 3
x	Bet		£0.21	£0.63	£2.79
craigcu12	Call		£0.21	£0.84	£3.57
Turn
		Q
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
River
		6
x	Bet		£0.42	£1.26	£2.37
craigcu12	Raise		£0.84	£2.10	£2.73
x	Raise		£0.84	£2.94	£1.53
craigcu12	All-in		£2.73	£5.67	£0.00
x	All-in		£1.53	£7.20	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.78	£6.42	£0.78
x	Show	10 A
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
x	Win	Flush to the Ace	£5.93		£5.93

calcalfold · April 2013

Checking behind that turn is terrible to the power of approximately one billion.

No reason to check that, ever, ever

And with regards this

"with these tables betting is so poor and time and time again with bets all i expect to happen is the villian will either fold or jam right away."

I cannot even start to explain how illogical that comment is

And your play was worse than villains at the business end of this hand, a lot worse

LARSON7 · April 2013

Unlucky craig in the hand. You can bet the turn, you are still getting called all the way.

craigcu12 · April 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

Unlucky craig in the hand. You can bet the turn, you are still getting called all the way.
Posted by LARSON7

all i was thinking was he would just fold and was just another villian who bets with the a high. if anything i should have raised the flop rather than just call because he might hold a K but if he did i could have tried representing AK or AA and well jam on the turn with my QQQ but today was not a day for me in poker because i was tired.
what i mean by better so poor is it is so easy for me to bluff hands.
why would a villian with JJJ have waited until the flush has come and why would a villian who raised my previous bet then fold just because i then ship the rest.
why would this villian bet but fold when i raise to what most would call a blank so my hand strength has not changed really

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.55
reap_sow	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.84
	Your hole cards	10 10
Sas8oy	Fold
M_Tutte	Fold
x	Raise		£0.12	£0.18	£6.99
susanna929	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.10	£0.28	£3.45
reap_sow	Fold
		9 6 2
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.12	£0.40	£6.87
craigcu12	Call		£0.12	£0.52	£3.33
Turn
		4
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.12	£0.64	£6.75
craigcu12	Raise		£0.24	£0.88	£3.09
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.70		£3.79
craigcu12	Return		£0.12	£0.06	£3.91

you have probably seen so of the awful hands i have still managed to win thanks to easy bluff.
as for today well i lost heavy and that QQQ hand would have been jammed for sure because i could not see him holding any heart flush draw even if i bet the turn.

craigcu12 · April 2013

maybe it is better having villian who fold easy because although it can make things get boring post flop atleast these sort of things are unlikely to happen. i might be unlucky but don't really care about it because i want the set to call and in the end he did the brave thing knowing that i could easily have just a As Ks or Qs

Flop
SPARKS1	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£1.14
danny806	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£0.93
	Your hole cards	K A
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£4.71
x	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£4.68
doron	Fold
carrotttop	Fold
SPARKS1	Call		£0.18	£0.64	£0.96
danny806	Fold
		7 10 3
SPARKS1	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.32	£0.96	£4.39
x	Raise		£1.28	£2.24	£3.40
SPARKS1	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.96	£3.20	£3.43
Turn
		A
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£3.20	£6.40	£0.20
craigcu12	All-in		£3.43	£9.83	£0.00
x	All-in		£0.20	£10.03	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.03	£10.00	£0.03
craigcu12	Show	K A
x	Show	7 7
River
		7
x	Win	Four 7s	£9.25		£9.25

Lambert180 · April 2013

Hey Craig, how's it going? What's ya bankroll at these days?

One thing I got told a lot while I was learning is that (especially at these levels) you have to stop assuming that people are gonna make good decisions against you. Like don't not raise in a certain situation because you think to yourself 'if I was him and got raised, I'd only call with X, Y and Z'. Just because you know you should only call with some hands, it doesn't mean other people won't happily call a raise with 3rd pr.

EDIT: The above hand with AKs, nh, well played. We all get unlucky some times but good to flat the flop raise and good to check the turn and let him hang himself.

craigcu12 · April 2013

today things went very well for me both tournament and cash although i went out early in the mini i decided that because i didn't register for the mini on friday or thursday i entered another BH and managed to finish second i will write how it went tomorrow.
As for my cash tables
today the finish in a way where more tables with losses still didn't get me losses overall
the loosing tables were 14p 35p 37p 39p £1.63 £1.64 £1.81 £2.73 £3.18 £3.45 £4.42 £4.63 and £5.37
the profits from the tables were 12p 38p 84p 96p £3.74 £4.34 £4.82 £5.56 £6.07 £8.22 and £10.20
the hands today started badly but were build larger during the night
the winning hands got
£4.07
£3-£4 4 hands
£2-£3 8 hands
£1-£2 21 hands
the losses were
£4.88
£3-£4 4 hands
£2-£3 2 hands
£1-£2 14 hands
atleast i got a caller with this set

Flop
HEADON	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.18
lozelle05	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.07
	Your hole cards	5 5
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£4.46
bingo320	Fold
visgrand28	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£3.65
HEADON	Call		£0.18	£0.64	£2.00
lozelle05	Fold
		9 8 5
HEADON	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.32	£0.96	£4.14
visgrand28	Call		£0.32	£1.28	£3.33
HEADON	Fold
Turn
		A
craigcu12	Bet		£0.96	£2.24	£3.18
visgrand28	Call		£0.96	£3.20	£2.37
River
		3
craigcu12	All-in		£3.18	£6.38	£0.00
visgrand28	All-in		£2.37	£8.75	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.81	£7.94	£0.81
craigcu12	Show	5 5
visgrand28	Show	J J
craigcu12	Win	Three 5s	£7.34		£8.15

my bankroll now is £213

craigcu12 · April 2013

in the £500BH which i finish second i did play a few hands better than normally
my first hand being this bluff iwent with when he checked the river

Flop
x	Small blind		15.00	15.00	4480.00
craigcu12	Big blind		30.00	45.00	1970.00
	Your hole cards	K 3
Foyger1	Fold
REMAHA260	Fold
findy	Fold
witsy39	Fold
x	Call		15.00	60.00	4465.00
craigcu12	Check
		9 4 3
x	Bet		30.00	90.00	4435.00
craigcu12	Call		30.00	120.00	1940.00
Turn
		A
x	Bet		120.00	240.00	4315.00
craigcu12	Call		120.00	360.00	1820.00
River
		5
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		360.00	720.00	1460.00
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		360.00		1820.00
craigcu12	Return		360.00	0.00	2180.00

the hand that got me going was making a shove with QQ because like that AA i didn't allow the bet to get to me so i jammed and well he just had a pair

Flop
REMAHA260	Small blind		20.00	20.00	993.75
findy	Big blind		40.00	60.00	2493.75
	Your hole cards	Q Q
x	Call		40.00	100.00	2710.00
Bernie02	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		120.00	220.00	2690.00
Foyger1	Fold
REMAHA260	Fold
findy	Fold
x	Call		80.00	300.00	2630.00
		2 7 3
x	Bet		150.00	450.00	2480.00
craigcu12	All-in		2690.00	3140.00	0.00
x	All-in		2480.00	5620.00	0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		60.00	5560.00	60.00
x	Show	6 6
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
Turn
		K
River
		5
craigcu12	Win	Pair of Queens	5560.00		5620.00

another hand i went with position advantage was this

Flop
x	Small blind		100.00	100.00	4155.00
y	Big blind		200.00	300.00	4697.48
	Your hole cards	4 A
heskey	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		400.00	700.00	6680.00
agb68	Fold
x	Call		300.00	1000.00	3855.00
y	Raise		400.00	1400.00	4297.48
craigcu12	Call		200.00	1600.00	6480.00
x	Call		200.00	1800.00	3655.00
		7 Q 2
y	Check
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
Turn
		10
y	Check
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		200.00	2000.00	6280.00
y	Call		200.00	2200.00	3455.00
x	Call		200.00	2400.00	4097.48
River
		5
y	Check
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		200.00	2600.00	6080.00
y	Fold
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		2400.00		8480.00
craigcu12	Return		200.00	0.00	8680.00

i was lucky here

Flop
Bernie02	Small blind		100.00	100.00	3297.50
ChirpyChip	Big blind		200.00	300.00	8890.00
	Your hole cards	A Q
craigcu12	Raise		400.00	700.00	11235.00
birty964	Fold
gabson	Raise		600.00	1300.00	5495.00
Silvafox	Fold
Bernie02	Fold
ChirpyChip	Fold
craigcu12	All-in		11235.00	12535.00	0.00
gabson	All-in		5495.00	18030.00	0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		5540.00	12490.00	5540.00
craigcu12	Show	A Q
gabson	Show	K K
		Q A 9
Turn
		6
River
		10
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Queens	12490.00		18030.00

i did take a down swing with a few hands after this one

Flop
Kerrnal	Small blind		600.00	600.00	18257.52
hunston03	Big blind		1200.00	1800.00	13648.14
	Your hole cards	A A
craigcu12	Raise		2400.00	4200.00	42615.00
hughes0172	Fold
losthornet	Fold
Kerrnal	All-in		18257.52	22457.52	0.00
hunston03	Fold
craigcu12	Call		16457.52	38915.04	26157.48
Kerrnal	Show	8 8
craigcu12	Show	A A
		J 10 K
Turn
		8
River
		6
Kerrnal	Win	Three 8s	38915.04		38915.04

but two callers helped me big time and and got me going again when i won

Flop
Kerrnal	Small blind		800.00	800.00	56887.48
hunston03	Big blind		1600.00	2400.00	30896.28
	Your hole cards	J J
craigcu12	All-in		13371.26	15771.26	0.00
losthornet	Fold
Kerrnal	Call		12571.26	28342.52	44316.22
hunston03	Call		11771.26	40113.78	19125.02
		Q 2 8
Kerrnal	Check
hunston03	Check
Turn
		4
Kerrnal	Check
hunston03	Check
River
		10
Kerrnal	Check
hunston03	Check
craigcu12	Show	J J
Kerrnal	Muck	A 2
hunston03	Muck	A K
craigcu12	Win	Pair of Jacks	40113.78		40113.78

and fromthen on it was just a case of betting to steal pots and blins.

craigcu12 · April 2013

aggressive play seems to have cost me today

Flop
mordaw18	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.33
TOD19	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.72
	Your hole cards	8 8
x	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£4.91
meadowskil	Fold
Simcat52	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£3.64
mordaw18	Fold
TOD19	Fold
		K 6 9
x	Bet		£0.23	£0.69	£4.68
craigcu12	Call		£0.23	£0.92	£3.41
Turn
		8
x	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£3.41	£4.33	£0.00
x	Call		£3.41	£7.74	£1.27
x	Show	5 2
craigcu12	Show	8 8
River
		5
x	Win	Flush to the King	£7.15		£8.42

the hand below annoyed me the most and why i called it only i can answer he makes a 16p bet preflop but on the flop he bets 8p so i decide to raise then out of no where he makes a pot size bet and and looking at the size of the gaps and with the flush draw the only draw he had to have AQ KK AA or a set.

Flop
Funky17	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.90
fivefish02	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.04
	Your hole cards	K Q
BIGSHANN	Fold
x	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£1.77
sockie	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.16	£0.38	£3.31
Funky17	Fold
fivefish02	Fold
		7 Q 3
x	Bet		£0.08	£0.46	£1.69
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.62	£3.15
x	Raise		£0.78	£1.40	£0.91
craigcu12	Call		£0.70	£2.10	£2.45
Turn
		6
x	All-in		£0.91	£3.01	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£0.91	£3.92	£1.54
x	Show	3 3
craigcu12	Show	K Q
River
		Q
x	Win	Full House, 3s and Queens	£3.62		£3.62

again why i raised i will not know because he raised the flop so he probably did have a J and if he didn't would he call a jam i don't think he would

Flop
DeuceHi	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.75
mordaw18	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£7.71
	Your hole cards	A Q
x	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£1.63
ivan1987	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.30	£2.10
DeuceHi	Fold
mordaw18	Fold
x	Call		£0.16	£0.46	£1.47
		J 5 4
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.23	£0.69	£1.87
x	Raise		£0.46	£1.15	£1.01
craigcu12	Call		£0.23	£1.38	£1.64
Turn
		A
x	Bet		£0.04	£1.42	£0.97
craigcu12	Call		£0.04	£1.46	£1.60
River
		J
x	Bet		£0.04	£1.50	£0.93
craigcu12	Raise		£1.58	£3.08	£0.02
x	All-in		£0.93	£4.01	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.61	£3.40	£0.63
x	Show	J 8
craigcu12	Show	A Q
x	Win	Three Jacks	£3.14		£3.14

craigcu12 · April 2013

things today went awful for me as the tables i was on were very passive so i decided to play loose
it was probably start from hands such as this

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.91
darthpia	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£2.36
	Your hole cards	7 8
clubhammer	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£4.02
hectic286	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£2.64
PistolY3	Fold
terry1950	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.02	£0.16	£2.89
a	Check
		9 10 K
craigcu12	Check
b	Check
a	Check
c	Bet		£0.04	£0.20	£2.60
craigcu12	Call		£0.04	£0.24	£2.85
b	Call		£0.04	£0.28	£2.32
a	Call		£0.04	£0.32	£3.98
Turn
		6
craigcu12	Bet		£0.32	£0.64	£2.53
c	Fold
b	Fold
a	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.29		£2.82
craigcu12	Return		£0.32	£0.03	£3.14

what i started thinking was if you are going to fold so easily then i will make you pay big to see the flops and then jam to steal them

Flop
Fish57	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£1.81
yellowcab	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£0.84
	Your hole cards	2 J
nitro40	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£4.22
robnkel	Fold
ArfurDaley	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.16	£0.38	£2.08
Fish57	Raise		£0.26	£0.64	£1.55
yellowcab	Fold
nitro40	Call		£0.12	£0.76	£4.10
craigcu12	Call		£0.12	£0.88	£1.96
		3 Q 4
Fish57	Bet		£0.04	£0.92	£1.51
nitro40	Call		£0.04	£0.96	£4.06
craigcu12	All-in		£1.96	£2.92	£0.00
Fish57	All-in		£1.51	£4.43	£0.00
nitro40	Call		£1.92	£6.35	£2.14
Fish57	Show	J Q
nitro40	Show	10 10
craigcu12	Show	2 J
Turn
		3
River
		6
craigcu12	Win	Flush to the Queen	£5.87		£5.87

sometimes i think to myself if being OOP is better than being in position too because with being OOP i will have alreadyu done my value bet so if i see a raise then i know i am behind where as being in position i will be facing 4p bets which leaves me thinking will he call if i raise will i scare him or will he then shove which is just what this villian did

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.73
ted1917	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.94
	Your hole cards	J K
DEGREEK	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£3.71
x	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£1.16
chaddyend	Fold
slackalice	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.32	£0.46	£4.41
ted1917	Fold
DEGREEK	Fold
x	All-in		£1.16	£1.62	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£0.86	£2.48	£3.55
craigcu12	Show	J K
x	Show	Q Q
		2 7 9
Turn
		6
River
		10
x	Win	Pair of Queens	£2.29		£2.29

calcalfold · April 2013

That J2 is a -ve play

craigcu12 · April 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

That J2 is a -ve play
Posted by calcalfold

what i have been thinking with myself is i must6 be a nit to most so went with a change of playing style more like a loose aggressive villian.
here is another two hands which i think are why they must think i am a nit
so i raise on the button he then goes with a bet on the flop so i raise it and right away he folds as if i have got the better hand for sure

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.26
san-pedro	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.15
	Your hole cards	9 2
sockie	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.12	£0.18	£3.43
x	Call		£0.10	£0.28	£5.16
san-pedro	Fold
		A 7 Q
x	Bet		£0.14	£0.42	£5.02
craigcu12	Raise		£0.28	£0.70	£3.15
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.51		£3.66
craigcu12	Return		£0.14	£0.05	£3.80

and this hand too the villian checks the river after betting the flop and turn when all the river brought was another blank so basically he is only really behind to KJ or a set

Flop
raggy94	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£7.16
x	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£7.64
	Your hole cards	10 A
slackalice	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.59
dabasser	Fold
wiganway	Fold
raggy94	Fold
x	Call		£0.16	£0.42	£7.48
		10 A Q
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.21	£0.63	£3.38
x	Raise		£0.84	£1.47	£6.64
craigcu12	Call		£0.63	£2.10	£2.75
Turn
		4
x	Bet		£1.05	£3.15	£5.59
craigcu12	Call		£1.05	£4.20	£1.70
River
		3
x	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£1.70	£5.90	£0.00
x	Call		£1.70	£7.60	£3.89
x	Show	Q A
craigcu12	Show	10 A
x	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Queens	£7.03		£10.92

Lambert180 · April 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary : what i have been thinking with myself is i must6 be a nit to most so went with a change of playing style more like a loose aggressive villian. here is another two hands which i think are why they must think i am a nit so i raise on the button he then goes with a bet on the flop so i raise it and right away he folds as if i have got the better hand for sure x Posted by craigcu12

Loose aggressive = good

Loose passive = very bad

There's nothing aggressive abuot flat calling the button, if you wanna be loose aggressive then 3bet the button there.

Personally I just fold pre, but just calling with some junk hands doth not make a loose aggressive player.

craigcu12 · April 2013

today i decided to try a early session and it seemed to be more relaxing to play.
what i am thinking is the unregular villian are more worried about if they loose their money and are no able to play anymore so play a more passive style. TBH i was like that myself in the first year of poker.
as for my tables from my first session i got +93p +£3.91 and +£8.06 the losses were -£5.01 -17p -£4.25 and -£1.73 overall i am +£1.74 so far today.
the hands wins
£3.76
£2.61 £2.57 £2.20
£1-£2 12 hands
the losses were
£3-£4 3 hands
£2-£3 4 hand
£1.88 and £1.25
sometimes i just went for it knowing that i have most already in

Flop
maggie69	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£14.00
y	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.41
	Your hole cards	K Q
kingpin99	Fold
angel0deat	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£6.02
Frogmella	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.26	£7.08
maggie69	Fold
y	Raise		£0.48	£0.74	£2.93
angel0deat	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.36	£1.10	£6.72
		7 4 3
y	Bet		£0.55	£1.65	£2.38
craigcu12	Call		£0.55	£2.20	£6.17
Turn
		3
y	Bet		£1.65	£3.85	£0.73
craigcu12	Raise		£3.30	£7.15	£2.87
y	All-in		£0.73	£7.88	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.92	£6.96	£3.79
y	Show	K K
craigcu12	Show	K Q
River
		4
y	Win	Two Pairs, Kings and 4s	£6.43		£6.43

so i lost that on but still won this one

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.36
rav1	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.00
	Your hole cards	K K
maggie69	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£3.16
wildcardbw	Fold
MDFA	Call		£0.16	£0.38	£3.16
x	Call		£0.14	£0.52	£2.22
rav1	Call		£0.12	£0.64	£2.88
		10 Q 9
x	Check
rav1	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.32	£0.96	£2.84
MDFA	Call		£0.32	£1.28	£2.84
x	Call		£0.32	£1.60	£1.90
rav1	Fold
Turn
		4
reeder1908	Bet		£0.80	£2.40	£1.10
craigcu12	All-in		£2.84	£5.24	£0.00
MDFA	Fold
x	All-in		£1.10	£6.34	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.94	£5.40	£0.94
x	Show	J Q
craigcu12	Show	K K
River
		2
craigcu12	Win	Pair of Kings	£4.99		£5.93

this was the hardest of them all

Flop
wildcardbw	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.94
Rusty4	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.97
	Your hole cards	10 10
Frogmella	Fold
maggie69	Raise		£0.12	£0.18	£2.71
craigcu12	Raise		£0.36	£0.54	£3.33
wildcardbw	Fold
Rusty4	Fold
maggie69	Call		£0.24	£0.78	£2.47
		A A A
maggie69	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.39	£1.17	£2.94
maggie69	Call		£0.39	£1.56	£2.08
Turn
		8
maggie69	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.40	£1.96	£2.54
maggie69	Raise		£0.84	£2.80	£1.24
craigcu12	Call		£0.44	£3.24	£2.10
River
		4
maggie69	All-in		£1.24	£4.48	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£1.24	£5.72	£0.86
maggie69	Show	A J
craigcu12	Show	10 10
maggie69	Win	Four Aces	£5.29		£5.29

bbMike · April 2013

Hi Craig, you seem to be making a fair few assumptions of how people will play, as your first comment in the latest post indicates. I play very little cash so don't have much to add but be careful of assuming you have an image and going crazy with 9 2 and J 2 as you can really make life hard for yourself.

First hand with the KQcc there, I'd prefer to see you make more of the equity on the flop, you probably get the same outcome this time but longer term you want the money in before the turn bricks out, not after.

GL mate run well.

craigcu12 · April 2013

things today didn't change much for me with my cash total finishing as an extra 4p
as for my bankroll that is £137.04.
their is one hand in the poker clinic relating to how i managed to allow AJ to call the most dangerous of rivers and what i could have done better that would have make him fold it is easy to say it is a BH so heads too good to ignore for some but i don't think he had any heads before mine so i couldn't see him chase a head prize too easily .

craigcu12 · April 2013

things this morning didn't change my BRE much. the cash table got me £1.65 37p £2.46
-3.73 -2p and -16p
one hand that i was glad to give river punishment to was this maniac (the normal term for these villians.

Flop
bungay	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.07
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.32
	Your hole cards	K A
Ky11ar	Fold
Agamemnon	Fold
x	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£2.44
bungay	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.26	£4.16
x	Call		£0.16	£0.42	£2.28
		Q 10 3
craigcu12	Bet		£0.21	£0.63	£3.95
x	All-in		£2.28	£2.91	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£2.07	£4.98	£1.88
craigcu12	Show	K A
x	Show	K 6
Turn
		6
River
		J
craigcu12	Win	Straight to the Ace	£4.60		£6.48

i did try a bit slow play myslef

Flop
mordaw18	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.68
bavareca	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£5.17
	Your hole cards	K K
geeus	Fold
luckykerry	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£4.26
Ky11ar	Raise		£0.16	£0.26	£5.38
mordaw18	Fold
bavareca	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.12	£0.38	£4.14
		2 6 2
craigcu12	Check
Ky11ar	Bet		£0.29	£0.67	£5.09
craigcu12	Call		£0.29	£0.96	£3.85
Turn
		9
craigcu12	Check
Ky11ar	Bet		£0.56	£1.52	£4.53
craigcu12	Raise		£1.12	£2.64	£2.73
Ky11ar	Call		£0.56	£3.20	£3.97
River
		9
craigcu12	All-in		£2.73	£5.93	£0.00
Ky11ar	Fold
craigcu12	Show	K K
craigcu12	Win		£2.96		£2.96
craigcu12	Return		£2.73	£0.24	£5.69

maybe i should just stick to tournament with this sort of playing style

Flop
jamie2k10	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.19
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.15
	Your hole cards	J J
Ky11ar	Fold
mordaw18	Fold
bavareca	Fold
jamie2k10	Raise		£0.10	£0.16	£4.09
craigcu12	Raise		£0.32	£0.48	£3.83
jamie2k10	Call		£0.24	£0.72	£3.85
		A 3 4
jamie2k10	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.36	£1.08	£3.47
jamie2k10	Call		£0.36	£1.44	£3.49
Turn
		J
jamie2k10	Bet		£0.72	£2.16	£2.77
craigcu12	All-in		£3.47	£5.63	£0.00
jamie2k10	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£2.66		£2.66
craigcu12	Return		£2.75	£0.22	£5.41

craigcu12 · April 2013

my aggressive stlye might have cost me on some of the tables the tables them selve got me 66p £1.83 £1 70p £3.67 -£2.12 and -£5.15

Flop
jonboy5922	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£1.74
x	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.12
fishsmoke	Sit out
	Your hole cards	Q Q
nicohall	Raise		£0.08	£0.14	£4.18
ramsey90	Call		£0.08	£0.22	£5.02
craigcu12	Raise		£0.24	£0.46	£4.43
jonboy5922	Fold
x	Call		£0.20	£0.66	£2.92
nicohall	Fold
ramsey90	Call		£0.16	£0.82	£4.86
		A 10 Q
x	Check
ramsey90	Check
craigcu12	Check
Turn
		8
x	Check
ramsey90	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.41	£1.23	£4.02
x	Raise		£0.82	£2.05	£2.10
ramsey90	Call		£0.82	£2.87	£4.04
craigcu12	All-in		£4.02	£6.89	£0.00
x	All-in		£2.10	£8.99	£0.00
ramsey90	Fold
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£1.51	£7.48	£1.51
x	Show	A A
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
River
		4
x	Win	Three Aces	£6.91		£6.91

it was suprising to see that quad king were hit twice although i folded one

Flop
bulgaden	Sit out
brin712	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.24
DUDLYE888	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£2.85
	Your hole cards	K K
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£7.49
jazzy612	Fold
tezzer277	Fold
brin712	Call		£0.14	£0.36	£3.10
DUDLYE888	Call		£0.12	£0.48	£2.73
		2 3 K
brin712	Check
DUDLYE888	Check
craigcu12	Check
Turn
		6
brin712	Bet		£0.48	£0.96	£2.62
DUDLYE888	Call		£0.48	£1.44	£2.25
craigcu12	Call		£0.48	£1.92	£7.01
River
		K
brin712	Check
DUDLYE888	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.96	£2.88	£6.05
brin712	Call		£0.96	£3.84	£1.66
DUDLYE888	Fold
craigcu12	Show	K K
brin712	Muck	J 6
craigcu12	Win	Four Kings	£3.55		£9.60

out of all the hands liked the way this hand played best

Flop
pugh792	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£6.00
Davaibrat	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.57
	Your hole cards	3 3
garazmafia	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£3.47
pugh792	Call		£0.14	£0.36	£5.86
Davaibrat	Call		£0.12	£0.48	£3.45
		2 9 6
pugh792	Check
Davaibrat	Bet		£0.20	£0.68	£3.25
craigcu12	Raise		£0.40	£1.08	£3.07
pugh792	Fold
Davaibrat	Call		£0.20	£1.28	£3.05
Turn
		4
Davaibrat	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.24	£1.52	£2.83
Davaibrat	Call		£0.24	£1.76	£2.81
River
		5
Davaibrat	Bet		£0.88	£2.64	£1.93
craigcu12	All-in		£2.83	£5.47	£0.00
Davaibrat	Fold
craigcu12	Show	3 3
craigcu12	Win		£3.25		£3.25
craigcu12	Return		£1.95	£0.27	£5.20

calcalfold · April 2013

The first 2 hands, QQ and KK

I would have checked the flops too

If I was trying not to win money that is

Yet you started the post claiming to have an aggressive style.
Have I missed something? were you trying to be ironic???????

craigcu12 · April 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

The first 2 hands, QQ and KK I would have checked the flops too If I was trying not to win money that is Yet you started the post claiming to have an aggressive style. Have I missed something? were you trying to be ironic???????
Posted by calcalfold

what i was saying was that set of aces not only checked the flop but also the turn so me on the button bet with the set just give up and decided to bet which suddenly he raises but only min raises so i go for a shove.

calcalfold · April 2013

But you didnt know he had a set of aces until show down.

And the fact villian had aces and what they did with them is totally irrelevant when considering how to play that hand most optimally, or any hand for that matter.

You are losing to AA and JK alone, and then then you have the redraw vs JK.

Bet, raise, go nuts!!!!! So many worse hands will call you down and even stack off - this is 4nl!!!

craigcu12 · April 2013

i was watching the sky poker tv and i think tk is right with what he says. people seem to be always trying to trap. the number of times i see AA-JJ limping in and sets just waiting until the river. it's no wonder bad beat happen.
as for myself well i believe that if i am OTB i can call with most hands because even when they have already put most money into the pot some will still see the need to fold a raise or shove.

Flop
scorpio006	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.25
potty116	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.42
	Your hole cards	J A
dso260	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£3.45
LoveChops	Fold
x	Call		£0.16	£0.38	£3.59
scorpio006	Fold
potty116	Fold
		10 Q 2
craigcu12	Bet		£0.19	£0.57	£3.26
x	Call		£0.19	£0.76	£3.40
Turn
		K
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.57	£1.33	£2.83
craigcu12	Call		£0.57	£1.90	£2.69
River
		4
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£1.44	£3.34	£1.39
craigcu12	All-in		£2.69	£6.03	£0.00
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£4.42		£4.42
craigcu12	Return		£1.25	£0.36	£5.67

craigcu12 · April 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

But you didnt know he had a set of aces until show down. And the fact villian had aces and what they did with them is totally irrelevant when considering how to play that hand most optimally, or any hand for that matter. You are losing to AA and JK alone, and then then you have the redraw vs JK. Bet, raise, go nuts!!!!! So many worse hands will call you down and even stack off - this is 4nl!!!
Posted by calcalfold

if you think so many worst hands will call me down then can you explain to me why i keep getting folds to most my bets and raises

Flop
WhodaThunk	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.64
toddy23	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£11.34
	Your hole cards	7 10
bokata	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£6.81
DoyleBrun	Fold
WhodaThunk	Fold
toddy23	Call		£0.12	£0.34	£11.22
		3 Q 4
toddy23	Bet		£0.08	£0.42	£11.14
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.58	£6.65
toddy23	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.46		£7.11
craigcu12	Return		£0.08	£0.04	£7.19

Flop
golden7613	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£9.46
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.63
	Your hole cards	8 4
ArfurDaley	Fold
wiganway	Fold
Ky11ar	Fold
x	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£3.84
golden7613	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.12	£0.34	£4.51
		Q 4 8
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.20	£0.54	£3.64
craigcu12	Raise		£0.94	£1.48	£3.57
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.68		£4.25
craigcu12	Return		£0.74	£0.06	£4.99

Flop
Glorf1ndel	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£9.11
i_HitLots	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.72
clubhammer	Sit out
	Your hole cards	6 8
Whitstar	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£3.73
mrmark7522	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£2.65
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.34	£2.93
Glorf1ndel	Call		£0.18	£0.52	£8.93
i_HitLots	Fold
Whitstar	Call		£0.16	£0.68	£3.57
mrmark7522	Fold
		3 J 7
Glorf1ndel	Check
Whitstar	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.34	£1.02	£2.59
Glorf1ndel	Fold
Whitstar	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.62		£3.21
craigcu12	Return		£0.34	£0.06	£3.55

calcalfold · April 2013

"if you think so many worst hands will call me down then can you explain to me why i keep getting folds to most my bets and raises"

What is wrong with winning a small pot.

Unless you have the mortal nuts, the sole objective in every hand is not to create a huge pot.

It is making the right decision.

You might not agree, but imo the best thing to do in both the QQ and KK hand is to bet when you are likely to be ahead (granted you were not with QQ, but thats irrelevant). You bet to make people pay for draws with incorrect odds.

Letting people chase free draws is totally the worse play.

If they fold then great, you won the pot.

Anybody want to add to this, either letting myself or craig know who is correct?

Tintin / Lambert specifcally.

craigcu12 · April 2013

what i find most confusing is why do villians call a flop but then make a fold on the turn even if that card was a blank
here for instance what differance has that 2h make to the board other than improved 22?

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.04
TINTIN	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.02
	Your hole cards	9 9
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£11.74
Flushpair	Fold
x	Call		£0.14	£0.36	£2.90
TINTIN	Fold
		3 J 7
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.18	£0.54	£11.56
x	Call		£0.18	£0.72	£2.72
Turn
		2
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.36	£1.08	£11.20
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.66		£11.86
craigcu12	Return		£0.36	£0.06	£12.22

if you think that i don't show aggression well i do know when to be mega aggressive this hand proves it

Flop
0602	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.98
x	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.82
	Your hole cards	9 9
jimbo111	Fold
fishsmoke	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£5.27
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.26	£3.60
usoges24	Fold
0602	Fold
x	Call		£0.12	£0.38	£3.70
fishsmoke	Call		£0.12	£0.50	£5.15
		10 9 7
x	Check
fishsmoke	Bet		£0.38	£0.88	£4.77
craigcu12	Raise		£1.01	£1.89	£2.59
x	All-in		£3.70	£5.59	£0.00
fishsmoke	Fold
craigcu12	All-in		£2.59	£8.18	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£0.10	£8.08	£0.10
x	Show	2 10
craigcu12	Show	9 9
Turn
		J
River
		3
craigcu12	Win	Three 9s	£7.47		£7.47

here i went for a shove easily

Flop
bogavill21	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.94
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.02
	Your hole cards	Q Q
Scratville	Fold
ladd02	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£5.64
BLUECAT	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£4.86
bogavill21	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.30	£2.86
ladd02	Call		£0.16	£0.46	£5.48
BLUECAT	Call		£0.16	£0.62	£4.70
		9 2 10
craigcu12	Bet		£0.31	£0.93	£2.55
ladd02	Raise		£0.62	£1.55	£4.86
BLUECAT	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.31	£1.86	£2.24
Turn
		2
craigcu12	All-in		£2.24	£4.10	£0.00
ladd02	Call		£2.24	£6.34	£2.62
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
ladd02	Show	10 J
River
		A
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 2s	£5.86		£5.86

calcalfold · April 2013

First hand could easily be floating 2 non J broadway cards to see if they hit the turn. or to see if you were just making a standard continuation on the flop and giving up the turn.

Generally what I would credit there. or second pair perhaps, hoping you to check back the turn

Any number of things depending on villain.

NColley · April 2013

You post far too many hands. I dunno how much time you spend going through each pot and posting but it prob adds up to a lot over the course of a week. Spend this time more wisely by studying properly to improve your game. It's fine to post some hands but a lot of your hands aren't really interesting especially with it being 4nl and all that jazz.

LARSON7 · April 2013

Hey Craig,

It's your diary mate, post whatever you want/ what hands you feel are interesting to you and others.

Good luck, hope is going well with you

craigcu12 · April 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

You post far too many hands. I dunno how much time you spend going through each pot and posting but it prob adds up to a lot over the course of a week. Spend this time more wisely by studying properly to improve your game. It's fine to post some hands but a lot of your hands aren't really interesting especially with it being 4nl and all that jazz.
Posted by NColley

them hands i posted from from the AJ onwards were just for calford really.
the main hands i posted for interest on this page was the QQ which i thing i went too aggressively on the turn the quads because it is basically a rare hand TBH i could have posted another quad kings because i did get two in one day and missed out on a 3rd. the 33 i posted as i believe it was a good bit of play and allowed me to hit a straight.

craigcu12 · April 2013

i decided to play a few MTT today and managed to do quite well in them
first i entered the £500BH BI 5.75 and finished 7th winning £14.77 + HP£6.32 from two heads i also decided to play in the £500BH for BI 2.30 finished 25th winning £2.16+HP £1.69 2heads and i went into the £200hurricane BH for 3.45 finished 7th in that winning 7.57 +HP £3.94 2heads.
in my cash games i made a profit of £4.43 due to one table getting a loss of £10.83 their was one table i was constantly seeming to get good starting hands and i started off well with this A6sOTB

Flop
TINTIN	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.94
Dragonix	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.00
	Your hole cards	6 A
x	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£7.59
ohidiho	Fold
slandphil	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£2.01
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.34	£3.74
TINTIN	Fold
Dragonix	Call		£0.16	£0.50	£3.84
x	Call		£0.16	£0.66	£7.43
slandphil	Call		£0.16	£0.82	£1.85
		Q 7 3
Dragonix	Check
x	Check
slandphil	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.41	£1.23	£3.33
Dragonix	Fold
x	Call		£0.41	£1.64	£7.02
slandphil	Fold
Turn
		4
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.40	£2.04	£2.93
x	Call		£0.40	£2.44	£6.62
River
		5
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£1.22	£3.66	£1.71
x	Call		£1.22	£4.88	£5.40
craigcu12	Show	6 A
x	Muck	K Q
craigcu12	Win	Straight to the 7	£4.51		£6.22

on that table i was constantly getting premium hands with 4 out of 8 hands hand getting me AKs AKs AQs and KK overall that table wone me £7 overall my table winnings added up to £21.65 while the losses were -£17.22
as for my hand history
the winnings were
£4.40
£3.81 £3.60 £3
£2-£3 6 hands
£1-£2 10 hands
losses were
£1-£2 7 hands
£2.01 £2.69
£3.26 £3.33 £3.56
£4.78 £4.04
£5.35
ii think i should have looked more carefully with this hand rather than just my own straight another thing this hand did too was cause me to get timed out with QQ so i folded that preflop although it was folded all the way to the BB so i would probably only won 6p with the QQ

Flop
wayne1958	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.09
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£5.31
	Your hole cards	8 7
JAM888	Fold
BLUECAT	Fold
daz69	Raise		£0.08	£0.14	£4.35
philc8502	Call		£0.08	£0.22	£6.01
wayne1958	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.04	£0.26	£5.27
		6 9 10
craigcu12	Bet		£0.13	£0.39	£5.14
daz69	Call		£0.13	£0.52	£4.22
philc8502	Call		£0.13	£0.65	£5.88
Turn
		4
craigcu12	Check
daz69	Check
philc8502	Check
River
		K
craigcu12	Check
daz69	Check
philc8502	Bet		£0.80	£1.45	£5.08
craigcu12	Raise		£3.05	£4.50	£2.09
daz69	Fold
philc8502	Raise		£4.50	£9.00	£0.58
craigcu12	All-in		£2.09	£11.09	£0.00
philc8502	Unmatched bet		£0.16	£10.93	£0.74
craigcu12	Show	8 7
philc8502	Show	Q J
philc8502	Win	Straight to the King	£10.11		£10.85

craigcu12 diary

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