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TheTrees United States. Aug 20 2007 18:46. Posts 1592

My original goal was to reach $4,000 before I moved back to Tally. I reached that a few weeks ago and set a new goal of $5,000. Currently i'm $200 away with 1 day left...

beat: I haven't packed at all for my move.

Anyways..I found some videos on another poker site (not to be mentioned) and I was suprised at the quality. Probably the best poker videos i've seen to date. I used this and changed up my game a bit and I can see a drastic improvemet. For one i've loosened up my raising range on the button/CO big time. Basically raising anything sooted and anything slightly decent. The pla<x>yers are so weak that it's helping me take down a lot of blinds and if I do get involved in a flop my c-betting / reading skills are i'd say pretty good so that small change has definately been +EV for me. Another play i've added is the squeeze. I've honestly never heard of it before I saw it on the video. What an awesome play, it works just about every time if done properly. Finally i've just been light 3betting more regs when they raise from the CO/Button.

I wanted to get some feedback on this hand I had vs a decent regular. He's around 21/18/3 and was light 3betting me in the blinds A LOT and I felt this was a decent spot to 4bet. Obviously with this hand if he had called and I didn't hit a miracle flop I would slow down. Here it is:

Submitted by : TheTrees

Hand #44598001-25016 at Woodinville (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 20/Aug/07 19:00:21
slyman27 is at seat 0 with $53.25
fuzzylefuzz is at seat 2 with $56.95
dimelo17 is at seat 3 with $36.15 (sitting out)
Bromley_Boy is at seat 5 with $52.25
The button is at seat 2
Bromley_Boy posts the small blind of $.25
slyman27 posts the big blind of $.50

Holecards(Odds)
slyman27: -- --
fuzzylefuzz :
Bromley_Boy: -- --

fuzzylefuzz raises to $1.75
Bromley_Boy re-raises to $6.25
slyman27 folds
fuzzylefuzz re-raises to $18.75
Bromley_Boy calls

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $4)


Bromley_Boy checks
fuzzylefuzz goes all-in for $38.20
Bromley_Boy goes all-in for $33.50
fuzzylefuzz is returned $4.70 (uncalled)

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $71.00)


(no action in this round)

River (Pot : $71.00)


(no action in this round)

Showdown
fuzzylefuzz shows
fuzzylefuzz has : straight, seven high
Bromley_Boy shows
Bromley_Boy has : three aces

Summary
$1 is raked from a pot of $105
fuzzylefuzz wins $104 with straight, seven high

Flop pot is $39, I had $38 and I prefered open shoving rather than raising to let's say $20. I felt I was getting a good amount of FE on this A high flop. His range here is more than likely AA-TT and AK/AQ (probably only suited). KK-TT he's going to pitch and since he called my 4bet I expected him to have AA/KK/QQ. So i'm getting him to fold 2 / 3 of the time here. If he happens to call my 4bet with AK/AQ..I still have 8 outs. I think it was a good play...any input would be nice.

I leave you with some music:

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