Bovada $2K NLHE
We’ve reached the last stages in a hand-by-hand examination of hand equities in a 143-entry online 6-Max tournament that started about four-and-a-half hours earlier.
| HAND 301 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | TA | 156.7K | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | SB | 98 | 153.8K | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | BB | 76 | 125.9K | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | UTG | 55 | 278.6K | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
UTG raises his small pair to 12.3K and I shove for 156.3K. I might not do that if I knew what he had, but he’d been playing pretty much every hand, while I hadn’t gotten involved in anything for more than five orbits. He folds.
| HAND 302 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | UTG | T2 | 176.1K | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | D | 9K | 151.4K | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | SB | QA | 121.5K | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | BB | J7 | 266K | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
D min-raises and SB re-raises to 27.6K to take the pot.
| HAND 303 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | BB | 8Q | 175.7K | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | UTG | A9 | 143K | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | D | KK | 134.7K | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | SB | 7T | 261.6K | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
UTG min-raises again and D has an even stronger hand this time, raising to 35.6K.
| HAND 304 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | SB | J5 | 171.3K | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | BB | 79 | 134.6K | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | UTG | 42 | 149.9K | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | D | 6K | 259.2K | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
D raises his king to 11.8K (he’s stopped using goofy random numbers) and the blinds fold.
| HAND 305 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | 72 | 168.9K | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | SB | 3A | 130.2K | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | BB | K9 | 149.5K | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | UTG | A6 | 266.4K | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
UTG raises to 12K and wins, despite having the least amount of pre-flop equity in the hand. How do you not defend with king-nine and 35BB?
| HAND 306 | 2000/4000/400 | J9A | ||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | UTG | 92 | 168.5K | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | D | T3 | 127.8K | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | SB | 6J | 145.1K | 37 | 70 | 99 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | BB | 65 | 273.6K | 18 | 30 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
SB limps and BB checks. Considering BB’s propensity to bet out at any hand, I think that SB might have checked here, but he bets the bare minimum of 4K and BB folds.
| HAND 307 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | BB | 4Q | 168.1K | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | UTG | 72 | 127.4K | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | D | 95 | 150.3K | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | SB | 32 | 269.2K | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Now I’m the wimp. SB raises the worst hand to 12K and I fold.
| HAND 308 | 2000/4000/400 | A59 | K | 4 | ||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | SB | 88 | 163.7K | 23 | 64 | 80 | – | 93 | – | 100 |
| 32 | BB | T8 | 127K | 19 | 36 | 20 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
| 7 | UTG | 96 | 149.9K | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | D | QK | 274.4K | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Who’s the aggressive one? Who’s the aggressive one? D raises to 12K, I call with eights, and BB jams his suited one-gapper. Surprisingly, D folds. I call, though I’ve only got BB covered by 9BB. If he’d shipped it with an actual hand, I’d be dead, and both UTG and D beat me on this run-out, but against short-stacked BB, I win, and he goes out in third. Player 5’s probably kicking himself for not getting to knock both of us out and go HU with a massive lead, but I wouldn’t have called a 3-way.
| HAND 309 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | 8J | 303.5K | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | BB | 46 | 149.5K | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | UTG | T4 | 262K | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
I’m back in the chip leader position. The SB is dead and I open to 12K to win.
| HAND 310 | 2000/4000/400 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | UTG | 87 | 308.3K | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | SB | 3J | 145.1K | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | BB | 25 | 261.6K | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Not sure why I didn’t raise this hand. Maybe just a little leery of tangling with BB at this point.
| HAND 311 | 2000/4000/400 | 697 | T | |||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | BB | 78 | 307.9K | 33 | 42 | 83 | – | 98 | – | – |
| 7 | D | 29 | 142.7K | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | SB | 6Q | 264.4K | 42 | 58 | 17 | – | 2 | – | – |
SB raises to 12K and I call. I have second pair and an open-ended straight draw on the flop and probably should have bet it. I pick up the straight and a straight-flush draw on the turn and bet 15K. With just bottom pair and drawing to two cards for a chop (the [8s] makes my straight flush), SB lets it go.
| HAND 312 | 2000/4000/400 | QKT | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | SB | K9 | 320.7K | 40 | 54 | 68 | – | 81 | – | 0 |
| 7 | BB | 69 | 142.3K | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | D | TJ | 252K | 41 | 46 | 32 | – | 19 | – | 100 |
D opens to 12.6K and I call. I check-call top pair for 15.2K, then bet 30K on the turn, which D calls. I check two pair on the river and grudgingly call another 43.8K after he’s sucked out on me. Stupid nine.
| HAND 313 | 2000/4000/400 | Q3T | 4 | 9 | ||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | 8J | 218.7K | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | SB | T9 | 137.9K | 36 | 63 | 58 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 5 | BB | 54 | 358.4K | 27 | 37 | 42 | – | 100 | – | 100 |
SB limps in. Seriously. He makes middle pair on the flop and checks. On the turn, when BB makes a flush, SB checks. BB checks. SB makes two pair on the river, but any diamond of any rank beats him. He calls the 4.6K bet BB puts out and loses. Sure, it’s not a 200K pot like the last hand, but a diamond is a lot more likely than a jack.
| HAND 314 | 2500/5000/500 | 79J | K | 3 | ||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | BB | 59 | 218.3K | 25 | 38 | 87 | – | 93 | – | 100 |
| 7 | D | 7T | 128.9K | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | SB | A6 | 367.8K | 40 | 62 | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
SB limps in. Against me! I check middle pair on the flop. In fact, we check it all the way to the river where my nines win.
| HAND 315 | 2500/5000/500 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | SB | 9J | 224.3K | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | BB | KQ | 128.4K | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | D | 28 | 362.3K | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
BB is walked with the best hand.
| HAND 316 | 2500/5000/500 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | T9 | 221.3K | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | SB | 32 | 131.9K | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | BB | A8 | 361.8K | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
BB walks.
| HAND 317 | 2500/5000/500 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | BB | K2 | 220.8K | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | D | 85 | 128.9K | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | SB | 74 | 365.3K | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
I’m kind of surprised player 5 isn’t doing a little more here with more than half the chips in play, but he’s quiet and I get a walk in the BB.
| HAND 318 | 2500/5000/500 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | SB | 54 | 224.3K | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | BB | K6 | 128.4K | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | D | 9K | 362.3K | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
D finally takes some action and raises to 14.8K to win.
| HAND 319 | 2500/5000/500 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | 9A | 221.3K | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | SB | 75 | 122.9K | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | BB | 36 | 370.8K | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
I raise my ace and win the hand.
| HAND 320 | 2500/5000/500 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | BB | 82 | 229.8K | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | D | T5 | 119.9K | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | SB | Q5 | 365.3K | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
SB raises to 14.3K and wins.
| HAND 321 | 2500/5000/500 | A38 | 9 | J | ||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | SB | 29 | 224.3K | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | BB | 4A | 119.4K | 43 | 62 | 27 | – | 17 | – | 0 |
| 5 | D | 38 | 371.3K | 29 | 38 | 73 | – | 83 | – | 100 |
This is dirty. D raises a crap hand—no the crap hand—to 14.8K and gets called by BB with an ace. BB gets his ace but D flops two pair. BB should probably suspect something—even a bigger ace— when D bets exactly how much is in his stack,but he calls and fails to get a better pair by the river. Player 7 is out in third.
| HAND 322 | 2500/5000/500 | QAK | T | |||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | K2 | 221.3K | 61 | – | 89 | – | 100 | – | – |
| 5 | BB | 3T | 493.7K | 39 | – | 11 | – | 0 | – | – |
At a 2:1 chip disadvantage, I’m not going to draw this out. Hit hard and hit fast. Well, maybe not. I limp in (what was I just saying!!!!) and BB raises his crap. I call and flop very well. He check-folds to a 40K bet on the turn.
| HAND 323 | 2500/5000/500 | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | BB | K6 | 254.3K | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | D | 83 | 460.7K | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
D folds to my BB, even though that hand did just get him a lot of chips.
| HAND 324 | 2500/5000/500 | QA6 | 7 | A | ||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | CARDS | CHIPS | START | PRE-FLOP | POST-FLOP | PRE-TURN | POST-TURN | PRE-RIVER | RIVER |
| 50 | D | JQ | 257.3K | 49 | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 5 | BB | 66 | 457.7K | 51 | – | 96 | – | 100 | – | 100 |
A pretty even match to start pre-flop, I raise to 15K, he shoves and I call. I catch the queen and he makes the set. I need something over a nine to stay alive to make Broadway, a full house, or quads, but the [7s] seals my place in 2nd.
Summary
Most of the hands at my tables were dealt with only five players; only 66 deals were made with a full table, something that was exacerbated by a player busting on the first hand of the final table.
- The final table was set on hand 245, with the 6th place player eliminated on that hand. A total of 80 hands were played on the final table.
- The next elimination was on hand 285.
- Twenty-three hands were dealt before the fourth-place finisher went out on hand 308.
- It took just thirteen hands before we got to heads-up (which only lasted three hands).
- Play in the later stages was relatively deep, with the smallest stack having 40BB to start. The player in 4th went out unnecessarily shoving 30BB after the levels increased, even though 2nd place had only 10BB more.
- The top equity hands continued to win more than half of the deals, with 72% of the hands won by the cards having the most equity or the second-most equity as dealt. Even eliminating deals to fewer than five players, more than 50% of the hands were won by the best hand dealt, with about 20% going to the next-best hand.
On Sunday, we’ll look at more stats and some hand ranges.