Tales of an overplayer, pt. 3

I found that folding link I was looking for.

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Party Poker ($6 no limit). Hand converted by Check Raised hand converter




Preflop (10 players): Hero is UTG with

HERO calls ($6.00).

3 folds.

MP3 calls ($6.00).

1 fold.

CO raises $30.00.

3 folds.

HERO calls ($24.00).


1 fold.



Flop (12.5 bets ($75) in pot, 2 players):



HERO checks.

CO bets $45.00.

HERO calls ($45.00).



Turn (27.5 bets ($165) in pot, 2 players):




HERO checks.

CO bets $100.00.

HERO calls ($100.00).



River (60.83 bets ($365) in pot, 2 players):




HERO checks.

CO bets $243.20.

HERO calls ($243.20).



Summary:





CO has a pair of Aces [ ]




HERO has Three of a kind, Aces [ ] and won $847.90 (70.66bb)




I wanted to induce the cutoff to bluff on the river simply because I thought it was more likely than not he was bluffing. His aggression figures were through the roof, but he only went to showdown about 9 percent of the time.

If I had bet out on the river, I would have won $243 less because my opponent would have folded.

It feels great when it works, but I would have felt like a big donkey if he had turned over AK or AQ.

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I wanted to look at some under the gun hands to see which ones cost me the most. My perception was that I had been overplaying high cards out of position.

My best utg hands over a smallish sample of 32,482 hands in my most recent PT database: AQo, AJs, 99, AKs, 66, AA, QQ

My worst utg hands are: KK, TT, KQs, JJ, 98s, KJs

It seems like my perception may be exactly wrong. If anything, unpaired high cards -- especially AKs through AJs -- earn me more money than premium pocket pairs when out of position.

Huh. I don't know what to make of that.

Maybe I'm not overplaying AK utg as much as I thought I was.