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Sometimes you get really lucky…

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…get hit by the flop in a big way, and manage to have people stay in with crap that doesn’t improve.

Party Poker 1/2 Hold’em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9s, 9h.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, BB raises, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: (14 SB) 5c, 4d, 9c (7 players)
SB checks, BB bets, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero raises, CO calls, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

Turn: (13 BB) 7h (6 players)
BB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

River: (19 BB) 3s (6 players)
BB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, CO folds, Button calls, BB folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 22 BB
Main Pot: 22 BB, between MP1, Hero and Button. > Pot won by Hero (22 BB).

MP1 shows Kc Kd (one pair, kings).
Hero shows 9s 9h (three of a kind, nines).
Button shows Qc 7c (one pair, sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins 22 BB.

Good thing, too, ’cause I was slightly down before this hand. Now some of you may think that I should have slow-played this one, trapping the pre-flop raiser into adding another BB or two to my stack. But I think Izmet says that you should not slow play a set. At least, not at my skill level. Also, given the table’s history, I knew I couldn’t rule out someone having crap cards working well with the crap board.

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Weekly game results: July 8

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Another down week for me, and it looks like I’m at the bottom of the pack for these two sessions.


      This week   Cumulative
CR      -$5.00      -$1.05
EM      +$2.05      +$3.35
ER      +$0.25      +$0.85
JB      -$5.00      -$2.55
JC      +$9.45      +$4.45
Me      -$1.75      -$5.05

This week we played .10/.20 limit Hold ‘Em, a bit different from our usual spread limit .05/.25/.50 game. CR complained pretty vocally about the change, but I think it’s good to mix things up a bit.

JC had a monster session, winning approximately 16BB/hr. EM’s doing pretty well in the cumulative, too.

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How to lose $12 in a single hand at the .50/1 tables

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Wasn’t sure if it were possible, but there you have it.

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold’em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7c, Qc.
UTG raises, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB 3-bets, UTG caps, MP1 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (24 SB) Js, 7d, Qs (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets, MP1 raises, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB folds, UTG caps, MP1 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

Turn: (22 BB) 8c (5 players)
SB checks, UTG bets, MP1 raises, CO folds, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, UTG caps, MP1 calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

River: (38 BB) Ad (4 players)
SB checks, UTG bets, MP1 calls, Hero raises, SB calls, UTG 3-bets, MP1 calls, Hero caps, SB calls, UTG calls $0.25 (All-In), MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 53.25 BB
Main Pot: 51 BB, between Hero, SB, UTG and MP1. > Pot won by UTG (51 BB).
Pot 2: 2.25 BB, between Hero, SB and MP1. > Pot won by MP1 (2.25 BB).

SB shows 9s Jd (one pair, jacks).
UTG shows 7h 7s (three of a kind, sevens).
MP1 shows 8d Qd (two pair, queens and eights).
Hero shows 7c Qc (two pair, queens and sevens).
Outcome: UTG wins 51 BB. MP1 wins 2.25 BB.

Yeah, I think I was a little on tilt. The table had had the best of me on a couple hands, and their behavior had me mystified. I think I figured that if I were going down, I’d go down big. In other words, I should have left the table and found another.