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Hit and run at the 2/4 tables

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Okay, I’m playing way above my bankroll’s limit. And it’s 1 in the morning, a time that has never worked out for me. But after losing 24 bucks at the 1/2 tables a little earlier, I decided to see if I could make a quick buck at a higher limit. Good God. People at this table were raising pre-flop a lot, and there were very few showdowns. I got caught in a few situations where I’d fold on the flop or turn, and I have no idea whether or not those people had anything. Thankfully a few hands worked in my favor:

Party Poker 2/4 Hold’em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with Kd, 9d.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 (Serial Raiser) raises, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB folds, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) 4c, Ad, Qd (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, Serial Raiser bets, CO calls, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 3h (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, Serial Raiser bets, CO calls, Hero calls, UTG folds.

River: (9.25 BB) 3d (3 players)
Hero checks, Serial Raiser checks, CO bets, Hero raises, Serial Raiser folds, CO calls.

Final Pot: 13.25 BB
Main Pot: 13.25 BB, between CO and Hero. > Pot won by Hero (13.25 BB).

Hero shows Kd 9d (flush, ace high).
CO shows Ac 5c (two pair, aces and threes).
Outcome: Hero wins 13.25 BB.

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Party Poker 2/4 Hold’em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ah.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 raises, MP1 (Serial Raiser) 3-bets, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, Hero caps, BB folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 (Serial Raiser) calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (17 SB) Ts, Kh, As (4 players)
Hero bets, UTG+2 calls, Serial Raiser folds, MP3 calls.

Turn: (10 BB) Td (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG+2 calls, MP3 raises, Hero 3-bets, UTG+2 calls, MP3 calls $1 (All-In).

River: (18.25 BB) 7c (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero bets, UTG+2 folds.

Final Pot: 19.25 BB
Main Pot: 16.75 BB, between MP3 and Hero. > Pot won by Hero (16.75 BB).
Pot 2: 1.50 BB, returned to Hero.

Hero shows Ac Ah (full house, aces full of tens).
MP3 shows 2s 2h (two pair, tens and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins 18.25 BB.

As a result, I quickly made $40 in 26 min for a win rate of 29.64BB/100 hands.

Now I can go to sleep.

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Pounding the tables

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Otherwise known as getting lucky with cards and lucky with opponents at the 1/2 tables. A lot of my big hands and medium pairs got hit by the flop or the turn, and I managed to make about $60 or 22.11BB/100 hands. It’s been a while since I’ve pulled off that kind of win rate. And hey, it still feels good.

Biggest pot I won:

Party Poker 1/2 Hold’em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Tc, Td.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB raises, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 2d, Ts, Js (6 players)
SB bets, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero raises, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (11 BB) 3c (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, MP2 folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG folds.

River: (14 BB) Ad (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB folds.

Final Pot: 16 BB
Main Pot: 16 BB, between Hero and SB. > Pot won by Hero (16 BB).

Hero shows Tc Td (three of a kind, tens).
SB shows Kh As (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins 16 BB.

Biggest pot I lost:

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

Preflop: Hero is BB with Kd, Qc.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (5 SB) Ts, Jc, 9s (5 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, SB calls.

Turn: (7.50 BB) 2s (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, SB calls.

River: (11.50 BB) 4h (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, SB raises, Hero calls, UTG folds.

Final Pot: 16.50 BB
Main Pot: 16.50 BB, between SB and Hero. > Pot won by SB (16.50 BB).

SB shows 6s 4s (flush, ten high).
Hero shows Kd Qc (straight, king high).
Outcome: SB wins 16.50 BB.

Morning freeroll results were pretty mediocre. I’m playing pretty well all morning, but by the time we’re down to four tables, I’ve got below average in chips. I figure I can make it to the money (20 places get paid), and right after I do this calculation, the flop comes up Axx, and I try to win with my A8s. I bet, AK raises, I call. This happens two more times! What was my problem? I should have folded. Anyway, after this fiasco, he takes the pot, and I’m left with 1.5 times the big blind. Next BB, I call a raise with T8 and my sorry ass goes out in 37th place. How annoying.

Also managed to catch Pauly at an Omaha SNG. Like I told him at the table, Omaha freaks me out. I like playing it, and I think it’s good to learn how to play it, but I’m really pretty shitty at figuring out what the hell makes a good hand. Pauly gets props for playing it. Alas, he bubbled out in 4th.

Kinda like my SNG Friday night with JC. Or rather, my second SNG Friday night. JC didn’t manage to secure a place in the first one. First hand I get KQ suited or something, and the flop comes up AJ9. I forget the particulars, but I had a straight draw and flush draw and called someone’s all-in. They had AK. Turn makes my flush, river makes his boat. Ugh. Out in 10th place, first hand! Something tells me I should avoid tournament play when an entry fee is involved.

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SaTARDay

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My Internet connection’s been spotty all day, and getting progressively worse. I sat through two freerolls and some limit ring games with the connection going in and out, in and out. Ugh.

Then it occurred to me just fifteen minutes ago that I ought to restart the modem.

That fixed everything.

So my plan to win some more money at 1/2 on Saturday was shot to hell, but at least I’ll have a good connection for tomorrow morning’s weekly freeroll.

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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.