Category: Poker

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Hold’em

Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: Bandur
Seat 2: Me
Seat 3: Eris
Seat 4: Cory
Seat 5: Jay
Bandur posts small blind $0.05
I post big blind $0.10

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Eris calls $0.10
Cory calls $0.10
Jay calls $0.10
Bandur calls $0.05
I check
Pot is $0.50

*** FLOP *** [7h 5s 3c]
Bandur bets $0.15
I fold
Eris folds
Cory folds
Jay raises $0.15 to $0.30
Bandur calls $0.15
Pot is $1.10

*** TURN *** [7h 5s 3c] [5c]
Bandur checks
Jay bets $0.20
Bandur calls $0.20
Pot is $1.50

*** RIVER *** [7h 5s 3c 5c] [Ac]
Bandur bets $0.25
Jay raises $0.50 to $0.75
Bandur raises $0.50 to $1.25
Jay raises $0.50 to $1.75
Bandur calls $0.50
Pot is $5.00

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bandur shows [2c 4c] (straight flush)
Jay shows [5d 5h] (four of a kind)
Bandur collects $5.00 from the pot and wears a shit-eating grin for all of five minutes
Jay goes outside to smoke a cigarette

I think that’s right. Pretty sure it’s right. The numbers add up, at any rate. The river action is definitely right.

I’ve been playing a hell of a lot of poker the past few days. On Saturday I played down at Hollywood Park and made $47 on top of the $100 I started with at the $2/$4 table. Saturday night I played at PokerStars at the .25/.50 table and lost about $14 or $15. Sunday I played again on PokerStars at the .50/1 and made about $11 on my $34. Today before our weekly game I played on PokerStars (.25/.50) and lost about $6. At the weekly game I made about $5. After the weekly game I played on PokerStars (.50/1) and made $17.

So… I guess I’m up. But when you compare this amount divided by the number of hours, it doesn’t really seem worth it. Especially when I’ve got other shit to do.

Most people look forward to the weekend all week because of their plans for Friday or Saturday night, or because they can relax and sleep in. I often find myself looking forward to the weekend because then I’m 3 short days away from playing poker.

Had lousy cards for most of the night. I probably played fewer than half the hands I was dealt. Yet I managed to finish up for the night, due largely to Bandur’s willingness to call my 50 cent bets in one hand, as well as a couple other good hands.

Here’s a game I played today:

PokerStars Game #: Hold’em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) – 2003/08/11

Table ‘Actor’ Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Player 1 ($9.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Player 2 ($19.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Player 3 ($20.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Player 4 ($22.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Player 5 ($23.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Player 6 ($21.60 in chips)
Seat 7: Our Hero ($20.70 in chips)
Seat 8: Player 8 ($8.30 in chips)
Seat 9: Player 9 ($8.50 in chips)

Player 1: posts small blind $0.10
Player 2: posts big blind $0.25

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Our Hero [7c Kd]
Player 3: calls $0.25
Player 4: calls $0.25
Player 5: folds
Player 6: calls $0.25
Our Hero: calls $0.25
Player 8: folds
Player 9: folds
Player 1: calls $0.15
Player 2: checks

*** FLOP *** [As Qc Jh]
Player 1: checks
Player 2: checks
Player 3: checks
Player 4: bets $1
Player 6: raises $1 to $2
Our Hero: folds
Player 1: folds
Player 2: folds
Player 3: folds
Player 4: raises $4 to $6
Player 6: calls $4

*** TURN *** [As Qc Jh] [Ad]
Player 4: bets $1
Player 6: raises $3 to $4
Player 4: calls $3

*** RIVER *** [As Qc Jh Ad] [6h]
Player 4: checks
Player 6: bets $5
Player 4: calls $5

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Player 6: shows [Ac Js] (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
Player 4: shows [Td Ks] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Player 6 collected $30 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $31.50 | Rake $1.50
Board [As Qc Jh Ad 6h]
Seat 1: Player 1 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Player 2 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Player 3 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Player 4 showed [Td Ks] and lost with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 5: Player 5 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: Player 6 showed [Ac Js] and won ($30) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks
Seat 7: Our Hero folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Player 8 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: Player 9 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Player 4, having been re-raised when he had the nut hand, might have suspected something dangerous was afoot. He might have been able to go all-in and scare Player 6 out.