CARDRUNNERS

Today was a roller coaster ride. I started off down one buyin right away and wasn't feeling good about the session. I decided if I dropped one more soon, I would just quit. I ended up catching a pretty good rush and got up to about +5k.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?438476

Here I made a pretty good call on the river. Pretty standard on flop. I decided to raise the turn because the board was so draw heavy and I was likely still ahead. I wanted to protect my hand and get a better idea of where exactly I stood. He called and I was pretty sure he was on a draw. I wasn't sure if it was a flush or straight draw. The river completes the flush but his bet is strange. It doesn't look like a value bet to me. He only bet 1/2 the pot. I thought about it awhile and decided that he was trying to push me off the pot without risking a lot. I called and he showed a straight draw.

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Example of pushing AK allinpreflop. Sassy and I have played a lot and he has a pretty wide range there against me. Also, he only had 1600 to start the hand. I figured hed fold most of the time. Pretty standard push.

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Here it starts to go bad. I've known this guy forever and played a decent amount with him. I probably should have folded the turn, but I made a bet that I hoped he would push over the top of. I think he does that with 77+. I had been pushing him around and he was ready to make a stand or so I thought. I thought QQ was pretty likely. I was wrong.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?438469

Guess I misjudged my opponent here. Sure seems like a dumb way to lose a 8k pot on my part. He instacalled the river fyi. I think I bet too fast on everystreet and that made it look like a bluff. I need to make sure I slow down 100% of the time. I thought he was calling me pretty light but was ahead and thats why I bet the river. Too bad it wasn't a 5 or 6, because he def pays me off there.

I would have prefered to get a few wins under my bealt before having to use the stoploss, but whatever, I will recover. I'm gonna play a ton next week. I will want to be ahead of my pace by next Friday. If not, I might start to worry a little bit.

I've had a sick run on party poker. I'm up around 30k in my 5 sessions or so there so I really can't complain.

Today -5689.62
Overall +575.42

4924.58 behind pace

I played for about an hour or so today after I got home from my first class. I have another class in about an hour. I probably won't play anymore today because I want to try to get some work done for Cardrunners and I also plan on going out tonight. I've gone out everynight since I got down here and I don't see any reason to end that streak just yet. I didn't run very well today and I kind of feel that I haven't run that great overall the last few sessions. I also just haven't been putting in the hands the last week. That's ok though, because my buffer that I had built up is keeping me in okay shape.

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This was a pretty tough hand. I couldn't decide if I should bet the flop and what amount I should bet. I ran low on time and opted to just check to see what he would do. I probably would have pushed all in to a bet, but I'm not entirely sure. The turn card let me know I was in the lead and I didn't want to let a hand like AK hit broadway for free, so I bet out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?469783
The villian is an aggressive player and this seemed like a great place for him to make a squeeze play. Unfortunately, he had AA. I'm not sure or not if I should get away from this hadn given the circumstances.

I might play a little more later, but I doubt it. I'll hopefully play a good amount tomorrow afternoon though.

Today: +3093.48
Overall: +71633.65

5633.65 AHEAD of pace

One of my friends bought Halo 3 the other day. Luckily for me, the internet in his apartment building won't let him access Xbox Live. That means he's just been leaving the game at my apartment and coming over here to play it. I'm not good at all at Halo, but I still enjoy playing it. I've really been liking the new Halo. The graphics are great and I like most of the levels for the Live play. I'm hoping I can get considerably better in the next few weeks so that I can actually rack up some kills.

Just downloaded the new Radiohead cd. I haven't got a chance to listen to it yet though. I've heard it's a great album. I'm a pretty big Radiohead fan, so I'm excited to hear it. I plan on just listening to it all the way through on the way to Iowa.

I'm leaving for Iowa in about an hour. I'm going with my roommate and meeting up with some of my friends from U of I. The Illini are playing the Hawkeyes this weekend. I'm going to go to the game. It should be a solid Hawkeye beatdown. My brother just started going to school there. I haven't seen him since he started, so I'm looking forward to shooting the shit with him about the college experience. The nice thing about Iowa (like u of i) is that you only have to be 19 to get into the bars, so we can go out to the bars this weekend.

HUGE fantasy week for me. If I can win in my $500 league, I'll be right back in the mix of things. If I lose, I think the season is about done. I need me and my buddy Berra to win. We both have pretty shitty teams, but the bye week is helping us out this week. Actually, my team is decent, I just need guys like Vince Young and Larry Johnson to at least pretend to show up this week.

I played a lot of poker this week. It didn't go quite as I had hoped. I lost about 2 buyins over a few sessions. I was focusing pretty hard on playing and didn't really save many hands.

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Seat 1: JediPokerTrix ($1,000)
Seat 2: I_U_I ($1,025)
Seat 3: Yawning Boy ($1,844)
Seat 5: OtisRush ($1,644) -
Seat 6: acold2eyes ($200) -


PRE-FLOP:

OtisRush posts small blind $5
acold2eyes posts BIG blind $10
Dealt To: Yawning Boy


FOLD JediPokerTrix
FOLD I_U_I
RAISE Yawning Boy ($35)
RAISE OtisRush ($115)
FOLD acold2eyes
CALL Yawning Boy ($80)


FLOP:

Pot: $240


CHECK OtisRush
CHECK Yawning Boy


TURN:

Pot: $240


CHECK OtisRush
BET Yawning Boy ($180)
CALL OtisRush ($180)


RIVER:

Pot: $600


BET OtisRush ($220)
RAISE Yawning Boy ($1549)
FOLD OtisRush
UNCALLED Yawning Boy ($1329)
Yawning Boy:


Yawning Boy collected $1037 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: JediPokerTrix didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 2: I_U_I didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: Yawning Boy collected 1,037 - Net Gain/Loss: ($522)
Seat 5: OtisRush small blind folded on the River - Net Gain/Loss: ($-515)
Seat 6: acold2eyes big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-10)


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Few things about this hand. I called preflop because we were deep, I had position, and the player was getting out of line. I felt with position and my skill advantage I could win money calling there preflop. A lot of the time when he checks the flop like that, I will bet behind and just look to take it down there. I opted to check behind in this spot. The turn gives me a straight draw. It's a perfect spot to put out a semibluff, especially after he checks again on the turn. At this point, I'm thinking he is pretty weak. Going into the river I had already decided if he threw out a weak blocking bet, I would put the pressure on. I shoved over the top, which is a pretty big move, but it basically makes it impossible for him to call without a huge hand. I'm representing a huge hand here and I'm almost positive he doesn't have one.

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Seat 1: Yawning Boy ($1,005) -
Seat 2: piriformis ($1,307) -
Seat 3: OtisRush ($1,050)
Seat 4: Tigerhans ($1,000)
Seat 5: ElbaRooni ($1,066)
Seat 6: robsi777 ($924) -


PRE-FLOP:

Yawning Boy posts small blind $5
piriformis posts BIG blind $10
Dealt To: Yawning Boy


FOLD OtisRush
FOLD Tigerhans
RAISE ElbaRooni ($35)
FOLD robsi777
RAISE Yawning Boy ($115)
FOLD piriformis
CALL ElbaRooni ($80)


FLOP:

Pot: $240
   

BET Yawning Boy ($180)
CALL ElbaRooni ($180)


TURN:

Pot: $600
     

CHECK Yawning Boy
CHECK ElbaRooni


RIVER:

Pot: $600
      

CHECK Yawning Boy
BET ElbaRooni ($350)
CALL Yawning Boy ($350)


SHOWDOWN:
ElbaRooni:

Yawning Boy:


Yawning Boy collected $1297 from main pot with two pair, Nines and Eights

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $3

Final Board:
     

Seat 1: Yawning Boy small blind showed [9h 9s] and won 1,297 with two pair, Nines and Eights - Net Gain/Loss: ($652)
Seat 2: piriformis big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-10)
Seat 3: OtisRush didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 4: Tigerhans didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 5: ElbaRooni showed [Ts Ks] and lost with a pair of Eights - Net Gain/Loss: ($-645)
  
Seat 6: robsi777 button didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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This I was kind of lucky that I was right with my call. However, I was thinking this was the type of guy that would bet Ac or Kc on the turn. The bet seemed like he was either milking for value or bluffing and trying to make it look like he was milking for value as the bet is only barely bigger than 1/2 the pot. His timing mixed with his check behind on the turn made me think he didn't have anything.

Be back on Sunday in time for the Bears game and football all day. I really can't believe that the Dallas vs. New England game isn't the sunday night game. I'm pretty excited to watch that game though. I'm pretty sure that New England is going to cover the spread on Dallas (6.5). I'm probably even going to hop on bodog and throw $50 on it.

So I'm in the office by myself today and it's absolutely freezing in here. I wish Taylor was here so he could share in the misery. It's been getting colder everyday in Chicago and the same can be said for our office. It's another one of those days where it's hard to type becasue my fingers are so damn cold. We've had people out here a few times this week to fix the furnance, but they can't seem to get it done. The furnance is apparently old and prefers to be broken. I know they've already had to leave a few times to find new pieces for this thing. Since it's an old beast, new parts for it aren't so easy to find. They were here today and had to leave. I'm hoping the next time I see them it's the last and the beast starts kicking out warm air again.

Anyway, it's a pretty slow day here today and I don't have a ton to blog about besides a hand or two I'm gonna post, so I decided to take some pictures of the random stuff we have sitting around the office and explain it some.

The goddamn beast that won't be fixed. We'll come back to this.

One of my favorites. This is the Cardrunners baseball bat. Taylor's dad works for a company that puts logos on stuff and he got this for Taylor. The week that we got this I had been shopping around online for a game used baseball bat. I wanted a bat to swing around for whatever reason and I figured if I got one, it might as well be one used in MLB. I really wanted a Vlad bat, but the cheapest one I could find was $700. No thanks. The next one I was considering was a Sheffield bat. Those were about $250-300 and I was really close to getting one. This bat showed up and I decided I didn't need to throw away $300. Thanks Mr. Caby. Also, notice office suplies in the background. We don't fuck around at the Cardrunners office.

Ah yes. Another favorite. My best days are the ones where I have a lot of paper to shread. I don't know why, but I really take pleasure out of shreading paper.

This was a welcome addition to the office recently. Taylor's girlfriend's sister got this as a present or something to that effect and didn't want it so she gave it to Taylor. He hadn't touched it and didn't want it laying around in his house so he brought it here for storage. I've played guitar for 5 years or so, but I haven't played as much as I'd like lately. I unwrapped this baby and keep it behind my desk. I spend some time everyday playing it now. My computer takes 47 minutes to boot up in the morning, so I can get a good session in to start the day off.

Green J, baby. Taylor gives me shit because I eat the same sandwhich (green j) 3+ times a week. It comes in this container so we always have a ton of these guys laying around. What's on the sandwhich you ask? Roast chicken, avocado, basil, provolone, pesto, lettuce, onion and tomato. The avocado makes the sandwhich. Just a great piece of food there.

What I'm considering doing if this keeps up. Ok, I definitely have too much time on my hands today.

A few hands:

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Seat 1: Ebabozzle ($637)
Seat 2: ILovePun ($1,140.50)
Seat 3: Yawning Boy ($1,000)
Seat 4: Beyond Thoughts ($1,138)
Seat 5: mike7071111 ($1,673.25)
Seat 6: TYGOP ($888.70) -
Seat 7: ericberen ($1,430.75) -
Seat 8: here2w1n ($1,075) -
Seat 9: sexycas ($1,053)


PRE-FLOP:

ericberen posts small blind $5
here2w1n posts BIG blind $10
Dealt To: Yawning Boy


FOLD sexycas
RAISE Ebabozzle ($35)
FOLD ILovePun
RAISE Yawning Boy ($120)
FOLD Beyond Thoughts
FOLD mike7071111
FOLD TYGOP
FOLD ericberen
FOLD here2w1n
CALL Ebabozzle ($85)


FLOP:

Pot: $255
   

CHECK Ebabozzle
BET Yawning Boy ($180)
RAISE Ebabozzle ($517)
CALL Yawning Boy ($337)


TURN:

Pot: $1289
     



RIVER:

Pot: $1289
      



SHOWDOWN:
Ebabozzle:

Yawning Boy:


Yawning Boy collected $1286 from main pot with a pair of Fives

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $3

Final Board:
     

Seat 1: Ebabozzle showed [8s 2d] and lost with a pair of Fives - Net Gain/Loss: ($-637)
  
Seat 2: ILovePun didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: Yawning Boy showed [Ac Kc] and won 1,286 with a pair of Fives - Net Gain/Loss: ($649)
Seat 4: Beyond Thoughts didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 5: mike7071111 didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 6: TYGOP button didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 7: ericberen small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-5)
Seat 8: here2w1n big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-10)
Seat 9: sexycas didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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People just giving me money. Gotta love it. You don't see this stuff too often anymore. 4 years ago, it wasn't uncommon at all to see hands like this. Gotta miss those days...

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Seat 1: ecco8 ($1,039)
Seat 2: Cuernavaca ($200)
Seat 3: Yawning Boy ($1,057) -
Seat 4: DIDDATHURT ($1,305) -
Seat 5: 11primetime11 ($1,285) -
Seat 6: prometheus_2 ($385)
Seat 7: ericberen ($1,626)
Seat 8: emperorofpoker ($1,000)
Seat 9: JPhil007 ($1,087)


PRE-FLOP:

DIDDATHURT posts small blind $5
11primetime11 posts BIG blind $10
Dealt To: Yawning Boy


FOLD prometheus_2
FOLD ericberen
FOLD JPhil007
FOLD ecco8
CHECK Cuernavaca
CALL Yawning Boy ($10)
FOLD DIDDATHURT
CHECK 11primetime11


FLOP:

Pot: $25
   

CHECK 11primetime11
BET Cuernavaca ($30)
CALL Yawning Boy ($30)
CALL 11primetime11 ($30)


TURN:

Pot: $115
     

CHECK 11primetime11
CHECK Cuernavaca
CHECK Yawning Boy


RIVER:

Pot: $115
      

CHECK 11primetime11
CHECK Cuernavaca
BET Yawning Boy ($125)
RAISE 11primetime11 ($400)
FOLD Cuernavaca
RAISE Yawning Boy ($1017)
CALL 11primetime11 ($617)


SHOWDOWN:
Yawning Boy:

MUCK 11primetime11

Yawning Boy collected $2156 from main pot with a straight, Nine high

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $2 Rake: $3

Final Board:
     

Seat 1: ecco8 didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 2: Cuernavaca folded on the River - Net Gain/Loss: ($-30)
Seat 3: Yawning Boy button showed [8d 9d] and won 2,156 with a straight, Nine high - Net Gain/Loss: ($1099)
Seat 4: DIDDATHURT small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-5)
Seat 5: 11primetime11 big blind mucked [8s 4h] - a straight, Eight high - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1057)
Seat 6: prometheus_2 didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 7: ericberen didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 8: emperorofpoker is sitting out - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 9: JPhil007 didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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Immediately after the hand, the guy said he thought he had the nuts. He should know you can't make a nut straight with 84o. There was $125 in pot when I bet as last to act on river. I love how he goes broke there.

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Seat 1: ja_lees ($1,496)
Seat 2: chislodc ($1,000)
Seat 3: WetDonkey ($2,118.75)
Seat 4: 21SeanTaylor ($1,147)
Seat 5: dontplayahate ($999.25) -
Seat 6: Yawning Boy ($1,040) -
Seat 7: dydak111 ($1,170.50) -
Seat 9: pelf34 ($331)


PRE-FLOP:

Yawning Boy posts small blind $5
dydak111 posts BIG blind $10
Dealt To: Yawning Boy


FOLD pelf34
CALL ja_lees ($10)
FOLD chislodc
CALL WetDonkey ($10)
FOLD 21SeanTaylor
FOLD dontplayahate
RAISE Yawning Boy ($60)
FOLD dydak111
CALL ja_lees ($50)
FOLD WetDonkey


FLOP:

Pot: $140
   

BET Yawning Boy ($110)
CALL ja_lees ($110)


TURN:

Pot: $360
     

CHECK Yawning Boy
CHECK ja_lees


RIVER:

Pot: $360
      

BET Yawning Boy ($190)
RAISE ja_lees ($380)
CALL Yawning Boy ($190)


SHOWDOWN:
ja_lees:

Yawning Boy:


Yawning Boy collected $1117 from main pot with two pair, Aces and Jacks

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $3

Final Board:
     

Seat 1: ja_lees showed [7d 8c] and lost with a pair of Sevens - Net Gain/Loss: ($-550)
  
Seat 2: chislodc didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: WetDonkey folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-10)
Seat 4: 21SeanTaylor didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 5: dontplayahate button didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 6: Yawning Boy small blind showed [Jd Ah] and won 1,117 with two pair, Aces and Jacks - Net Gain/Loss: ($567)
Seat 7: dydak111 big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-10)
Seat 9: pelf34 didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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Not my best played hand, but interesting. I raised it up a little more than pot preflop because there were some garbage limpers and my AJ figured to beat their range. They were limping too much and limping with a ton of garbage. I don't like playing AJ OOP though, so I'm not crazy about putting myself in that spot. Bet on flop is pretty standard. Turn brings the flush. I check to get more info and to control the pot some. At this point, I'd like to just win a small to mediumish pot. The river gives me two pair. I think checking is too weak, but I'm still somewhat worried about a flush. I think my mistake here was betting too small. My small bet makes it look like I'm afraid of flush and opens me up to getting raised. I realized that after I made the bet. When he made the min raise, I thought that there was a decent chance he was trying to rep a flush when he didn't have one. He could also be raising a worse pair. I hated the spot, but with the way it played out and the odds I was getting laid, I decided a call was in order. If he was going to bluff me, he should have raised more, because it would have been a much tougher call to make. I probably would have folded.

I was looking at the 600nl games today to see how many regs there were.  I was pleasantly surprised to see that there were a lot of people sitting with between 200 and 400 dollars.  99% of the time these guys are fish.  I just couldn't pass up the games, so I took a shot.

I gave myself a 2 buy-in stop loss.  Things did not start off so great.

www.pokerhand.org/  - Starting things off right... NOT.  Guy was 27/23 at the time of this hand.  I think his play is horrible.  He should know immediately what he's doing to a 5bet when he 4bets.  He timed down a bit and called.  I expected to see QQ or JJ, but not TT.

www.pokerhand.org/ - I get all of it back when this guy falls victim to the stack-a-donk.  I think he should check turn and bet river if I check to him.

www.pokerhand.org/ - Here I picked up a bunch of equity on the turn (assuming I was behind) and I thought about betting again, but I felt like I was getting floated and he was going to CR.  His river bet is for value.  Had he checked I definitely would've bet, but I don't think I can raise his river bet profitably without more history.

The next 2 hands happened simultaneously on 2 different tables.

www.pokerhand.org/ - Yawn, this guy owned me repeatedly.  Horrible player, he just pot pot pot everystreet and I could rarely call.  He was the source of the game and when he busted it broke.

www.pokerhand.org/ - This might be a fold, but ty sir I needed that river.

I won a few other hands with a nice 2 barrel calldown with A high and a hand against a halfstack with my AK vs his AT on Axx board. 

Stats for the day:

Graph:

GL at the tables!

So I haven't been playing much live cash game poker lately. In the Bahamas, I made a brief apperance in the 25/50 game but I was so tired from having played in the donkament I couldn't stay very long. I had the chance to rail Boosted J, which was cool because I got to see what it's like being in the fray in a 50/100 game with very very deep stacks (I have never played with more than 30kish on the table at any one time, and sitting with 50-60k is very scary).

In any case, I played in the 25/50 "home" game in the hotel suite I mentioned in my December 9th, 2006 entry. The same cast of characters of successful businessmen, with a few different faces. And me. I got to the game late, because I went to dinner with Caitiln, my friend Mike (a friend from my summer associate class at my law firm last summer) and his wife. We had a great dinner at a restaurant called Mai House, owned by the same guy who owns Tribeca Grill and Nobu. That guy literally owns 3 very nice restaurants all on the same block! His offices are also on that block, and I often see him outside in the summertime on a table set up outside his first floor office, conducting business. Pretty cool.

Anyways, I come to the game, and I start off raising the very first hand, AQ. I bet the J87 flop, get called, chk the turn and river, and get shown 44, which is good. Welcome to the game. I realize in this game bluffs have to be very selective, and betting hands for value is of maximum importance, because you WILL get called down. I saw a few amazing hands. The most amazing of these was the following. Guy makes it 250 from ep. Cold call. Other guy min raises to 500. Gets back to the original raiser, and he makes it 5500 to go (leaving himself about 8k behind). Fold, the initial min raiser COLD CALLS he 5500!! Amazing. The flop comes down 976. The initial raiser checks. The cold caller thinks and shoves all in. The initial person who made it 5500 folds KK face up. The cold caller shows QQ. Insane.

Anyways, I was even or down slightly for most of the night, and then I went on a huge rush. Here are the hands.

Hand 1: I raise 65ss in LP, and get a call from the button. This player knows that I'm a strong player. Flop comes J58 two clubs. I bet the flop for 450. He just calls. Turn is a blank, non-club. I bet the turn for 1300. He calls again. River is an offsuit A. I bet 3500 on the river, trying to get him to lay down a Jack. He thinks for a while, and mucks. I'm not sure how in love with this bet I am, but I figure calling with a hand like J10 is very hard.

Hand 2: I call out for the nuts, and flop it. After a bunch of limpers, I raise with AJo. I get called by every single person at the table. One of the guys comments, "whatever you had, it's no good anymore." I call out to the dealer to please flop me the nuts. The flop comes out a beautiful AJ6. I bet out 1400 (which was a relatively large flop bet). But I figure I get called by any ace, and I want to build a pot. Everyone folds!! I show my hand and say, wow, I actually flopped the nuts.

Hand 3: Flopping a flush. I raise the J9dd from the cutoff and get called by the button. The button is one of the stronger players of the game and is capable of some big calls, and he makes the call. The flop comes 8xx three diamonds. GIN. I bet out 450. He calls. Turn comes 9. I bet 1300. He calls again. At this point I put him on AdX. Turn is a beautiful A, non diamond. I tank it, and throw out one 5k chip. He looks at me, asks what I want, and I say nothing, staring at the board. I try to give off a few false weak tells, and finally he calls with Ad9, for top two. That hand got the rush going.

Hand 4: Interesting line. One of the stronger players in the game limps on the button. The SB calls, I raise it up to 400 from the BB with AKhh, about the best hand I've gotten all night. They both call. The flop comes A1010. SB chks, I bet 800, the button calls. Now, on this hand, he's not floating me. He either has a 10 or an ace. Turn is a 6. I decide to chk. He bets 1300. I call. The river is a 3. I decide I do not want to call a huge river bet, so I decide to value-block. I bet 2800. He tanks, and calls. He says after the hand that if he was really on his game he would have raised my river bet. I liked the way I played this, because I get value from worse Aces and also it's very hard for him to raise me on the river even with a 10.

Hand 5. The setup. Limped around, but chk Q10dd from the BB. The flop comes A102. It checks around. The turn is a 3, putting two diamonds on the board. A guy bets out 500 and I make it 2k. He calls. River is a blank, I chk he chks and he wins with A4. This hand was important for the next one, knowing that I'm capable of bluffing, which I sort of was with Q10, but I also wanted a cheap showdown and wanted to charge a diamond draw.

Hand 6. The big shebang Button limps, SB raises, I just call with 99 button calls. The flop comes A98. Gin for me. SB checks, I lead out for 1100, button folds, SB, thinks for a while, says: "wow you really have 99," (which scared the living hell out of me), and chk min raises to 2200. Now, I had seen him do this play earlier, and he had the stone nuts, so I was worried about AA (slightly) but hoped he had a hand like two pair, 88, or AK, obviously. I just call. Turn is a 2. He bets out 3000. I decide to just call again. The river is 2. He bets out 3k. I eyeball his stack (he didn't stack his chips neatly), and see approximately how much he has. He has around 10 behind after his bet. Instead of shoving all in, I decide to make it 13000 on the river. He calls, and 99 is good.


All in all, an amazing night. The company in this game is great, along with the atmosphere, and winning 29k in any night you play poker is always nice.

I mean, this is just getting sickening. I'm running like absolute crap live. I guess it's part of the game but what can you do. I'm just going to post the hands. A few are tough spots, a few are just beats. Post any thoughts/comments, I'd be curious to hear what you guys think.

1. QQ, not really sure what to do here. 10/25 I start the hand with 8500.
UTG raises to 200, LAG player 3-bets to 700, I cold call QdQx. The lag is ceczar from 2p2/ftp and he is capable of 3-betting a wide range altough he DID reraise an utg player. UTG also calls. Flop is 873 two diamonds. Chk, LAG bets 1500, I decide to go with the hand and raise to 4500 (maybe this was a mistake but I wanted to make my hand look like a draw and hopefully get paid off). UTG folds 1010 guy shoves me in I call for my last 3k or so he has black AA. We run it three times, EACH time a diamond peels on turn, giving me flush outs, I whiff all 3.

2. 25/50. I lose the biggest pot of the night. Limps around, I raise it up to 500 with 1010 from the blinds. Only one caller who has around 17k to start the hand. From what I have seen he is a weaker player who strongly overvalues hands. Flop is Q107 two diamonds. I flop a set. I go to bet, but he bets out of turn 1500. I decide to check. He follows through on his bet. I chk raise to 4k (should have made it more maybe?). He thinks for a while, says: "do you have a set?" and calls. Turn is a K. J9 gets there, but I think he could also have a hand like KQ, or a flush draw+straight draw so I decide to commit to the hand and bet 6k. He thinks for not very long and pushes me in for his last 10k (4k more to me). Easy call, I call, river Jo, he has AQo, for runner runner perfect.

3. 25/50 now. A few limpers including villian who limps UTG, I make it 500 from the blinds with KK. He is the only caller. He is a very passive player and I really try to maximize value against him by betting my made hands strongly. Flop is 1085r. I bet 700, he very quickly calls. Turn K, putting two diamonds on board. I have the stone nuts at this point. I bet 2k. He quickly calls. River is an absolutely awful card, the Jd, putting runner flush ou there and also 97 got there. I think about check/calling, but decide betting is better. I probably bet too much I bet 5k he quickly calls with Q5dd.


Amazingly, somehow I was only down around 6k on the night which was an absolute miracle given the way I ran, but I made some excellent plays and value bets.

After this hand, everyone at the table told me great call, and one of the players jokingly asked for my autograph (he is a guy whose play I respect a lot so it was a nice compliment).

4. The same villian as hand 2. CO raises to 400 I call with 1010 from the blinds villian limp-calls. Flop is A33. I check, villian leads out 1k. CO folds, I think to myself, why would he bet an ace on this flop, wouldn't he check it to the PFR and check raise or check call? However, I did see him pound out a bet when he had TPTK so I don't konw. I decide to call. Turn 5, brining a flush draw. I check, bets 2k. I think for a long while and call again. River A, completing the flush. I check once more, he fires 6k. I go into the tank. I stare him down. I pick up a few body language tells, and I decide to go with my original read that he wouldn't donk lead an ace. I call, he says nice call everyone at the table is impressed.

Anyways, I'm just looking forward to finally having a few sets hold up, if so I think I'm playing really well and should be able to book a few big wins,

David

These two hands down literally same time street by street

Seat 1: MCRR112 ($263.50 in chips) -

Seat 2: TheDeadRat ($932 in chips) -

Seat 3: schnizeltoe ($570 in chips)

Seat 4: smacksoup ($345 in chips)

Seat 5: GM_ANDRADE ($718.50 in chips)

Seat 6: javahound ($352 in chips) -

PRE-FLOP:

MCRR112 posts small blind $5

TheDeadRat posts BIG blind $10

Dealt To: TheDeadRat

FOLD schnizeltoe

RAISE smacksoup ($20)

FOLD GM_ANDRADE

FOLD javahound

FOLD MCRR112

CALL TheDeadRat ($10) (Pot Odds: 3.50:1)

FLOP:

Pot: $45

CHECK TheDeadRat

BET smacksoup ($10)

CALL TheDeadRat ($10) (Pot Odds: 5.50:1)

TURN:

Pot: $65

CHECK TheDeadRat

BET smacksoup ($20)

CALL TheDeadRat ($20) (Pot Odds: 4.25:1)

RIVER:

Pot: $105

CHECK TheDeadRat

BET smacksoup ($20)

CALL TheDeadRat ($20) (Pot Odds: 6.25:1)

SHOWDOWN:

smacksoup:

MUCK TheDeadRat

smacksoup collected $142 from main pot

SUMMARY:

Total pot: $145

Rake: $3

Final Board:

Seat 1: MCRR112 small blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($ -5.00)

Seat 2: TheDeadRat big blind mucked [9s Tc] - Net Gain/Loss: ($ -70.00)

Seat 3: schnizeltoe folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 0.00)

Seat 4: smacksoup showed [7c Ac] and won 142 with a full house, Aces full of Sevens - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 82.00)

Seat 5: GM_ANDRADE folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 0.00)

Seat 6: javahound button folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 0.00)

Seat 1: kingnelly74 ($1057 in chips) -

Seat 2: schnizeltoe ($502 in chips) -

Seat 3: TheDeadRat ($519 in chips) -

Seat 4: OfcTenpenny ($601 in chips)

Seat 5: Fama ($382 in chips)

Seat 6: stacee1 ($267 in chips)

PRE-FLOP:

schnizeltoe posts small blind $5

TheDeadRat posts BIG blind $10

Dealt To: TheDeadRat

FOLD OfcTenpenny

FOLD Fama

FOLD stacee1

RAISE kingnelly74 ($20)

FOLD schnizeltoe

CALL TheDeadRat ($10) (Pot Odds: 3.50:1)

FLOP:

Pot: $45

CHECK TheDeadRat

BET kingnelly74 ($10)

CALL TheDeadRat ($10) (Pot Odds: 5.50:1)

TURN:

Pot: $65

CHECK TheDeadRat

BET kingnelly74 ($20)

CALL TheDeadRat ($20) (Pot Odds: 4.25:1)

RIVER:

Pot: $105

CHECK TheDeadRat

BET kingnelly74 ($20)

CALL TheDeadRat ($20) (Pot Odds: 6.25:1)

SHOWDOWN:

kingnelly74:

TheDeadRat:

TheDeadRat collected $142 from main pot

SUMMARY:

Total pot: $145

Rake: $3

Final Board:

Seat 1: kingnelly74 button showed [Th 3h] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens - Net Gain/Loss: ($ -60.00)

Seat 2: schnizeltoe small blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($ -5.00)

Seat 3: TheDeadRat big blind showed [6s 7d] and won 142 with a full house, Sevens full of Aces - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 72.00)

Seat 4: OfcTenpenny folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 0.00)

Seat 5: Fama folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 0.00)

Seat 6: stacee1 folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($ 0.00)