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Seat 2: ice breaker ($5517 ( 35.56% / 26.67% / 1.73 / 45)
Seat 3: Kluane ($3247.50 - Dealer ( 52.38% / 26.19% / 2.04/ 84)
Seat 5: fazz2 ($5319 (sitt ( 51.58% / 23.16% / 1.25 / 95)


PRE-FLOP:

Kluane posts small blind $25
ice breaker posts BIG blind $50
RAISE Kluane ($100)
CALL ice breaker ($100)


FLOP:

Pot: $200
   

CHECK ice breaker
BET Kluane ($200)
CALL ice breaker ($200)


TURN:

Pot: $600
     

CHECK ice breaker
CHECK Kluane


RIVER:

Pot: $600
      

CHECK ice breaker
CHECK Kluane


SHOWDOWN:
ice breaker:

Kluane:



Kluane collected $599.5 from main pot with two pair, jacks and sevens

SUMMARY: Total pot: $600 Rake: $.50

Final Board:
     

Seat 2: 5d Jh 5s Jc Ad: two pair, jacks and fives. - Net Gain/Loss: ($-300)
  
Seat 3: 7d Jh Jc 7h Ad: two pair, jacks and sevens. - Net Gain/Loss: ($299.5)
  


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Seat 0: BodogAri ($8120) ( 19.39% / 17.35% / 5.25/ 98)
Seat 1: Hero ($5710) - ( 13.16% / 10.53% / 3.00/ 76)
Seat 2: gamblerro ($1765) - ( 83.33% / 33.33% / 1.00/ 6)
Seat 3: Pluvius ($3375) - ( 5.43% / 4.35% / 5.00/ 92)
Seat 4: Insky_Bros ($1330) ( 14.89% / 10.64% / 2.50/ 47)
Seat 5: BeeLady ($5745) ( 14.47% / 7.89% / 1.25/ 76)
Seat 6: MiracleGro ($6180) ( 6.06% / 3.03% / 1.00/ 33)
Seat 7: TheLandlordd ($12400) ( 12.24% / 10.20% / 8.50/ 98)
Seat 8: Iceman 1313 ($2990) ( 17.65% / 5.88% / 0.50/ 17)
Seat 9: jackleggbob ($3240) ( 16.67% / 11.11% / 1.50/ 36)


PRE-FLOP:

gamblerro posts small blind $75
Pluvius posts BIG blind $150
Dealt To: Hero


FOLD Insky_Bros
FOLD BeeLady
FOLD MiracleGro
FOLD TheLandlordd
FOLD Iceman 1313
RAISE jackleggbob ($300)
FOLD BodogAri
FOLD Hero
CALL gamblerro ($300)
FOLD Pluvius


FLOP:

Pot: $825
   

CHECK gamblerro
CHECK jackleggbob


TURN:

Pot: $825
     

CHECK gamblerro
CHECK jackleggbob


RIVER:

Pot: $825
      

BET gamblerro ($750)
CALL jackleggbob ($750)


SHOWDOWN:
gamblerro:
[5h 7h]
jackleggbob:
[Ac 3c]

jackleggbob collected $2250 from main pot with two pair, kings and tens

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $2250 No rake is taken for this hand.

Final Board:
[Kd Td Tc 4c Kh ]

Seat 2: 7h Kd Td Tc Kh: two pair, kings and tens. - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1050)
[5h 7h]
Seat 9: Ac Kd Td Tc Kh: two pair, kings and tens, ace kicker. - Net Gain/Loss: ($1200)
[Ac 3c]


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Here are 2 hands of 2/4 limit i just played, then left. I got tired and didn't wanna play anything less than my A game.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1360936894: Table Wyoming (6 max) - $2/$4 - Limit Hold'em - 0:14:37 ET - 2006/12/06
Seat 1: lukeduke1369 ($40)
Seat 2: Geeoff_az ($100)
Seat 3: longstocking23 ($3)
Seat 4: leeting ($0), is sitting out
Seat 5: pdxowl ($60.50)
Seat 6: Spudt24 ($40)
pdxowl posts the small blind of $1
Spudt24 posts the big blind of $2
lukeduke1369 posts $2
5 seconds left to act
Geeoff_az posts $2
The button is in seat #3
leeting stands up
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Spudt24 [9c Jh]
lukeduke1369 checks
Geeoff_az checks
longstocking23 adds $24
longstocking23 folds
pdxowl calls $1
Spudt24 checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 4s Js]
pdxowl bets $2
Spudt24 raises to $4
lukeduke1369 folds
Geeoff_az folds
pdxowl calls $2
*** TURN *** [8h 4s Js] [Kd]
pdxowl checks
Spudt24 bets $4
pdxowl calls $4
*** RIVER *** [8h 4s Js Kd] [2h]
pdxowl checks
Spudt24 bets $4
pdxowl calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Spudt24 shows [9c Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
pdxowl mucks
Spudt24 wins the pot ($31) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32 | Rake $1
Board: [8h 4s Js Kd 2h]
Seat 1: lukeduke1369 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Geeoff_az folded on the Flop
Seat 3: longstocking23 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: leeting is sitting out
Seat 5: pdxowl (small blind) mucked [8s 3d] - a pair of Eights
Seat 6: Spudt24 (big blind) showed [9c Jh] and won ($31) with a pair of Jacks



Full Tilt Poker Game #1360941584: Table Wyoming (6 max) - $2/$4 - Limit Hold'em - 0:15:27 ET - 2006/12/06
Seat 1: lukeduke1369 ($38)
Seat 2: Geeoff_az ($98)
Seat 3: longstocking23 ($27)
Seat 5: pdxowl ($46.50)
Seat 6: Spudt24 ($57)
Spudt24 posts the small blind of $1
lukeduke1369 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Spudt24 [Kh Ks]
Geeoff_az folds
longstocking23 folds
pdxowl folds
Spudt24 calls $1
lukeduke1369 checks
*** FLOP *** [Jc Ts 5d]
Spudt24 bets $2
lukeduke1369 raises to $4
Spudt24 raises to $6
lukeduke1369 calls $2
*** TURN *** [Jc Ts 5d] [Ac]
Spudt24 checks
lukeduke1369 bets $4
Spudt24 calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Jc Ts 5d Ac] [As]
Spudt24 checks
lukeduke1369 bets $4
Spudt24 raises to $8
lukeduke1369 calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Spudt24 shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
lukeduke1369 mucks
Spudt24 wins the pot ($38) with two pair, Aces and Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $40 | Rake $2
Board: [Jc Ts 5d Ac As]
Seat 1: lukeduke1369 (big blind) mucked [Tc 9s] - two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 2: Geeoff_az didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: longstocking23 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: pdxowl (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Spudt24 (small blind) showed [Kh Ks] and won ($38) with two pair, Aces and Kings

Players seem pretty damn awful at this limit thing.

Played about 200 hands last night and lost close to three buy-ins. Overall I thought I played pretty well except for the following hand. I'm not sure if I could have played it any better but I just had this feeling I was beat even though AMReis has been three betting a lot.

FullTiltPoker Game #3761403401: Table Leroy (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:11:51 ET - 2007/10/05

Seat 1: AMReis ($25)

Seat 2: DuracL ($9.60)

Seat 3: crazydia ($24.15)

Seat 4: David Bruce ($25.20)

Seat 5: acebuster45 ($24.50)

Seat 6: rackuzius ($26.25)

DuracL posts the small blind of $0.10

crazydia posts the big blind of $0.25

The button is in seat #1

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to David Bruce [As Kh]

David Bruce raises to $0.75

acebuster45 has 15 seconds left to act

acebuster45 calls $0.75

rackuzius folds

AMReis has 15 seconds left to act

AMReis raises to $3.35

DuracL folds

crazydia folds

David Bruce calls $2.60

acebuster45 has 15 seconds left to act

acebuster45 folds

*** FLOP *** [Ks Ts 5h]

David Bruce checks

AMReis bets $5

David Bruce raises to $15

AMReis raises to $21.65, and is all in

David Bruce calls $6.65

AMReis shows [Ad Ac]

David Bruce shows [As Kh]

*** TURN *** [Ks Ts 5h] [3c]

*** RIVER *** [Ks Ts 5h 3c] [3h]

AMReis shows two pair, Aces and Threes

David Bruce shows two pair, Kings and Threes

AMReis wins the pot ($48.55) with two pair, Aces and Threes

David Bruce is sitting out

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $51.10 | Rake $2.55

Board: [Ks Ts 5h 3c 3h]

Seat 1: AMReis (button) showed [Ad Ac] and won ($48.55) with two pair, Aces and Threes

Seat 2: DuracL (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 3: crazydia (big blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 4: David Bruce showed [As Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes

Seat 5: acebuster45 folded before the Flop

Seat 6: rackuzius didn't bet (folded)

The way I played this hand screamed AK. As sick as this sounds I almost thought about tossing the hand saving the remaining 6 dollars. But since I had an Ace I thought it was just as likely he had AK or KQ. I really like the check raise for two reasons. 1. I knew he would continuation bet here with AK, AQ, QQ and obviously AA. If I bet out he could raise and I could be faced with a really tough decision. But by checkraising I get money from his cbet with hands that he wouldn't call a donk bet. He took a long time after I checkraised maybe fearing KK or TT. Looking back I think I might have been better off folding because the only way I was going to make money after the flop was if he had AQ, AJ, or possible KQ suited, and we both flop a pair. I would have liked the call better if my hand was suited.

Here's a hand I think I played well. Obviously some people are going to argue but I avoided giving away too much money, while possibly making the most of my hand if I was ahead.

FullTiltPoker Game #3761339766: Table Point Sal (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:59:57 ET - 2007/10/05

Seat 1: crazydia ($31.20)

Seat 2: Naarff ($26.60)

Seat 3: bigmoosey89 ($8.85)

Seat 4: Sutliff1 ($35.40)

Seat 5: Writethatdown ($23.85)

Seat 6: David Bruce ($25.30)

Writethatdown posts the small blind of $0.10

David Bruce posts the big blind of $0.25

The button is in seat #4

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to David Bruce [Td Th]

crazydia folds

Naarff raises to $1

bigmoosey89 folds

Sutliff1 calls $1

Writethatdown folds

David Bruce calls $0.75

*** FLOP *** [5c 3s 7d]

David Bruce checks

Naarff bets $2

Sutliff1 folds

David Bruce calls $2

*** TURN *** [5c 3s 7d] [8h]

David Bruce checks

Naarff checks

*** RIVER *** [5c 3s 7d 8h] [3h]

David Bruce checks

Naarff bets $2

David Bruce calls $2

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Naarff shows [Jc Jd] two pair, Jacks and Threes

David Bruce mucks

Naarff wins the pot ($10.55) with two pair, Jacks and Threes

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $11.10 | Rake $0.55

Board: [5c 3s 7d 8h 3h]

Seat 1: crazydia didn't bet (folded)

Seat 2: Naarff showed [Jc Jd] and won ($10.55) with two pair, Jacks and Threes

Seat 3: bigmoosey89 didn't bet (folded)

Seat 4: Sutliff1 (button) folded on the Flop

Seat 5: Writethatdown (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 6: David Bruce (big blind) mucked [Td Th] - two pair, Tens and Threes

Above is another reason I don't like three betting. Now when I say I don't like three betting I still think that there are times when it's a good idea. For instance, if there is a raise and a call I would gladly pop it up if I have position on both players with a really good hand. If there is an UTG raise and a call and I close the betting I might just call hoping to checkraise the field on the flop. Like I said before there is so much value in having relative position especially since so many players are playing LAG styles.

In a previous post I said I would talk a little bit about preflop strategy.

Preflop I raise 3x. Playing higher at nl50 I would raise 2.5x or 3x. I try to stay away from playing high card hands in position 1 and 2 other than AK. The hands I like playing in early position are the hand I also play in late position which include the following, 22+, AK, suited Aces, suited connectors, suited one gappers, and suited cards T+. In late pos. I will include connectors such as 67, QJ, 45 (the above is only if I'm opening).

Against a limper I will also limp with the speculative hands. Like I said before I love having relative position. So if the first limper likes limping and calling a raise I will gladly limp with a speculative hand hoping the button or better yet the SB raises. If the first limper then folds I can chuck my hand or call depending on my cards, the stacks, and the situation. If I have a very aggressive player to my left I will also limp after a limper with AA, KK, AK, planning to reraise. Sometimes you limp with a big hand and aggro donk will fold but it's not the end of the world because you can still extract some value out of your hand. You might flop a set against the fishes two pair, Overpair vs. his top pair. ETC....

Next post will be a little more about preflop play, and some postflop play. I'm glad that some people disagree with me saying that it's not optimal. If you can outplay your opposition any reasonable style can be profitable. Some of these tactics I don't agree with like open limping on the button, raising 5x preflop, minraising, and limp reraising in EP with AA, all of which I've seen work.

Some random thoughts ------- It bothers me watching fat people jog. Why don't British people tip? The voices at self-checkout lines must be resposible for several suicide deaths each year.

By the way I don't proofread this shit. So If something doesn't make sense just do your best to decipher it.

One final thing. Yesterday I received the biggest insult in my life. Someone had the audacity to tell my gf that she thinks I look like John Stamos. I think she lost it. Check out my profile pic. I'm on the right. The guy on the left is my buddy Mouse (named for obvious reasons)

Recently when playing lower stakes I've been huge on talking at the tables.    I've been chatting it up with CR members as well as trash talking my oponents to get action.   I got this idea from JohnnyDrama as he does this a ton.  I'm always laughing when I'm typing and it's mostly to encourage action.  If your ever playing me and I talk trash, please don't hold it against me or take anything personal.   It's all for the heat of the battle and really gets me going.   It's very rare that you'll see me talking at the table as I have chat off most times when playing my regular games because I'll be 6-8 tabling and really focusing.   I do sometimes drop down to play micro stakes with buddies or to kill frustration, etc and really play 1-2 tables.   Now that I got that out of the way, time to todays hand.   I decided to play some 50nl HU against short stackers or Stars to crush their dreams and bankrolls.  Turns out it was easier then I had ever imagined. 

PokerStars Game #13371081150:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/11/21 - 00:32:19 (ET)
Table 'Mireille' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: alexjto ($20 in chips)
Seat 2: Trevrob ($30 in chips)
Trevrob: posts small blind $0.25
alexjto: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Trevrob [9h 9s]
Trevrob: raises $1.50 to $2
alexjto: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [2d 6s 5h]
alexjto: bets $0.50
Trevrob: raises $3 to $3.50
alexjto: calls $3
*** TURN *** [2d 6s 5h] [2s]
alexjto: bets $2
Trevrob: raises $22.50 to $24.50 and is all-in
alexjto: calls $12.50 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2d 6s 5h 2s] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
alexjto: shows [3d Kc] (a pair of Deuces)
Trevrob: shows [9h 9s] (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
Trevrob collected $39.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $40 | Rake $0.50
Board [2d 6s 5h 2s Jh]
Seat 1: alexjto (big blind) showed [3d Kc] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 2: Trevrob (button) (small blind) showed [9h 9s] and won ($39.50) with two pair, Nines and Deuces

I had a decent day at the tables yesterday, playing strictly 3/6 no-limit and finishing up about four grand. Last night the games were awesome, and it seemed all of my tables were full of fish. It was definitely the juiciest I had seen the games in a while. I took a lot of money off of the fish, but also beat up on the regulars quite a bit.



The hands I played against weak players were pretty straightforward, but I played a few interesting ones with the regulars in the game. Here's one hand against a good multitabling player:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (6 handed)

UTG ($317.60)
Cole ($843.65)
CO ($1126.40)
Button ($912.45)
SB ($828.55)
BB ($261.30)

Preflop: Cole is MP with 8, 7. SB posts a blind of $3.
1 fold, Cole raises to $21, CO raises to $75, 3 folds, Cole calls $54.
I raise the pot with some suited connectors and am reraised by the cutoff. I think he's got a pretty narrow range and we're pretty deep so I call knowing that I can get away cheaply, stack him with 2 pair or better, or bluff him off of a one pair type hand.

Flop: ($159) K, 2, 7 (2 players)
Cole checks, CO bets $110, Cole calls $768.65 (All-In), CO folds.
I make middle pair and a flush draw. I check to the cutoff who bets 3/4-pot and I quickly raise him all-in. I know that he doesn't want to play a big pot with one pair here, and the only hand I'm scared of is KK. I'm in a coin flip against AA or AK. As long as he doesn't have KK, I'm happy with any decision he makes. It's a pretty tough decision for him, and he times out and folds.

Final Pot: $1037.65
I later found out that the cutoff had A K. From an equity calculation, I know that I am exactly 50.1% to win on the flop. With all the dead money in the pot, his fold was a big mistake. When my opponents make mistakes, I make money.

Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing Ks 2s 7c
Cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ad Kh 494 49.90 496 50.10 0 0.00 0.499
8s 7s 496 50.10 494 49.90 0 0.00 0.501
No showdown. Cole wins $1037.65.

I've gotten to know a bunch of the 2+2ers a little bit better, so I can put their 2+2 names to their Party Poker screen names. We are constantly at the same tables, and it's a friendly environment. Still, we're all there to make money and everyone is constantly trying to outplay each other. This leads to a general attitude of mistrust, never believing anyone has a hand at the table (which is true some of the time, since we bluff each other a lot). It sure is nice when you get paid off big though:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (6 handed)

BB ($591)
UTG ($653.27)
Cole ($1993.78)
CO ($861.20)
Button ($1176.25)
SB ($408.13)

Preflop: Cole is MP with T, 9. SB posts a blind of $3.
1 fold, Cole raises to $21, 1 fold, Button raises to $70, 2 folds, Cole calls $49.
I raise the pot with high suited connectors and am reraised by the button. He's a 2+2er and a regular in the midstakes no-limit games. We both reraise each other very frequently with a wide variety of hands. This makes it difficult to play against him because I can't tell if he has aces or eight five offsuit. We're both 200BBs deep so I call his raise.

Flop: ($149) 9, 3, T (2 players)
Cole checks, Button bets $110, Cole raises to $335, Button calls $996.25 (All-In), Cole calls $771.25.
I make top two pair and I hope he's got some sort of overpair after betting 3/4-pot. This is the absolute best board for me and it's extremely unlikely I'm behind so I checkraise. He shoves all of his chips in and I instantly call figuring he has AA or KK.

Turn: ($2361.50) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($2361.50) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $2361.50
I am cursing and throwing my mouse as I see the turn and river fall. I now lose to AA, AK/AQ, KK, JJ; basically his entire hand range. Then I see the pot coming my direction! I guess he figured I was bluffing or had QJ for a big draw, and his sevens are no good. I was pretty shocked he played a 400BB pot with a weak holding.

Cole has T 9 (two pair, aces and tens).
Button has 7 7 (two pair, aces and sevens).
Outcome: Cole wins $2361.50.

I got stacked a few times yesterday, but it was primarily in situations where I got my money in with the best of it. I fired up a few tables this morning and quickly dropped two buyins, the first with AK vs. 33 going all-in on an AT6 flop and the second with KK vs. AQ all-in preflop. This was a bit frustrating, but I found a good 5/10 game and got close to even. If the games are good tonight I may play some more hands.

I played a decent session today, around 2000 hands. During the first 1900 I lost 4 out of 4 coinflips for $5,000 each, just AK < 99 etc over and over and over. I made a nice recovery though and finished down only $1,500 or so. An hour later I returned to the tables, played 100 hands against complete idiots, and won $27,500 putting me at +$26,000 on the day.

Here are some fun hands from this month:

FullTiltPoker $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 2: stoxtrader ($5 867)
Seat 3: PimpOwnage ($28 214)
Seat 4: Hero ($5 001)
Seat 6: Michael Norris ($4 098)
Hero posts the small blind of $25
Michael Norris posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #3

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
stoxtrader folds
PimpOwnage raises to $175
Hero raises to $622
Michael Norris folds
PimpOwnage calls $447

Flop:
[ ]
Hero bets $777
PimpOwnage calls $777

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
Hero checks
PimpOwnage bets $26,815, and is all in
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero calls $3 602 and is all in
PimpOwnage shows [ ]
Hero shows [ ]
Uncalled bet of $23 213 returned to PimpOwnage

River :
[ ] [ ]
PimpOwnage shows a pair of Fours
Hero shows a pair of Tens
Hero wins the pot ($10,050) with a pair of Tens

SUMMARY:
Total pot $10,052 | Rake $2
Board:
[ ]
Seat 2: stoxtrader didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: PimpOwnage (button) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 4: Hero (small blind) showed [ ] and won ($10 050) with a pair of Tens
Seat 6: Michael Norris (big blind) folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Jake38 ($16 287.30)
Seat 2: gandi9 ($20 742.90)
Seat 3: Hero ($10 050)
Seat 4: sbrugby ($15 609)
Seat 5: Batera ($10 000)
Seat 6: serb2127 ($13 641)
Hero posts the small blind of $50
sbrugby posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
Batera folds
serb2127 raises to $350
Jake38 folds
gandi9 calls $350
Hero raises to $1,500
sbrugby folds
serb2127 folds
gandi9 calls $1,150

Flop:
[ ]
Hero bets $2,355
gandi9 calls $2,355

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
Hero checks
gandi9 has 15 seconds left to act
gandi9 bets $8 160
Hero calls $6 195 and is all in
gandi9 shows [ ]
Hero shows [ ]
Uncalled bet of $1 965 returned to gandi9

River :
[ ] [ ]
gandi9 shows a pair of Threes
Hero shows two pair, Queens and Threes
Hero wins the pot ($20,547) with two pair, Queens and Threes

SUMMARY:
Total pot $20,550 | Rake $3
Board:
[ ]
Seat 1: Jake38 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: gandi9 (button) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 3: Hero (small blind) showed [ ] and won ($20 547) with two pair Queens and Threes
Seat 4: sbrugby (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Batera didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: serb2127 folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Spresso81 ($2 000)
Seat 2: Hero ($5 247)
Seat 4: wuddacooler ($9 269)
Seat 5: OMGClayAiken ($15 267)
Seat 6: doughlumps ($9 248.50)
Hero posts the small blind of $25
wuddacooler posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #1

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
OMGClayAiken folds
doughlumps raises to $175
Spresso81 folds
Hero raises to $677
wuddacooler folds
doughlumps calls $502

Flop:
[ ]
Hero bets $800
doughlumps calls $800

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
Hero checks
doughlumps bets $7,771.50, and is all in
Hero calls $3,770, and is all in
doughlumps shows [ ]
Hero shows [ ]
Uncalled bet of $4 001 .50 returned to doughlumps

River:
[ ] [ ]
doughlumps shows two pair, Queens and Fours
Hero shows two pair, Queens and Sixes
Hero wins the pot ($10,541) with two pair, Queens and Sixes

SUMMARY:
Total pot $10,544 | Rake $3
Board:
[ ]
Seat 1: Spresso81 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Hero (small blind) showed [ ] and won ($10 541) with two pair Queens and Sixes
Seat 4: wuddacooler (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: OMGClayAiken didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: doughlumps showed [ ] and lost with two pair Queens and Fours

People frequently tell me, "yeah but for each one of these I bet there are ten times where you called a push with middle pair and were up against the nuts." Well, nope. Being a good high stakes player is all about adjusting to the flow of the game, seeing all the variables, and being able to put your opponent on a hand. I occasionally make a bad call or two, but I haven't had a single one this month for stacks where I got it all in with middle pair or anything. These hands also show how being a tough, aggressive player can tilt the hell out of your opponents.

I'm now up about $100,000 in October, which is great considering I had a -$69,000 day. I haven't included any images lately so what the heck, here's one. This is my no-limit hold'em play on Party/FTP/Crypto during October. I'm also down $35,000 or so in pot-limit Omaha and up just under $40,000 in UltimateBet's no-limit games.