Ship The 1k Pot

Minus 50 cents... damn rake.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($598.75)
Hero (Button) ($500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 10

Hero bets $6, SB raises to $22, Hero calls $16

Flop: ($44) 8, 6, 7 (2 players)

SB bets $29, Hero raises to $93, SB raises to $193, Hero raises to $478 (All-In), SB calls $285

Turn: ($1000) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($1000) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $1000 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Hero had 9, 10 (straight, Jack high).
SB had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).

Outcome: Hero won $999.50


Don't feel like posting a graph, but almost back to even at 1/2 and still way below ev. Poker's hard.

Funny Chat And More Runbad

Playing a fish reg on two tables. He's berating me on my terrible play after I smack him in the face set over set.

Dealer: HERO has 15 seconds left to act
Dealer: HERO shows King Queen high
Dealer: urendanger shows a pair of Kings
Dealer: urendanger wins the pot ($81.50) with a pair of Kings
Dealer: Hand #10720675935
Dealer: urendanger has 5 seconds left to act
urendanger: and you play like a complete maniac
HERO: why are you quitting me
urendanger: wonder why you don't when
urendanger: cause you are too good
urendanger: or its 3am
HERO: but you laugh at me
urendanger: not sure
HERO: prob cause i'm good :D
urendanger: without hitting an over set you donk off 500 in 10 min
urendanger: honestly
HERO: :(
HERO: can you coach me
urendanger: 100/hr
HERO: remind me the hands i lost money in
HERO: cause i forget
Dealer: HERO shows a straight, Ace high
Dealer: HERO wins the pot ($71.50) with a straight, Ace high
Dealer: Hand #10720702684
HERO: good call there imo
urendanger: you really are that bad
urendanger: you really are
urendanger: that bad
HERO: i know
urendanger: do you not learn
HERO: i try
HERO: but poker's hard
urendanger: do you not stop and think
urendanger: i play like a complete donk <-- sick typo
HERO: i just press the buttons
urendanger: run well and make a few bucks
urendanger: then run bad and lose 2k?
HERO: ya basically
HERO: it's fun
urendanger: 100%
HERO: :)
HERO: why you so serious, it's just a game
Dealer: urendanger shows two pair, Queens and Twos
Dealer: urendanger wins the pot ($85.50) with two pair, Queens and Twos <-- 3b pot, i had TT he had QQ, he checks low flop which sets off alarm bells and then manages only one street of value
HERO: lol
urendanger: good strategy
urendanger: must work wonders
HERO: thanks
urendanger: and you check with 10s?
HERO: checking QQ in 3b pot is probably good too
urendanger: and you check with 10s?
urendanger: lol
urendanger: good point
urendanger: i see
HERO: hey maybe i can coach you
urendanger: i actually made a great play
urendanger: and you are that bad
HERO: oh :(
urendanger: yes you are
HERO: thought i played that hand pretty good for a se
HERO: c
HERO: ur probably right tho
urendanger: you checked down over pair with 10s
HERO: but you had QQ
urendanger: and i acted first
urendanger: make sense?
HERO: no
HERO: i don't understand
urendanger: iknow
HERO: =(
HERO: what
HERO: i get sad when you limp
HERO: =(
HERO: why did you quit me on other table <-- owning him and he quit cause we got deep
urendanger: do you just make money on rake?
urendanger: rakeback
HERO: no i don't beat the rake
HERO: i make money off the points
HERO: got 3 hats and a jacket
urendanger: you were down 2k after 90k hands
HERO: ya but i had a hat and jacket
HERO: so w/e
urendanger: at .5/1 and 1/2
urendanger: and you want to play me
urendanger: on two tables
HERO: are you good
HERO: how do you know all these numbers
urendanger: wow
HERO: what

Fyi, I don't actually own any full tilt merchandise. Still running like shit tho:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($515.75)
Hero (Button) ($200)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, K

Hero raises to $6, SB raises to $21, Hero calls $15

Guy has been 3betting literally every other hand. Easy defend.

Flop: ($42) J, 5, 10 (2 players)

SB bets $28, Hero calls $28

Way ahead of his ass-wide 3betting range.

Turn: ($98) 4 (2 players)

SB bets $466.75 (All-In), Hero calls $151 (All-In)

Snapcall the tardshove.

River: ($400) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Obvious river.

Total pot: $400 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Hero had 10, K (one pair, tens).
SB had Q, 4 (flush, Queen high).

Outcome: SB won $399.50


Cool.


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($525)
Hero (Button) ($245.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, J

Hero raises to $6, SB raises to $25, Hero calls $19

Same guy as previous hand. Easy defend again.

Flop: ($50) 8, Q, 5 (2 players)

SB bets $35, Hero raises to $104, SB raises to $500 (All-In), Hero calls $116.50 (All-In)

Wait till you see his hand.

Turn: ($491) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($491) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $491 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Hero had Q, J (one pair, Queens).
SB had Q, 7 (two pair, Queens and sevens).

Outcome: SB won $490.50

Np. Identical hand happened earlier in the night too.

Still managed 4 buy-ins tonight. God help me when I see my EV graph.

Grinding

Haven't been putting as many hands in lately because of work but I'm still playing pretty regularly. Just grinding my way out of this downswing.

Lifetime 200nl hu:


Last 50k hands of heads-up:


Break-even stretches are fun and being $3500 below EV is just LOL.