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Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($141)
Hero (Button) ($292.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, 8

Hero bets $3, SB calls $2

Flop: ($6) J, 2, 5 (2 players)

SB bets $3, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($12) 4 (2 players)

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

River: ($54) A (2 players)

SB checks, Hero checks

Total pot: $54 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Hero had K, 8 (high card, Ace).

SB had 3, 9 (straight, five high).

Outcome: SB won $53.50


sometimes i worry whether i'm playing well enough to beat whatever game i'm playing, but then this kind of stuff happens and all doubt leaves my mind.

f april

this month needs to end, i need to stop spewing, and my hands need to start holding. ty poker gods for making all above happen.

That's my honey if I give her money she ain't gotta pay me back

Played a short session tonight against a fish who ran like Christ Reborn against me. After about 30 minutes of pretty good play I find myself stuck $1400. I quit the guy after my AA got cracked by Q6 without thinking twice about it. It's a weird feeling.

Any way you look at it, $1400 is a lot of money, but to a poker player it's just another night. I don't care. Given the opponent and the game dynamic we had going, I'd play just about every hand of the match in the same way despite the result. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm proud of the way I handled the session and where my head is at a couple hours afterwards. At this point, $1400 isn't chump-change but it's not a sizable chunk of my bankroll either. I could take another $1400 hit tomorrow night and still play the night after. Anyone who isn't a poker player probably doesn't understand this mindset at all and despite my efforts to explain they would still find it pretty fucked up.

All in all, I find it surprising that I'm not tilted at all right now. A few months ago the beats/coolers I took tonight would have me flipping out but it looks like I've reached that zen-state where I just roll with the punches. Lost $1400 tonight but it feels like a victory. Ship that.

Hus, that's short for hustlers

march ended up being my best month ever, coming in just short of $8k. not much else to say other than ship the loot.

here are a few hands from tonight's session:

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

Hero (Button) ($241)
SB ($364.25)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, 10

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

Flop: ($44) 5, J, 10 (2 players)

SB bets $30, Hero calls $30

Turn: ($104) J (2 players)

SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($104) K (2 players)

SB bets $100, Hero raises to $189 (All-In), SB calls $89

Total pot: $482 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Hero had J, 10 (full house, Jacks over tens).
SB had A, Q (straight, Ace high).

Outcome: Hero won $481.50


good spot to slowplay. a raise on the flop only stacks off with QQ+. once he checks the turn he has air so often that a bet will just fold him out. ship the river tho, what a deadly card.

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

Hero (Button) ($275.50)
SB ($629)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 4

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

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

SB bets $30, Hero raises to $106, SB raises to $607 (All-In), Hero calls $147.50 (All-In)

Turn: ($551) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: ($551) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $551 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Hero had 6, 4 (straight flush, eight high).
SB had A, Q (two pair, Aces and sevens).

Outcome: Hero won $550.50

straight flushes are cool :D

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

Hero (Button) ($596)
SB ($306.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, 3

Hero bets $6, SB calls $4

Flop: ($12) Q, 3, K (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets $9, SB raises to $27, Hero raises to $84, SB raises to $300.50 (All-In), Hero calls $216.50

Turn: ($613) K (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($613) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $613 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Hero had Q, 3 (full house, Kings over Queens).
SB had 4, A (three of a kind, Kings).

Outcome: Hero won $612.50


i think villain's play here is bad only because he's always always behind in this spot. he's not flatting KQ, KK, or QQ pf which leaves 1 hand that he is ahead with (33). he obviously has plenty of equity with the nut fd but something about check-raise/shoving for 150bb in this spot seems bad to me. i probably play villain's hand the same way though. :S

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graph since march 1:

standard spot that i still find interesting for some reason

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

Hero (SB) ($415)
Button ($259.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, A

Button bets $6, Hero raises to $21, Button calls $15

Flop: ($42) 9, 8, 6 (2 players)

Hero bets $26, Button calls $26

Turn: ($94) 3 (2 players)

Hero checks, Button checks

River: ($94) 6 (2 players)

Hero checks, Button bets $52, Hero calls $52

Total pot: $198 | Rake: $0.50

Results:

Button had Q, J (one pair, sixes).
Hero had J, A (one pair, sixes).

Outcome: Hero won $197.50


probably not the last time i am posting a hand exactly like this.