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Friday, March 23, 2007

Friday... had high varience lately, but...DOUBLE SCORE!

So I have been on a horrible losing streak, but it may have to do with keeping busy and doing a lot of school work. I have been trying to get a internship or job this summer that has to deal with my major and that has taken up a lot of my time as well. In tonight's daily double, 2 10$ tournaments, I cashed in both of them. Now, I barely cashed in both of them, but I did cash. That means i get a bonus for doing so...like an extra 35$ or something. So that makes me feel a lot better. An interesting hand happened in a 5$ mtt that I would like to share with all of you. I may have tried this move too early in the tournament, but it worked to perfection this time. The player that I am playing against has been pretty aggressive in the early stages of the tournament(donkey) and when i checked the turn in a previous hand after a continuation bet on the flop, she just pushed all in and I folded. So I used the information to good use in this hand...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2055461172: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (15013799), Table 18 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:40:27 ET - 2007/03/23
Seat 1: mtsnot (4,460)Seat 2: fitzbluff1 (1,695), is sitting outSeat 3: nutsigtapair (1,830)Seat 4: redlava666 (5,810)Seat 5: RACER Steve (1,505)Seat 6: flopmenutz (1,125)Seat 7: Wookie67 (1,910)Seat 8: Cinderella1 (3,080)Seat 9: joe rockhead 10 (2,645)
flopmenutz posts the small blind of 30
Wookie67 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to nutsigtapair [Kc Ac]
Cinderella1 calls 60
joe rockhead 10 folds
mtsnot folds
fitzbluff1 folds
nutsigtapair raises to 180
redlava666 folds
RACER Steve folds
flopmenutz folds
Wookie67 folds
Cinderella1 calls 120
*** FLOP *** [6s 8h Ad]
Cinderella1 checks
fitzbluff1 has returned
nutsigtapair bets 150
Cinderella1 calls 150
*** TURN *** [6s 8h Ad] [Kd]
Cinderella1 checksnutsigtapair checks
*** RIVER *** [6s 8h Ad Kd] [5d]
Cinderella1 bets 2,750, and is all in
nutsigtapair calls 1,500, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 1,250 returned to Cinderella1
*** SHOW DOWN ***Cinderella1 shows [Th Jh] (Ace King high)
nutsigtapair shows [Kc Ac] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
nutsigtapair wins the pot (3,750) with two pair, Aces and Kings

The blinds are now 40/80*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 3,750 Rake 0Board: [6s 8h Ad Kd 5d]

On the flop, I made a weak looking bet of 150 to see if Cinderella would take the bait again and try to make a move on me. She did and my plan was all working so the turn gave me 2 pair(I would have done it with just the A too...I didn't need the K) and to my surprise she did not make a bet on the turn and I began to get discouraged and also checked, but checking showed even more weakness in my hand.
On the river, I checked and Cinderella1 went all in for 2 reasons and both of them had to deal with the card on the river. The 5 of diamonds brought out a flush and it also brought out a straight. I did not get much information with my 150 bet, but throughout the hand, I put Cinderella on a weak A or a hand like 89 or 910. All 3 of these hands fitted the picture, but her push on the river did not. If she had a flush draw she would have bet it with her 89 and even the 910 hand. So, flush draw could be rationally ruled out. She would also have bet a straight draw once I checked the turn especially an open ended one, which she would have to make her straight on the river. So, I ruled out the only hands that I thought had me beat. The only other hand that could have sneaked up on me is 150$ call with 5's on the flop and got a set on the river, but the chances of that are even more rare.
So, I did all the above thinking within 10 seconds to make my decision. My whole plan was for her to make that move on the river that she did, but I had to make sure it was just a move and that was easily done through my analysis of the hand.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you wanna see a dream hand...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2277034285: $100 Freeroll (17099157), Table 87 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:57:16 ET - 2007/04/24
Seat 1: packers4life (970)
Seat 2: WillSpy (2,977)
Seat 3: PokerScuggs (1,160)
Seat 4: Unlegendary (1,440), is sitting out
Seat 5: whbg1 (4,665)
Seat 6: yanksrule23 (2,637)
Seat 7: Chunkin_bows (4,515)
Seat 8: SUPERCHARGERS (835)
Seat 9: bigdaddyyaeg (4,470)
Chunkin_bows posts the small blind of 20
SUPERCHARGERS posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to packers4life [8c 6c]
bigdaddyyaeg folds
packers4life calls 40
WillSpy folds
PokerScuggs calls 40
Unlegendary folds
whbg1 calls 40
yanksrule23 folds
Chunkin_bows calls 20
SUPERCHARGERS checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 4c 5c]
Chunkin_bows checks
SUPERCHARGERS checks
packers4life checks
PokerScuggs bets 160
whbg1 folds
Chunkin_bows calls 160
SUPERCHARGERS folds
packers4life calls 160
*** TURN *** [7c 4c 5c] [8s]
Chunkin_bows checks
packers4life checks
PokerScuggs bets 960, and is all in
Chunkin_bows folds
packers4life calls 770, and is all in
PokerScuggs shows [7d Ac]
packers4life shows [8c 6c]
Uncalled bet of 190 returned to PokerScuggs
*** RIVER *** [7c 4c 5c 8s] [Ah]
PokerScuggs shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
packers4life shows a straight flush, Eight high
packers4life wins the pot (2,220) with a straight flush, Eight high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,220 | Rake 0
Board: [7c 4c 5c 8s Ah]
Seat 1: packers4life showed [8c 6c] and won (2,220) with a straight flush, Eight high
Seat 2: WillSpy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: PokerScuggs showed [7d Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 4: Unlegendary didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: whbg1 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: yanksrule23 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Chunkin_bows (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 8: SUPERCHARGERS (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: bigdaddyyaeg didn't bet (folded)

problem was it was on a stupid friggin freeroll. once in a decade man