Nice session last night

by joelgittel on 11/17/06

I've been having a good week. Here's two hands that really helped me out. Notes following each hand:

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $3/$6
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $576
UTG+1: $891.20
MP1: $861.10
Hero: $440.85
MP3: $600
CO: $303.45
Button: $105
SB: $948.75
BB: $556.85

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with 8

UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $6 (pot was $9), MP1 folds, Hero raises to $18, 2 folds, Button calls $18 (pot was $33), 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $12 (pot was $51).

Flop: 5

($63, 3 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: 7

($63, 3 players)
UTG+1 bets $24, Hero raises to $54, Button folds, UTG+1 raises to $126, Hero calls $72 (pot was $243).

River: 5

($315, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $306, Hero calls all-in $296.85.
Uncalled bets: $9.15 returned to UTG+1.

Results:
Final pot: $908.7
UTG+1 showed 2d 2s
Hero showed 8h 8c

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not sure why this guy paid me off. I guess I had a terrible rep with him. Gotta love it!
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Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$4
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $556
UTG+1: $900.85
CO: $580
Button: $361.60
Hero: $209.90
BB: $261.30

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with Q

2 folds, CO raises to $16, Button folds, Hero calls $14 (pot was $22), BB folds.

Flop: 4

($36, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $24, Hero calls $24 (pot was $60).

Turn: Q

($84, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $48, Hero raises all-in $169.9, CO calls $121.9 (pot was $301.9).

River: 5

($423.8, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $423.8)

Results:
Final pot: $423.8
Hero showed Qc Jc
CO mucks Jh Tc

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got a little lucky here. Wasn't sure I had the best hand, but felt I could move him off his hand, something like KQ, and I had my draw to fall back on.
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2 Comments

Comments

Anonymous says

Note sure why you played QJs off the button 2 handed, and called a raise. Was villan SUPER loose? And you weren't getting odds on the flop to call... this hand is definitely -ev

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