Monday, October 10, 2005
Trifecta for the day.
Here's a couple interesting hands from my afternoon session. Maybe Lee read my letter already? I'll reserve judgement on that. He has a knack for yanking my nut hairs out.
PokerStars 2/4 Hold'em (6 handed) converter
Preflop: Hero is BB with Jd, Js.
UTG calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero raises, UTG calls, CO calls, Button 3-bets, SB folds, Hero caps, UTG folds, CO folds, Button calls.
Flop: (13 SB) 2h, Kh, As (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.
Turn: (8.50 BB) 3d (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.
River: (10.50 BB) 6c (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.
Final Pot: 10.50 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has Jd Js (one pair, jacks).
Button has 5s Qs (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins 10.50 BB.
Who says only good players play at Stars. Limp re-raising with Q5s? I'm kind of glad he did because it let me weed out the over cards that had originally called.
Here's a nice heads up hand (for me):
PokerStars 2/4 Hold'em (2 handed) converter
Preflop: Hero is Button with 8d, 8c. Hero posts a blind of $2.
BB raises, Hero (poster) 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.
Flop: (8 SB) 7d, 5c, Jc (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.
Turn: (7 BB) 8s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.
River: (15 BB) 2h (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.
Final Pot: 19 BB
Results in white below:
BB has Kh Kd (one pair, kings).
Hero has 8d 8c (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: Hero wins 19 BB.
Nice suckout for my biggest pot yet. Anyone play that one differently heads up? He complained, but there's no way I'm not going to see a showdown with that hand and that board (even without the 8 on the turn).
So, my afternoon session went well today. I played a little $2/4 full and $3/6 6 max on Party and had a nice winning session. Then some $2/4 short on Poker Stars for a nice win.
I'm about 1/7th of the way to clearing my bonus at Stars. I should have that thing cleared either by tonight or tomorrow night. Then I'm going to start on the Empire bonus that begins tomorrow. 100% up to $100.