Still going steady

Put in some more hands today. Just 750, but I need to focus on my exams right now, so when I play I'll try and keep it at the 750 hand range.
In this post I'll post some of my hands just to let you in on some of the action.

Ace on the river

This hand just illustrates the power of AK. I'm only a 65% favourite pf. Hand is a standard cooler.

This guy likes t3h gamb00l, but he has the goods this time. Pokerhand just crashed so you'll have to endure the low graphic version of the HHs, I'll convert to plain text so they'll still be pretty readable.:

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (2 handed) Absolute Poker Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)

BB ($225.30)
Hero ($690.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Tc, Th.
Hero raises to $12, BB raises to $225.3, Hero calls $213.30.

Flop: ($450.60) As, 4h, 5h (2 players)

Turn: ($450.60) 9s (2 players)

River: ($450.60) Kc (2 players)

Final Pot: $450.60

Results below:
BB has Qd Qc (one pair, queens).
Hero has Tc Th (one pair, tens).
Outcome: BB wins $450.60.

I guess I got outplayed here. Was going for 3 streets of value, but the river came down pretty ugly. Tbh I felt pretty beat here given villains timing, fishiness and bet sizing. Also the river card was pretty bad, because he'd play a flush and possibly a boat the same way. It's interesting that he peels the flop w/a gutshot though, improves to 1 pair on the turn and turns his hand into a bluff on the river. The lines these guys take...:

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed) Absolute Poker Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)

MP ($861)
CO ($494)
Hero ($400.50)
SB ($1045.70)
BB ($578.40)
UTG ($465.60)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9h, 7d.
3 folds, Hero raises to $16, SB calls $14, 1 fold.

Flop: ($36) Ts, 3c, 8c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $28, SB calls $28.

Turn: ($92) Jc (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $64, SB calls $64.

River: ($220) Tc (2 players)
SB bets $110, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $220

Results below:
SB has Jh Qs (two pair, jacks and tens).
Outcome: SB wins $220.

All I can say about the next hand is that I am happy to play with guys like this:

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (4 handed) Absolute Poker Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)

Button ($454.20)
Hero ($487.50)
BB ($611.50)
UTG ($784.65)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Qs, Qc.
UTG raises to $8, 1 fold, Hero raises to $38, 1 fold, UTG calls $30.

Flop: ($80) 7h, 6s, 2s (2 players)
Hero bets $64, UTG calls $64.

Turn: ($208) 3c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $136, Hero raises to $385.5, UTG calls $249.50.

River: ($979) 4d (2 players)

Final Pot: $979

Results below:
UTG has 7c 8c (one pair, sevens).
Hero has Qs Qc (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $979.

The next hand is my sickest pot for today. This is against the same guy whom I lost my TT to his QQ to for 50bb. This was a pretty close decision and villain was going through phases of shoving a lot and then slowing down. Given his timing (he didn't think long before putting his money in the middle, I figure if he'd have AA,KK,QQ he'd stop to think about how he can make the most money off of me) and the fact that he showed down QQ to me last hand (I know he's shoving light, but he may think I'm scared money against him, because he showed me a decent hand the last time plus I had been folding to his all-in raises. This is a very minor thing, because I could be levelling myself by giving villain to much credit, but it's the small things that added up for me in this hand). I was talking to whitewash as this hand was happening and he figured it was close. I felt I needed to call given his range, but that I should be prepaired to be behind here some percentage of the time:

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (5 handed) Absolute Poker Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)

BB ($156)
UTG ($322.80)
MP ($388.40)
Button ($414)
Hero ($537.80)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9h, 9s.
1 fold, MP raises to $12, 1 fold, Hero raises to $44, 1 fold, MP raises to $388.4, Hero calls $344.40.

Flop: ($780.80) 6c, 7h, Ks (2 players)

Turn: ($780.80) Tc (2 players)

River: ($780.80) 2d (2 players)

Final Pot: $780.80

Results below:
Hero has 9h 9s (one pair, nines).
MP has 8c 8h (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Hero wins $780.80.

Here villain is a fish and it's pretty obvious my hand is good here. Given that these guys never fold this is a standard value raise, I could have even made it slightly bigger, but it worked out well:

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (4 handed) Absolute Poker Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)

BB ($937.35)
Hero ($449)
Button ($306)
SB ($994.30)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Ks, Kc.
Hero raises to $16, 2 folds, BB calls $12.

Flop: ($34) 5h, Ts, 8h (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $28, BB calls $28.

Turn: ($90) 5s (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $64, BB calls $64.

River: ($218) 4c (2 players)
BB bets $55, Hero raises to $200, BB calls $145.

Final Pot: $618

Results below:
BB has Ac 8s (two pair, eights and fives).
Hero has Ks Kc (two pair, kings and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $618.



My Computer hasn't arrived yet and I can't wait for it to get here. I don't really have any lag on ipoker with HUD running, but my computer doesn't like ABS+Hud or FTP+Hud.

Tomorrow I'll be back to uni and I am kinda happy to do that and get my exams over with, I just hope I can balance everything well, but I'm slowly getting back a decent sleeping rhythm.

l8rs