HUSNGs Cont

So... its been just over a week since my last post and what have I achieved? Well, not much as I have been away sunning myself on the French coast for 5 days. However, a 4 hour drive on my own each way allows one to think about poker and dig up a few theories (or maybe I have just had one too many beers tonight?).

Although I have been away for most of the past week, I have managed to play about 5 HUSNGs in the past 2 days (not a lot I know). Although I am finding the level of play very poor, I am also finding that I am much more prone to tilt when playing HUSNGs. It seems that if I loose more than 2 HUSNGs in a row I have to quit my session and get some air before playing again. I am not really sure why this is as I am winning/loosing much smaller sums of money than I was playing 50NL cash, but I think that because a HU match is so much more personal, it tends to tilt me more when I get outplayed/sucked out on. I think that part of the problem is that I am playing a very small volume of HUSNGs at the moment, and so winning/loosing 2 or 3 in a row really makes a difference, but when I get some more time on my hands (haha like thats going to happen in the next month) and I am playing 10/20 a day, then I think that I will be less prone to tilt.


Have mostly been playing the Full Tilt $10 HUSNGs with a good winrate, but also add in a few $6 Poker Stars Turbos when I am in the mood and it still amazes me how bad some of the players are...... however one hand came up today which I was really not sure about:

PokerStars Game #19504559000: Tournament #101256960, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/08/10 - 08:30:05 (ET)
Table '101256960 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Poppy021184 (1420 in chips)
Seat 2: hero (1580 in chips)
Poppy021184: posts small blind 10
hero: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [Td 5d]
Poppy021184: calls 10
hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [7d 5s 2d]
hero: bets 60
Poppy021184: raises 80 to 140
hero: raises 460 to 600
Poppy021184: calls 460
*** TURN *** [7d 5s 2d] [Ks]
hero: bets 960 and is all-in
Poppy021184: calls 800 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (160) returned to hero

My notes on the player are:

Plays around 70% of hands, raises about 20%. His raises tend to be minraises.
If he limps btn he calls a raise from the BB.
He likes to call down light and will call with draws.

Meh..... I am not sure how else to play this hand... I guess I could have been more passive on the flop and turn but FD + pair is a really strong hand and ahead of a lot of his range.... what do you think?

Got to get some sleep... but expect an update soon... maybe even with some sharkscope stats.

HUSNGs

So.... over the past few months I have not had a lot of time to play poker..... and when I have had time to play I have been grinding the $10 HUSNGs on Full Tilt.

When I last posted I was going through a rather unpleasant downswing which left me about $400 down.... and since then I have been trying to rebuild at the HUSNGs.

I have (only) played 167 games, for a profit of $174 and an roi of 9%... obviously completely meaningless given the short sample and nothing compared to Paul's efforts as he seems to manage more SNGs in a day than I do in a month (credit to him... he is crushing the games and I am kinda hoping he might give me some tips....).

The reason I chose to play HUSNGs is because I find the game really interesting. There is a lot of scope to become creative and every opponent is really different so you have to adapt to each unique situation. The average player at these levels seems to be pretty poor and, although the variance is quite high, I think that the HUSNGs can be really profitable (again, see 147star's blog for proof!).

As far as I can see, if you can maintain a 10% ROI and average 10 games an hour, thats about 1BI per hour..... and even playing the $10HUSNGs, thats $10 an hour.... however, I only 1 table at the moment and so get through about 6-7 games per hour.

Time for me to get going.... but will be posting again soon

The Comeback

Ok..... I am very sorry that I have not been updating my blog recently... I have been quite busy and I guess a bit lazy. So, welcome to the 'comeback' of my blog, hopefully I will keep it going longer than before and there should be lots to talk about.

Will try to compile a summary of events since my last post and publish it sometime over the weekend, and then post at least twice weekly.

Its good to be back :)

Exams

Been a long time since my last post, and I am afraid that it will probably be a little while until my next one. The reason is that I have been revising for my exams which start tomorrow and last 2 weeks.

Will be back on the 23rd after which I will be playing a lot of poker (I need the money for the summer), so until then.... happy grinding.

96% equity is NOT enough

It seems my luck has not yet changed and I continue to be murdered by the deck. I have now passed the 10BI mark and so can label this as a genuine 'big' downswing.

Played about 800 hands last night for a net loss of 4BIs at 30NL, although I think that I played well. Am liking my new 'tigher' style as it avoids getting into tricky spots, and people seem to 3-bet me less.

The 'big beat' last night was getting it AI with a Q high flush draw on the turn vs a really badly played straight, and him rivering a straight flush. Luckily he was only shortstacked, but I think that this is still a pretty insane beat. Poker stove analysis shows him to have 4% equity on the turn. Here is the hand.

Also managed to get it AI with a straight vs a set on the turn for a full stack, but full tilt decided that I don't deserve to win.... so he riveres a boat. The reason I call the 3-bet preflop is because the player is very tight, and I think his 3-betting range is very strong, giving me good implied odds if I hit hard with KTs. Hand here

Twice I got 3 outered, first hand where I flopped the nut straight with a J high flush redraw (J9 on a 8QT board), an insanely strong hand. I managed to get it AI 3-ways, vs AQ and K9, and turned a J giving K9 a higher straight, and missing my flush outs. Second 3 outer was vs a shortstack who thought it wise to 3-bet me with A2o and then barrel away with A high, maybe he already knew what the river card would be? Hand here.

A few other coolers to go with the above.... called a minraise on a JTA54r board on the river in a small pot with A9 vs villains A4 and took my self to valuetown with A9 vs AT on a A35KQ board.

So all in all poker is not treating me well at the moment..... (sympathy please)

7BI down..... going to take it easy now

So April has not been treating me well so far.... I did ok for about 500 hands, and then in 2 days I dropped 7BI. Going through my hand histories, in the past 1700 hands I have had the following:

QQ < AA vs a 35/30 BB vs SB
AK < AA vs a LAG
KK < AA
55 < 99 on a 594 flop
TT < J9 on a 259 flop (river is a 9)
KQ < AQ on a 48Q flop (villain limp-called preflop and I stacked off for 60BBs)
TQ < 88 on a 8Q6 flop (lost about 60BBs on this one.... might have been tilting a bit)
and finally 55 this hand vs an aggro lag


So basically have not been running that well :-( but thats poker :-)

I have some important exams coming up in 4 weeks and lots of revision to do, so I have decided to move down to 25NL until after my exams are over because I don't want to go on life tilt and let it affect my revision. So for the rest of the month (and some of next month) I am going stick to playing 25NL and play a few low BI tourneys.... and basically just play poker for fun of it and to de-stress. Once exams are over I will move back up to 50NL and hopefully run good like Mr Rahl!

I know I said I would stick to 25NL.... but decided to play some of the 15c/30c deepstacked tables on full tilt last night, but only brought in for $30, so my relative stack was only 100BBs. The games were pretty good, and I think I played fairly solid poker, and managed to end up only slightly down after I lost with set under set again.


Having run into aces so many times in the last few days, I remembered a discussion I had a long time ago with some members on the uni poker society about shoving AK preflop and so I did a few calculations.

I think that a lot of people don't realise quite how much difference having an A and a K makes to the probability of your opponent holding AA or KK. For example, if I hold QQ in the BB, its folded to the SB who openshoves (unlikely but whatever), what is the probability that he has AA or KK: ((4/50)*(3/49))+((4/50)*(3/49)) = 1/102 So, every time you are HU with QQ, there is a 1 in 102 chance that you are up against AA or KK (based purely on probability). Now if we repeat the calculation, but we have AK: ((3/50)*(2/49))+(3/50)*(2/49)) = 1/204 So, if we hold AK, it makes the probability that our opponent has AA or KK half as likely, which I think is pretty significant.

Obviously other factors need to be taken into account such as stats, reads, number of opponents going AI etc.... and I am not saying that it is correct or not to shove AK preflop... but I just thought it was interesting that having the A and K 'blockers' makes it twice as unlikely for your opponent to have AA or KK.

Never fold a hand that can't flop the nuts!

Decided to play a bit of 10NL on stars last night with Matt and Isaac..... what a night!

My stars balance at the start of the night was only $2 (all those $4/180s have been killing me!) and so I decided to see how far I could run it up before I went bust. I think I lasted about 4 hands after which I ran AT into 99 and so I asked Isaac if we could do a transfer and so I sent him $50 and he sent me $50 on stars. I have been wanting to get a bit of money on stars so I can play the occasional good value tournament and also I had told Matt that I would play some 10NL with him as he has recently started playing 6max having been a SNG and FR player.

So with $50 in my account we opened up a new table, and Nathan (friend of Matt) also joined us. I had a feeling that this was going to be somewhat reminiscent of a certain late night cash game we played a few weeks ago..... and it sure was. It was clear from the start that neither Isaac or myself ever intended to fold a hand and 3-betting light/calling down with T high became the norm. After about an hour there were about 3 people on the waiting list for our table and given that Isaac was playing 35/30, I was playing 50/45, Nathan was at about 30/25, Matt was at a cool 20/15 and the other 2 players were complete nits.... I wonder who the fish were ;)

Anyway... now for some gems of the night.... I feel bad for Matt who ran really bad.... especially when he ran his AA into my flushdraw (sorry Matt), so I hope last night did not kill his confidence in his game.




Obv Isaac sucks out on me because he runs good..... post hand analysis shows me as a 70% favourite on the turn

PokerStars Game #16418464775: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 18:18:55 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: cashsnack ($2 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($9.60 in chips)
Seat 4: tazg15 ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($9.90 in chips)
Isaac: posts small blind $0.05
cashsnack: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [Kc Kh]
Guy: raises $0.30 to $0.40
tazg15: folds
Isaac: calls $0.35
cashsnack: folds
*** FLOP *** [7c 5h Tc]
Isaac: checks
Guy: bets $0.60
Isaac: raises $1.20 to $1.80
Guy: calls $1.20
*** TURN *** [7c 5h Tc] [9c]
Isaac: bets $3.20
Guy: raises $4.20 to $7.40 and is all-in
Isaac: calls $4.20
*** RIVER *** [7c 5h Tc 9c] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Isaac: shows [8d 8c] (three of a kind, Eights)
Guy: mucks hand
Isaac collected $18.35 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.30 | Rake $0.95
Board [7c 5h Tc 9c 8s]
Seat 2: cashsnack (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Guy mucked [Kc Kh]
Seat 4: tazg15 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Isaac (small blind) showed [8d 8c] and won ($18.35) with three of a kind, Eights



Bluff raising a 4-straight board...

***** Hand History for Game 16418858379 *****
$10.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 01, 06:36:28 2008
Table Prospero V (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ( $10.35 )
Seat 2: soldatti ( $10.00 )
Seat 3: Guy ( $11.35 )
Seat 4: plus5 ( $9.70 )
Seat 5: hjtakeuchi ( $13.50 )
Seat 6: Isaac ( $19.15 )
hjtakeuchi posts the small blind [$0.05].
Isaac posts the big blind [$0.10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Guy [ 7h 8d ]
Matt folds
soldatti folds
Guy raises [$0.30]
plus5 folds
hjtakeuchi folds
Isaac calls [$0.20]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, Qs, As ]
Isaac checks
Guy checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
Isaac checks
Guy checks
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
Isaac bets [$0.40]
Guy raises [$1.50]
Isaac folds
Guy wins $1.40 from main pot
Guy wins $1.10 from main pot


I get completely owned by AA

***** Hand History for Game 16419151135 *****
$10.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 01, 06:49:45 2008
Table Prospero V (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ( $11.15 )
Seat 2: soldatti ( $9.25 )
Seat 3: Guy ( $11.60 )
Seat 4: plus5 ( $10.00 )
Seat 5: hjtakeuchi ( $14.40 )
Seat 6: Isaac ( $18.15 )
hjtakeuchi posts the small blind [$0.05].
Isaac posts the big blind [$0.10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Guy [ Qh Js ]
Matt folds
soldatti folds
Guy raises [$0.40]
plus5 calls [$0.40]
hjtakeuchi folds
Isaac folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, 4s, 2c ]
Guy bets [$0.50]
plus5 calls [$0.50]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
Guy checks
plus5 bets [$1.00]
Guy calls [$1.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
Guy bets [$2.50]
plus5 calls [$2.50]
Guy shows [Qh Js ]
plus5 shows [As Ac ]
plus5 wins $8.55 from main pot


Definitely missed a valuebet on this river!

PokerStars Game #16419235351: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 18:53:43 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ($11 in chips)
Seat 2: soldatti ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($10.70 in chips)
Seat 4: plus5 ($14 in chips)
Seat 5: hjtakeuchi ($13.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($18.15 in chips)
hjtakeuchi: posts small blind $0.05
Isaac: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [6d 6c]
Matt: folds
soldatti: folds
Guy: raises $0.10 to $0.20
plus5: folds
hjtakeuchi: folds
Isaac: calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [8h 5s Js]
Isaac: checks
Guy: checks
*** TURN *** [8h 5s Js] [Ks]
Isaac: checks
Guy: checks
*** RIVER *** [8h 5s Js Ks] [7d]
Isaac: checks
Guy: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Isaac: shows [5d 9s] (a pair of Fives)
Guy: shows [6d 6c] (a pair of Sixes)
Guy collected $0.45 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.45 | Rake $0
Board [8h 5s Js Ks 7d]
Seat 1: Matt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: soldatti folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Guy showed [6d 6c] and won ($0.45) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 4: plus5 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hjtakeuchi (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Isaac (big blind) showed [5d 9s] and lost with a pair of Fives



At this point Nathan entered the game and the 3-betting really started to get going

PokerStars Game #16419618514: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 19:11:30 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($12.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Nathan ($5.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($16.25 in chips)
Matt: posts small blind $0.05
Guy: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [7h 2d]
Nathan: raises $0.20 to $0.30
Isaac: folds
Matt: folds
Guy: raises $0.70 to $1
Nathan: folds
Guy collected $0.65 from pot
Guy: shows [7h 2d] (high card Seven)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.65 | Rake $0
Seat 1: Matt (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Guy (big blind) collected ($0.65)
Seat 5: Nathan folded before Flop
Seat 6: Isaac (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


PokerStars Game #16419970339: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 19:28:10 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: forseti23 ($5.85 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($13.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Duffman911 ($2.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Nathan ($6.45 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($18.30 in chips)
forseti23: posts small blind $0.05
Guy: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [2d 9h]
Duffman911: calls $0.10
Nathan: raises $0.20 to $0.30
Isaac: folds
Matt: folds
forseti23: folds
Guy: raises $0.80 to $1.10
Duffman911: folds
Nathan: folds
Guy collected $0.75 from pot
Guy: shows [2d 9h] (high card Nine)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.75 | Rake $0
Seat 1: Matt (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: forseti23 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Guy (big blind) collected ($0.75)
Seat 4: Duffman911 folded before Flop
Seat 5: Nathan folded before Flop
Seat 6: Isaac folded before Flop (didn't bet)


PokerStars Game #16420019712: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 19:30:32 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ($10.15 in chips)
Seat 2: forseti23 ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($12.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Duffman911 ($4.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Nathan ($6.05 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($18 in chips)
Nathan: posts small blind $0.05
Isaac: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [Ah 5s]
Matt: folds
forseti23: folds
Guy: raises $0.20 to $0.30
Duffman911: folds
Nathan: raises $0.80 to $1.10
Isaac: folds
Guy: raises $1.90 to $3
Nathan: calls $1.90
*** FLOP *** [Qh 9c 7d]
Nathan: bets $3.05 and is all-in
Guy: folds
Nathan collected $5.80 from pot
Nathan: shows [2h 2c] (a pair of Deuces)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6.10 | Rake $0.30
Board [Qh 9c 7d]
Seat 1: Matt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: forseti23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Guy folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Duffman911 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Nathan (small blind) collected ($5.80)
Seat 6: Isaac (big blind) folded before Flop


Me owning Isaac :)

***** Hand History for Game 16420143061 *****
$10.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 01, 07:36:20 2008
Table Prospero V (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ( $10.00 )
Seat 2: forseti23 ( $5.95 )
Seat 3: Guy ( $10.05 )
Seat 4: Duffman911 ( $3.90 )
Seat 5: Nathan ( $9.50 )
Seat 6: Isaac ( $18.05 )
Duffman911 posts the small blind [$0.05].
Nathan posts the big blind [$0.10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Guy [ 2s 6s ]
Isaac raises [$0.30]
Matt folds
forseti23 folds
Guy calls [$0.30]
Duffman911 folds
Nathan calls [$0.20]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, 2c, 2h ]
Nathan checks
Isaac bets [$0.60]
Guy calls [$0.60]
Nathan folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
Isaac checks
Guy checks
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
Isaac checks
Guy bets [$1.00]
Isaac calls [$1.00]
Guy shows [2s 6s ]
Guy wins $3.95 from main pot
Isaac doesn't show [6h 6c ]


This is the unfortunate hand vs Matt where I put him on overcards and expect him to fold to my c/r.... unfortunately he has AA and I manage to hit my outs

PokerStars Game #16420308095: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 19:44:04 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 2: forseti23 ($6.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($11.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Kalikat003 ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Nathan ($13.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($16.20 in chips)
forseti23: posts small blind $0.05
Guy: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [9h Qh]
Kalikat003: calls $0.10
Nathan: folds
Isaac: folds
Matt: raises $0.30 to $0.40
forseti23: folds
Guy: calls $0.30
Kalikat003: calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [8c 5h 3h]
Guy: checks
Kalikat003: checks
Matt: bets $1
Guy: raises $3 to $4
Kalikat003: folds
Matt: raises $6.10 to $10.10 and is all-in
Guy: calls $6.10
*** TURN *** [8c 5h 3h] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [8c 5h 3h 8h] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Guy: shows [9h Qh] (a flush, King high)
Matt: mucks hand
Guy collected $20.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $21.45 | Rake $1.05
Board [8c 5h 3h 8h Kh]
Seat 1: Matt (button) mucked [Ad As]
Seat 2: forseti23 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Guy (big blind) showed [9h Qh] and won ($20.40) with a flush, King high
Seat 4: Kalikat003 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Nathan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Isaac folded before Flop (didn't bet)


There comes a time in poker where you become too lazy to use the slider and so are reduced to minbets.... and look at that river outdraw... and my 10c bet with the nut low!

***** Hand History for Game 16420737855 *****
$10.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 01, 08:04:28 2008
Table Prospero V (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ( $10.35 )
Seat 3: Guy ( $22.10 )
Seat 4: rayrns ( $9.90 )
Seat 5: Nathan ( $16.75 )
Seat 6: Isaac ( $15.85 )
Matt posts the small blind [$0.05].
Guy posts the big blind [$0.10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Guy [ 2c 2s ]
rayrns folds
Nathan calls [$0.10]
Isaac calls [$0.10]
Matt calls [$0.05]
Guy raises [$0.10]
Nathan raises [$0.20]
Isaac folds
Matt folds
Guy raises [$0.20]
Nathan calls [$0.10]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, Th, 3h ]
Guy bets [$0.10]
Nathan raises [$0.20]
Guy raises [$0.20]
Nathan raises [$0.20]
Guy calls [$0.10]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
Guy bets [$0.10]
Nathan calls [$0.10]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
Guy bets [$0.10]
Nathan calls [$0.10]
Guy shows [2c 2s ]
Nathan shows [Js Kh ]
Nathan wins $2.10 from main pot



Another gem where I manage a massive outdraw

PokerStars Game #16420781609: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 20:06:33 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ($10.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($21.95 in chips)
Seat 4: rayrns ($9.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Nathan ($17.05 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($15.75 in chips)
rayrns: posts small blind $0.05
Nathan: posts big blind $0.10
Matt98568: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [Jd Kh]
Isaac: raises $0.20 to $0.30
Matt: calls $0.30
Guy: calls $0.30
rayrns: folds
Nathan: calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [As Jh 8c]
Nathan: bets $0.10
Isaac: calls $0.10
Matt: calls $0.10
Guy: raises $0.10 to $0.20
Nathan: raises $0.10 to $0.30
Isaac: calls $0.20
Matt: calls $0.20
Guy: calls $0.10
*** TURN *** [As Jh 8c] [8d]
Nathan: checks
Isaac: checks
Matt: checks
Guy: bets $0.10
Nathan: calls $0.10
Isaac: calls $0.10
Matt: calls $0.10
*** RIVER *** [As Jh 8c 8d] [Jc]
Nathan: checks
Isaac: checks
Matt: checks
Guy: bets $1.50
Nathan: folds
Isaac: calls $1.50
Matt: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Guy: shows [Jd Kh] (a full house, Jacks full of Eights)
Isaac: mucks hand
Guy collected $5.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.85 | Rake $0.25
Board [As Jh 8c 8d Jc]
Seat 1: Matt folded on the River
Seat 3: Guy (button) showed [Jd Kh] and won ($5.60) with a full house, Jacks full of Eights
Seat 4: rayrns (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Nathan (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 6: Isaac mucked [Qh Qc]


Nathan trying his tricks again

***** Hand History for Game 16421067316 *****
$10.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 01, 08:20:07 2008
Table Prospero V (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 2: ADUBS23 ( $6.00 )
Seat 3: Guy ( $27.10 )
Seat 4: rayrns ( $16.80 )
Seat 5: Nathan ( $7.25 )
Seat 6: Isaac ( $24.15 )
Nathan posts the small blind [$0.05].
Isaac posts the big blind [$0.10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Guy [ Jh Ah ]
ADUBS23 folds
Guy raises [$0.30]
rayrns folds
Nathan calls [$0.25]
Isaac calls [$0.20]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, 2c, 3d ]
Nathan checks
Isaac checks
Guy bets [$0.40]
Nathan raises [$0.80]
Isaac folds
Guy calls [$0.40]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
Nathan bets [$1.40]
Guy calls [$1.40]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
Nathan checks
Guy checks
Nathan shows [Qs Jd ]
Guy shows [Jh Ah ]
Guy wins $5.05 from main pot



Isaac makes an attempt to steal this pot (was calling a shove btw) :)

PokerStars Game #16421168045: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 20:24:52 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: ArlBsch ($19.15 in chips)
Seat 2: ADUBS23 ($5.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($18.75 in chips)
Seat 4: rayrns ($16.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Nathan ($5.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($32.75 in chips)
Isaac: posts small blind $0.05
ArlBsch: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [Th Kc]
ADUBS23: calls $0.10
Guy: raises $0.30 to $0.40
rayrns: folds
Nathan: folds
Isaac: folds
ArlBsch: folds
ADUBS23: calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [6c 4d 6h]
ADUBS23: checks
Guy: bets $0.50
ADUBS23: calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [6c 4d 6h] [Qc]
ADUBS23: checks
Guy: bets $1.20
ADUBS23: calls $1.20
*** RIVER *** [6c 4d 6h Qc] [Qh]
ADUBS23: bets $1
Guy: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ADUBS23: shows [7d 5d] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
Guy: shows [Th Kc] (two pair, Queens and Sixes - King kicker)
Guy collected $6.05 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6.35 | Rake $0.30
Board [6c 4d 6h Qc Qh]
Seat 1: ArlBsch (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: ADUBS23 showed [7d 5d] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 3: Guy showed [Th Kc] and won ($6.05) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 4: rayrns folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Nathan (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Isaac (small blind) folded before Flop





And the grand finale.....

This is why you should never EVER fold preflop!!!!!

PokerStars Game #16420249983: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/01 - 19:41:21 (ET)
Table 'Prospero V' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Matt ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: forseti23 ($7 in chips)
Seat 3: Guy ($11.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Nathan ($9.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Isaac ($16.35 in chips)
Nathan: posts small blind $0.05
Isaac: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Guy [Qh Td]
Matt: raises $0.20 to $0.30
forseti23: calls $0.30
Guy: calls $0.30
Nathan: raises $1.20 to $1.50
Isaac: folds
Matt: calls $1.20
forseti23: folds
Guy: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd Tc Qc]
Nathan: checks
Matt: bets $2
Nathan: calls $2
*** TURN *** [Qd Tc Qc] [4d]
Nathan: checks
Matt: checks
*** RIVER *** [Qd Tc Qc 4d] [Jh]
Nathan: checks
Matt: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Nathan: shows [Ks Kh] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Matt: mucks hand
Nathan collected $7.35 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.70 | Rake $0.35
Board [Qd Tc Qc 4d Jh]
Seat 1: Matt mucked [8d 8h]
Seat 2: forseti23 folded before Flop
Seat 3: Guy (button) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Nathan (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and won ($7.35) with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 6: Isaac (big blind) folded before Flop