This past weekend the wife and I went to Foxwoods. On Sunday my father-in-law and I both entered a $100+20 poker tourney which attracted exactly 100 entrants and paid 10 places. Unfortunately neither of us cashed, as I was knocked out in a very frustrating 12th place and he lost with AQ vs KJ on a Q-T-x-x-9 board to finish 24th. I am constantly amazed at how bad most live players are, although I realize that a lot of the folks in a tourney like this are "gambling", which obviously makes me so +EV it's not funny. As usual I was killed by the blind increases - we had 5000 chips and 20 minute levels, so the first 10 or so levels had reasonable blinds but once they got up to 500-1000 instead of continuing to increase incrementally they moved right up to 1000-2000, 1500-3000, 2000-4000, 3000-6000, etc. You're able to play solid, low-risk poker for 8-10 levels and then it becomes a shove-fest. On to the hands...
Very first hand at my table - flop comes with 3 low hearts, and a player in early position with Kh3h bets all 3 streets and 3-bets the river only to ship all his chips to the player to my left, on the button, with Ah9h.
I raised hands like Ace-9 and K-J a couple of times but got 3 bet every time and had to fold. At least it happened with easy-fold hands. Once I raised AhQs UTG and got reraised by the very active player two to my left who was then flat-called by a low stack. I chose to fold, and the reraiser shoved QQ (no diamond) on the flop and lost to low stack's Kd-Jx on a d-d-d-x-d board.
I won a very nice pot a few levels in when I held Q-9 offsuit in the big blind and check-called 3 bets by a late-position player on a Q-9-x-x-Kd board with 3 diamonds. I was going to raise on the river but the Kd filled both the straight and the flush so I could only call his 1500 bet. He claimed top pair, I believe meaning the Q.
In another blind hand, I was in the big blind with Jx5d and 4 of us saw a 5h-3c-2c flop. The small blind bet 400, I called, and the other two players folded. The turn was a delicious 5s, he bet 400, I made it 1000, and he called. The river was the 9h, he shoved about 2950, and I called to find that he had 9c8c. I love me some blind hands !
I limped 7-7 behind a few limpers early, bet 400 on a 10-7-6 flop, and got called by a player on my left. I bet 500 on the 5 turn and 500 more on the Jack river and got paid off by J-T. After he told me what he had I knew I had missed some value on the river.
Several hands later I had an easy isolation reshove over a small stack's early position all-in with 7-7. The player to my left hemmed and hawed for a good two minutes, saying "I don't think I can fold this hand" and such. The last thing I wanted was for him to call. I couldn't see him calling with a hand I was way ahead of, because earlier he had been adamant about his preference for two paints over a small pair, and when he finally called he indeed showed K-Q offsuit, while the small stack showed KhTh. I was able to scoop that pot though, flopping trip 7's again and surviving the 9-7-6-J-9 board. Afterwards I commented to the guy next to me "For future reference, K-Q is NEVER ahead of my all-in".
Soon after, we got entangled in another hand, one which I will never forget. A couple of players limped in at 200-400, so I decided to complete the small blind with 7-6 offsuit, and 4 of us saw a 7-6-3 rainbow flop. I checked, the guy next to me bet 500, it folded to me, and I called. The turn was a Q, and I checked to my neighbor, who bet 1500 this time around. I IMMEDIATELY overshoved all-in for about 10k chips, and once again he went into the tank. After about two minutes, he FOLDED Qd6d face up. I think I turned ghost-white. The funny thing is, 90% of the time against me, that's a great fold, because I either have a set or a 4-5 for the straight. The dealer pulled my cards into the muck and I admitted that I had 7-6, further tilting my new best friend on my left. He said that since it was a limped pot I could easily have the 4-5 or a set, and the dealer also commented that he put me on 3-3.
I felt like Daniel on this hand. With 20 or so players left a guy with a good stack raised it up preflop and got flat-called by a player in the blinds who had only about twice as many chips as the size of the bet. I commented to the guy sitting next to me "boy that's a weird call - maybe he's got a mid-pair and wants to stop-and-go." Well sure enough, the flop came 7-4-3 and the blind shoved all-in, eventually getting a fold from the original raiser who claimed overcards. I said to the guy next to me "he must have 9's", and lo and behold he flipped over two black 9's !
When we got down below 20 players the blinds were going up fast, the tables became short, and my stack was not improving. I was able to tread water though, picking up a few pots by shoving Ace-x-type hands and not getting called. I also shoved AcKc UTG and took that one too, flipping my cards over while saying "best hand I've seen all day" (I had 10-10 once and took the blinds with a raise, and had earlier reraised a short stack's all-in with AK off and beat his KT on a K-hi flop).
On my final hand, my earlier admonition came back to haunt me. We were down to 12 players, playing two tables of 6 players each, meaning the 2000-4000 blinds were coming around fast and furious. I was in the small blind with 21200 chips (19200 plus the 2000 blind) putting me in about 11th place. I knew at least that I was the short stack at my table. It was the last hand before the break, so the blinds would be 3000-6000 next hand. The big stack at the table, who had been raising about every other hand and who had been at the table with me the whole tourney, made it 12000 to go. It folded around to me and I looked down at 8-8. Decision time. If I call, I have 9200 chips left. I can't really stop-and-go and I certainly can't check-fold, so a call is out. If I fold, I have 19200 left, but will be in the 6000 big blind in 4 more hands. If I shove, the pot will be roughly 40k and he will have to call 9200 more, meaning I should have no fold equity. But if I win the pot I'll have about 50k which should ensure that I cash, and I am probably ahead preflop. After pondering my decision for about a minute I decided to shove. My opponent goes into the tank. After a minute he says "I know I'm not ahead but I don't think I can fold for these odds". I say something like "Well at least I am sure that I am ahead" and he says "Oh I KNOW you are ahead," so now I'm hoping he's got something like Ace-rag, and still praying that he somehow makes a terrible fold. Eventually he calls, and obviously flips over the ol' K-Q offsuit !!! He was right, he wasn't ahead, but sadly the board came K-9-x-9-x and I was out. Can't complain though - I played great poker, almost cashed despite getting few good hands, and got my money in good on my final hand with a chance to move way up on the leaderboard.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
I've Played a LOT of Hi-Lo Stud...
...but I've never seen this happen. First, though, I have a couple of basic rules for Hi-Lo Stud -
1) Don't play pairs from 99-KK. They can't help you make a low hand and when an opponent catches an Ace it's always hard to tell where you stand in the hand. I will play them if they are hidden, or with a suited connecting card (like QdQhJh), but only if a bunch of folks have limped in to the pot giving me a good price to hit trips or a connected flush card on 4th. I will not play these hands if one of my pair cards is out.
2) Unless your table is filled with very solid players ALWAYS raise rolled-up trips coming in. (Solid players will "know" you have trips and will not pay you off.) It is the best way to get value for your hand and get money in the pot before everyone catches 9's on 4th street and folds. I will sometimes make an exception to this policy with 999-KKK if a bunch of folks are already in the pot with low cards and/or if my case card for quads is already out.
3) Bet your big draws hard. You have to gamble with these kinds of hands, and you can sometimes get late folds and/or force out better hi hands giving you a greater chance to scoop.
Ok, here they are. These hands were back-to-back on the same table.
PokerStars Game #19716645645: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($1/$2) -
Seat 1: tomovermeers ($24.95 in chips)
Seat 2: franknew ($33.85 in chips)
Seat 3: vegasmissy ($12.75 in chips)
Seat 5: oeycsu ($54.20 in chips)
Seat 6: cps4712 ($35.20 in chips)
Seat 7: djelove1 ($38.90 in chips)
Seat 8: friederike_a ($38.95 in chips)
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to tomovermeers [6s]
Dealt to franknew [8c]
Dealt to vegasmissy [Qs]
Dealt to oeycsu [5h]
Dealt to cps4712 [Jd]
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad] [WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s]
friederike_a: brings in for $0.50
tomovermeers: folds
franknew: folds
vegasmissy: folds
oeycsu: calls $0.50
cps4712: folds
djelove1: raises $0.50 to $1 [ALWAYS]
friederike_a: calls $0.50
oeycsu: calls $0.50
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to oeycsu [5h] [4c]
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad] [4d]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s] [7s]
djelove1: bets $1 [I'M NOT HAPPY THAT THEY BOTH CAUGHT LOW]
friederike_a: calls $1
oeycsu: calls $1
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to oeycsu [5h 4c] [9d]
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad 4d] [3c]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s 7s] [9h]
djelove1: bets $2 [THEY BOTH COMPLETELY MISS]
friederike_a: calls $2
oeycsu: folds
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad 4d 3c] [6d]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s 7s 9h] [2d]
djelove1: bets $2 [SHE COULD VERY EASILY HAVE A MADE LOW BUT I HAVE THE BEST HI HAND AND VERY SOLID LOW REDRAWS]
friederike_a: calls $2
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad 4d 3c 6d] [8h] [I'M PRETTY PSYCHED TO HAVE MADE A LOW HERE]
djelove1: bets $2
friederike_a: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djelove1: shows [As Ac Ad 4d 3c 6d 8h] (HI: three of a kind, Aces; LO: 8,6,4,3,A)
friederike_a: mucks hand
djelove1 collected $9 from pot
Djelove1 collected $8.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.70 Rake $0.75
Seat 5: oeycsu folded on the 5th Street
Seat 7: djelove1 showed [As Ac Ad 4d 3c 6d 8h] and won ($17.95) with HI: three of a kind, Aces; LO: 8,6,4,3,A
Seat 8: friederike_a mucked [7h 6c 3s 7s 9h 2d 2s]
very next hand...
PokerStars Game #19716664317: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($1/$2)
Seat 1: tomovermeers ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 2: franknew ($33.75 in chips)
Seat 3: vegasmissy ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 5: oeycsu ($52.10 in chips)
Seat 6: cps4712 ($35.10 in chips)
Seat 7: djelove1 ($48.75 in chips)
Seat 8: friederike_a ($30.85 in chips)
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to tomovermeers [Kh]
Dealt to franknew [As]
Dealt to vegasmissy [Kc]
Dealt to oeycsu [Ks]
Dealt to cps4712 [Th]
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh] [I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac]
cps4712: brings in for $0.50
djelove1: raises $0.50 to $1 [WHILE PRAYING THAT SOMEONE HAS ACES OR A LOW DRAW]
friederike_a: calls $1
tomovermeers: folds
franknew: raises $1 to $2 [THIS RAISE MAKES MY DAY]
vegasmissy: folds
oeycsu: folds
cps4712: folds
djelove1: raises $1 to $3 [OBV]
friederike_a: calls $2
franknew: calls $1
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to franknew [As] [Td]
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh] [5s]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac] [9c]
franknew: checks
djelove1: bets $1
friederike_a: calls $1 [MAYBE SHE HAS A FLUSH DRAW]
franknew: calls $1
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to franknew [As Td] [Kd]
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh 5s] [8d]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac 9c] [Ts]
franknew: checks
djelove1: bets $2
friederike_a: raises $2 to $4 [NOW I THINK SHE HAS SLOW-PLAYED ACES]
franknew: folds [WHICH IS FINE WITH ME]
djelove1: raises $2 to $6 [I CAN'T BE BEHIND]
frederike_a: calls $2
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d] [6s]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac 9c Ts] [5d]
friederike_a: bets $2 [THIS IS LIKE AN XMAS GIFT - I STILL CAN'T BE BEHIND]
djelove1: raises $2 to $4
friederike_a: calls $2
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d 6s] [4d]
friederike_a: checks
djelove1: bets $2 [I KNOW I'M NOT BEAT - IF SHE HAD BET INTO ME I CAN'T RAISE]
friederike_a: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djelove1: shows [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d 6s 4d] (HI: three of a kind, Queens)
friederike_a: mucks hand
djelove1 collected $36.20 from pot
No low hand qualified
franknew said, "wow"
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $37.20 Rake $1
Seat 1: tomovermeers folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: franknew folded on the 5th Street
Seat 3: vegasmissy folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: oeycsu folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: cps4712 folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 7: djelove1 showed [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d 6s 4d] and won ($36.20) with HI: three of a kind, Queens
Seat 8: friederike_a mucked [Tc Ah Ac 9c Ts 5d 6d]
As I had suspected friederike_a did indeed raise Aces Up on 5th. Since a 10 and an Ace were both gone I knew she had two outs and was thankful she didn't hit them.
Two other hands of note today. In the first one, I played KcQcJc behind several limpers, caught the 9c on 4th, blanked 5th, caught 5c on 6th, and got paid off by an obvious straight (he had something like J-10-8-7 showing). The interesting part of that hand was that I was in 1st position and the button caught the 10c on 4th street, meaning if he had folded pre-4th I would have made a straight flush on 5th. In the other hand, I called with 4 low cards on 4th and made an 8-low on 5th, so I started raising, and I got my lone remaining opponent to fold when I bet 7th st with only a pair of deuces for hi. Now 9 times out of 10 I will make a (rake-saving) check behind on the river in this spot, because 9 times out of 10 my opponent has been calling with a big pair or two and isn't going to fold getting 9:1 (or 4.5:1 if they don't have low and "know" I have low), but in this spot I knew my opponent was a total fish and was confident she could fold a lot of crappy hi hands on the river.
1) Don't play pairs from 99-KK. They can't help you make a low hand and when an opponent catches an Ace it's always hard to tell where you stand in the hand. I will play them if they are hidden, or with a suited connecting card (like QdQhJh), but only if a bunch of folks have limped in to the pot giving me a good price to hit trips or a connected flush card on 4th. I will not play these hands if one of my pair cards is out.
2) Unless your table is filled with very solid players ALWAYS raise rolled-up trips coming in. (Solid players will "know" you have trips and will not pay you off.) It is the best way to get value for your hand and get money in the pot before everyone catches 9's on 4th street and folds. I will sometimes make an exception to this policy with 999-KKK if a bunch of folks are already in the pot with low cards and/or if my case card for quads is already out.
3) Bet your big draws hard. You have to gamble with these kinds of hands, and you can sometimes get late folds and/or force out better hi hands giving you a greater chance to scoop.
Ok, here they are. These hands were back-to-back on the same table.
PokerStars Game #19716645645: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($1/$2) -
Seat 1: tomovermeers ($24.95 in chips)
Seat 2: franknew ($33.85 in chips)
Seat 3: vegasmissy ($12.75 in chips)
Seat 5: oeycsu ($54.20 in chips)
Seat 6: cps4712 ($35.20 in chips)
Seat 7: djelove1 ($38.90 in chips)
Seat 8: friederike_a ($38.95 in chips)
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to tomovermeers [6s]
Dealt to franknew [8c]
Dealt to vegasmissy [Qs]
Dealt to oeycsu [5h]
Dealt to cps4712 [Jd]
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad] [WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s]
friederike_a: brings in for $0.50
tomovermeers: folds
franknew: folds
vegasmissy: folds
oeycsu: calls $0.50
cps4712: folds
djelove1: raises $0.50 to $1 [ALWAYS]
friederike_a: calls $0.50
oeycsu: calls $0.50
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to oeycsu [5h] [4c]
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad] [4d]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s] [7s]
djelove1: bets $1 [I'M NOT HAPPY THAT THEY BOTH CAUGHT LOW]
friederike_a: calls $1
oeycsu: calls $1
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to oeycsu [5h 4c] [9d]
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad 4d] [3c]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s 7s] [9h]
djelove1: bets $2 [THEY BOTH COMPLETELY MISS]
friederike_a: calls $2
oeycsu: folds
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad 4d 3c] [6d]
Dealt to friederike_a [3s 7s 9h] [2d]
djelove1: bets $2 [SHE COULD VERY EASILY HAVE A MADE LOW BUT I HAVE THE BEST HI HAND AND VERY SOLID LOW REDRAWS]
friederike_a: calls $2
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to djelove1 [As Ac Ad 4d 3c 6d] [8h] [I'M PRETTY PSYCHED TO HAVE MADE A LOW HERE]
djelove1: bets $2
friederike_a: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djelove1: shows [As Ac Ad 4d 3c 6d 8h] (HI: three of a kind, Aces; LO: 8,6,4,3,A)
friederike_a: mucks hand
djelove1 collected $9 from pot
Djelove1 collected $8.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.70 Rake $0.75
Seat 5: oeycsu folded on the 5th Street
Seat 7: djelove1 showed [As Ac Ad 4d 3c 6d 8h] and won ($17.95) with HI: three of a kind, Aces; LO: 8,6,4,3,A
Seat 8: friederike_a mucked [7h 6c 3s 7s 9h 2d 2s]
very next hand...
PokerStars Game #19716664317: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($1/$2)
Seat 1: tomovermeers ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 2: franknew ($33.75 in chips)
Seat 3: vegasmissy ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 5: oeycsu ($52.10 in chips)
Seat 6: cps4712 ($35.10 in chips)
Seat 7: djelove1 ($48.75 in chips)
Seat 8: friederike_a ($30.85 in chips)
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to tomovermeers [Kh]
Dealt to franknew [As]
Dealt to vegasmissy [Kc]
Dealt to oeycsu [Ks]
Dealt to cps4712 [Th]
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh] [I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac]
cps4712: brings in for $0.50
djelove1: raises $0.50 to $1 [WHILE PRAYING THAT SOMEONE HAS ACES OR A LOW DRAW]
friederike_a: calls $1
tomovermeers: folds
franknew: raises $1 to $2 [THIS RAISE MAKES MY DAY]
vegasmissy: folds
oeycsu: folds
cps4712: folds
djelove1: raises $1 to $3 [OBV]
friederike_a: calls $2
franknew: calls $1
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to franknew [As] [Td]
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh] [5s]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac] [9c]
franknew: checks
djelove1: bets $1
friederike_a: calls $1 [MAYBE SHE HAS A FLUSH DRAW]
franknew: calls $1
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to franknew [As Td] [Kd]
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh 5s] [8d]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac 9c] [Ts]
franknew: checks
djelove1: bets $2
friederike_a: raises $2 to $4 [NOW I THINK SHE HAS SLOW-PLAYED ACES]
franknew: folds [WHICH IS FINE WITH ME]
djelove1: raises $2 to $6 [I CAN'T BE BEHIND]
frederike_a: calls $2
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d] [6s]
Dealt to friederike_a [Ac 9c Ts] [5d]
friederike_a: bets $2 [THIS IS LIKE AN XMAS GIFT - I STILL CAN'T BE BEHIND]
djelove1: raises $2 to $4
friederike_a: calls $2
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d 6s] [4d]
friederike_a: checks
djelove1: bets $2 [I KNOW I'M NOT BEAT - IF SHE HAD BET INTO ME I CAN'T RAISE]
friederike_a: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djelove1: shows [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d 6s 4d] (HI: three of a kind, Queens)
friederike_a: mucks hand
djelove1 collected $36.20 from pot
No low hand qualified
franknew said, "wow"
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $37.20 Rake $1
Seat 1: tomovermeers folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: franknew folded on the 5th Street
Seat 3: vegasmissy folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: oeycsu folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: cps4712 folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 7: djelove1 showed [Qd Qs Qh 5s 8d 6s 4d] and won ($36.20) with HI: three of a kind, Queens
Seat 8: friederike_a mucked [Tc Ah Ac 9c Ts 5d 6d]
As I had suspected friederike_a did indeed raise Aces Up on 5th. Since a 10 and an Ace were both gone I knew she had two outs and was thankful she didn't hit them.
Two other hands of note today. In the first one, I played KcQcJc behind several limpers, caught the 9c on 4th, blanked 5th, caught 5c on 6th, and got paid off by an obvious straight (he had something like J-10-8-7 showing). The interesting part of that hand was that I was in 1st position and the button caught the 10c on 4th street, meaning if he had folded pre-4th I would have made a straight flush on 5th. In the other hand, I called with 4 low cards on 4th and made an 8-low on 5th, so I started raising, and I got my lone remaining opponent to fold when I bet 7th st with only a pair of deuces for hi. Now 9 times out of 10 I will make a (rake-saving) check behind on the river in this spot, because 9 times out of 10 my opponent has been calling with a big pair or two and isn't going to fold getting 9:1 (or 4.5:1 if they don't have low and "know" I have low), but in this spot I knew my opponent was a total fish and was confident she could fold a lot of crappy hi hands on the river.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Love Me Some Donks
I think I am the king of the value-bet...
PokerStars Game #19408965307: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25)
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: cap. marb ($27.90 in chips)
Seat 2: djelove1 ($26.60 in chips)
Seat 3: fatedmirage ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 4: nbgen4321 ($23.25 in chips)
Seat 5: PaulWilson ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: ptitlouis38 ($15.45 in chips)
Seat 7: henrik albin ($13.95 in chips)
Seat 8: xaucomet ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: porkygirl ($13.55 in chips)
fatedmirage: posts small blind $0.10
nbgen4321: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qh]
PaulWilson: folds
ptitlouis38: folds
henrik albin: folds
xaucomet: raises $1 to $1.25
porkygirl: folds
cap. marb: folds
djelove1: calls $1.25 [I'm never folding QQ on the button]
fatedmirage: folds
nbgen4321: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s 9h Td]
xaucomet: bets $3
djelove1: raises $3 to $6 [I raised to see where I was at - I wasn't sure if he had anything]
xaucomet: calls $3 [when he flat-calls I know he has nothing - AA and KK shove almost always]
*** TURN *** [9s 9h Td] [Jc]
xaucomet: checks
djelove1: bets $4 [the Jack is absolutely the grossest card that could come, but it does give me a straight draw, and since I am still sure he has nothing I value-bet]
xaucomet: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [9s 9h Td Jc] [Qs] [GIN !!!!]
xaucomet: bets $13.75 and is all-in [I love the -EV shove - maybe if I have KK I call but without a boat I have to fold otherwise]
djelove1: calls $13.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
xaucomet: shows [As Kd] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
djelove1: shows [Qd Qh] (a full house, Queens full of Nines)
djelove1 collected $47.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $50.35 Rake $2.45 Board [9s 9h Td Jc Qs]
Seat 1: cap. marb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: djelove1 (button) showed [Qd Qh] and won ($47.90) with a full house, Queens full of Nines
Seat 3: fatedmirage (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: nbgen4321 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: PaulWilson folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ptitlouis38 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: henrik albin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: xaucomet showed [As Kd] and lost with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: porkygirl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
PokerStars Game #19408965307: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25)
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: cap. marb ($27.90 in chips)
Seat 2: djelove1 ($26.60 in chips)
Seat 3: fatedmirage ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 4: nbgen4321 ($23.25 in chips)
Seat 5: PaulWilson ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: ptitlouis38 ($15.45 in chips)
Seat 7: henrik albin ($13.95 in chips)
Seat 8: xaucomet ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: porkygirl ($13.55 in chips)
fatedmirage: posts small blind $0.10
nbgen4321: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to djelove1 [Qd Qh]
PaulWilson: folds
ptitlouis38: folds
henrik albin: folds
xaucomet: raises $1 to $1.25
porkygirl: folds
cap. marb: folds
djelove1: calls $1.25 [I'm never folding QQ on the button]
fatedmirage: folds
nbgen4321: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s 9h Td]
xaucomet: bets $3
djelove1: raises $3 to $6 [I raised to see where I was at - I wasn't sure if he had anything]
xaucomet: calls $3 [when he flat-calls I know he has nothing - AA and KK shove almost always]
*** TURN *** [9s 9h Td] [Jc]
xaucomet: checks
djelove1: bets $4 [the Jack is absolutely the grossest card that could come, but it does give me a straight draw, and since I am still sure he has nothing I value-bet]
xaucomet: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [9s 9h Td Jc] [Qs] [GIN !!!!]
xaucomet: bets $13.75 and is all-in [I love the -EV shove - maybe if I have KK I call but without a boat I have to fold otherwise]
djelove1: calls $13.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
xaucomet: shows [As Kd] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
djelove1: shows [Qd Qh] (a full house, Queens full of Nines)
djelove1 collected $47.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $50.35 Rake $2.45 Board [9s 9h Td Jc Qs]
Seat 1: cap. marb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: djelove1 (button) showed [Qd Qh] and won ($47.90) with a full house, Queens full of Nines
Seat 3: fatedmirage (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: nbgen4321 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: PaulWilson folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ptitlouis38 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: henrik albin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: xaucomet showed [As Kd] and lost with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: porkygirl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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