I have finally succumbed to my impulse to spend some cash and bought myself an Ipod. Went into town specifically to get one and thought the Apple Store would be the best place - amazing how wrong you can be. Sure they have all the equipment you could want but to be honest I couldn't even identify who were staff and where the tills were! Too much technology in one place and it is somewhat too cutting edge for me so rather than embarass myself I decided to go to Selfridges to purchase one instead. Unfortunately the Ipods are located near the computer stuff so I came away with a Wii as well. Ah well it'll give me more stuff to do whilst at home and Nat has wanted one for ages so it's all good. Despite winning reasonable sums I still find it hard to be frivolous with money, maybe it's because I want to invest in property and therefore can't afford to be wasting money on lots of stuff I don't need all the time.
Anyway having had the day off work which has been fantastic I played a fair amount and had a pretty good day - somewhere around 3k up I think, which is good but at the same time I find myself disappointed as I know I misplayed a few hands where I could have won a lot more, overall a solid effort though. Below are a few hand histories and my thoughts on each hand, a few interesting examples I think.
***** Hand History for Game 6053782875 *****
$1,000 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 11, 17:06:31 ET 2007
Table Table 126855 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: Raoh_ ( $128 USD )
Seat 3: CLICK_888 ( $1,492.50 USD )
Seat 4: oxionoixo ( $943.50 USD )
Seat 5: melilfishy ( $1,464.68 USD )
Seat 6: twogaddar ( $846.57 USD )
Seat 7: nail29 ( $1,636.58 USD )
Seat 8: MyLastMoney ( $200.75 USD )
Seat 10: Up1million ( $1,269.50 USD )
Seat 9: webers81 ( $970 USD )
Seat 1: PokerDandy76 ( $715 USD )
webers81 posts small blind [$5 USD].
PokerDandy76 posts big blind [$10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to webers81 [ Ac Qs ]
Raoh_ folds
CLICK_888 folds
oxionoixo folds
melilfishy folds
twogaddar folds
nail29 folds
MyLastMoney folds
webers81 raises [$25 USD]
PokerDandy76 raises [$60 USD]
webers81 calls [$40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, Qh, 2d ]
webers81 checks
PokerDandy76 bets [$70 USD]
webers81 calls [$70 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5c ]
webers81 checks
PokerDandy76 bets [$277 USD]
webers81 is all-In [$830 USD]
PokerDandy76 is all-In [$298 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
PokerDandy76 shows [ Kc, 4s ]high card King.
webers81 shows [ Ac, Qs ]a pair of Queens.
webers81 wins $255 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Queens.
webers81 wins $1,427 USD from the main pot with a pair of Queens.
I'd stolen the guys blind from the SB a couple of times in a row and having raised it I felt that he was just defending and his range was extremely wide so I called and decided to play the hand based on what came on the flop. Q high was a superb flop for me but I thought he'd probably bet it for me and didn't want to get raised off it if I bet first. I just called his bet then did the same on the turn expecting him to check behind me. His pot sized pet felt weak so I pushed and it turned out he had hit a draw on the turn - bloody stupid way for him to lose $715 if you ask me, if he'd just folded pre-flop he'd have lost $10. Still these are the problems which you face when you decide to defend blinds in cash games - not neccesarily a good idea. This is not a hand which is typical of me at all but I tend to go with my instincts and was very aware of how I thought he viewed my raise pre flop.
This next one is just impossible for the guy to get away from
***** Hand History for Game 6053856260 *****
$1,000 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 11, 17:25:25 ET 2007
Table Table 128013 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: Raoh_ ( $210 USD )
Seat 3: TRUMPIS ( $772.63 USD )
Seat 4: oxionoixo ( $1,023 USD )
Seat 5: melilfishy ( $1,000 USD )
Seat 6: twogaddar ( $1,599.26 USD )
Seat 7: MyLastMoney ( $200 USD )
Seat 8: KlausKanone ( $1,428.50 USD )
Seat 9: nail29 ( $1,456.75 USD )
Seat 10: randomguy2k ( $877 USD )
Seat 1: webers81 ( $1,065 USD )
Raoh_ posts small blind [$5 USD].
TRUMPIS posts big blind [$10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to webers81 [ Qs Qc ]
oxionoixo calls [$10 USD]
melilfishy folds
twogaddar folds
>You have options at Table 125404 (No DP) Table!.
MyLastMoney folds
KlausKanone folds
nail29 folds
randomguy2k raises [$33 USD]
webers81 calls [$33 USD]
Raoh_ folds
TRUMPIS folds
oxionoixo calls [$23 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 5s, Qh ]
oxionoixo checks
randomguy2k checks
webers81 bets [$70 USD]
oxionoixo raises [$180 USD]
randomguy2k folds
webers81 calls [$110 USD]
>You have options at Table 125404 (No DP) Table!.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
oxionoixo bets [$310 USD]
webers81 is all-In [$852 USD]
oxionoixo is all-In [$500 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
oxionoixo shows [ 4c, 4h ]three of a kind, Fours.
webers81 shows [ Qs, Qc ]three of a kind, Queens.
webers81 wins $42 USD from side pot #1 with three of a kind, Queens.
webers81 wins $2,091 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Queens.
I flop top set he flops bottom and for me it's just a matter o making sure all the money goes into the middle. The 8 on the turn did give a potential straight but I play a lot with Oxionoixo and I was certain he had 2 pair or a set by his raise on the flop. I really like my call here as if I push or reraise it gives the chance for him to get away but this way I just hand him the rope and he commences to hang himself.
Last one now - a very different hand
***** Hand History for Game 6054178635 *****
$1,000 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 11, 19:06:38 ET 2007
Table Table 128013 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 4: Cappriccioso ( $1,247.75 USD )
Seat 5: melilfishy ( $1,000 USD )
Seat 6: twogaddar ( $692.01 USD )
Seat 8: webers81 ( $1,466.75 USD )
Seat 10: CLICK_888 ( $1,989.02 USD )
Seat 7: sanuk247 ( $185 USD )
Seat 3: oxionoixo ( $1,206.75 USD )
Seat 2: NOMURAM ( $585.75 USD )
Seat 1: Agentjade ( $980 USD )
Seat 9: LoveYou77 ( $1,000 USD )
CLICK_888 posts small blind [$5 USD].
Agentjade posts big blind [$10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to webers81 [ Jh Jc ]
NOMURAM calls [$10 USD]
oxionoixo folds
Cappriccioso folds
melilfishy folds
twogaddar folds
sanuk247 folds
webers81 raises [$40 USD]
CLICK_888 folds
Agentjade calls [$30 USD]
>You have options at Table 128008 (No DP) Table!.
NOMURAM calls [$30 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, Kc, 9c ]
Agentjade checks
NOMURAM checks
webers81 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]
Agentjade checks
NOMURAM checks
webers81 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
Agentjade bets [$150 USD]
NOMURAM folds
webers81 calls [$150 USD]
Agentjade shows [ As, 5s ]high card Ace.
webers81 shows [ Jh, Jc ]a flush, King high.
webers81 wins $422 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.
I raised preflop with JJ and got an all club K high flop - easy check in late position as if I bet I'm pretty much going to have to fold to any raise as I won't have a clue where I am. The turn brings another club giving me the third best flush available. Once it's checked to me I'm pretty sure I'm ahead but can't see any value in betting as if I'm behind it costs me a lot to find out and if I'm ahead I'm unlikely to be called. And on the river a large $150 is put in which is what I was looking for - I managed to induce the bluff and If I had been behind lost the absolute minimum on the hand. Really like how I played this as I think it gives me the maximum equity or minimum loss whatever the other players have.
Right it's late, I'm tired and sadly not concentrating too well any more so I have quit for the night and shall resume some point tomorrow as I'm not in work till Wednesday.
Steve
Monthly Profit - $13,478
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