Played for a few hours today, and my persistence was rewarded with a final take of... $0.10. Which is better than a loss I guess, but not particularly inspiring. As for my play, most of it was just a slow bleed, exacerbated by the table being often quite quiet (occasionally dropping down to just 5-6 out of 10 players).
I'm getting better at staying in hands when I've got a good hand, in the face of some strong betting (see below). Still need work on getting out of hands when it's likely that I'm going to lose, though. And still not confident when it comes to extracting chips from players when they're trying to see the river. I tend to want to not overbet because I figure if they don't call then I don't make any extra, but still underestimating what people will be prepared to pay.
I need to put some more time in on the more calculating aspects, judging pot odds and outs etc. Practise is fine but I think I'd learn faster with some more theory under my belt. So, going to read some sites and maybe pick up a poker magazine. It's very much a 'curl up on the sofa and read something' day today.
Anyway, I'll leave with one of the hands I quite liked today.
#Game No : 6108612974
***** Hand History for Game 6108612974 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 30, 07:15:40 ET 2007
Table Table 125806 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: iceman_nz ( $3.80 USD )
Seat 3: SoExclusive ( $7.91 USD )
Seat 5: trevorcm ( $18.50 USD )
Seat 10: Flop_Barreir ( $6.83 USD )
Seat 8: e_r_c ( $3.18 USD )
Seat 6: Dkotor ( $3.04 USD )
SoExclusive posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
trevorcm posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ Qc Qh ]
Dkotor folds
e_r_c calls [$0.04 USD]
Flop_Barreir raises [$0.12 USD]
iceman_nz folds
SoExclusive calls [$0.10 USD]
trevorcm folds
e_r_c calls [$0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 6c, 5s ]
Flop_Barreir: i reraise the dealer
SoExclusive checks
e_r_c bets [$0.20 USD]
Flop_Barreir calls [$0.20 USD]
SoExclusive calls [$0.20 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
SoExclusive checks
francois889 has joined the table.
e_r_c bets [$0.32 USD]
Flop_Barreir raises [$0.82 USD]
SoExclusive calls [$0.82 USD]
e_r_c raises [$1.68 USD]
Flop_Barreir: trips 10?
Flop_Barreir folds
SoExclusive calls [$1.18 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
SoExclusive checks
e_r_c is all-In [$0.86 USD]
SoExclusive calls [$0.86 USD]
SoExclusive shows [ 7c, 8h ]high card King.
e_r_c shows [ Qc, Qh ]three of a kind, Queens.
e_r_c wins $7.17 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Queens.
I think this hand was my biggest single win so far. I liked my betting in this one, though it wouldn't have been quite such a big win if SoExclusive wasn't so willing to pay big to chase a straight (and then to call with nothing just out of curiousity!)
This month's profits: $3.85
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
gah
Bad day today. Very bad. Ended up a very depressing $7.42 down, more than wiping out my first two days play. I think what I learned today is that holding high pocket pairs are a very good way of losing lots of chips. I think about $5 of the $7.42 was lost while holding a high pocket pair. At least half of them I think I played correctly for what I had (there were some infuriating losses to people making unlikely straights on the river), but that doesn't really mean much when I'm dropping a couple of dollars because I can't let go of a pair of aces.
On the bright side, I'm still in profit overall, so I should probably consider this a learning experience. It's probably been a bit arrogant of me to just assume I'll win every time - this has brought me down a bit. Next session I'm going to focus more, try to tighten up and think a bit more before I call a large raise.
I don't like to end on a down note, so here's a song...
Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round....
Okay, forget the song. Instead enjoy this hand where I take a nice amount from the guy who derided me last session.
#Game No : 6098461107
***** Hand History for Game 6098461107 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 26, 16:27:59 ET 2007
Table Table 126041 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: charli441 ( $4.76 USD )
Seat 3: frenkman ( $2.02 USD )
Seat 9: Phony333 ( $7.05 USD )
Seat 10: e_r_c ( $3.76 USD )
Seat 1: Chipie0711 ( $6.26 USD )
Seat 4: GreedyGold ( $2.51 USD )
Seat 6: BetFlopBoy ( $4.86 USD )
Seat 7: zana2003 ( $3.02 USD )
Seat 5: Insolent9 ( $5.11 USD )
e_r_c posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Chipie0711 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ Ac Jc ]
charli441 folds
frenkman folds
GreedyGold folds
Insolent9 folds
BetFlopBoy folds
zana2003 calls [$0.04 USD]
Phony333 folds
e_r_c raises [$0.10 USD]
Chipie0711 folds
zana2003 calls [$0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, Jd, Js ]
e_r_c bets [$0.16 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.16 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
e_r_c bets [$0.36 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.36 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
e_r_c bets [$0.50 USD]
The_AKing has joined the table.
zana2003 calls [$0.50 USD]
e_r_c shows [ Ac, Jc ]three of a kind, Jacks.
zana2003 doesn't show [ Ks, Qc ]two pairs, Queens and Jacks.
e_r_c wins $2.21 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Jacks.
This month's profit: $3.75
On the bright side, I'm still in profit overall, so I should probably consider this a learning experience. It's probably been a bit arrogant of me to just assume I'll win every time - this has brought me down a bit. Next session I'm going to focus more, try to tighten up and think a bit more before I call a large raise.
I don't like to end on a down note, so here's a song...
Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round....
Okay, forget the song. Instead enjoy this hand where I take a nice amount from the guy who derided me last session.
#Game No : 6098461107
***** Hand History for Game 6098461107 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 26, 16:27:59 ET 2007
Table Table 126041 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: charli441 ( $4.76 USD )
Seat 3: frenkman ( $2.02 USD )
Seat 9: Phony333 ( $7.05 USD )
Seat 10: e_r_c ( $3.76 USD )
Seat 1: Chipie0711 ( $6.26 USD )
Seat 4: GreedyGold ( $2.51 USD )
Seat 6: BetFlopBoy ( $4.86 USD )
Seat 7: zana2003 ( $3.02 USD )
Seat 5: Insolent9 ( $5.11 USD )
e_r_c posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Chipie0711 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ Ac Jc ]
charli441 folds
frenkman folds
GreedyGold folds
Insolent9 folds
BetFlopBoy folds
zana2003 calls [$0.04 USD]
Phony333 folds
e_r_c raises [$0.10 USD]
Chipie0711 folds
zana2003 calls [$0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, Jd, Js ]
e_r_c bets [$0.16 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.16 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
e_r_c bets [$0.36 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.36 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
e_r_c bets [$0.50 USD]
The_AKing has joined the table.
zana2003 calls [$0.50 USD]
e_r_c shows [ Ac, Jc ]three of a kind, Jacks.
zana2003 doesn't show [ Ks, Qc ]two pairs, Queens and Jacks.
e_r_c wins $2.21 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Jacks.
This month's profit: $3.75
Monday, 25 June 2007
good... kinda
My third session, and I made a reasonable profit ($3.98), but ended the session feeling somewhat conflicted about how I did. I did my usual $3 buy-in and after the below mildly hair-raising hand I stayed in profit the whole time.
#Game No : 6095098623
***** Hand History for Game 6095098623 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 25, 15:39:17 ET 2007
Table Table 125954 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Dkotor ( $8.61 USD )
Seat 4: GREAEA ( $3.26 USD )
Seat 5: barra65 ( $2.64 USD )
Seat 7: jaybeegaybee ( $1.48 USD )
Seat 8: PokherGoed ( $3.75 USD )
Seat 9: ano_nym ( $5 USD )
Seat 10: JvanH83 ( $5.52 USD )
Seat 2: e_r_c ( $2.50 USD )
Seat 3: ultralord22 ( $1.92 USD )
Seat 6: JapaneseMind ( $5 USD )
ultralord22 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
GREAEA posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ Kd Jh ]
jaybeegaybee folds
PokherGoed calls [$0.04 USD]
ano_nym folds
JvanH83 folds
Dkotor raises [$0.20 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.20 USD]
ultralord22 folds
GREAEA folds
PokherGoed calls [$0.16 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 7d, Jc ]
PokherGoed checks
Dkotor bets [$0.36 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.36 USD]
PokherGoed folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
Dkotor bets [$1 USD]
e_r_c calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
Dkotor bets [$1.08 USD]
e_r_c is all-In [$0.94 USD]
Dkotor shows [ Qc, Ad ]a pair of Sevens.
e_r_c shows [ Kd, Jh ]two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
Dkotor wins $0.14 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Sevens.
e_r_c wins $5 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
I felt proud of this hand just because one of my problems can be to be intimidated by large bets and bow out, especially when it's threatening to take me down to $0. I had Dkotor pegged as having maybe another of the Jacks or maybe a high pocket pair from his bet on the flop, but i figured I had a good number of outs. The turn gave me two pair, Kings and Jacks, and I called him, figuring I had him if he was counting on having two pair with either Kings or Jacks and the sevens. Turned out, he had squat.
So I was feeling pretty good about my play for the first part of the evening, but I think perhaps I stayed on too long and lost some focus. I pulled it back again towards the end, but left on a down note, losing my last hand to a guy with [2,9] for pretty much the same reason as I slated oldfellow for in last post. I made it too cheap for him to see the turn and he turned a set to beat my pair of Aces. This is still a big problem for me, judging how much to bet, when to call and when to re-raise.
The below hand I'm still not sure about, the chat comment from the guy I beat in the hand shows his derision at how I played it...
#Game No : 6095373197
***** Hand History for Game 6095373197 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 25, 16:37:22 ET 2007
Table Table 125954 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 7: jaybeegaybee ( $2.66 USD )
Seat 8: PokherGoed ( $1.20 USD )
Seat 9: ano_nym ( $8.71 USD )
Seat 2: e_r_c ( $6.90 USD )
Seat 6: JapaneseMind ( $5.64 USD )
Seat 10: MurkSteel ( $1.84 USD )
Seat 1: wonglee111 ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 4: zana2003 ( $2.48 USD )
e_r_c posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
zana2003 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ As Ah ]
JapaneseMind folds
jaybeegaybee folds
PokherGoed folds
ano_nym folds
MurkSteel folds
wonglee111 folds
e_r_c calls [$0.02 USD]
zana2003 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Qc, 3h ]
e_r_c bets [$0.04 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.04 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
e_r_c bets [$0.12 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.12 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
e_r_c bets [$0.16 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.16 USD]
e_r_c shows [ As, Ah ]a pair of Aces.
zana2003 doesn't show [ 8c, Kd ]a pair of Kings.
e_r_c wins $0.69 USD from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
zana2003: what cards you have and you played so bad :))
So, i was small blind with the best possible starting hand, and literally everyone else has folded out before it's my turn. I figure a preflop raise means most likely all I'll get is the blinds, so I call. Going through postflop I was trying to steer between sucking as much out of zana2003 without chasing him away, or losing big if he happened to have two pair. I thought I had made the best of a bad situation (everyone else having junk), but the guy's comment made me wonder.
So, comments from more experienced players welcome on that one.
Anyway, off to bed, my second day of new job tomorrow so should probably get some sleep. I swear it takes me longer to write these posts than I spend playing the game!
This month's profits: $11.17
#Game No : 6095098623
***** Hand History for Game 6095098623 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 25, 15:39:17 ET 2007
Table Table 125954 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Dkotor ( $8.61 USD )
Seat 4: GREAEA ( $3.26 USD )
Seat 5: barra65 ( $2.64 USD )
Seat 7: jaybeegaybee ( $1.48 USD )
Seat 8: PokherGoed ( $3.75 USD )
Seat 9: ano_nym ( $5 USD )
Seat 10: JvanH83 ( $5.52 USD )
Seat 2: e_r_c ( $2.50 USD )
Seat 3: ultralord22 ( $1.92 USD )
Seat 6: JapaneseMind ( $5 USD )
ultralord22 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
GREAEA posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ Kd Jh ]
jaybeegaybee folds
PokherGoed calls [$0.04 USD]
ano_nym folds
JvanH83 folds
Dkotor raises [$0.20 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.20 USD]
ultralord22 folds
GREAEA folds
PokherGoed calls [$0.16 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 7d, Jc ]
PokherGoed checks
Dkotor bets [$0.36 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.36 USD]
PokherGoed folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
Dkotor bets [$1 USD]
e_r_c calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
Dkotor bets [$1.08 USD]
e_r_c is all-In [$0.94 USD]
Dkotor shows [ Qc, Ad ]a pair of Sevens.
e_r_c shows [ Kd, Jh ]two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
Dkotor wins $0.14 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Sevens.
e_r_c wins $5 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
I felt proud of this hand just because one of my problems can be to be intimidated by large bets and bow out, especially when it's threatening to take me down to $0. I had Dkotor pegged as having maybe another of the Jacks or maybe a high pocket pair from his bet on the flop, but i figured I had a good number of outs. The turn gave me two pair, Kings and Jacks, and I called him, figuring I had him if he was counting on having two pair with either Kings or Jacks and the sevens. Turned out, he had squat.
So I was feeling pretty good about my play for the first part of the evening, but I think perhaps I stayed on too long and lost some focus. I pulled it back again towards the end, but left on a down note, losing my last hand to a guy with [2,9] for pretty much the same reason as I slated oldfellow for in last post. I made it too cheap for him to see the turn and he turned a set to beat my pair of Aces. This is still a big problem for me, judging how much to bet, when to call and when to re-raise.
The below hand I'm still not sure about, the chat comment from the guy I beat in the hand shows his derision at how I played it...
#Game No : 6095373197
***** Hand History for Game 6095373197 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 25, 16:37:22 ET 2007
Table Table 125954 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 7: jaybeegaybee ( $2.66 USD )
Seat 8: PokherGoed ( $1.20 USD )
Seat 9: ano_nym ( $8.71 USD )
Seat 2: e_r_c ( $6.90 USD )
Seat 6: JapaneseMind ( $5.64 USD )
Seat 10: MurkSteel ( $1.84 USD )
Seat 1: wonglee111 ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 4: zana2003 ( $2.48 USD )
e_r_c posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
zana2003 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ As Ah ]
JapaneseMind folds
jaybeegaybee folds
PokherGoed folds
ano_nym folds
MurkSteel folds
wonglee111 folds
e_r_c calls [$0.02 USD]
zana2003 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Qc, 3h ]
e_r_c bets [$0.04 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.04 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
e_r_c bets [$0.12 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.12 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
e_r_c bets [$0.16 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.16 USD]
e_r_c shows [ As, Ah ]a pair of Aces.
zana2003 doesn't show [ 8c, Kd ]a pair of Kings.
e_r_c wins $0.69 USD from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
zana2003: what cards you have and you played so bad :))
So, i was small blind with the best possible starting hand, and literally everyone else has folded out before it's my turn. I figure a preflop raise means most likely all I'll get is the blinds, so I call. Going through postflop I was trying to steer between sucking as much out of zana2003 without chasing him away, or losing big if he happened to have two pair. I thought I had made the best of a bad situation (everyone else having junk), but the guy's comment made me wonder.
So, comments from more experienced players welcome on that one.
Anyway, off to bed, my second day of new job tomorrow so should probably get some sleep. I swear it takes me longer to write these posts than I spend playing the game!
This month's profits: $11.17
Friday, 22 June 2007
A fun morning
Second day, and things have gone pretty well. I felt a lot more relaxed today, and a lot more able to let weaker hands drop this time. I probably won only as much as yesterday, it's just I didn't lose anywhere near as much. There was one hand that I almost fell into the same trap as last time, but fortunately this time I was able to let it go, and thus save myself from probably losing about $3 in one go.
I thought I made more of my good hands today as well. I've put the hand history for a hand I liked below.
#Game No : 6084617915
***** Hand History for Game 6084617915 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, June 22, 05:15:23 ET 2007
Table Table 125973 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: adamh9222 ( $5.60 USD )
Seat 2: lammz ( $5.45 USD )
Seat 4: pokerfly1704 ( $4.34 USD )
Seat 7: MegaYU ( $2.18 USD )
Seat 10: rastabit ( $4.87 USD )
Seat 5: e_r_c ( $3.05 USD )
Seat 6: McLeod7474 ( $4.82 USD )
Seat 3: Achill1908 ( $5 USD )
Seat 9: nonexttime ( $4.76 USD )
Seat 8: oldfellow222 ( $5 USD )
rastabit posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
adamh9222 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
oldfellow222 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ 4c Kc ]
Achill1908 folds
lammz folds
pokerfly1704 folds
e_r_c calls [$0.04 USD]
McLeod7474 folds
MegaYU calls [$0.04 USD]
oldfellow222 checks
nonexttime folds
rastabit calls [$0.02 USD]
adamh9222 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 4d, Ad ]
rastabit checks
adamh9222 checks
e_r_c checks
MegaYU checks
oldfellow222 bets [$0.04 USD]
rastabit folds
adamh9222 calls [$0.04 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.04 USD]
MegaYU folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
adamh9222 checks
e_r_c checks
oldfellow222 bets [$0.04 USD]
adamh9222 calls [$0.04 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.04 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
adamh9222 checks
e_r_c checks
oldfellow222 bets [$0.08 USD]
adamh9222 calls [$0.08 USD]
e_r_c raises [$0.64 USD]
oldfellow222 raises [$1.12 USD]
adamh9222 folds
e_r_c raises [$1.12 USD]
oldfellow222 calls [$0.56 USD]
e_r_c shows [ 4c, Kc ]a flush, Ace high.
oldfellow222 doesn't show [ Ah, Th ]three of a kind, Aces.
e_r_c wins $3.84 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
In this hand, I didn't really have much at the flop, just a bottom pair, and if oldfellow had but in a large bet I would have ducked out. But I thought for the minimal amount he was betting it was worth seeing the turn and then the river. I reckoned I had a chance if either a king, another four, or two clubs-suited came out.
When the third clubs came out on the river for the flush, I decided to check/raise, counting on oldfellow being consistent and raising. Once he did I put in a fairly reasonable bet, not wanting to scare him off. When he re-raised, and then called my re-raise, I was sure he must have had a flush too, and thought we'd be splitting the pot. Sucks to be him, though because his set of Aces just didn't cut it.
To be honest, I don't think has anyone to blame but himself for making those pathetically low bets and so giving me a chance to see the river. I've noticed that there are a few people that seem to play the game without seeming to know how to use the bet slider. They'll have a great hand, and when you raise a large amount they'll call or re-raise it, but when they bet it will always be the minimum (the amount that shows up on the 'Bet' button before you move the slider.
Anyway, it was a fun morning, and I feel like I'm making progress.
This month's profit: $7.19
I thought I made more of my good hands today as well. I've put the hand history for a hand I liked below.
#Game No : 6084617915
***** Hand History for Game 6084617915 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, June 22, 05:15:23 ET 2007
Table Table 125973 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: adamh9222 ( $5.60 USD )
Seat 2: lammz ( $5.45 USD )
Seat 4: pokerfly1704 ( $4.34 USD )
Seat 7: MegaYU ( $2.18 USD )
Seat 10: rastabit ( $4.87 USD )
Seat 5: e_r_c ( $3.05 USD )
Seat 6: McLeod7474 ( $4.82 USD )
Seat 3: Achill1908 ( $5 USD )
Seat 9: nonexttime ( $4.76 USD )
Seat 8: oldfellow222 ( $5 USD )
rastabit posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
adamh9222 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
oldfellow222 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ 4c Kc ]
Achill1908 folds
lammz folds
pokerfly1704 folds
e_r_c calls [$0.04 USD]
McLeod7474 folds
MegaYU calls [$0.04 USD]
oldfellow222 checks
nonexttime folds
rastabit calls [$0.02 USD]
adamh9222 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 4d, Ad ]
rastabit checks
adamh9222 checks
e_r_c checks
MegaYU checks
oldfellow222 bets [$0.04 USD]
rastabit folds
adamh9222 calls [$0.04 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.04 USD]
MegaYU folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
adamh9222 checks
e_r_c checks
oldfellow222 bets [$0.04 USD]
adamh9222 calls [$0.04 USD]
e_r_c calls [$0.04 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
adamh9222 checks
e_r_c checks
oldfellow222 bets [$0.08 USD]
adamh9222 calls [$0.08 USD]
e_r_c raises [$0.64 USD]
oldfellow222 raises [$1.12 USD]
adamh9222 folds
e_r_c raises [$1.12 USD]
oldfellow222 calls [$0.56 USD]
e_r_c shows [ 4c, Kc ]a flush, Ace high.
oldfellow222 doesn't show [ Ah, Th ]three of a kind, Aces.
e_r_c wins $3.84 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
In this hand, I didn't really have much at the flop, just a bottom pair, and if oldfellow had but in a large bet I would have ducked out. But I thought for the minimal amount he was betting it was worth seeing the turn and then the river. I reckoned I had a chance if either a king, another four, or two clubs-suited came out.
When the third clubs came out on the river for the flush, I decided to check/raise, counting on oldfellow being consistent and raising. Once he did I put in a fairly reasonable bet, not wanting to scare him off. When he re-raised, and then called my re-raise, I was sure he must have had a flush too, and thought we'd be splitting the pot. Sucks to be him, though because his set of Aces just didn't cut it.
To be honest, I don't think has anyone to blame but himself for making those pathetically low bets and so giving me a chance to see the river. I've noticed that there are a few people that seem to play the game without seeming to know how to use the bet slider. They'll have a great hand, and when you raise a large amount they'll call or re-raise it, but when they bet it will always be the minimum (the amount that shows up on the 'Bet' button before you move the slider.
Anyway, it was a fun morning, and I feel like I'm making progress.
This month's profit: $7.19
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Preflop
Today marks the start of my online poker career! And this blog is to record my thoughts and experiences as I start on the long, arduous road to gambling addiction.
I've started this as a kind of sister blog to my friend Steve's own poker blog - Cash Game Poker. I thought it be fun to record my own seventy-five cent wins alongside Steve's $2,000 pots!
So, my career has got off to a fairly modest start so far. I played No Limit Texas Hold'em on the lowest stake tables available ($0.02 / $0.04 blinds) for a couple of hours this morning and then maybe fours hours this afternoon. Checked out a grand total of $2.70 ahead!
That final figure kinda disguises how much my chip pile went up and down throughout - I've not quite locked down my play style yet, so I lost a lot of money (relatively speaking, obviously) chasing hands that I should have known I wasn't going to win. At one point I'd doubled my initial buy-in on a couple of decent hands, only to throw all of it away in one horribly mishandled hand.
I've only played Limit before online, so it's taking a little while to learn how to judge how much to raise in which circumstances, and what another player's raise amounts are likely to indicate. That, along with being a bit overcautious, meant I was selling my good hands a bit too cheaply.
One hand that until very recently I didn't appreciate the value of, but turned out to be a lifesaver today, is the mid-value pocket pair. I made most of my chips from taking a chance when there was no preflop raises to see the flop and really lucked out with a [9,9] and later a [5,5] that both flopped to a set, then rivered to a full house, then a [6,6] than flopped to a set, then rivered to 4-of-a-kind. I think the beauty is that people aren't expecting you to be holding those value cards as a pair so it catches them of guard.
Anyway, I've rambled far too much. I'll try and be more concise next time around...
This month's profits: $2.70
I've started this as a kind of sister blog to my friend Steve's own poker blog - Cash Game Poker. I thought it be fun to record my own seventy-five cent wins alongside Steve's $2,000 pots!
So, my career has got off to a fairly modest start so far. I played No Limit Texas Hold'em on the lowest stake tables available ($0.02 / $0.04 blinds) for a couple of hours this morning and then maybe fours hours this afternoon. Checked out a grand total of $2.70 ahead!
That final figure kinda disguises how much my chip pile went up and down throughout - I've not quite locked down my play style yet, so I lost a lot of money (relatively speaking, obviously) chasing hands that I should have known I wasn't going to win. At one point I'd doubled my initial buy-in on a couple of decent hands, only to throw all of it away in one horribly mishandled hand.
I've only played Limit before online, so it's taking a little while to learn how to judge how much to raise in which circumstances, and what another player's raise amounts are likely to indicate. That, along with being a bit overcautious, meant I was selling my good hands a bit too cheaply.
One hand that until very recently I didn't appreciate the value of, but turned out to be a lifesaver today, is the mid-value pocket pair. I made most of my chips from taking a chance when there was no preflop raises to see the flop and really lucked out with a [9,9] and later a [5,5] that both flopped to a set, then rivered to a full house, then a [6,6] than flopped to a set, then rivered to 4-of-a-kind. I think the beauty is that people aren't expecting you to be holding those value cards as a pair so it catches them of guard.
Anyway, I've rambled far too much. I'll try and be more concise next time around...
This month's profits: $2.70
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