Brief poker update
January 11th, 2006 · Posted in poker ·I spent the night grinding it out at Party 15/30. I ended up about $365, although it was very much up and down. My prediliction for playing small pocket pairs from any position almost got me in big trouble on this hand:
Party Poker
Limit holdem Ring game
Limit: $15/$30
8 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is UTG with 4â? 4â?£
Hero calls, 5 folds, SB raises, BB calls, Hero calls.
Flop: 4â?¦ 9â?£ Qâ? (6SB, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB calls.
Turn: 5â? (4.5BB, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, SB Caps, Hero calls.
River: 4â?¥ (12.5BB, 2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.
Results:
Final pot: 16.5BB
Hero shows 4s 4c
SB doesn’t show Qd Qh
The SB wasn’t that amused to have top set snapped off in such a fashion. If our positions were reversed, I’d have lost more than he did.
I’m feeling like I have no problems winning at 15/30, but I have so much cash tied up in sports betting that I don’t want to play too much higher and get short.
I had to cut the session short because there was finally a new Lost episode to watch.
January 15th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
It’s refreshing to see the GOOD players getting some luck when they need it, for a change! You are developing a wonderfully readable blog with tons of useful info. Well done, nside.
January 17th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Great job by sb slowing down…not sure I could’ve done it.
January 17th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
In chat he said “I knew you either had 44 or 99.” He was quite right, although he also tended to see monsters under the bed. I bully him a lot. I would have paid two more bets in his shoes for sure. Of course, he wouldn’t limp UTG with 44, so it wouldn’t happen to me with him.