Howdy Again Everyone
8/08 results
Sunday AM- lets try it again
Started $336.13 +$0 rakeback=+$295.10

273 hands
$10.71, my EV for the session was +17.71, KK lost to AT
WR= 15 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $305.81
About 1.5 hrs



After yesterday’s exercise in aggravation, i took another shot this morning. Amazingly i was able to post a small win. Here are a few hh that demonstrate valuable concepts. I don’t think i will show any more bad beats as it is tiresome and not particularly helpful. They are going to happen, i just hope they ease up a bit.

Play big draw aggressively
Notice the mistake by the guy w AA

***** Hand History for Game 268408971573 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 08, 09:18:32 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26840897) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: oddsbossdotcom ( $37.47 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 3: batana ( $66.32 USD )
Seat 4: fdsthebest ( $24.78 USD )
Seat 5: poopooplatter ( $8.05 USD )
Seat 6: ToMountEV ( $58.22 USD )
oddsbossdotcom posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 7s 9s ]
batana folds
fdsthebest raises [$0.85 USD]
poopooplatter calls [$0.85 USD]
ToMountEV folds
oddsbossdotcom folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.60 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, 5s, 8s ]
hockeyguy321 checks
fdsthebest checks
poopooplatter bets [$0.50 USD] pot is around 3.00, very weak
hockeyguy321 raises [$4.15 USD] this flop could easily missed both especially given the weak bet
fdsthebest folds
poopooplatter raises [$6.70 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.05 USD] i have odds to call almost no matter what he has
hockeyguy321 shows [7s, 9s ]
poopooplatter shows [Ac, Ah ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
hockeyguy321 wins $16.20 USD from main pot

i finally win a coin flip type situation


set mining and then aggression to protect the likely best hand

***** Hand History for Game 26859708176 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 08, 09:19:43 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26859708) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: hockeyguy321 ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 2: batana ( $30.63 USD )
Seat 3: fdsthebest ( $27.52 USD )
Seat 4: ciprian1985 ( $22.67 USD )
Seat 5: SNEEZE ( $21.93 USD )
Seat 6: JONOH071 ( $19.90 USD )
JONOH071 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 7c 7d ]
batana folds
fdsthebest raises [$0.85 USD]
ciprian1985 folds
SNEEZE folds
JONOH071 calls [$0.75 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.60 USD] standard set ming vs tightish pfr
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 3h, Tc ]
JONOH071 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.70 USD] very dry flop likely missed both opponents, but i MUST lead to protect vulnerable hand from free overcards if it gets checked around, if i get raised then i will deal with it
fdsthebest folds
JONOH071 folds
hockeyguy321 wins $4.13 USD from main pot


aggression to win sall pot w/ likely best hand and dryish flop

***** Hand History for Game 26856619415 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 08, 09:43:41 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26856619) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: MeTTeor ( $28.28 USD )
Seat 2: kidquik10 ( $22.77 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $24.65 USD )
Seat 4: dybeck ( $41.10 USD )
Seat 5: fdsthebest ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 6: yaffajam14 ( $15.60 USD )
kidquik10 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 6c Jd ]
dybeck calls [$0.25 USD]
fdsthebest folds
yaffajam14 folds
MeTTeor folds
kidquik10 calls [$0.15 USD]
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 5h, Qd ]
kidquik10 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$0.75 USD] 1 guy checks, so just need to get past preflop limper that most likely missed flop
dybeck folds
kidquik10 folds
hockeyguy321 wins $1.47 USD from main pot

small pots add up, god knows i need them since cant win a big pot


limp w/ sOOted A
notice bonehead play by opponent w JJ, then JJJ

***** Hand History for Game 26859708255 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 08, 10:14:24 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26859708) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: hockeyguy321 ( $26.70 USD )
Seat 2: MeTTeor ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 3: fdsthebest ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 4: ciprian1985 ( $22.85 USD )
Seat 5: SNEEZE ( $32.63 USD )
Seat 6: JONOH071 ( $25.14 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
MeTTeor posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 7h Ah ]
fdsthebest folds
ciprian1985 calls [$0.25 USD]
SNEEZE folds
JONOH071 calls [$0.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.15 USD] multiway pot, im oop so im ok w/ possible big hand in the making
MeTTeor checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 9h, 8s ]
hockeyguy321 checks i check oop 4 way, since i don’t think all opponents will fold i don’t want to push out others and want to make nut hand cheap as possible
MeTTeor checks
ciprian1985 checks
JONOH071 bets [$0.25 USD] WEAK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.25 USD] LOOKS CHEAP TO ME, lets keep others in so no checkraise
MeTTeor folds
ciprian1985 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]
hockeyguy321 checks ho help, lets keep it cheap
JONOH071 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.00 USD] whoo hoo, gotta bet
JONOH071 calls [$1.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [7h, Ah ]
JONOH071 shows [Jh, Jd ]
hockeyguy321 wins $3.33 USD from main pot

lets count mr JJ mistakes
limp preflop
weak beat flop w/ overpr likely best hand
turn checks monster
he lets me make my draw for almost free when he was best
HORRIBLE PLAY BY HIM START TO FINISH

Inducing a bluff w/ a hand that wont get called by many worse

***** Hand History for Game 268408971652 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 08, 10:14:37 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26840897) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: batana ( $70.84 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $31.43 USD )
Seat 3: babag3 ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 4: fdsthebest ( $57.50 USD )
Seat 5: pavoypava ( $5.67 USD )
Seat 6: ToMountEV ( $25.00 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
fdsthebest posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 5h 4h ]
pavoypava folds
batana folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$0.65 USD]
fdsthebest calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, Th, Ah ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.50 USD] lead w/ pair and draw, pretty big hand but bottom pair not nearly as strong as having top pair w/ draw
fdsthebest calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
hockeyguy321 checks no help, but with only bottom pair i slow down
fdsthebest checks
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ] hmm, what to do smells like he might have a draw too which is certainly bigger, so i check to prevent growing pot w/ second best, if i am best i have played this like a draw so i don’t expect to get a call on any decent size bet
hockeyguy321 checks
fdsthebest bets [$3.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.00 USD] gotta call
fdsthebest shows [3c, 5c ]
hockeyguy321 shows [5h, 4h ]
hockeyguy321 wins $9.98 USD from main pot

notice donk gut chase would not have gotten any value if i bet
a very helpful note to have, donk chaser and river bluffer


I continue to wonder who i pissed off as i my results for this session were well below my EV due to KK losing to AT after we got it in preflop. Overall my results are $90+ below the calculated EV for the 9000 or so hands at 25nl. I don’t believe i have played especially well the last 5000 or so hands and will try to improve the things i can control while I look forward to a less unfortunate stretch, but i will just try to keep making good decisions until the probability gods restore some justice

overall results to date
Bankroll $305.81 includes rakeback etc, winrate from HM doesn’t include rakeback/bonus etc
25NL
Started $250.33
8881 hands
+$55.81
WR= 2 bb/100 hands-
3 tables mostly
Ended at $295.10
About 27.5 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Howdy Again Everyone
8/11 results
wednesday - lets try it again
Started $305.81 +$0 rakeback=+$305.81

Alrighty then, i have been stalled in the challenge w/ some family issues and hopefully i can now get back to playing and get this thing going in right direction

81 hands
$32.34
WR= 158 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $339.82
About 1/2 hrs

Alrighty then after seemingly endless sessions where i couldn’t make a hand, i finally flopped some hands a set of qqq 888 444, also my kk hit a river k to suckout on a slowplaying set of TTT, and my 55 hit a turn 5 to beat a sloplaying AK top pair top kicker on flop. I was able to get the money in on all of the hands except the KKK’s, unfortunately only 2 of the hands had opponents w/ a decent stack and I also stacked off early w/ TT vs a passive player w/ QQ on a 8 hi flop. At any rate it was nice to hit a few hands and get ahead. I then did something i rarely do and called it quits, but the tables were a bit taggy and i thought a winning session would help my mental attitude which has pretty sketchy recently. It is hard to play your best poker when you mind is not clearly focused and looking back to some recent issues over the last several weeks i don’t think it is a total coincidence that my results have sucked as i have been dealing w/ some other issues. So hopefully my result will reflect my improved state of mind moving forward.

There were no particularly interesting hands to discuss this brief session although i reckon it does show that a short hot streak can get things moving in the right direction after a long dry run.


overall results to date
Bankroll $339.82 includes rakeback etc, winrate from HM doesn’t include rakeback/bonus etc
25NL
Started $250.33
8962 hands
+$89.49
WR= 4 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $339.82
About 28 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Howdy Again Everyone
8/12 results
Thursday -
Started $339.82 +$1.66 rakeback=+$341.48

Alrighty lets see if i can keep on track

72 hands
$3.44
WR= 19 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $344.92
About 1/2 hrs

Lost a couple pots early to double up the the table clown twice, but managed to hit a draw per hand below to get back to positive land. Then all the big fish left and i was sitting at tables w/ taggy/ nits so i decided i was more hungry than interested in poker. Ham and cheese omelette here i come.

Just an example of counting outs and implied odds to decide to call or fold

***** Hand History for Game 2696438557 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 12, 10:13:57 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26964385) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $25.25 USD )
Seat 3: Su1tedKings ( $28.81 USD )
Seat 4: gooteis8 ( $37.68 USD )
Seat 5: MizukiNana ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 6: TallPaul0 ( $25.40 USD )
TallPaul0 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 4d Ad ]
Su1tedKings folds
gooteis8 raises [$0.75 USD]
MizukiNana calls [$0.75 USD]
TallPaul0 folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Qc, 2d ]
hockeyguy321 checks
gooteis8 checks
MizukiNana bets [$1.76 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.76 USD]
gooteis8 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
hockeyguy321 checks
MizukiNana bets [$4.40 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$4.40 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$11.00 USD]
MizukiNana calls [$11.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [4d, Ad ]
MizukiNana shows [Qd, Kd ]
hockeyguy321 wins $34.84 USD from main pot

afternoon session
another quick session after some choirs and before my wifelet comes home

47 hands
$21.05
WR= 180 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $365.97
About 1/2 hrs

1 interesting HH

***** Hand History for Game 2697467540 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 12, 07:29:33 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26974675) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: NJDevils1 ( $10.73 USD )
Seat 2: TieffeWassers ( $28.64 USD )
Seat 3: bwear221 ( $6.28 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $32.99 USD )
Seat 5: sandhiilkid ( $24.75 USD )
Seat 6: holdemGENDOLFS ( $7.37 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
sandhiilkid posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Qd Td ]
holdemGENDOLFS calls [$0.25 USD]
NJDevils1 folds
TieffeWassers folds
bwear221 folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.15 USD] i could have razed but decided to just take a cheap flop vs a 60+% limper oop
sandhiilkid checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 4c, Jh ]
hockeyguy321 checks
sandhiilkid checks
holdemGENDOLFS checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ] tempting to take a shot here, but i don’t really like it on the turn w/ 1 card to come in a nothing pot, i typically take a shot w/ a draw on flop w/ 2 cards to come and be disguised and then i can build a pot if i hit and/or win it with a bet, but now i am content to prevent bigger loss and look for another free card since i won’t be able to build a pot with only 1 street left to bet
hockeyguy321 checks
sandhiilkid checks
holdemGENDOLFS checks
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ] i got my freebie, no help, so be it, Q still has a chance to be best
hockeyguy321 checks
sandhiilkid checks
holdemGENDOLFS checks
hockeyguy321 shows [Qd, Td ]
sandhiilkid shows [9h, Ad ] i was almost best w/ no more $$$ invested
holdemGENDOLFS shows [8d, 9d ]
sandhiilkid wins $0.72 USD from main pot

a move i like vs 50+% in battle of the blinds

***** Hand History for Game 2697467534 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 12, 07:24:56 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26974675) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: NJDevils1 ( $11.23 USD )
Seat 3: bwear221 ( $13.11 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 5: SlickRic44 ( $7.95 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
SlickRic44 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 2d 2h ]
NJDevils1 folds
bwear221 folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.15 USD] i just call vs a short stack 50+% donk vpip w/ low pfr
i am getting good implied odds .015 into 7.95 is 53x implied odds, i don’t love a raise here vs a calling donk with small pocket pair (77+ i pfr) as i win maybe 60% before flop and have no idea where i am at postflop and am oop, if he raises i fold to short stack w/ no odds unless a mn raise gives me odds
SlickRic44 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 2c, 9h ] bingo, no likely draws vs random hand- A VERY RARE SLOPLAY
hockeyguy321 checks
SlickRic44 bets [$0.50 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.50 USD] hopefully he hit something
SlickRic44 raises [$7.20 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$6.20 USD] no brainer
hockeyguy321 shows [2d, 2h ]
SlickRic44 shows [3h, Ks ] LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL was table consensus
And i faded a rr draw or some other rat crap from hell
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
hockeyguy321 wins $15.11 USD from main pot

Overall for Thursday

123 hands
$24.49
WR= 80 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $365.97
About 1 hrs

Ok, a couple decent short sessions in a row, i would like to assume Karma has gotten it’s act together, or i am a sexy bitch-LOL
Off for a 3 day family camping vacation- dear lord there goes my back sleeping on roots and rocks!!! But the kids and wife like it, so sales at the liquor store will be up as well as some of those 222 pills from Tim and Errol land in Canada as i try to self medicate.

Peace out from an old fart w/ a bad back


overall results to date
Bankroll $365.97 includes rakeback etc, winrate from HM doesn’t include rakeback/bonus etc
25NL
Started $250.33
9075 hands
+$115.64
WR= 5 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $365.97
About 29 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Nice work HG!

Cliff

Sorry for the repetition
i apparently left out some comments on the first hh that i think are helpful
too much self medication yesterday after my choirs were done


***** Hand History for Game 2696438557 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 12, 10:13:57 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (26964385) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $25.25 USD )
Seat 3: Su1tedKings ( $28.81 USD )
Seat 4: gooteis8 ( $37.68 USD )
Seat 5: MizukiNana ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 6: TallPaul0 ( $25.40 USD )
TallPaul0 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 4d Ad ]
Su1tedKings folds
gooteis8 raises [$0.75 USD]
MizukiNana calls [$0.75 USD]
TallPaul0 folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.50 USD] getting good odds w/ a hand that can flop big
i would probably fold if i had to call more than 3 bb/$0.75, i want to see a cheat flop
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Qc, 2d ]
hockeyguy321 checks
gooteis8 checks
MizukiNana bets [$1.76 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.76 USD] nut draw w/ an over getting 2.5/1 to call, w/ 9 outs and maybe 3 Aces as well, no raise hoping pfr calls as well to build pot as i am oop
gooteis8 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
hockeyguy321 checks
MizukiNana bets [$4.40 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$4.40 USD] a pretty close decision here, but i picked up a gut draw for 3 more outs, so 13 outs to nut hand, maybe 3 more Aces. I am only getting about 1.25/1 to call but he has a stack 4x bet left in his stack, the pot is getting big enough that he will have a hard time folding if i hit, my 13 outs make me about ¼ to improve, i need to get about another $9 into pot if i hit to cover the gap between my pot odds and the odds of me improving to have a + EV for the hand- you might want to try to work through the math to make sure you can do this as it is a common situation on drawing hands

If i just had some non nut flush draw w/ no over card and no gut draw here i would have folded to the large turn bet as my odds would have been worse and i could have been drawing to non best flush and/or have a very transparent hand if i hit the flush that might not have gotten paid off. The point being bet size matters as it controls the pot odds you give you opponent to chase and vice versa. This is why you want ¾+ pot Cbet vs stations when you have a made hand and similar on the turn bet, stations don’t calculate odds so you want to charge em the most you can on their missed draws to cover the losses when they hit their draws
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$11.00 USD] bingo, my dream card to make a totally disguised hand
maybe i should have shoved here for value, but i wanted to get paid and thought he would likely shove over me anyway. I didn’t want to give him a chance to check behind now that i was best, i think my bet size was poor here as few players tend to call a bet 2/3 of stack left, they fold or shove, something to think about for future, i think Atta would have shoved here

MizukiNana calls [$11.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [4d, Ad ]
MizukiNana shows [Qd, Kd ]
hockeyguy321 wins $34.84 USD from main pot

hg

Howdy Again Everyone
8/17 results
Monday -
Started $365.97 +$1.45 rakeback=+$367.42

Alrighty lets see if i can keep on track

42 hands
$25.32
WR= 258 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $392.74
About 1/2 hrs

I snuck in a short session before kid woke up and took him to camp and headed for the golf course and a bit of work to make sure the remodel of my school weld shop is going correctly. I hope to get back on a regular schedule in the next few days to get this challenge cranked up. Nothing too exciting in the hands i played. I was able to win a few hands vs short stackers which was a nice change

Here are a few hh that show some important concepts

***** Hand History for Game 27085509352 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, August 17, 09:47:35 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27085509) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: georgicasef ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 2: HjEuRoj ( $27.55 USD )
Seat 3: cebanum ( $66.05 USD )
Seat 4: ginsengjpoker ( $24.75 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $46.61 USD )
Seat 6: WhistlerAl ( $24.65 USD )
HjEuRoj posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
cebanum posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 9h 9s ]
ginsengjpoker folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD]
WhistlerAl folds
HjEuRoj raises [$4.80 USD]
cebanum folds
hockeyguy321 folds the 3 better was new to table, very first hand, but i don’t want to call a 3 bet vs an unknown player even in position w/ a middle pr. His bet was big enough to ruin any implied odds and there are so many bad flops for my 99 that i just wait for a better spot
HjEuRoj wins $6.15 USD from main pot

Getting value from medium strength hand

***** Hand History for Game 27085509337 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, August 17, 09:39:28 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27085509) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 3: cebanum ( $57.04 USD )
Seat 4: QuanWon ( $26.01 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $25.00 USD )
cebanum posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
QuanWon posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 9c Td ]
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD] stand button raise in position vs loose AND PASSIVE player
vs a loose ang aggressive player i would mostly fold a T high hand
cebanum folds
QuanWon calls [$0.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, 3d, Tc ]
QuanWon checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.58 USD] std cbet w/ top pr vs loose player
QuanWon calls [$1.58 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
QuanWon checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$3.51 USD] normally when the second high card pairs it is bad, but his range is so wide and there are so many draws that i am not going to give a free card w/ a very vulnerable but likely best hand
QuanWon calls [$3.51 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
QuanWon checks
hockeyguy321 checks no point in another bet as draws missed and so very few worse hands can now call
QuanWon shows [Ac, 7s ]
hockeyguy321 shows [9c, Td ]
hockeyguy321 wins $11.67 USD from main pot


getting max value from nut hand

***** Hand History for Game 27085509349 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, August 17, 09:44:47 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27085509) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 2: Hektikism ( $9.25 USD )
Seat 3: cebanum ( $67.15 USD )
Seat 4: QuanWon ( $0.00 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $39.15 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 9c 9s ]
Hektikism raises [$0.50 USD]
cebanum folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.25 USD] normally i would 3 bet here, but opponent was on only about a half stack and had been very aggressive in his first 5 hands at the table, i didn’t necessarily want to just get it in as a coin flip, his min raise gave me odds to just call and see the flop and then reevealuate.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, 7s, 9h ]
hockeyguy321 checks no need to scare him out as i have the absolute nuts and his stack is small enough i can get it in even if i miss a street of betting, plus if he has overs this gives him a chance to improve, plus he has been very aggr and will likely bet
Hektikism bets [$1.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.00 USD] cool, he wants to bet my hand
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
hockeyguy321 checks i think i should have bet to make sure pot keeps growing, even if only ½ or 2/3 the pot or so, but not a min type bet
Hektikism bets [$3.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$6.00 USD] ok cool he bet, i don’t want to check because if he has a draw he will call now, but not on the river if he misses his draw
Hektikism calls [$4.75 USD] he shoves, perfect
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.75 USD]
Hektikism shows [Qc, Jh ]
hockeyguy321 shows [9c, 9s ]
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
hockeyguy321 wins $17.58 USD from main pot


versus short stack pusher

***** Hand History for Game 27085509348 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, August 17, 09:44:20 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27085509) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: Hektikism ( $9.25 USD )
Seat 3: cebanum ( $67.25 USD )
Seat 4: QuanWon ( $8.16 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $31.71 USD )
cebanum posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
QuanWon posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Jd Jh ]
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD]
Hektikism folds
cebanum folds
QuanWon raises [$7.91 USD] this guy is a 64/29/14 preflop so my jj has his range crushed
hockeyguy321 calls [$7.16 USD]
QuanWon shows [As, 3s ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Jd, Jh ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 3h, Jc ] a nice flop, finally my 70/30 favorite holds up vs short stack
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
hockeyguy321 wins $15.60 USD from main pot


Versus another short stack pusher

***** Hand History for Game 27083970479 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, August 17, 09:46:42 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27083970) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 2: ChipMagnet13 ( $62.80 USD )
Seat 3: nachoooarg ( $2.30 USD )
Seat 5: HairyBCash ( $30.94 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $27.15 USD )
HairyBCash posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Td Qd ]
ChipMagnet13 folds
nachoooarg calls [$0.25 USD]
HairyBCash folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD] a mediocre play vs a guy w/ only 2.3x my raise as he will typically ship it w/ a wide range, the good part is if he does i have correct odds to call even if i knew i was behind as long as he doesn’t have qq kk aa since his stack is so small
nachoooarg raises [$2.05 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.05 USD]
nachoooarg shows [Tc, 9c ] notice the wide pushing range
hockeyguy321 shows [Td, Qd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, Jh, 3d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3s ]
hockeyguy321 wins $4.47 USD from main pot
it was nice to have a hand hold up again, but the main point is i didn’t look ahead as closely as i should have, for instance if i had pfr on button w/ J9 and he had a stack 6x my raise and he shoves, then i am in a bad spot, so you need to be aware of who you are raising and their range of possible responses and what actions you can or cant take in response to opponents actions

overall results to date
Bankroll $392.74 includes rakeback etc, winrate from HM doesn’t include rakeback/bonus etc
25NL
Started $250.33
9075 hands
+$142.41
WR= 6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $392.74
About 29 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Howdy Again Everyone
8/22 results
Friday -
Started $392.74 +$0.90 rakeback=$393.64

Alrighty , i decided to get a few hands in after a party, which then wandered into a few hours. Overall it went pretty well except for 1 totally brain dead play when i wasn’t paying attention

980 hands
-$13.63
WR= -5 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $380.01
About 4 hrs

Lets look at some hh.

Horrible play by him, but bet your hand you never know when a donk will keep calling
You can never underestimate the possible bad play by the opponent
(my play w/ t4 below puts me in the running for donkey of the year)

***** Hand History for Game 27164442543 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, August 21, 12:14:47 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27164442) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: CassiusClayJr ( $30.04 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $24.75 USD )
Seat 3: erlinda ( $23.65 USD )
Seat 4: allinHoochie ( $62.16 USD )
Seat 5: lilwenkun ( $17.72 USD )
Seat 6: CANTFINDWORK ( $21.90 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
erlinda posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Qc 9s ]
allinHoochie calls [$0.25 USD] let us count his mistakes, 1 limping w/ TT
lilwenkun folds
CANTFINDWORK folds
CassiusClayJr folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.15 USD]
erlinda checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, 4d, Ah ]
hockeyguy321 checks
erlinda checks
allinHoochie checks mistake 2 checking in position w/ likely best hand
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$0.56 USD] notice nothing fancy, i am almost certainly best after flop checked around
erlinda folds
allinHoochie raises [$1.12 USD] WTF min raise now, mistake 3
hockeyguy321 raises [$3.55 USD] again, i am certain i am best so raise and let him make a mistake
allinHoochie calls [$2.99 USD] mistake 4, what can he beat? And what are his outs?
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$4.49 USD] ABC poker bet best hand, he cant call if i don’t bet
allinHoochie calls [$4.49 USD] mistake 5, wtf can he beat, a busted draw, does it look like i have a draw?
hockeyguy321 shows [Qc, 9s ]
allinHoochie shows [Ts, Th ]
hockeyguy321 wins $17.06 USD from main pot


WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF was i thinking
I simply have no explanation for why i called this when we were both 3 stacks deep, this is quite possibly the worst play in my entire poker playing life. I was crushing a bunch of donkeys and there was no need to even bother thinking about calling with the hand i had. I can only assume that aliens took me hostage and distracted me with their probes ( most likely looking for my brain somewhere in my arse since that was where my head was at the time) when this hand took place. Another alternate explanation is that i was Spock from the original Star Trek and i was trying to play poker in the episode when the aliens stole Spock’s brain and i was playing poker before Doctor McCoy had a chance to put Spock’s brain back in his skull. Or maybe i was Doctor McCoy “Dammit Jim, I am a doctor not a poker player” . Whatever the explanation, It is disturbing to know that someone so stupid to make this call has reproduced, I can only hope my kids got my wife’s brain and her looks.

***** Hand History for Game 271612931067 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, August 21, 01:37:44 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27161293) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: romvlvsaces ( $117.84 USD )
Seat 2: Sneaky2K ( $26.29 USD )
Seat 3: TavTreasures ( $0.00 USD )
Seat 4: Edeljoker09 ( $18.61 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $90.85 USD )
Seat 6: cebanum ( $38.35 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 4d Td ]
cebanum folds
romvlvsaces calls [$0.25 USD]
Sneaky2K folds
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 4h, 3h ]
hockeyguy321 checks
romvlvsaces checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
hockeyguy321 checks
romvlvsaces checks
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$0.50 USD]
romvlvsaces raises [$76.40 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$75.90 USD] i lost 3 stacks in a 4 big blind pot with Ten F'ing Four offsuit
romvlvsaces shows [6c, 2s ]
hockeyguy321 shows [4d, Td ]
romvlvsaces wins $151.30 USD from main pot

AGGRESSION AGGRESSION AGGRESSION

***** Hand History for Game 271575321190 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, August 21, 12:15:35 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (27157532) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: throwthesnake ( $36.49 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $38.33 USD )
Seat 3: CassiusClayJr ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 4: MrDannyOcean ( $43.88 USD )
Seat 5: Sempaifranko ( $30.21 USD )
Seat 6: donkster69 ( $25.47 USD )
throwthesnake posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 8s 8c ]
CassiusClayJr folds
MrDannyOcean folds
Sempaifranko raises [$0.75 USD]
donkster69 calls [$0.75 USD]
throwthesnake folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.50 USD] standard set mining vs deep stacks, 1 lag 1 rock (ie ultra tight)
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 5c, 7d ]
hockeyguy321 checks out of position lets see what happens, i may be best
Sempaifranko checks
donkster69 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$2.35 USD] I must now bet, i am almost certainly best when a lag and a rock check, i have outs but my pair is very vulnerable so i need to bet to protect it. They told me they have nothing so i want to keep them w/ nothing
Sempaifranko folds
donkster69 folds
hockeyguy321 wins $4.59 USD from main pot



overall results to date
Bankroll $380.01 includes rakeback etc, winrate from HM doesn’t include rakeback/bonus etc
25NL
Started $250.33
1015 hands
+$130
WR= 6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $380.01
About 33 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Hi, I'm GOTTHEJAKEYSSONBTCHES.

Googled my name, saw this, wondered if you might want to chat/sweat/go over hands.

Currently playing nl50 6 max, still on merge.

Couldn't find a way to PM you, but feel free to get in touch - tankgirlpkr @ skype

glgl

What you can do is message him on the site! From your my account tab.
Or directly to http://www.outstandingpoker.com/compose.php

Howdy Again Everyone
8/21 results
Saturday -
Started $380.01 +$6.52 rakeback=$386.53


Alrighty , i slipped in several short and medium length sessions over the weekend


960 hands (combined results several sessions from 8/21 8/22 8/23 sat sun mon)
$37.82
WR= 15 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $424.35
About 4.5 hrs

I misplaced my list of interesting hh i wanted to discuss which is unfortunate. However it there weren't anything real exciting, mostly just a bunch of "boring" value poker betting and raising for value. It was a nice change to some of my ongoing battles w/ unfortunate outcomes.



overall results to date
Bankroll $424.11 includes rakeback etc, winrate from HM doesn’t include rakeback/bonus etc
25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
+$174.02
WR= 6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $424.35
About 37.5 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game